IanMcCall,formerMixedMartialArtsWorld Champion,appearedonCurativeMushrooms podcasttodiscusshistransformational journeyfromalifeofaddictionand professionalfightingtohiscurrentroleasan advocateforplantmedicine,'Happy Mushrooms'andpsychedelicresearch.
McCalldelvedintotopicsranging fromhischildhoodand experiencesasaprofessional fightertothehealingpossibilities ofplantmedicineand psychedelics.
McCall,onceasymbolofathleticism andapioneerinMMA,revealsthe tollthatyearsofdrugabusetookon hislifeandcareer,aswellasthe profoundimpactthatpsychedelics hadonhisrecoveryandwell-being.
"Iwasaddictedtoopiatesforover20 years,"McCallconfessed,detailingthe challengeshefacedduringhiscareer.
"There'smore(obscenity)outtherelike meineverysport,afflictedwithtraumas thattheythenletruletheirlife."McCall Stated.
AFighter'sLifeBornand raisedinDanaPoint, California,McCallwas introducedtomartialartsata youngage.
"There'smoreouttherelikemein everysport,afflictedwithtraumas thattheythenletruletheirlife."A TurnfortheBetterAfterretiring, McCallfacedseverebraindamage andaddiction.
Beyondtheupcoming research,McCallexpressed excitementaboutthebroader implicationsforathletesand thegeneralpublic.
ANewFocus:Non-ProfitWorkBesideshis researchendeavors,McCallhasalsofounded anon-profitorganization,aimingtofurtherthe understandingofthehealingeffectsof ayahuasca,'HappyMushrooms'andother psychedelics,especiallyforathletessuffering fromTraumaticBrainInjuries.
TheCurativeMushrooms podcastisaleadingpodcast thatexplorestheintersection ofculture,health,and science.
Theshowaimstobring conversationsthatmatterinto thespotlight,featuringadiverse rangeofguestswhoareexperts intheirfieldsrelatedto'Happy Mushrooms'.