🔥 Episode Summary: After a tough professional video game tournament, host J.R. reflects on personal missteps and lessons learned—then introduces a guest with a powerful transformation story. Meet John Borden : a former high-performing corporate exec turned personal trainer and psychedelic integration coach. John shares his emotional, unfiltered journey from addiction, ego, and external validation to clarity, confidence, and conscious self-reinvention. What sparked the shift? A spontaneous but transformative experience with psilocybin mushrooms that unlocked emotional healing and redirected his entire life path. From losing friendships to gaining purpose , quitting his job , starting Get Psyched Fitness , and even meeting the love of his life—John’s story is as raw as it is inspiring. 💡 Topics We Cover: The price of not being mentally ready for high performance How recreational psychedelics became a tool for healing From party life to purposeful living: the pain of realignment Training for and crushing a Spartan Race with only 2 weeks prep Launching a coaching business to help others integrate transformation Finding love by following intuition—literally Why you are stronger than you think 🎧 Listen now if you’re ready to: Break free from validation addiction Hear a brutally honest transformation story Get inspired to take radical ownership of your life 🗣️ Connect with John Borden: 📸 Instagram: @johnnybe 🌐 Coaching & Fitness: GetPsychedFitness.com
