No Shortcuts: The 10 Non-negotiables of Wellbeing

By Oli Mittermaier MS and Adam Tibble MD

Oli Mittermaier and Adam Tibble have treated patients in severe psychological distress at CIT Clinics in the Bay Area for over a decade. Most arrive after years - sometimes decades - of conventional treatments that haven't worked.

At CIT Clinics, the approach is comprehensive: ketamine therapy paired with integration, group work, and structured follow-up. And it works. The neurological windows open. Suffering loosens. For the first time in years, healing becomes possible.

And then most patients go home - to lives that have no infrastructure to hold what's just been opened. The window closes back up. Often within weeks.

This book is about what's missing - and how to build it.

After thousands of clinical hours, the pattern stabilized at ten things - none of them clinical, none of them billable, all of them required: Sleep. Movement. Food. Self-care. Home. Admin. Connection. Purpose. Service. Joy.

No Shortcuts is a working manual for the infrastructure of getting well - and staying well. It explains the neuroscience behind each non-negotiable, helps you locate yourself honestly in each domain, and lays out the four behavior-change principles that make new habits actually take.

The path exists. The walls are clearly marked. You just have to start walking.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H24FTSBP
• ISBN13: 9798996117307
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Cit Clinics Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"