Rewired: John Borden on Psychedelics, Spartan Races, and Radical Transformation

🔥 Episode Summary:
After a tough professional video game tournament, host J.R. reflects on personal missteps and lessons learned—then introduces a guest with a powerful transformation story. Meet John Borden: a former high-performing corporate exec turned personal trainer and psychedelic integration coach.

John shares his emotional, unfiltered journey from addiction, ego, and external validation to clarity, confidence, and conscious self-reinvention. What sparked the shift? A spontaneous but transformative experience with psilocybin mushrooms that unlocked emotional healing and redirected his entire life path. From losing friendships to gaining purpose, quitting his job, starting Get Psyched Fitness, and even meeting the love of his life—John’s story is as raw as it is inspiring.

💡 Topics We Cover:

• The price of not being mentally ready for high performance

• How recreational psychedelics became a tool for healing

• From party life to purposeful living: the pain of realignment

• Training for and crushing a Spartan Race with only 2 weeks prep

• Launching a coaching business to help others integrate transformation

• Finding love by following intuition—literally

• Why you are stronger than you think

🎧 Listen now if you’re ready to:

• Break free from validation addiction

• Hear a brutally honest transformation story

• Get inspired to take radical ownership of your life

🗣️ Connect with John Borden:
📸 Instagram: @johnnybe
🌐 Coaching & Fitness: GetPsychedFitness.com