Healing Beyond the Diagnosis: Dan Carcillo on Psilocybin, Purpose, and Recovery

Dan Carcillo spent 12 years in the NHL, won two Stanley Cups, and walked away with seven concussions and a brain injury diagnosis doctors told him was permanent. A psilocybin ceremony in 2019 changed that, and changed the entire direction of his life.What happens when half a million dollars, every conventional treatment available, and the top neurologists in the field still leave you with no answers?Expect to learn...What happened in Dan's first psilocybin ceremony and the promise he made that has shaped everything sinceWhy mushrooms helped him move from a victimhood mindset of life happening to him into recognizing life as something he createsHow psilocybin works on receptors throughout the gut, why that matters for brain health, and what role mushrooms like lion's mane play in recoveryWhy Dan believes this medicine is for everyone, but not for everyone at every moment, and how he discerns who is and isn't readyThe journey from Chapter 5 Foundation to Wasana Health to Experience Onward, and what it took to build one of the first licensed psilocybin service centers in the countryWhy repetitive head trauma in professional athletes creates damage far beyond the physical, and what a Johns Hopkins study with the NHLPA could mean for former playersFind Dan at danielcarcillo.com or learn about his retreat centers at experienceonward.com