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

<p><strong>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.</strong></p><p>What happens when half a million dollars, every conventional treatment available, and the top neurologists in the field still leave you with no answers?</p><p><strong>Expect to learn...</strong></p><ul><li>What happened in Dan&#39;s first psilocybin ceremony and the promise he made that has shaped everything since</li><li>Why mushrooms helped him move from a victimhood mindset of life happening to him into recognizing life as something he creates</li><li>How psilocybin works on receptors throughout the gut, why that matters for brain health, and what role mushrooms like lion&#39;s mane play in recovery</li><li>Why Dan believes this medicine is for everyone, but not for everyone at every moment, and how he discerns who is and isn&#39;t ready</li><li>The 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 country</li><li>Why 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 players</li></ul><p>Find Dan at <a href="https://danielcarcillo.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>danielcarcillo.com</strong></a> or learn about his retreat centers at <a href="https://experienceonward.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>experienceonward.com</strong></a></p><p><br></p>