What happens when a traumatic brain injury puts you on a path to try every healing modality and gives you a completely different way of seeing life?
Lani Cooper, has started multiple successful businesses, exited 3 of them already, and is now the founder and CEO of MOBOT, the world's first patented foam roller water bottle. But behind her success is an extraordinary story of growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness, addiction, a life-changing brain injury, and a healing journey that shaped not only her life but the business she built.
In this episode of The Spirit Collective, Ariane de Bonvoisin sits down with Lani to explore the many healing options available today. They talk about recovery from all types of trauma, nervous system regulation, heart-mind coherence, psychedelic therapy, entrepreneurship, embodied leadership, and the power of community. Together, they discuss what truly helps us heal, why integration matters more than quick fixes, and how our greatest challenges can become the foundation for resilience, purpose, and lasting transformation.
What We Cover:
00:00 – Intro
3:39 – Lani's Journey from Jehovah's Witness to Making Her Own Choices
10:26 – Her Younger Years of Trauma and Addiction
19:32 – Recovering from a Traumatic Brain Injury and Memory Loss
20:00 – Heart-Mind Coherence and Reconnecting with Your Intuition
22:28 – Psychedelic Therapy and What Creates Lasting Change
25:03 – Why Community Is Essential for Healing and Recovery
26:02 – Daily Rituals That Support Healing, Presence, and Well-Being
27:15 – Healing Versus Self-Optimization and Biohacking
27:57 – Active Meditation as a Better Type of Meditation
30:04 – Building MOBOT and Finding Purpose Through Entrepreneurship
37:58 – Ibogaine, MDMA, Psilocybin and Other Medicine
58:07 – Embodied Leadership and Leading from Authenticity
About Lani Cooper:
Lani Cooper is the Founder and CEO of MOBOT, the wellness company behind the world's first patented foam roller water bottle. After surviving a life-changing traumatic brain injury and navigating years of neurological recovery, she became passionate about understanding the intersection of healing, resilience, spirituality, and human performance.
Today, Lani is an entrepreneur, speaker, and recovery strategist who shares practical tools for living with greater presence, resilience, and purpose. Through science, storytelling, humor, and lived experience, she helps people transform adversity into growth while reconnecting with themselves through simple, intentional daily practices.
Connect With Lani Cooper:
Website: https://www.mobot.com (Use code: Freedom for 20% off.)
Instagram: @lanicooper_
Instagram: @mobotnation
LinkedIn: Lani Cooper
Links & Resources:
PSYCHEDELIC EDUCATION + RESOURCES
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) https://maps.org/about-maps/
Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research – https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/research/psychedelics-research
Microdosing Collective – https://www.microdosingcollective.org
BOOKS
Trauma + healing:
• Trauma and Recovery – Judith Herman https://amzn.to/3TUiXZA
• The Body Keeps the Score – Bessel van der Kolk https://amzn.to/4wVTY6U
• Waking the Tiger – Peter Levine https://amzn.to/45YKuvy
• Anchored – Deb Dana https://amzn.to/3Su7xvc
• What Happened to You? – Bruce Perry & Oprah Winfrey https://amzn.to/4cx68e4
Spirituality + self:
• The Untethered Soul – Michael A. Singer https://amzn.to/4whIA4d
• The Surrender Experiment – Michael A. Singer https://amzn.to/4xU2ovN
• Man’s Search for Meaning – Viktor Frankl https://amzn.to/4qdo5nM
• The Four Agreements – Don Miguel Ruiz https://amzn.to/4fZTw04
• Radical Acceptance – Tara Brach https://amzn.to/4wVz4ot
• When Things Fall Apart – Pema Chödrön https://amzn.to/4zcqSl6
Love + relationships:
• The Mastery of Love – Don Miguel Ruiz https://amzn.to/4xEmOZA
• Attached – Amir Levine & Rachel Heller https://amzn.to/4bLBU6R
• Esther Perel’s books, talks + podcast https://amzn.to/4hyrrj3
The most important thing I’d add is that I don’t think any one book, teacher, therapist, ceremony or medicine heals you. I believe we have all the answers inside ourselves and sometimes we just need a guiding hand to remember, listen and hear!
All of the above can open doors, give you tools, help you see things differently and create an encounter with yourself… but then you have to integrate, adopt it and live it.
That’s probably been one of my biggest lessons. My spiritual practice used to be something I DID. Now it’s much more about how I LIVE and love 🤍Stay curious, ask lots of questions, take your time and find people you really trust. ~ Lani Cooper
About Ariane de Bonvoisin:
Ariane de Bonvoisin is the founder of The Spirit Collective, a podcast at the intersection of success and spirituality. A former media and venture capital executive, she left the corporate world to integrate her own external success and inner path — and now interviews remarkable people from business, finance, sport, music, and beyond about a side of their lives they rarely discuss: their spiritual path. Honest conversations about spirituality, purpose, and personal growth, with people you wouldn't expect. New episodes weekly.
Connect With The Spirit Collective:
Website: spiritcollective.com
YouTube: @ariane-de-bonvoisin
Instagram: @arianedebonvoisin
LinkedIn: /arianed1
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TikTok: @arianedebonvoisin
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