How a decade of caregiving taught me that prevention beats reaction – and why I created a tool to help you get ahead of disease
Why I Built Your Health Compass: A Science-Based Health Risk Assessment
Most people don't discover their health risks until something has already gone wrong.
Think about how modern healthcare works—it's largely reactive. You wait for symptoms. You wait for blood markers to cross a threshold. You wait for a diagnosis.
But most chronic diseases don't start at diagnosis. They develop quietly over years, even decades, influenced by lifestyle patterns, early symptoms that get dismissed, environmental factors, family history, and genetics.
Yet most people are never given a simple way to understand their personal risk landscape before disease develops.
That gap is exactly why I built Your Health Compass.
This Is Personal For Me
I have a mum who has been through some horrific medical challenges—and it's what really put me into this longevity and health optimization space.
Before that, I spent 25 years as a professional ultra-endurance athlete, racing in some of the world's toughest events across the planet, covering over 70,000 kilometers. I was completely focused on high performance.
But when my mum suffered a massive brain aneurysm—and later brain cancer—and wasn't meant to survive either of those, I went headlong into the longevity and health optimization world.
This is about finding out the things I wish I had known way back then, so I could have prevented some of what happened to my dear mum.
What I Wanted To Create
I wanted something that was:
Science-based, not speculative
Did not require wearables or constant tracking
Did not store or sell your personal health data
Did not lock people into subscriptions
Helped people know where to focus—because prevention isn't about doing everything, it's about doing the right things for your specific risk profile
What Your Health Compass Actually Does
Your Health Compass is a one-time, questionnaire-based health risk assessment that helps you understand your relative risk across 11 major chronic diseases plus now 3 bonus extra questionaires using scientifically validated lifestyle and symptom questionnaires.
No diagnosis. No medical claims. Just early insight—and direction.
What it is:
A guided assessment using validated questionnaires
Evaluates lifestyle factors, symptoms, and risk patterns
Covers 11 major disease categories
Generates clear, downloadable reports
One-time purchase ($19.99 USD)—not a subscription
What it is NOT:
A diagnostic tool
A replacement for medical care
Something that tracks you over time
Something that stores your personal health data
Something that sells or shares your information
You complete the questionnaires, receive your results, download your report—and that's it. Then you can do whatever you want with that crucial information.
The 14 Disease Categories
Your Health Compass assesses risk across 14 diseases that account for the majority of chronic illness burden worldwide:
Parkinson's Disease – Early screening based on MDS-UPDRS plus recognized prodromal markers
Type 2 Diabetes – Using the official Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC)
Breast Cancer Risk – 5-year and lifetime risk estimation (for women)
Prostate Cancer Risk – Risk factor assessment (for men)
Multiple Sclerosis – Early neurological symptoms and sensory changes
Lupus – Immune-related symptoms and systemic features
Asthma – Respiratory risk patterns
Depression – Using the validated PHQ-9 screening tool
Anxiety – Using the validated GAD-7 screening tool
Osteoporosis – Bone health risk factors
Autoimmune Markers – General autoimmune risk indicators
Sleep Apnea - balidated STOP-BANG questionaire
Heart Disease - Assess your cardiovascular risk factors
Brain/Memory - AD8 is a brief screening tool to check early Brain issues.
Each questionnaire takes just a few minutes. You can do all of them at once, or come back and complete them over time.
The Science Behind It
Let me be very specific about what this app is based on—because this is where credibility really matters.
Your Health Compass does not invent its own scoring system.
It uses existing, clinically validated screening and risk questionnaires that are already used in medical research and public health settings—simply brought together in one place for you.
These tools are widely used because they:
Detect risk patterns before disease is diagnosable
Integrate lifestyle, symptoms, and history
Are especially valuable for prevention and early awareness
This is not AI guessing. This is not symptom Googling. This is structured, evidence-based risk stratification.
Who Should Use This?
This tool is particularly valuable if you:
Have a family history of chronic disease
Know you carry a genetic risk factor
Have lifestyle risk factors you want to understand
Feel mostly healthy but want clarity
Want to prevent disease rather than react to it
There's a saying: "Genetics loads the gun, but lifestyle pulls the trigger."
Your Health Compass helps you see where that trigger may be forming—so you can do something about it.
What You Can Do With Your Results
Your report helps you:
Prioritize lifestyle changes that actually matter for you
Know which body systems deserve attention
Ask better questions when you see your doctor
Avoid unnecessary worry when your risk is low
Focus prevention efforts efficiently
It turns vague concern into actionable awareness.
Privacy, Simplicity, Cost
No ongoing tracking
No personal health data stored
No subscription
One-time cost: $19.99 USD
Downloadable report that you own
You shouldn't have to trade your privacy to understand your health.
If you believe that:
Prevention matters
Awareness beats reaction
Clarity reduces anxiety
Privacy matters
Then Your Health Compass was built for you.
→ Take Your Free Screening Now
(3 screenings are completely free—no payment required)
Lisa Tamati is a former professional ultra-endurance athlete, longevity researcher, host of the Pushing The Limits podcast, and founder of Your Health Compass. After spending over a decade navigating complex health challenges with her mother, she's dedicated to helping others get ahead of disease through prevention and early awareness.
