Jon Rose | Healing the Helper: Trauma, Psychedelics & the Real Work of Wholeness

13/10/2025 1h 17min Temporada 1 Episodio 4

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Episode Synopsis

Jon Rose has lived a life that reads like myth: a pro surfing prodigy at 17, then the founder of Waves For Water, a guerrilla-style humanitarian organisation that’s delivered clean water to millions in disaster and conflict zones.To the world, he was fearless — the man who ran toward hurricanes, earthquakes, and war.But beneath that outward courage was a lifelong drive born not from purpose alone, but from unhealed childhood trauma — a voice Jon came to call “the Drill Sergeant.”In this raw and deeply human conversation, Jon opens up about:• Mistaking post-traumatic drive for purpose — and how it finally caught up with him.• The cost of living in permanent overdrive, even in service to others.• How psychedelic-assisted therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS) helped him meet, integrate, and transform the part of himself that once ran the show.• Why healing the helper may be the most radical act of courage there is.This is a story of high performance, trauma, and transcendence — a roadmap for turning outward purpose into inner peace.Because, as Jon puts it: “The real win isn’t the halo — it’s wholeness.”

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