In this episode of Almost Got It, we sit down with Dr. Jeehan Chowdhury — physician, Rhodes Scholar, biotech founder, and former CEO of Journey Colab — to unpack the cutting edge science of how to reprogram your brain.

Jeehan shares how he went from being bullied as an immigrant kid in Canada to raising millions for a psychedelic biotech startup.
He talks openly about shutting it all down, confronting his own victim mindset, and why ibogaine might be the most powerful addiction treatment we've never heard of.

From machine learning metaphors to frozen trauma states, this conversation explores what it actually takes to rewire your brain — and why integration, not the trip, is what changes lives.

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Timestamps:
00:00 – Ibogaine: The Addiction Cure No One Talks About
01:05 – Who Is Jeehan Chowdhury?
03:12 – From Rhodes Scholar to Psychedelic Biotech CEO
06:40 – Why He Shut Down His Startup
09:25 – Victim Mentality & the Cost of Success
12:05 – What an Ibogaine Trip Actually Feels Like
15:30 – The Life Review Experience Explained
18:55 – How Psychedelics Reset the Brain
22:10 – Ibogaine’s Miraculous Effect on Opioid Addiction
25:00 – Why Integration Is More Important Than the Trip
27:45 – The “Critical Period” of Neuroplasticity
30:22 – Rewriting Trauma Like a Machine Learning Model
33:50 – Why We Repeat Painful Relationships
36:10 – The Explore vs Exploit Model of the Mind
38:55 – The Real Reason Healing Feels Unsafe
42:00 – Brute Force Achievement vs Actual Fulfillment
44:20 – How Jeehan Found Psychedelic Therapy
46:30 – Therapy, Burning Man, and the Ride Home That Changed Everything
49:10 – What Keeps People Stuck — and How to Move Forward