Hey friend, Your entire cognitive and emotional experience is shaped by your brain and nervous system's function. To transform your life, start by changing your brain. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a protein in the neurotrophin group that supports the growth, maintenance, and survival of neurons in the brain and nervous system. It plays a key role in brain health, learning, memory, and emotional regulation. Think of BDNF as Miracle-GroĀ®ļø for your braināitās a major factor (pun...
8 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 11 min read
Hey friend, I've experienced the power, joy, giggles, and even the horror of magic mushrooms more than any other psychedelicāprobably in the triple digits by now. Letās just say Iāve had my fair share of magic mushrooms, but none of those trips couldāve prepared me for this one. Many years ago, a homie handed me a bag of shrooms... but these werenāt your typical Psilocybe cubensis. No, these were specimens Iād never seen before. The blue bruising on the stem screamed psilocybin, and as my...
15 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 8 min read
Hey friend, My grandmother had Alzheimer's. Watching her declineāfirst gradually, then rapidlyāwas heartbreaking. Sheād ask me the same question over and over: āWhat grade are you in?ā I'd gently remind her, āGrandma, Iāve been out of school for three years.ā She was a saint; a gentle, kind, and deeply empathetic soul, like no one else I've ever known. She passed in 2015, but her love and memory live on in everyone she touched and inspired. As a teenager watching her slowly slip away, I...
22 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 6 min read
Hey friend, I used to get sick all of the timeā¦ I was hit with relentless, agonizing tonsillitis, the flu, and annoying colds that seemed to come out of nowhere, hang around forever, and then circle back for more. Back then, antibiotics were handed out like candy, and Iād take a round every time I got sick (not something I'd recommend). The crazy part was that, even though the antibiotics might have cleared up my illness, over time I was getting sick more often and found myself back at the...
29 days agoĀ ā¢Ā 9 min read
Hey friend, Weāve been sold the myth that depression is just a serotonin imbalanceāand that simply boosting serotonin with a pill is the fix. While thereās some truth to the serotonin theory, itās far from the full picture. If it were, weād all be a lot happier and more fulfilled. Yet, despite 12.7% of the U.S. population (43.8 million people) taking antidepressants, overall happiness hasnāt improved, according to the American Psychological Association. [1] Iāve spoken and worked with...
about 1 month agoĀ ā¢Ā 9 min read
Hey friend, I struggled with low testosterone in my early 20s. I couldn't understand whyāit should've been at its peak, but instead, it was rock bottom. At my lowest, my testosterone levels hit 223 total, 37.5 free, and 83.6 bioavailable. My lowest T levels I faced relentless chronic fatigue, couldnāt gain muscle no matter what, and struggled with stubborn body fat. My cognition was a mess, with constant brain fog. This all started when I became symptomatic from mold toxicity. Thatās when the...
about 1 month agoĀ ā¢Ā 8 min read
Hey friend, I do not doubt that nearly every human being on this planet has been impacted by addiction, either directly or indirectlyāwhether friends, family, partners, community members, or generationally. According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics and Addiction Group data, nearly 50 million Americans faced a substance use disorder (SUD) last year, with alcohol use disorder (AUD) being the most prevalent, impacting about 30 million (60%). [1] Shockingly, 70% of those with AUD...
about 2 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 8 min read
Hey friend, More and more people I see are exhaustedādrained, zapped, and running on empty. I used to be the sameāif not worse. I battled a complex chronic illness in my early and mid-twenties from environmental toxicity (mold) and chronic Lyme disease. My energy was completely wiped out. I was bedridden for six months and could barely walk up a flight of stairs without feeling like Iād collapse from exhaustion. That was an extreme case of chronic fatigue. Over time, I was lucky enough to no...
about 2 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 7 min read
Hey friend, Let me share how a fish tank cleaner might change depression treatment. I know it sounds crazy... But I'm talking about methylene blueāa synthetic dye with astonishing therapeutic benefits for cognition, memory, energy, and mood! It was only recently repurposed as a fish tank cleaner, and now the media has made people seem crazy for using itā¦ forgetting all about its remarkable medicinal properties! Hereās the real story. Methylene blue was first synthesized back in 1876 by German...
2 months agoĀ ā¢Ā 4 min read