What if one radical choice to heal rewired your life completely?

Joining me this week is nutritionist, author and functional medicine practitioner Daniel O'Shaughnessy. Daniel has been doing something which many of us might have curiously come across, but haven't pulled the plug to try. He has been expanding his healing approach to include psychedelics and plant medicine.

Daniel grew up overcoming bullying, and as a surviver of childhood sexual abuse. As an adult, deep-rooted feelings of shame seeped out through steroid use, partying and an unhealthy pursuit of "perfection" fulled by the competitiveness of the queer scene.

At breaking point, he made a decision that changed everything – to face trauma head‑on through psychedelics.

We get into:

✨ Body dysmorphia and shame in the gay community

✨ Anabolic steroids, partying and the pressure to look “perfect”

✨ When talking therapy hits its limits for chronic overthinkers

✨ How psychedelics and plant medicine became a portal in his healing

✨ The realities of using psychedelics for trauma, not just a “quick fix”

This is a story of deciding to step into discomfort, of choosing to move toward healing rather than more destruction and using every tool available to change deep rooted issues.

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