ABOUT US
“Turn science into something useful and usable.” That's what I try to do every day.
Fabio Sinibaldi
Founder - Research and Development - Keynote speaker and TrainerAuthor | Research & Development Professional | Integrative Psychotherapist | Keynote Speaker
President of the Association for Integrative Sciences
CEO & Founder of Real Way of Life
Member of the British Psychological Society – Psychobiology Section
Regional manager SIPNEI- Lombardy (PsychoNeuroEndocrineImmunology Italian Society)
SAN Member– Society for Applied Neuroscience
Fabio is an expert in Applied Neurosciences and PsychoNeuroEndocrineImmunology which he combines with an evolutionary and ethological standpoint.
With an international career spanning more than 20 years, he is the founder of the Association for Integrative Sciences and of the Real Way of Life research and training institutes.
Working as a clinician, researcher and trainer, he is the developer of the Integrative Sciences, the Switch Model, the Integrative Functional Patterns, Isometric Emotions techniques, Ideographic Thinking, and several other integrative techniques (developed to manage psychosomatic diseases, chronic stress, trauma, self-regulation, emotions, development processes, etc. in a targeted way).
His work incorporates: neuroplasticity, brain and mental metabolism, brain networks, nutritional neuroscience, primal social intelligence, mental-postural-emotional-motor flows, and more.
He conducts seminars on The Switch Model throughout the world.
Lecturer at post graduate schools of psychotherapy and counselling, he holds seminars for universities and institutions in different countries.
Fabio regularly attends national and international congresses as a speaker.
Author of:
The Switch – The Science of Change – The complete guide for driving effective change;
Transformative Mindfulness: 45 exercises – An idea-a-day workbook to develop awareness and favour change;
the Handbook of Integrative Sciences – Evolution, Adaptation, and Physiology.
His works are published and mentioned in various journals, magazines and academic books.
“In my research, as quite commonly happens after some time, I began to feel dissatisfied. In fact, I considered it unacceptable that some theories, in both the medical and psychological fields, were based on logical foundations and links that could not be fully understood. In addition to this, I also wanted to understand why some techniques worked only at certain times and in different ways, depending from on who applied them.
The answers I reached were not always satisfying. For instance, saying that a therapy is more effective when there is a good relationship between patient and therapist makes sense, but it is still worthy of a high degree of analysis. Does it depend on the therapeutic relationship itself? If so, what are the key aspects and how do they work? Does a good relationship allow us to understand mechanisms which otherwise would not be investigated? Which neurobiological aspects are triggered (or are a prerequisite) in these emotional and relational interactions? Is the good relationship between therapist and patient the consequence—and thus not the cause—of the attention paid by the therapist to some aspects that others don’t normally consider?
My professional mission then became to cast light on these aspects and be able to share them with other colleagues and professionals, in the hope of making our jobs easier and more effective, thus generating both greater professional satisfaction and successful results for patients.”
Studies: Applied Neuroscience, Genetics and Evolutionism (Duke University), Change and Immunity (Harvard), Animal and Human Ethology, PNEI, Behavioural Neurobiology, Integrative Psychotherapy, Focal Psychotherapy.
``Go to the heart of the matter and bring balance back.`` This in my main working focus.
Sara Achilli
Founder - Research and Development - Keynote speaker and TrainerSara Achilli, B.Sc. Nutrition
Author | Research & Development Professional |Nutritional Consultant | Keynote Speaker
Vice President of the Association for Integrative Sciences
CEO & Founder of Real Way of Life
Member of the Regional Steering Committee of Lombardy SIPNEI (Italy)
Member of: SIPNEI (Italy) The Nutrition Society (UK); Parenting UK (UK)
Sara has a Degree in Nutrition Sciences and is a Nutrition and Health expert that focuses on the ways that food, nutrition and physical activity affect our health, emotional responses, mood and cognitive abilities. She is co-founder of the Association for Integrative Sciences and of the Real Way of Life research and training centres where she works as a consultant, researcher and trainer.
She developed the Emotional-Metabolic Switch model to intervene on inflammatory conditions of the gut, brain and, at the same time, on energy metabolism and the efficiency of mind-body interaction.
Her work slots into the Change Switches theory starting from initial cell responses (metabolic energy, epigenetic marking, inflammatory cascade) and is applied right throughout, across various levels of complexity that influence initial adaptation responses (from hunger to a sense of void), to brain networks at the heart of emotions and self-image (both physical and relating to identity), to self-regulation and primary interpersonal relation models (tolerance towards waiting, nurture, sharing etc.).
Sara researches and evaluates the reciprocal influence between nutrition, cell responses, epigenetics, responses to pain, management of emotions and behaviour.
Sara coordinates nutrition and wellbeing projects both at individual clinical level and in their overall social implication aspects, presenting her findings each year to an international audience.
Author of:
The Switch – The Science of Change – The complete guide for driving effective change;
Transformative Mindfulness: 45 exercises – An idea-a-day workbook to develop awareness and favour change;
the Handbook of Integrative Sciences – Evolution, Adaptation, and Physiology.
Her works are published and mentioned in various journals, magazines and academic books.
“When we talk about nutrition, we often stumble across a lot of different theories, sometimes different, sometimes contrasting. The same thing is true about education and relationships with children.
When we find ourselves in front of many different problematic circumstances, the reason is often that we are analysing complex situations exclusively from one point of view and with a specific perspective.
For example, a change in diet can lead to an immediate improvement, but it could also alter our digestion and, consequently, our immune system in the long term. The prolonged crying of a baby surely has immediate effects but, in the long term, it could also influence other areas of the brain such as the area which governs the management of emotions, a sense of safety, confidence, openness to relationships and many more, and it could even change the child’s epigenetic configuration.
All biological, mental, emotional and relational processes are interconnected and have a temporal action that evolves in different ways. Understanding this complexity and learning to manage it in a systemic and systematic way is, for me, a stimulating challenge for modern professionals. My personal challenge was and still is to “map” these processes and find ways to act on their most relevant aspects in order to restore physiology, adaptation and functional development to behavioural responses.”
Studies: Nutrition, Thinking, Nervous System (McGill University), Supporting Emotional and Behavioural Kid’s Development (University of Washington), Scientific Parenting, Interpersonal Neurobiology, PNEI.
``Working, developing a passion, growing professionally and having fun`` This is the approach of partnerships in Real Way of Life. Antonio
Real Way of Life Team and Network
Research, Development, OrganizationReal Way of Life Team and Network
A multi-disciplinary group that supports all research, development and organizational activities
Michela, Andy, Marco and James are the founding pillars of our daily activities. They are creative and passionate professionals. Each one of them flanks and supports all study processes with a specific task, from the beginning to its final implementation.
We also rely on partners for specific projects. Some of them have been working with us for years, while others collaborate only on specific projects. They are part of our scientific and professional network. Most of them are people who followed our courses and have embraced our way of thinking and working.
