Ep 815: Psychedelics Saved My Life w/ NFL Vet Braden Smith

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🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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NFL veteran, Braden Smith, joins John to share his battle with OCD, the decision to step away mid-season for rehab, and how psychedelic therapy helped him reclaim his life. A powerful look at mental health, resilience, and the hidden struggles inside pro football. Shownotes: https://pahq.co/Ep815 Are you looking to dominate the leaderboard and take your inner athlete to the next level? Expose yourself to the advanced training techniques that contributed to John Welbourn's 10 year NFL career. START TODAY https://powerathletehq.com/fieldstrong/ Check out what we do: Training - https://powerathletehq.com/training Nutrition - https://powerathletehq.com/nutrition Knowledge - https://academy.powerathletehq.com Click on the link to see the companies we use and support 👉 https://powerathletehq.com/partners/ Follow Braden on Insta https://www.instagram.com/bradensmith71/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:58.6	It's kind of a harrowing story.
1:11.3	I mean, I think for anything that kind of is in like the cloud of like mental illness or anything which is outside, like, it's so hard to identify with that unless you've been through it.
1:15.2	And I've seen so many guys that I've played with who have, you know, since, you know,
1:23.3	dealt with so many different things that I was like, man, this is pretty interesting story. Just for the fact that like trying to play in the NFL and manage all of that and manage what
1:28.6	you had going on feels insurmountable yeah it was um definitely one of those things um
1:38.5	trying to keep my head on straight and trying to figure out what's going on you know there's
1:43.2	just chaos going all around especially during the season so just trying to figure out what's going on. You know, there's just chaos going all around, especially during the season.
1:46.0	So just trying to figure out what all was going on.
1:51.6	But, you know, we got figured out eventually.
1:55.2	So that's what we could ask for.
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