Overcoming Addictions with Plant Medicine – Gerard Powell : 650
The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey
Dave Asprey
4.6 • 7.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2019
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, I’m talking to a guest who by all outward appearances had it all. A member of the “one-percent,” Gerard Powell made his millions from creating and selling multiple companies. But his life was a mess in many ways, and he battled multiple addictions.
In his new book, “Sh*t the Moon Said: A Story of Sex, Drugs, and Transformation,” he says, “My many addictions during those years—drugs, alcohol, sex—were certainly destructive to myself and damaging to the people around me. But if there was anything good about that behavior, it would be the fact that I was seeking a different state of consciousness. I was seeking it in all the wrong places, but at least I was a seeker.”
Through plant medicine he mapped a psycho-spiritual path that helped him overcome his addictions and achieve lasting peace. Today, Gerard shares his journey and life-changing experience with ayahuasca—as well as how he now brings what he’s learned to others.
Gerard now is a consciousness thought-leader, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and inspirational speaker. He is the founder and CEO of Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica, which is a go-to destination for a spiritually awakening experience.
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| 0:00.0 | I got fixed in from that knowledge. |
| 0:06.0 | Everything else follows soon, right? |
| 0:09.0 | I mean, you found that scientifically, right? |
| 0:12.0 | That is true, but you made me think of something here. |
| 0:15.0 | Is it true that when you're an ultra-successful guy, |
| 0:18.0 | you have to have Richard Branson hair? |
| 0:20.0 | Well, I heard that. |
| 0:25.0 | You've kind of got it going on there. |
| 0:27.0 | I mean, you just got this thick, wavy hair. |
| 0:29.0 | I don't know. |
| 0:30.0 | I think there might be something to them. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm going to grow my hair out. |
| 0:32.0 | Just to say. |
| 0:33.0 | That's great. |
| 0:36.0 | Bulletproof radio, a state of high performance. |
| 0:48.0 | You're listening to Bulletproof Radio with Dave Asprey. |
| 0:51.0 | This year's Biohacking Conference has more chambers than Harry Potter. |
| 0:55.0 | Okay, not really, but it's a dad joke. |
| 0:57.0 | And it is an Orlando this year. |
| 0:59.0 | Seriously, some of the incredible results I've had with my biohacking |
| 1:03.0 | come from large piece of equipment. |
| 1:05.0 | Call them biohacking chambers that help you recover detox and heal. |
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