Dharma Life Sciences
About Us
Dharma Life Sciences began in 2013 as a research-driven effort to understand the real roots of emotional struggle — not just the symptoms, but the underlying patterns that create them. What started as an exploration into neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral science has grown into a structured, measurable program that's helped clients rewire the thought patterns holding them back.
Our Approach
Every person has one or more personality traits that, when out of balance, become the root cause of ongoing emotional struggles — whether that's overwhelm, overreaction, low self-worth, or difficulty setting boundaries. A person who's overly self-critical and a person who's overly confident are both dealing with the same underlying issue: an unbalanced trait creating friction in their life.Our method is built on neuroplasticity — the brain's proven ability to form new neural pathways at any age. Through a structured process, we help clients replace reactive patterns with intentional ones, until the change becomes automatic.
How the Program Works
Finding the Root, Not Just Treating the LeavesMost approaches to emotional struggle treat what's visible — the anger, the anxiety, the shutting down — without addressing what's underneath it. Think of it like a tree: if the roots are unhealthy, no amount of attention to the leaves will fix the problem. Our program is built to find and address the root — the unbalanced personality trait driving the pattern — rather than managing symptoms one at a time.
Our Process
Each 8-week program follows a consistent arc:
1
Onboarding & Trait Discovery
Your mentor gets to know you, your history, and what's been showing up in your life. Through guided conversation and assessment, together you identify the specific trait at the root of your struggle.
3
Mind Actions
Your mentor guides you through activities designed to shift your perspective, helping you recognize your own patterns and think from a new vantage point.
2
Brain Actions
Using neuroscience-based games and exercises, you begin forming new neural associations that work to balance that trait — the foundation of the rewiring process.
4
Real-World Actions
You apply what you've learned to real situations in your life, then bring what happened back to your mentor to refine and reinforce the shift.
This loop — identify, rewire, apply, reflect — repeats and builds over the 8 weeks, so change isn't something you're forcing. It becomes your new default.
Backed by Research
Our methodology isn't just theory. We've partnered with researchers at Michigan Technological University and Case Western Reserve University to study our program's real-world impact — including a clinical trial showing a 63% reduction in anxiety levels among participants, compared to 11% in the control group. Click here to learn more.
Why We Do This
We built Dharma Life because we believe emotional health shouldn't be left to chance — and it shouldn't require years of guesswork to figure out what's actually going on beneath the surface. Our program is designed to give people a clear, evidence-based path to lasting change, backed by a guarantee: you only pay if you improve.