588. Nature's Answer to Alcohol & Pills: Break Free from Toxic Coping w/ TRU KAVA’S Cameron George

The Life Stylist

Luke Storey

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Spirituality, Alternative Health, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 147 minutes

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Summary

What if the substances we use to relax and connect are actually keeping us sick and disconnected? In this episode, I sit down with Cameron George, researcher, writer, and founder of TRU KAVA, to explore a radical shift in how we approach mental health, addiction, and the way we self-medicate. For too long, alcohol and pharmaceuticals have been the go-to, but Cameron breaks down why they often do more harm than good—dulling awareness, numbing stress, and creating dependence. He explains how kava, a centuries-old plant medicine, calms the nervous system, enhances clarity, and builds resilience—without toxic trade-offs. Kava is more than a drink—it empowers self-sovereignty and health. Visit lukestorey.com/trukava and use code LUKE20 for 20% off.

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MORE ABOUT THIS EPISODE:

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:00:08) Mental Health, Addiction, & the Cost of Disconnection

(00:25:02) Alcohol, Plant Medicine, & Shifting Cultural Consciousness

(00:43:04) Uncovering Kava’s Health Benefits & Healing Potential

(01:08:49) The Science Behind Kava (The “Anti-Drug”)

(01:37:11) Reclaiming Safety & Sovereignty with Kava

(02:04:14) Kava Myths vs. Reality

Resources:

• Website: trukava.com

• Instagram: @trukava

The Life Stylist is produced by Crate Media.

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0:00.0	Man, looking at the world today, a lot of people are losing their goddamn minds.
0:14.7	Where do you see mental health in the U.S. right now?
0:20.6	And where do you see it going?
0:23.3	Dude, well, first of all, it's great to be here again. This is one of my favorite places to come.
0:29.5	For sure, these conversations always go to some awesome places. So we can go places actually that
0:34.2	we can't go another podcast. So I always appreciate that about you for sure.
0:38.4	So, okay, so the state of the mental health sort of, you know, mental and emotional framework, right?
0:46.9	I'm actually really optimistic as to where we're at right now, right? I always kind of kind of kick
0:54.0	it off with this.
0:54.6	This is the kind of the best place,
0:56.1	best way to characterize it.
0:58.5	The Chinese having such a long lineage in spirituality and herbal medicine
1:04.0	and things obviously much older than what we have in the Western world,
1:07.7	they have a symbol that means both danger and opportunity, or risk and
1:12.8	opportunity rather. It can be neither one. But I think that's where we're at right now, right?
1:17.5	Like whether you call it a singularity, whether you call it the Great Quickening, whether you
1:21.5	call it an evolution in human consciousness, or just like the natural progression of an intelligent
1:27.0	species with a developed
1:28.3	prefrontal cortex that can manipulate the environment and, you know, that's created a level of
1:34.2	temporary nature divorcement syndrome leading to a lot of ailments that we now have to reconnect
1:39.3	with if we're going to survive the mother intelligence that we sprang out of. We're at that place, I think,
1:47.6	right now where we've developed to a degree that we have a type of analytical intelligence
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