Doctor-formulated · drug-free · clinically studied
Turn stressinto power.
Doctor-formulated medical foods from Dr. Stephen Sideroff — targeted nutrition for sleep, stress, pain, and focus, built on forty years of clinical practice.
40 years
of clinical practice
UCLA
Dept. of Psychiatry
The 9 Pillars
method he developed
Practiced, taught, and advised across
- UCLA
- Cedars-Sinai
- McGill
- UC Irvine
- US Soccer Federation
- Sierra Tucson
- A4M
- Boston Consulting Group
- Lockheed Martin
- Libra Group
- Psychology Today
The method
Nine pillars. One nervous system.
Resilience is nine trainable capacities, in three groups. The care works across all of them.
Relational
How you hold connectionBalance
How your system regulatesProcess
How you meet the momentRelationship with yourself
Care begins with how you speak to yourself under pressure. We rebuild that inner voice into one you can actually lean on.
Dr. Sideroff on resilience
In Dr. Sideroff’s words
“Resilience isn’t just about bouncing back from setbacks. It’s about learning new lessons so you can bounce forward.”
Stephen Sideroff, Ph.D. · UCLA
Where to start
Start with what’s going on.
No forms, no questionnaire. Tell us what’s closest to home and we’ll point you to a formula for it.
What’s pulling at you?
Pick what’s closest — a formula for it appears here.
What experts say
Trusted by CEOs, Olympians, and doctors
“Just as food is medicine, Dr. Sideroff’s approach to resilience is the equivalent mental and emotional medicine to help the body function at its best.”
Mark Hyman, MD · Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine
“With a blend of ancient wisdom and modern science, Dr. Sideroff masterfully equips you with the tools for achieving greater happiness, health, and success.”
“I truly feel something profound shifting in me after working through the 9 pillars. Highly recommend.”
About Dr. Sideroff
Stephen Sideroff, Ph.D.
Clinical psychologist · UCLA
Stress is not a flaw. Resilience is not a gift.
A clinical psychologist and longtime UCLA faculty member, Dr. Sideroff’s research began with the neuroscience of learning at McGill and has run through hospitals, addiction treatment centers, and performance settings ever since.
He’s brought the method to executives at Boston Consulting Group and Lockheed Martin, to the US Men’s National Soccer Team and the UCLA hardwood, and into addiction treatment at Sierra Tucson. The 9 Pillars model came out of that work — tested for decades before it became a book.
Both stress and resilience are physiology. And physiology can be trained.
- Practice
- 40+ years, clinical & performance
- Faculty
- UCLA, Dept. of Psychiatry
- Research
- UC Irvine · McGill · UCLA
- Field
- Stress · sleep · addiction
Evidence & method
The method is public. Read it before you commit.
- BookAbout the book (opens in new tab)
The 9 Pillars of Resilience
The Proven Path to Master Stress, Slow Aging, and Increase Vitality — the full model, in his own words.
- PodcastListen (opens in new tab)
The Quantum Leadership Podcast
The next evolution in leadership — harnessing the brain and mind-body connection for resilience and peak performance.
- WritingRead (opens in new tab)
Psychology Today & published research
Ongoing clinical writing and peer-reviewed work across stress, addiction, and neurofeedback.
Questions
Asked often, answered plainly.
A medical food is a specially formulated product taken under medical supervision to manage the distinct nutritional needs of a specific condition. It's not a drug, and it's more targeted than an ordinary supplement.