Who writes this
I, Alexander Velitchko, write everything on Fit-Healthy-Happy.com myself. I’m a high-functioning, high-masking autistic adult (who operates a small business on the side) writing from lived experience — not a doctor, therapist, or clinician. What you read is what I’ve lived, tested on myself, and found worth passing on. Where I lean on outside research, I say so and link to it.
What this content is, and what it isn’t
This content is for education and information only. It comes from my own lived experience. It does not diagnose, treat, or replace professional healthcare of any kind. What worked for me may NOT work for you. I don’t pretend one method fits everyone.
How a piece actually gets made
I don’t write when I’m forcing it. My best work happens when there’s no resistance or hesitation, so that’s the only state I write in. The rest is a process I run the same way every time:
I start by getting the raw thought down — a stream of consciousness, usually triggered by something I read and acted on before the idea could fade. That dump is the actual content. It’s mine, it’s original, and it’s the part no tool can produce for me.
Then I use generative AI to organize it. This is the part most sites hide, so I’ll be plain about it: I use large language models (LLMs), including and not limited to Claude Opus 4.8 and ChatGPT 5.5 High Thinking, to structure and arrange thoughts I already had — not to generate the ideas, and not to add the clichés it would reach for on its own. If a sentence wasn’t something I actually thought, it doesn’t go in. The technology extends me; it doesn’t replace me. I’m using it to delegate the one thing I was never built to do well — filling these elaborate stories into rigid templates blank by blank — so that my actual human thinking is what reaches the page.
After that, I label everything. Lived experience is marked as lived experience. Anything from outside is cited as outside corroboration, not as my own data. If a number or a claim needs a real source, it gets one or it gets cut.
Last, I sign off on every line. Nothing gets published that I didn’t write, think, or stand behind. This includes fact-checking and thoroughly reviewing all generative AI output
Why I’m open about using generative AI
I have used generative AI in some form since 2017. The available predictive text models were barely good enough to augment 99% human-written content for marketing purposes. This was before OpenAI ever released GPT anything to the public, which itself predated ChatGPT by several years. When that happened in late 2022, the AI revolution exploded, and my usage of large language models adapted accordingly with time.
That’s why my view on AI is neutral. Hiding it would contradict everything you see me write about. The whole point of this site is that you use the right systems and tools to extend yourself toward your potential — not to shrink, and not to pretend you have to do everything the hard way to count as real (and certainly not to use generic ‘AI slop’ content to tell the world how shallow and one-dimensional you are). Owning the process is more honest than faking that every word arrived by hand, and it’s a working example of the thing I’m actually arguing for.
How I handle sources and claims
This is where the human comes into play. My own experience is the primary source here, and I keep it clearly separated from research. When I cite clinical or scientific claims, they come from reputable sources and I link them. Personal examples are exactly that — examples, not universal proof.
What I don’t claim
I don’t diagnose autism. I don’t provide therapy. I don’t claim my methods work for everyone. I’m not a substitute for a professional, and I’ll tell you when something is worth taking to one.
Affiliate links
I am an Amazon Associate and a member of various other affiliate programs. Some links on Fit-Healthy-Happy.com are affiliate links, and on every article you’ll see a standing disclosure saying so. When you purchase through these links, I may earn a commission on qualifying sales.
The commissions help keep this site free for you (and eventually, so does my “Leg Shakers” community on Skool).
Writing to generate a revenue CAN bias ANYONE’S recommendation, including my own — period. I find the useful product first and check for an affiliate program second. Even when there’s no program, I still publish it. What it pays me doesn’t decide whether it makes the page.
Corrections policy
As Big Bird and Cookie Monster famously sang, “Everyone makes mistakes.” Progress over perfection is one of the principles that drives my writing. I’d much rather learn from correctable mistakes than reach for perfection all the time. If you see a known, provable inaccuracy, please flag it using the Corrections Form. Any corrections will be dated and logged on the corresponding post.