Fix your body.
Free your mind.

What if your anxiety, low mood, or brain fog isn’t just “in your head”?

Brainshaping Academy from Dr. Mark Hyman shows how mental health symptoms can often start in your body—and gives you a complete plan for what you can do about it.

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What is Brainshaping Academy?

A new approach to mental health—that addresses root causes, not just symptoms.

Your brain
is struggling.

Maybe you suffer from low energy. Poor focus. Or an unreliable memory that makes you feel like your mind is slipping away.

You’ve taken steps to improve, but you still don’t feel like yourself.

So what can you do?

The standard playbook
isn't working.

Medication and therapy often fall short. And that can leave you feeling defeated.

But… maybe you’re looking at the problem wrong.

What if you’ve only been treating your mind, when you should also be treating the systems below your neck?

The solution could
be inside your body.

Brainshaping Academy reveals the root-cause biology that influences your mental, emotional, and cognitive health.

It shows how your gut, genes, and immune system impact your mind.

And it gives you a natural, sustainable plan to support all of it.

A healthier mind
is within your reach.

A healthy mind starts with a healthy body.

Using nutrition, lifestyle, and targeted supplements, Brainshaping Academy shows you how to think more clearly, feel more like yourself, and protect your brain against age-related decline.

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Is Brainshaping Academy
right for you?

When you take the course, you’ll discover:

  • The Essential 7: The nutrients your brain needs, but that more than 90% of people don’t get enough of.
  • The Protein Paradox: Why even “adequate” protein can leave your brain starving for more.
  • The Cognition Killers: The 3 foods that often make low mood, anxiety, and brain fog worse.
  • The Reuptake Trap: The real reason SSRIs often don’t feel like they’ve “fixed” the issue.
  • The Root-Cause Solutions: Find answers to questions conventional psychiatry overlooks—and that will forever change how you think about your mind.

Real people, real results

Meet a few of Dr. Hyman’s patients. They escaped suffering using the approach you’ll learn about in Brainshaping Academy. 

Joe tapered off 4 psych meds in 3 months.
Within weeks, Marie’s brain fog and depression lifted.
Sarah experienced joy for the first time in years.
Eleanor’s mood, memory, and energy all improved overnight.

Begin your journey to mental clarity

With video, written lessons, and hands-on exercises, you’ll move quickly from discovery to improvement.

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Intake quiz

This is designed to help you notice patterns and better understand where you may want to focus as you move through the program.

Videos and written lessons

You'll get 23 educational videos from Dr. Hyman, along with written lessons that go deeper and help you turn each concept into action.

Brainshaping Workbook

Exclusive challenges and exercises let you track your progress and overcome any obstacles that may be standing in your way.

Bonus downloads

Looking for deeper step-by-step advice? You'll find what you need with downloadable recipes, cheat sheets, and supplement guides.

See what’s inside

You'll get 6 weeks of discovery and 6 weeks of action. You can complete them at the same time or one after another—it’s totally up to you. 

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Like nothing you’ve tried before

Brainshaping Academy isn’t a replacement for medication or therapy. But by targeting your biological health, it can give you a powerful way to improve how you think and feel.

Traditional Care
Brainshaping
Medication for managing symptoms; therapy for behavioral skills
Focuses on the biological root causes of mental health issues and cognitive decline “Root causes” are biological imbalances, deficiencies, and dysfunctions that can lead to symptoms. In some cases, a single root cause may lead to multiple symptoms, such as brain fog, irritability, and poor memory. While traditional medical care typically attempts to treat these symptoms individually, Brainshaping Academy targets them directly at their root.
Uses drugs like SSRIs to help the serotonin you have stay active longer
Helps you get the nutrients needed for natural serotonin production To build serotonin, your brain needs essential nutrients like tryptophan, iron, and vitamin B6. If you're not consistently getting enough of these nutrients, serotonin production could be affected. SSRIs don't increase your serotonin levels. They make the serotonin you have stay active longer. So if you're nutrient-depleted, and it's affecting your serotonin production, the medications aren't resolving your root cause problem.
Treats symptoms without addressing the causes of chronic inflammation
Uses research-based strategies to calm chronic inflammation Chronic inflammation is your body's long-term immune response to ongoing stress, injury, or exposure. When it persists, it can affect how your brain works—contributing to symptoms like low mood, anxiety, brain fog, and emotional ups and downs. Over time, it may also increase your risk of neurodegenerative conditions, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Often overlooks food sensitivities and environmental exposures
Aims to eliminate foods and toxins that can disrupt brain function “Toxins” include a variety of compounds that can damage neural tissue or overstimulate your brain. These include heavy metals, food additives, agricultural chemicals, and unfriendly bacteria that slip through the gut lining.
Rarely considers how the brain's energy systems affect mental health
Supports mitochondrial health so your brain can produce the energy it needs Your brain consumes 20%–25% of your body’s total energy. If it’s unable to use that energy efficiently—often due to “mitochondrial” stress—your attention, memory, and emotional regulation can all suffer. You might also be at a higher risk for depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and dementia.
Helps you cope, but not improve your brain health
Gives you the “operating instructions” for a healthy brain Brainshaping Academy shows you what your brain needs to create energy, regulate its chemistry, and defend itself from everyday toxins. Once you know how it operates, you’ll be able to make smarter brain-health decisions for the rest of your life.

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  • Learn at your own pace
  • Build a plan for better brain function

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About Dr. Mark Hyman

Mark Hyman, MD, is the founder of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. He’s also a medical news contributor on CBS, a co-founder and chief medical officer of Function Health, and one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people in health.

Dr. Hyman first introduced the principles of Brainshaping Academy more than 15 years ago, with his book The UltraMind Solution. In the time since, the science has continued to validate his approach. Key concepts like “leaky gut,” once considered fringe, are now widely embraced by mainstream medicine. 

But his expertise isn't only clinical. Early in his career, Dr. Hyman experienced a severe case of mercury poisoning that left him with crippling brain fog, anxiety, and fatigue. The path back to health ran straight through his body — and that experience shaped everything he's done since.

With Brainshaping Academy, he distills decades of research, clinical experience, and hard-won personal insight into a cohesive, action-oriented course.

Frequently asked questions

Is Brainshaping Academy a replacement for therapy and medication? 

Brainshaping Academy does not replace traditional mental health treatment. It’s better to think of it as complementary. 

It may help some people reduce or even eliminate their reliance. But you should not make any changes to your treatment plan without talking to your physician. 

Does Brainshaping Academy focus on nutrition?

Nutrition is the backbone of the program, and for good reason: Food is the most powerful medicine on the planet. It provides information that tells every cell in your body how to behave. 

But this isn’t some finger-wagging lesson about eating your vegetables. 

With Brainshaping Academy, you’ll learn exactly how nutrients talk to your body, how to use vitamins and amino acids to regulate your serotonin, and how to activate your detoxification system with diet and supplementation.

In addition, you’ll discover cutting-edge concepts and novel treatment pathways, such as:

  • Nutrigenomics, which reveals how food interacts with your genetic code
  • Chrononutrition, which shows how timing interacts with your circadian rhythm
  • Hormesis, which demonstrates how strategic stressors can make your brain stronger
  • Psychedelic therapy, which is emerging as a novel approach to rewiring the brain  

By the end of the course, you’ll have a powerful set of nutrition-based tools to help you manage your mental, emotional, and cognitive health.

How long will the course take to complete?

Brainshaping Academy is a learn-at-your-own-pace program, so you can move as fast or slow as you'd like.

That said, there are two recommended pathways for those who prefer structure.

After you sign-up, you’ll have the option to choose which of these works for you.

>> The Foundational Path (12 week)
You’ll spend six weeks on the Brainshaping Course (the learning section), and an additional six weeks on the Brainshaping Plan (the practical application section).

It's easy to feel overwhelmed when you hear 12 weeks, but the course has been designed to take just one to two hours a week, total.

>> The Jumpstart Path (6 weeks)
This is the fast-track option for those who want to put Brainshaping principles into action right away.

With this path, you’ll do the Brainshaping Course and Brainshaping Plan at the same time.

The course will serve as your reference and support system while you start making immediate changes to your diet and lifestyle. 

What does the Brainshaping Course look like?

The course is organized into six modules, and you can expect to complete each one in one to two hours.

These modules give you the background you need for the Brainshaping Academy Plan, which is a structured six-week nutrition and lifestyle phase where you put your lessons into action.

To see a breakdown of the modules and course structure, check out the Course Overview.

Can Brainshaping Academy help you with weight loss? 

Yes. While the lessons focus on your mind, the "side effects" may include weight loss.

With Brainshaping Academy, you’ll learn why processed foods are damaging to your brain and exactly how to move away from them. And this could have a big impact on your body weight.

In a study published in Cell Metabolism, researchers divided subjects into two groups. One was given an unlimited supply of processed foods, while the other was given an unlimited supply of real, whole foods. 

There was no measuring portions or counting calories. Both groups were allowed to eat as much as they wanted. And yet, the whole-food group still consumed 508 fewer calories a day. 

They ate fewer calories simply by switching from processed to unprocessed foods. And as a result, they lost weight. 

Even though the study only ran for two weeks, the group eating processed foods gained nearly a pound, while the group eating whole foods lost nearly a pound. 

Now imagine what happens when you stretch that effect out over months or years.

With Brainshaping Academy, you'll learn a new way to nourish your body—one that's designed to build brain health, but proven to support a healthy weight too.