Science-led resilience for teams under pressure

Participants typically see significant improvements in energy, health, and performance (see example impact case study). Impact is driven by: (1) interventions tailored to personal diagnostics that address root causes, (2) medical-doctor recommended interventions combining neurobiology with mental and physical health routines, and (3) strong habit change momentum through personal (often daily) support, peer support, and regular biomarker tracking.

We tailor the journey to your goals, context, budget, and time availability after a short initial conversation (a consulting team journey can differ from a top-200 leadership program). A typical journey includes:

• Tailored in-person workshop (1–8 hours) or virtual kick-off (15 min to 1 hour)
• On-site diagnostics sampling after the workshop for opt-in participants (e.g., hair and/or saliva) or at-home sampling in less than one hour if the kick-off is virtual
• 1–2 weeks later: 1:1 debrief with medical doctors or other experts, plus co-created personal action plan
• Participants choose 2–5 small, measurable daily routines
• Daily habit tracking via WhatsApp notifications, plus 24/7 medical doctor support chat
• Expert check-ins as needed plus 2–4 week personal calls
• Optional: monthly team check-ins (15–45 min), additional in-person workshops, and monthly biomarker follow-up tests
• Follow-up tests are selected per participant to track the most critical lifestyle/biology area

We measure many stress and health related biomarkers aligned with the scientific allostatic load model. With the combination of the tests we quantify the price your body pays for chronic stress and identify heath and performance bottlenecks. A wearable device alone cannot identify root causes of the stress and measures only a very narrow and often misleading fraction of what we measure. We focus on upstream strain and resilience markers rather than disease diagnostics. We select tests based on your goals and what is most actionable for the target group. Depending on the program, this can include:

• Hair-based long-term stress hormones
• Saliva-based cortisol rhythm across multiple days
• ECG-based recovery analysis across workdays and nights
• Scientifically validated self-assessments of stress drivers
• Research-validated self-assessments and symptom screens
• Optionally, at-home blood test for inflammation markers and micro-nutrients using a painfree Tasso device
• Optionally, a continuous glucose monitor
• Optionally, fitness screens (at-home VO2max), strength and mobility assessments
• Optionally, continous blood pressure monitoring

Find information about the scientific validity in the provided links.

Soon after starting the program, participants receive the diagnostics kit at home. They then select a workweek when they want to measure. They put on the heart rate monitor on Sunday evening (<3 min) and wear it until the following Saturday. On Monday and Tuesday they take <5 min to take saliva sample right after waking and before bed. On Tuesday they take a hair sample (< 3 min) and on Wednesday a courier shows up at their home to collect the saliva and hair samples or they drop it at the next post station (in most US and EU cities <700 meters away). Lastly, they take a 15 min self-assessment. The full sampling process during one workweek is designed to be completed in less than one hour in total.

Alternatively to doing this sampling process alone and at home, we also provide to collect the samples and do all the set-up for the participants if we meet for an in-person kick-off workshop or come to your office.

We design the service around pseudonymisation by default: biosample and survey data are processed only via encrypted participant IDs, not names or emails. Third parties never receive personally identifiable information from us, and even inside Sapiens, only the participant’s designated coach can access identifying data for communication and debriefing. We store all data on EU servers with the most strict access controls according to medical standards. Find our full data privacy policy here.

We store and process data on Microsoft Azure servers in the European Union.