Justin Jackson’s back! It took us a while to put Round 2 (and ourselves, frankly) out there for this one. And some of you may be shocked to hear our stories.
In this episode, we share the toughest battle each of us have faced—the sort of challenges that remind us we all have a cross to bear in life.
Justin’s a former Marine gunship pilot turned entrepreneur. He served 25 years in uniform and still misses his Cobra (they wouldn’t let him keep it). He shares more this round about his time as a Marine pilot, the toll of multiple deployments, and the transition to civilian life,
Then it gets heavy. We discuss trauma, PTSD, depression, addiction, and emotional numbness.
You’ll hear our life-changing experience with psychedelic therapies—specifically the role psilocybin and ibogaine have played in our roads to recovery. Our plant medicine journeys helped us to heal, to rediscover gratitude in its highest form, and ultimately reconnect with the Divine.
Justin & I have a passion for helping people, whether through candid conversations like ours, veteran advocacy, or simply pointing those in desperate need of help toward a proven cure that’s given us our lives back.
If one person hears this episode and gets help, we’ll consider this discussion our biggest success of 2025.
Here are the topics discussed:
- Basic grooming & being good-looking (like Justin)
- Justin’s background in the military & Marine Corps service
- Experiences as a Cobra attack helicopter pilot
- Emotional & physical toll from military service
- Justin’s transition challenges after leaving the Marines
- Struggles with depression & emotional numbness
- Negative reactions to SSRIs & side effects experienced
- Blackmoor hiking trail incident
- Initial skepticism about psilocybin & psychedelics
- Pursuing psychedelic-assisted therapy
- Emotional release through psilocybin experience
- The science behind psilocybin & neuroplasticity
- How psilocybin helped process childhood experiences
- Why one session felt more powerful than 11 years of therapy
- Psilocybin vs ayahuasca
- Who’s a good candidate for psychedelic therapy?
- Growing movement of veterans using psychedelics
- Ethical & legal issues around psilocybin use
- How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
- Rick Perry’s involvement in Texas Ibogaine Initiative
- Ibogaine as a treatment for addiction
- How ibogaine differs from psilocybin
- The “flood dose” ibogaine experience
- Physical recovery and “gray day” after ibogaine
- Managing post-acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS)
- How ibogaine resets opioid receptors
- Legal clinics vs underground practitioners
- Returning home & reuniting with family after treatment
- How surgeries affect mental & emotional recovery
- Addiction biology & dopamine reset
- Psychedelics as accelerants for healing and neuro repair
- Reconnecting with faith & sense of divine purpose
- Helping others find healing through psychedelics
Books mentioned:
- How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
Connect with Justin:
- Instagram: @j_lanejackson
- Facebook: Justin Jackson
- Substack: Through Feather and Fire
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