ABOUT

Dhruva Gulur, M.D., known affectionately as dhruvaMD, is a physician, author, and the founder of Mind Hygiene®, a healing method that helps people believe in themselves again—especially after a breakup, identity loss, or major life transition. He’s helped over 130,000 patients rebuild their emotional clarity through writing, reflection, and values-based discipline. With 1,200+ glowing reviews from real patients and a reputation built on lived experience, dhruvaMD speaks directly to those silently suffering and searching for emotional freedom.

His brother, a gifted multi-instrumentalist with a record deal at BMG, died on March 23, 2019, from methamphetamine and alcohol use—secondary to untreated mental illness. His mother, institutionalized for 27 years, passed away on March 2, 2021, at 3:36 PM from COVID-related complications. He only knew her for the last seven years of her life, during which they lived together and traveled the world.

These profound losses—combined with a near-death spiral into gambling, alcohol, overeating, and burnout—led Dr. Gulur to an emotional and spiritual breaking point. After being off work for six months and nearly losing his career, he began the long path from self-hate to self-love.

Over six years, he immersed himself in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), EMDR, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), and Metacognitive Therapy (MCBT)—each of which now forms the clinical foundation of Mind Hygiene®. Though he once concealed his struggles with mental healt and polysubstance use due to stigma, he now shares openly to remove shame and normalize recovery.

Today, dhruvaMD is sober since July 31st, 2018 from all substances, gambling, and compulsive behaviors. He regularly returns to the juvenile detention center where he was once a juvenile—this time, as an inspirational speaker.

He’s lost 60 pounds, found peace, and is blessed with his three pets, Suvarana, Ajay, and Spokey. His financial life, once chaotic, is now rooted in service and simplicity, driven by his daily investment in mental clarity through Mind Hygiene®.

💔 Breakup Recovery with Purpose After losing his brother to addiction, his mother to illness, and nearly losing himself to gambling, alcohol, and emotional burnout, dhruvaMD went from self-hate to self-love—and now inspires others to do the same. He prides himself on not giving advice, but inspiring through daily action when no one is applauding or watching.

He’s not here to help you "cope" with a breakup. He’s here to show you how to create an identity shift from rejection to rebirth using the Mind Hygiene® ACES framework:

ACES your life with Mind Hygiene® to Believe In Yourself Every Second

Accept Your Awareness | Communicate Your Compassion | Embrace Your Empathy | Soften The Process

🌍 The Vision: Heal the Mind. Feed the World. dhruvaMD's global vision is to create:

Mind Hygiene® curriculum for emotional freedom
Water filtration systems in underserved countries
Daily Mind Hygiene® practices with no access to mental health care, nspired by medical missions to Haiti and India, he now dreams of serving every underserved country in the world—combining clean water + clear mind = generational healing.

Heal Your Mind. Mind Hygiene™at a Time.

dhruvaMD quote book

We need to self love before we can love others
Those that expect to be accepted in society should expect to lose sight of accepting their destiny
The reason why judgement is easy is because it's not hard
It is a difficult venture to have compassion and empathy for others if you do not have compassion and empathy for yourself
If you are true to yourself when no one is watching, you will watch life from a truthful perspective
Being alone is vastly different from loneliness
Always strive for results, the outcomes are bestowed
Do not attempt to prove yourself with an opportunity. Instead, serve.
When compassion and feeling sorry for yourself are discerned, you will bear the fruits of life that is earned
Hard work, discipline and good habits should be viewed as investments
Everyone can be healed by their creations, the one limitation is fear
Fear of connection and rejection all at once is not negative so long as it is channeled in the right channel
The real you is who you are when no one is watching
Heal your mind, do not try to heal others
To live a life of fulfillment, allow your philosophy to guide your day to day
At times, positive affirmations can lose sight as to why we think negatively
Implicit memory governs life
To be self made is to personally develop yourself on your own volition
Conformists are conformists. Those that follow conformists will lose sight of originality
In order to change your surroundings, one has to question who they’re surrounding themselves with
When one places a positive or negative emotion on a thought, judgement will prevail
Believe To Be The Greatest Version Of Yourself
Doing a desirable act is markedly different from channeling an inner desire
Approaching life from a beginners mindset will allow you to succeed beyond measure
A thought should not have value - a thought should be devoid of judgment
If you are waiting for someone else to motivate you, you will be waiting forever
You will value the moments with others when you value the moments with yourself

TESTIMONIES

Erin Markel PA-C -- Family APP

"Dr. Dhruva Gulur inspires people of all ages on a daily basis. He has dedicated his life to the study of medicine and in the last several years years, has tapped into his enless energy of love, hope and inspiration. He has confronted physical and emotional pain he endured as a child and has learned how to heal, how to rebuild and then how to help other people do the same. I have known Dr. Gulur for 10 years & it is so wonderful to see someone heal and work so hard to help others heal as well. He also taps into his passions of music to express himself. With his inspirational speaking, his physical workouts, music & his medical practice, his unliimited energy and love will transform lives.

Dan Nguyen M.D. -- Cardiologist

I have known Dr. Gulur for 5 years. Watching him grow into what he states is self loathing to self love is a transformation that is inspirational. I remember him transitioning into a state of awareness by taking 6 months out of his to heal his mind, body and soul. He wants to be the best he can be and in the process has stopped mind altering substances.

Vicky Sandhu -- CEO Alisha Limos

Dr. Gulur is very professional, easy to understand and drives home points that make you think. He sits down with you and treats you like family. You are not a number to him as a patient or an individual. He has a no-nonsense approach to life and in person he is a motivation and takes an original approach

Sudhanva Malur M.D. -- Consultant Virologist

Dr. Gulur manages to make content that could be kind of complicated and a bit daunting feel exciting and engaging. So the people learn almost by accident, like they tripped over the learning while they were bring entertained. His message is like an Ah-ha moment on steroids. So if you want to make sure folks pay attention and get the content, without having to feel like you’re forcing them to do something, that would be one reason to have Dr. Gulur