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Experiments
What happened when I tried it on myself, measured it, and wrote it down.
Nº 01 · Author · Pioneer & researcher of Lifestyle Psychology
Shani
Akirov
MSC · UCL
The mind, the body and the way we live, treated as one.
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Nº 02 · The idea
The way you live every day is the most powerful tool you have for your mental health.
Lifestyle Psychology is an integrative framework that looks for root causes, and bridges the psychological, biological and lifestyle factors behind how we feel.
Nº 03 · The ten pillars
Ten daily habits every body and mind needs.
The ten pillarsThe Natural WayHover or tap a pillar.
Physiological · 01–05Psychological · 06–08Circumstantial · 09–10
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Short questions across all ten pillars. See where you're strong and where to start. Join the list to be the first to take it.
Nº 04 · The book
The Natural Way
Your Path to Mental Health
A book that brings Lifestyle Psychology to everyone: a practical, evidence-based way to understand what is really driving how you feel, and what to do about it.
Coming 2027From the journal
The Journal
Lifestyle Psychology · First essays soon02
Aphorisms
Short truths: the lines I keep coming back to.
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Psychology & life
Essays on the mind, the body, and everything in between.
Nº 05 · About
Shani Akirov, MSc
Shani is a pioneer of Lifestyle Psychology, an integrative framework that identifies root causes and bridges psychological, biological and lifestyle factors.
Her first venture, straight out of university, was Read Between The Lines, a London social enterprise supporting people with their mental health. Its board included a Camden councillor, later Mayor of Camden, and a Fortune 500 consultant who also mentored her. It didn't scale, but it taught her the lesson her work is built on: mental health can't be treated in isolation from the body and the way a person lives. It also set the philanthropic thread that runs through everything she does.
That lesson took her back to UCL, for a Graduate Certificate in Psychology and then an MSc in Child Development. She qualified in personal training, nutrition and mental health first aid, trained in Lanserhof's medical method as a Medical Personal Trainer at Lanserhof at The Arts Club, and taught meditation at The Lanesborough Club & Spa.
Today she is the founder and CEO of Akirov Health, a global network of vetted clinics in natural, preventative and longevity health. Her forthcoming book, The Natural Way, brings Lifestyle Psychology to a broader audience.
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