“I knew it was killing me, but I also believed that the monster I was drowning would overtake me if I stopped. I tried various ways of controlling it, always failing eventually. My fight against drugs and alcohol was all-consuming and exhausting. In moments of exasperation, I cut my wrists and prayed for the courage to cut deep enough to let all the pain out. Luckily, I could never drive the knife that deep.”

That’s a passage I found chillingly eloquent from a chapter that Dr. Aleksandra Gajer contributed to the book Triumphs of Transformation. In it, she lays bare her struggles with vice and her long personal and professional path through traditional medicine to reclaiming agency, health, and happiness by eight foundational lifestyle pillars, which we’ll get into in this wide-ranging discussion of the science of health and the art of transformation...

Mentioned in this interview

Trauma resolution

I lost a child - Our story of recovery with EMDR/Accelerated Resolution Therapy

Methylene Blue - A fascinating and potentially world-changing effect is in helping the user overcome the fear, trauma, and PTSD of the past...

My essay: The Myth of Sex Addiction

Biohacks

Whole Genome Sequencing - If you’re an MTHFRer, don’t be so stoic about stress!

Semax and Selank - Neuroplasticity-promoting peptides

Stack these with Phenylpiracetam, then meditate to feel like "a young Jedi dabbling with the dark side of the force for the first time"

Epigenetic mindset transformation meditation - from You Are The Placebo by Dr. Joe Dispenza

Weight loss

GLP1s - Like Ozempic, Wegovy’s Semaglutide, or Manjuaro

Retatrutide - “the data is very promising!”

Books

Triumphs of Transformation: Inspiring Stories of Resilience and Life Change

Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time by Dr. John Jaquish - instead use an X3 bar OR blood flow restriction style bands for variable resistance training

The Tapping Solution for Pain Relief

Sexaholics Anonymous White Book

The Gajer Practice

Brings “The Science of Health, The Art of Transformation” to their devotion to their patients in northern Virginia, the Washington, D.C. area, and nationwide via telemedicine.

Clearly, Dr. Gajer & Co are on the cutting edge of functional medicine and applied longevity science. So if DIYing your own Biohacking is not getting you the health transformation you need - sometimes even the best Biohacker needs a doctor - schedule a free call with them...

On social media

The Gajer Practice on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube

Dr. Aleksandra Gajer on LinkedIN

Need a little more inspiration to break out of the pain and pattern of the past? Here’s a catchy song about trauma resolution...

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