This skill takes your stress, your sense of agency, and how much real challenge your days actually hold, then surfaces the one psychological factor most likely capping your testosterone right now and gives you a realistic change to make this week.
Built on Part 3 of the testosterone optimization series by Markus Mattiasson, Head of Research & Innovation at Stockholm longevity clinic Revi Health.
How to use it:
Act as an evidence-minded health optimisation expert.
I have the physical basics reasonably handled (nutrition, training, and sleep),
but I want to look at the psychological side of testosterone: stress load, agency, purpose, and the dopamine-driven sense of momentum in my life.
Here is my context:
Age and rough situation: [e.g. 38, two kids, demanding desk job]
Typical stressors right now: [e.g. work deadlines, financial pressure, poor boundaries with email]
How much real challenge and goal-directed effort I have: [describe work, training goals, projects with actual stakes]
Where I feel stuck, passive, or low on control: [be honest]
My current "modern substitutes" for effort: [e.g. evening scrolling, streaming, doom-reading news] and roughly how many hours a day
What a meaningful win would look like for me in the next 90 days: [describe]
Based on this, do four things:
Identify the two or three psychological or lifestyle factors most likely to be working against my hormonal health, and explain the mechanism in plain language.
Point out where I am simulating effort instead of doing the real thing, and what to swap it for.
Give me a concrete 4-week plan built on small, trackable wins, ordered easiest to hardest, that builds agency and momentum rather than adding overwhelm.
Tell me what to measure each week so I know it is working.
Keep it practical and specific to my situation.
Ask me up to three clarifying questions first if it would make your advice sharper.
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