Every once in a while you speak to someone whose story just shakes you to the core. Brian Pennie is a former heroin addict turned doctor of neuroscience and psychology, a lecturer at Trinity College Dublin, an author, an award-winning TV presenter, and the founder of Change is Possible. He lost 15 years of his life to addiction before a near-death seizure became the moment everything shifted — and what followed was one of the most profound awakenings I have heard anyone describe. In this conversation we talk about surrender, the fear of anxiety versus anxiety itself, breathwork as a daily practice, the paradox of connection, and what it means to find your other self through the greatest challenges of your life.
I recorded this intro with an open heart and I think you will feel that as you listen.
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Top Episode Quotes:
"I fundamentally believed I needed drugs to be able to live in the world. Changing that belief — that anxiety is just information, and I have a tool to work with it — changed everything." — Brian Pennie
"Surrender is not passive. When you're stuck in the mud, you don't stay stuck. You surrender to the reality of it — and then you ask what you can do about it." — Brian Pennie
"Be true to your wonderfully weird self. You'll attract what you need and repel what you don't." — Brian Pennie
"Saying no is trading popularity for respect. When I say yes to that thing, I am saying no to something else — and that has been the biggest tool for me." — Brian Pennie
"The greatest gift I have ever been given has been the trauma and the addiction — because it gave me the joy, the awareness and the mindset I have today." — Brian Pennie
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