How Ayahuasca Led to a Non Profit Plumbing Company - James Hunt - EP 36

James Hunt runs a non profit plumbing and heating company and has spent years building charitable initiatives that give back to the community around him. But the road to get there was anything but straightforward. Growing up in a different country, dealing with bullying, and falling into a drug addiction that lasted years, James has lived through the kind of experiences that break most people. It took multiple ayahuasca retreats to finally find a way through, and watching his wife nearly lose her life in hospital gave him the clarity to turn everything he had been through into something meaningful. In this episode, James tells that story without dressing it up. We explore: - The reality of long term drug addiction and what it actually takes to come out the other side - Why ayahuasca worked when nothing else did - How nearly losing his wife became the moment everything shifted - What it looks like to build a non profit in the trades and why it's harder than running a normal business - The challenge of scaling something when you can't reinvest profit the way a commercial business would James is the kind of guest who has genuinely lived it. This isn't a motivational story dressed up for a podcast. It's an honest conversation about addiction, purpose, loss and what you do with the years you almost didn't have. If this one doesn't make you think, nothing will.