The Wellness CSI™ Method
You want to put it all together.
Good place to start. Your sleep, food, stress, movement, work, relationships, recovery and the rest of your life were never separate subjects. They've always been happening to one person. You.
The Wellness CSI™ Method gives you a practical way to work backward from the solution you're considering until you understand the question you're actually trying to solve.
SHOW ME HOW IT WORKS ↓Where most of us begin
You were trained to look somewhere else.
And there has never been a shortage of places to look.
Sometimes one of those things helps. But before you decide what to change, work backward and figure out what you're actually trying to solve.
The Method
Start with the solution. Work backwards.
If you're already thinking about a diet, supplement, sleep protocol, workout or some other answer, fine. Start there. Then investigate why that answer feels necessary in the first place.
What are you trying to fix?
What solution are you already considering? Start with the answer that's already in your head.
Why this solution?
What are you experiencing that made you think you needed it? Now we move from the proposed solution to the actual signal or problem.
When did it start?
Roughly when did you first notice it? Now you have a timeline instead of a vague feeling that something is off.
What else changed?
Work. Sleep. Food. Training. Travel. Relationships. Medication. Stress. Environment. Recovery. What else was happening around the same time?
What deserves a reasonable test?
Choose one reasonable move based on what you learned. Not six changes at once. Otherwise, if you feel better, congratulations: you have no idea why.
What did you learn?
Better? Worse? No difference? All three tell you something. Keep what helps. Drop what doesn't. Then decide what makes sense next.
What it looks like
Let's work one backwards.
You think you need a better sleep protocol.
Instead of immediately prescribing one, we investigate why that solution came to mind.
Why this matters
Because guessing gets expensive.
Not only financially. It costs time, attention and energy. Sometimes it costs months spent solving the wrong problem.
See patterns sooner.
Get better at noticing what changed instead of treating every signal like it appeared by itself.
Make fewer random changes.
Change one reasonable thing at a time so you can actually learn from what happens.
Ask better questions.
Know more about what is happening when you decide it's time to bring in a physician or another professional.
You don't need every answer. You need a better way to investigate the question.
Want to use the Method yourself?
The Black Book of Wellness™ gives you somewhere to do it.
Its questions, worksheets and Bonus Tools help you slow something down, put it on paper, notice what you may have missed and try one reasonable change at a time.
You don't have to complete everything. Start with the page that helps with what matters now.
SEE INSIDE THE BLACK BOOK →You came through one door
Where would you like to go next?
You don't need to do everything. Choose the kind of help that makes the most sense right now.