Dasha Maximov

Dasha Maximov is the founder of Whealth, a longevity and recovery clinic in the Dominican Republic, where she explores a simple but often overlooked question: what if one of the most powerful drivers of human health isn't another supplement or device, but the quality of our relationships—with ourselves, with others, and with life itself? After spending nearly a decade as a management consultant at PwC, Dasha left the corporate world to study neuroscience following her own long recovery from multiple concussions. That journey shifted her focus from treating symptoms to understanding the biological conditions that allow people to truly thrive. Today, she combines evidence-based longevity practices with systems thinking, helping practitioners and clinics integrate emerging therapies while creating environments that restore energy, resilience, and human connection.

Her work sits at the intersection of neuroscience, the nervous system, biohacking, and behavior change. She is particularly interested in how oxytocin influences the brain, gut, immune system, inflammation, and recovery—and why our modern pursuit of optimization may be overlooking one of the body's most powerful healing mechanisms.

In her talk, Dasha invites audiences to rethink longevity through a different lens: not simply extending lifespan, but increasing life force. She believes that when we cultivate genuine joy, safety, curiosity, and connection, physiology changes—and health becomes something we build from the inside out.Dasha's current work explores one of the most overlooked molecules in longevity: oxytocin. While often reduced to the "love hormone," emerging research suggests it plays a far broader role in brain health, gut function, immune regulation, metabolism, resilience, and healthy aging. Her work invites audiences to rethink joy and human connection as measurable biological interventions—not simply emotional experiences.