Dr. Andrew Belaveshkin

  1. If you would be outraged if someone tried to take control of your body, then why do you allow anyone to control your thoughts and judgments? You let others shake your beliefs and make you doubt without feeling offended or humiliated.       2. Don’t expect events to happen as you wish; instead, train yourself to want everything to happen exactly as it does, and you will be happy.   3. If a desirable object or fantasy disturbs your mind, remind yourself: “You are just a thought, a potential future, not a reality, no matter how much you seem like one.” Then test this thought against your principles: first, determine if the realization of this desire depends solely on you. If it does not, be ready to say, “This does not concern me.”   4. Train yourself to observe what you desire and what you fear, but do so with ease, without force or excessive effort. Every person is a slave to anyone who can give or take away something they desire or fear.   5. The...

Here, in my blog, I share insights on living a healthy lifestyle grounded in science and evidence-based medicine . I teach how to integrate health into your daily life, and I also write about psychology, neurobiology, social evolution, aesthetics, and dopamine — all aspects that influence our well-being and behavior.   I firmly believe that everyone should understand how their body works and be able to apply that knowledge in practice. No one knows you better than you do, and when this self-awareness is combined with an understanding of fundamental physiological processes, it helps you make healthy and effective decisions . I study and teach effective strategies to strengthen and maintain individual health , carefully reviewing scientific research and promoting a culture of health education. For me, health is not just the absence of disease — it’s wellbeing, energy, and the body’s reserve resources . Being healthy means being effective! Everyone has the potential to learn how ...