For healthcare entrepreneur Viviana Botoaca, founder of London's Geneviv Clinic, longevity is not found in rigid, punishing regimes — it is built on simple, sustainable daily habits. While her working hours are surrounded by cutting-edge regenerative technology, from dry-floating beds to brain-mapping helmets, her personal routine remains firmly grounded.
Starting every day before 6am without an alarm, she prioritises time in nature, morning trampoline sessions with her son, and strict digital boundaries over social media scrolling. Here, the leader in regenerative medicine shares how she balances high-tech recovery with mindful living to keep her mind and body in peak condition.
Morning Routine and Family Time
Botoaca wakes between 5am and 6am without an alarm, but keeps the schedule of a child — going to sleep well before 10pm as often as possible. On waking, she looks outside at the trees and nature, describing it as a mental reset and a reminder of the beauty that surrounds us, which she does not wish to forget as an adult just because she has so many other things to do.
Her routine is simple: she washes her face with cold water (no cleansers, as she believes it is helpful to preserve the skin microbiome), takes her daily IM8 supplement and vitamin D, then has a double espresso. She trampolines with her son and goes for a walk when she can. She generally eats twice a day, preferring home-cooked meals and avoiding sugar and desserts. A blended tomato, olive oil and lemon juice is a "can't live without" — she has it almost every day.
Movement and Recovery
Movement should be scheduled into her day, but as for everyone, her work takes up a lot of her time. The only scheduled sessions are the morning trampoline and, in the evening, a routine of planks, squats and bridges. She walks a lot, including to work and back every day.
For recovery, she uses the dry-floating bed at her clinic, Geneviv, plus full body circular massage and lymphatic drainage, as well as Emerald Laser, molecular hydrogen inhalations and Tesla Former, as often as she can. She wears a Whoop bracelet, largely for heart rate variability, to monitor rises and drops, as well as circumstances in which variations occur.
Tech, Neuroplasticity, and Sleep
Among the underrated tech in her routine, she cites the iMediSync brain mapping helmet, which can help check brain activity, imbalances and risks of MCI (mild cognitive impairment), and bespoke light therapy which can be used to help prevent neurocognitive decline, balance the mind, enhance sleep and more.
She practises neuroplasticity daily, describing it as a workout for the brain that involves practising gratitude and reminding herself constantly what brings her happiness. When she encounters a problem, she considers the positive things in her life at that moment to flip the balance. She notes that we quite often forget how special it is to be alive: to see, walk, feel, smell and hear. Acknowledging our senses can help to silence the mind when it gets busy with worrisome thoughts, assisting with mental balance.
Botoaca avoids screen time as much as possible, stating that digital boundaries are essential and phones should be used only when necessary. She does not scroll on social media, noting that newsworthy things can be read from the right publications. Her evening wind-down starts as soon as work is finished, with most evenings spent with her family and her son. Having a child involves lots of cooking, reading, beautiful conversations, painting and playing outside, which she calls a blessing in adult lives and a reminder of how beautiful life is.
She believes that the things you do before going to sleep can affect its quality greatly — snacking, scrolling, sugar, lack of physical activity, too much coffee. For her, sleep optimisation means avoiding bad habits. She believes in keeping things simple, being disciplined without becoming too rigid or obsessive, and focusing on small, sustainable habits rather than drastic changes. Very small changes, done every day, can have a big impact.
