Alex Olshonsky joins to share his story of healing a severe addiction and the role of community, spirituality, psychedelics, and holistic health in recovery. We explore how addiction is a spectrum, the role of numbing emotions, and pathways to wake up into a life of greater aliveness and joy. Alex helps brainstorm ways to apply the lessons from his journey and the world of holistic addiction treatment to broader applications like addressing the chronic health crisis and navigating modern life.

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Website: alexolshonsky.com
Newsletter: deepfix.substack.com

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Website: samsager.com
Newsletter: The Ripple

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Mehdi Yacoubi joins to explore the transformative nature of strength training and the power of playing the long game. We discuss how to make exercise enjoyable, the downsides of health optimization, and ways to overcome resistance. Mehdi highlights how he balances intense training with his roles as a new father and founder of Vital, a social network for health. Throughout this discussion, we explore how can intentionally embrace exercise to increase our capacity to meet the challenges of life.

Connect with Mehdi:
Twitter: @Mehdiyac

Newsletter: The Long Game
Company: Vital Social Health

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Twitter: @sc_sager

Personal Writing: onrenewal.substack.com

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Dr. Tracy Townsend joins to discuss her experiences with psychedelics as a tool for transformation and healing. She explains why she is leaving a career as an orthopedic surgeon to launch, Eleusia Health, a start-up focused on psychedelic medicine and holistic care. We cover the use cases and potential impact of psychedelics, especially when incorporated with modalities like meditation and breathwork. Tracy share’s her perspective on topics like conscious experience as a controlled hallucination, the illusion of separation, and being in “right relationship” to life.

Connect with Tracy:

Twitter: @tracyktownsend

Site: tracytownsendmd.com

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Twitter: @sc_sager

Writing: onrenewal.substack.com

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