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Revolutionary Mental Health Ep. 4: Healing Mental Health & Addiction Holistically with Jen Bruce
Jen Bruce—founder of Humans Can Heal—shares her journey from late-stage alcoholism and five psychiatric medications to a life of recovery rooted in nutrition, functional medicine, and plant medicine. She describes the moment a sponsor required her to taper all medications within her first year sober, teaching her to eat fat, fiber, and protein at every meal and revealing how hypoglycemia and blood sugar dysregulation fueled her anxiety and cravings. Jen traces her path through ibogaine, which gave her the first visceral experience of feeling safe in her body, and into a decade of work guiding others through preparation, integration, and holistic healing. The conversation moves through the science of trauma, methylation, mold toxicity, and the critical difference between expectation and intention in psychedelic work. Jen explains why MDMA may not serve those with alcohol-related serotonin disruption, why ketamine requires robust integration to prevent relapse, and how psilocybin offers a gentler, non-addictive doorway. She emphasizes that neuroplasticity means nothing without the right support—balanced blood sugar, nervous system regulation, and time to renegotiate trauma in real life. Whether someone is tapering medication, seeking sobriety, or preparing for plant medicine, Jen offers the same foundation: education, body literacy, and the long game of healing. Recorded live at humankind, Sedona's consciousness community. Revolutionary Mental Health airs live weekly — watch free at humankind.center. Watch the replay free in the humankind app: https://app.humankind.center/media/video/1227416196 Listen on the Revolutionary Mental Health podcast: https://app.humankind.center/api/podcasts/revolutionary-mental-health/rss