28. John Davis - Escaping the U.S. Stress Machine: A Veteran’s Guide to Living Abroad

What if your anxiety isn’t just you … it’s your environment? 

In this episode of “The Plant Medicine For PTSD Podcast”, I sat down with John Davis; an army combat veteran, Harvard graduate and writer who has lived across Thailand and Latin America. 

We talk about expat life as a mental health intervention. About the freedom of being outside the U.S. stress machine, the cost-of-living pressure that crushes people, and why veterans often need non-traditional healing (community, purpose, nature, scuba, and plant medicine + integration). 

We also keep it real about the pitfalls: isolation, easy access to unhealthy habits, and why “just moving” isn’t a magic wand unless you build structure and connection.

Want John’s free vets guide + resources? Start here:

linktr.ee/johnhdaviswriter

And if you’re working with plant medicine, psycheadelics, microdosing, MDMA therapy, ayahuasca, ibogaine, or you’re healing PTSD/CPTSD, trauma, depression, anxiety ... integration is the part that determines whether your experience becomes real change or just another story you tell.

Check out our free resources below, or visit us at becomingom.org

MICRODOSING FUNDAMENTALS:
go.becomingom.org/resources/microdosing-101

ALTERNATIVE HEALING FOR VETERANS:
go.becomingom.org/resources/healing-briefing

Thanks again for listening!

Enrollment is open right now for our Mindful Microdosing Program, which has helped 250+ veterans, first responders, and trauma survivors overcome anxiety, depression, and PTSD.

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