New program combines brain science, mental health and spiritual principles to help churches build healthier communities

COSTA MESA, Calif., Sept. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Amen University, the online brain health education platform founded by double board-certified psychiatrist and 20-time national bestselling author Daniel G. Amen, MD, today launched Amen WHOLE-4, a whole-person program that pairs neuroscience with timeless spiritual principles to help people and their faith communities get healthier together. Enrollment is open now at amenuniversity.com.

WHOLE-4 targets four interconnected dimensions rather than treating symptoms one at a time:

• Brain & Body — nutrition, targeted supplementation, movement, sleep, and blood flow.
• Mind — the thought patterns and stress habits that either fuel or drain a person.
• Relationships — the connections research links to better mood, sharper cognition, and longer life.
• Spirit — the faith, meaning, and purpose that make healthy habits last.

“America is in a WHOLE-4 health crisis,” said Dr. Amen. “Anxiety, depression, brain fog, low energy, loneliness, and loss of purpose are all rising at the same time. The answer isn’t to treat each one as a separate disorder, but to heal them together.”

The program is delivered through small groups, beginning with a foundational experience and continuing into a deeper mastery journey. No clinical background is required to lead one: pastors, ministry leaders, coaches, and counselors get a ready-to-use structure for guiding a group. Ahead of today’s launch, WHOLE-4 was piloted in dozens of churches and faith-based organizations across the country.

The approach builds on The Daniel Plan , which Dr. Amen co-authored with Pastor Rick Warren and Dr. Mark Hyman — a global initiative that showed how churches can drive physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual renewal. Like all of Dr. Amen’s work, WHOLE-4 draws on more than 300,000 brain SPECT scans performed at Amen Clinics and over 30 years of research.

“You are not stuck with the brain you have,” said Dr. Amen. “You can make it better, and I believe caring for the brain God gave you is an act of worship. My prayer is that WHOLE-4 becomes a movement — thousands of congregations getting healthier together, shoulder to shoulder.”

About Amen University

Amen University is the online brain health education platform founded by Daniel G. Amen, MD, psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and one of the most recognized voices in brain health. Through certifications, courses, and programs grounded in decades of clinical research and the world’s largest database of functional brain scans, Amen University equips individuals, professionals, and communities to change their brains and change their lives.

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