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Just In Time to Save a Life
Just In Time is a deeply personal and powerful podcast hosted by Jessica G, founder of the nonprofit Just in Time to Save a Life. In each episode, Jessica and her guests explore mental health, suicide prevention, and the healing power of neuroplasticity through lived experience and compassionate conversation. This show is rooted in Jessica’s own journey through profound grief and survival, offering insight, encouragement, and real tools for those struggling in silence. Just In Time is more than a podcast — it’s a mission to make mental health education and transformative healing accessible to everyone. Join us as we share stories that speak life into the darkest places and offer hope to those who need it most.
Just In Time to Save a Life
Ep. 3 - Healing Trauma & Finding Hope
What if the most powerful pharmacy already exists inside your brain? What if you could break free from the darkest thoughts by literally rewiring your neural pathways?
The concept might sound far-fetched to someone struggling with suicidal thoughts, but on this raw and deeply personal episode, Jessica and psychologist Diego Martinez share something remarkable: they've both been there, attempted suicide multiple times, and found their way out through neuroplasticity.
Their friendship began during a retreat in Costa Rica when both were in profound pain. Diego, while running on the beach during Jessica's darkest moment, told her something that initially sounded impossible: "You just need to reprogram your brain." This conversation became the lifeline she desperately needed. Eight years later, they reflect on their transformations with genuine amazement at how completely their lives have changed.
The discussion navigates the complexity of mental health recovery with extraordinary nuance. They emphasize that neuroplasticity isn't a quick fix or standalone solution; sometimes, medication, therapy, and other approaches are necessary first steps. Diego shares how his mother couldn't benefit from mindset work until the right medication stabilized her brain chemistry. Only then could she access other healing modalities.
What makes their message so powerful is the lived experience behind it. When they talk about pushing through triggers, creating new neural pathways, and the discipline required to change thought patterns, they speak from the trenches of their own battles. Jessica candidly shares about the PTSD she experienced after finding her brother after his suicide.
For listeners feeling trapped in darkness, this conversation offers something rare and precious, genuine hope from people who've walked the same path. Their message isn't that recovery is easy, but that it's possible, even when it seems utterly impossible.
Ready to begin your own journey with neuroplasticity? As Diego beautifully explains, begin "tasting the flavor" of the experience you want to create, allowing your brain and body to align with that new reality.
If you are in an crisis or feel unsafe, call or text 988 or dial 911 for immediate support. There are people out there who will listen and can help.
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Hi, I'm Jess G, and this is the Justin Time podcast. If you're struggling today, I want you to know this podcast is here for you, but it's not a substitute for professional health. If you're in a crisis or feel unsafe, please call or text 988 or dial in 911 for immediate support. There are people out there who will listen and can help. On this show, I'll be sharing personal experiences, mind such just, talking with key experts, and sharing real tools that help me go from barely surviving to thriving. This is not about quick fixes or one size fits all advice. It's raw, it's honest, it's what worked for me and what I believe can help others too. Let's walk together from darkness to hope. Hello, hello, everybody. Welcome back to the Justin Time podcast. I am so excited to introduce to you Diego Martinez. He is a therapist, a psychologist, and one of my really good friends who actually introduced me to Dr. Joe Dispenza. Um, because of Diego's belief in neuroplasticity and in the work that Dispenza does, it led me down that same path. Um, so when I told you guys I was sitting on the beach and um my friend Diego and Carson had told me, hey, you just need to reprogram your brain. Um he is here now and he's joining us live. So welcome, Diego. We're so happy to have you.
SPEAKER_01:Thank you for having me, Jessica. I really appreciate it. Um well, um I'm very excited. So I'm very excited to talk about this topic because, like you were mentioning, um how this starts. It sounds easy when you just say, okay, just change your mind or your mindset, but it is not so easy. But once you are there, enjoying the process and see the result, I think that pushes us to keep continuing with this.
SPEAKER_00:So yeah. And and Diego saw me when I was in that dark night of the soul moment, you know, he he was there and he's so funny. He's like running on the beach, you know, because he's such he's in really good shape and always doing fitness. And he's like, You just need to reprogram your brain, Yessica. And I'm like, what the heck is he talking about? He's like, no, I am serious. And I'm like, okay. And so, like, here we are. And, you know, I I literally feel like that was just a godsend. I do not know if I would be here today if Ewan Carson had not introduced me to Dr. Joe Dispens's work. Like, it's an actual miracle that I'm here today. Um, because it gave me hope. And then after doing the work um and seeing the results, I was like, wow, everybody needs to know about this. And that's what led me to open the nonprofit. And I mean, you're you're also, you know, a testament to you're also like um a teacher at the university, the your professor. I'm a professor at the university as well. Yeah. So it's like between, let's see, I don't know, was it let's see, eight years ago now. I believe it's about eight years ago. So within eight years, like we've really manifested our personal reality. And it it's so exciting to to be where we're at because Diego actually and I we met in Costa Rica. So I'd always been on this like spiritual journey to try to find the answers, like why. I actually Googled our YouTube why do people kill themselves? And the only video that came up that made sense to me was Till Swan.
SPEAKER_02:Okay, right.
SPEAKER_00:So I said, you know, I'm gonna go to Costa Rica and I'm gonna go to Till Swan's retreat and I'm gonna ask these questions. And that's where I met Diego and Carson.
SPEAKER_01:Right. And and funny enough, Carson and I also we went to Costa Rica because we love to read spiritual books or things related to let's say yoga, meditation, or spirituality or psychology in general. And somehow, till resonated with us, we were also going through difficult moments at that time. So, and we were just searching for a different kind of help because like you were also trying different ones, and somehow it didn't match with you at that time. We felt the same, and somehow then we thought, okay, we might go there. And then we ended up in Costa Rica. We met you there. We went through wonderful experience, I will say, after all, a lot of learning experience. That was incredible too.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, and I mean, remember, you had found out that your dad passed away at that time.
SPEAKER_01:Imagine, on top of that, going through difficult moments, then when I was there, um I uh I mean my family just called me and told me that unfortunately my father passed away. I was in shock. It was really hard already, and on top of that, even worse with that.
SPEAKER_00:And I remember the night that night that your father passed away was the night that my dad called me and said that he didn't want to live anymore. And I did not know what to do. And I sent him some Tilt Swan videos because you know, suicide education and prevention information wasn't really talked about. It's still really not talked about. We're barely scratching the surface in mental health awareness. And because there's such a stigma, you know, especially with older men they're meant to be tough and this and that, you know.
SPEAKER_01:Yeah. And um this situation, we are not prepared to deal with this situation when we are maybe not taken so seriously, or we might be in shock, or like you said, nobody's teaching us because it's like a taboo or something.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, we I didn't know what to do. I sent him a Till Swan video, and I know it was like completely over its head. But I wish I would have had the training now. And I think part of being like a suicide loss survivor is like kind of letting go of that guilt as well. Because sometimes I would beat myself up uh about it, but I'm like, you know, he was the parent, I'm I was the child. And it's it's so hard though, because we we we love everybody, we want everybody to to make it, you know. And I did I was still struggling at that time with my own suicide ideation, you know. I was like trying to find a way. And I think, you know, one of the things that we want to talk about today is that sometimes it takes a multitude of things to get somebody to the point in which they can get help, like true, true help, or or a multitude of coping mechanisms or possibly medication from the doctors or whatever it is to finally get to a point where your mind can kind of calm down a little bit out of survival mode, enough to fully grasp the idea of neuroplasticity. And I think you had mentioned something about your mother that you wanted to share as well.
SPEAKER_01:Um well, yes, I actually, well, for sure, if I'm going to connect that topic with my mother, for example, when when my father just passed away, um, she couldn't handle the situation very well. So let's say that she had a lot of anxiety, she was depressed, and her mood was changing. Um we might had hallucinations and she was going through something difficult. And somehow the only help that it works for her after trying different ones, it was when we found the right medication for her. Because normally people have a huge stigma or they relate something negative to any kind of medication, and perhaps it might be, but it depends on the experience. But me as a professional, and also talking about my mother's experience, I thought, and I was just speechless, how a huge change was in her life where finally her brain, her the whole system was stable. Once she was stable, she was ready then in order to accept other kinds of helps. Before she wasn't ready, so the medication was it changed her life. So yeah.
SPEAKER_00:So that just goes to show that you know it's not one single thing that will work for somebody that's struggling with mental health or suicide ideation. Like for me, you know, I went and I got on medication and I did counseling and I did this and I did that. And like I was losing hope because a lot of those things weren't working. But if I really truly look back at the time, those things really could have helped me um get to the point in which I was sitting on that beach with you and Karsten and you guys told me about Dr. Joe Dispenza, right? So we just we just never know. We wanna we never want to like discount anything because what I don't want people to think is like, oh my gosh, just in time they just started about neuroplasticity and and reprogramming the brain and that's it. No, I think that like that, you know, seeing uh a therapist or your doctor, um, psychiatrist and figuring out what works specifically for that person. Yeah, not to this day, like, do I um take antidepressants? No, I don't, but it took me a while to get to that point. Um so it's not that they're bad, it's just that my brain finally got to a a a place where my brain became its own pharmaceutical company, you know, and it produced the correct hormones and yeah, and then and with working out, and just you know, after a certain amount of time of you know, reprogramming the brain and changing negative thought patterns, um, then you start seeing the results uh also within your body. So I I don't want to like, you know, exclude any kind of help like that. I just think that this is something like in addition, like people need to talk about like when I was in the clinics, like nobody talked about reprogramming the brain specifically, because it's like we are running on a subconscious uh program. And if we don't change that, right? Because you were talking about earlier, like like for for some people, we were talking about um men that are uh afraid to reach out because they don't want to be seen as weak. And we said, okay, you know, what's one thing that they could do? And you said, I believe you said, just change one small thing, just find one small thing, and the point is to do something different, right? Can you elaborate a little bit on that?
SPEAKER_01:Well, yes, for sure. And when when when Karsten and I were we were so in love with Dr. Joe Dispensa, because actually we also love the idea how he's he's mixing um the holistic approach, but also the scientific one and using neuroscience facts. So, like this, actually, you can really believe about this and make the most also with the placebo effect, which is connected with the pharmacy that we have in our brain, creating neurotransmitters and hormones and are creating benefits in our whole system. And once we have all these benefits, we can be in an equilibrium or homeostasis and then be ready for new changes in our life. Because otherwise, if we don't make changes, we can be stuck only in the negative things. And how can how can we start creating something new in our life if we don't realize or if we are not so aware that actually we are repeating patterns all the time, then therefore we create the same experience. We need to create new experience.
SPEAKER_00:And you you have to because pain is is and memories are in the past. So you have to create your future, don't keep recreating your past. And I think, you know, in a couple of weeks, we're gonna bring uh I'm looking for a therapist. Um, actually, I think I found her, um, who works with veterans and deals a lot with PTSD. Because one of the things I cannot wait to ask her a multitude of questions, one of the things that I dealt with, because I actually was a second person to find my brother. And, you know, to see somebody like that you love, you know, dead in front of you can be very traumatizing. And so I had PTSD of, you know, the same uh thoughts of running up the stairs, finding him, yada yada yada. I don't want to get graphic, but um, it was replaying in my mind at night. And so I was running on subconsciously, my brain is just running, and it was just recreating from my past. And so I was I no longer struggle with that. Um, but there were there would be certain things for a long time that would like trigger me.
SPEAKER_01:Um you said that the you said trigger, yeah. I I I just thought about it. I'm sorry to for interrupting you.
SPEAKER_00:Go for it.
SPEAKER_01:I just thought about the trigger because sometimes when we want to create new changes and we feel a little bit of trigger, especially an emotional one, we already run away from this. We don't want to feel this pain, or this is something new, or the unknown, and therefore I prefer just what I know, and my brain stays with the familiar. That's what Dr. Joe also teaches a lot. The brain loves discipline. Right?
SPEAKER_00:That is the perfect point, Diego. I'm so glad you brought that up. This is literal gold right here. So when those triggers come up, right? It's just like sitting in meditation when your body is like twitching and this and that, and you're trying to focus, but it's the same thing, and and and like the more healed we become, uh, and the more we reprogram, the less triggers that we're having to deal with because we're we're fighting through them, and the brain is like, no, we're not doing that. Um but yeah, so you brought up such a good point because I and I think that I think the reason why this is brought up right now, and and intuitively, like what's just like flowing through me right now is that when if people do go and try this, what what we don't want to happen is like that they tried it and then it doesn't work for them because they get that trigger and then they push the work away. But but you can't do that, you have to have discipline, you have to push through it. And I think the reason why we're here today is to talk about like if people actually believed that this work actually works, then they would do it. So I think it's more about getting people to believe that neuroplastic neuroplasticity works, right? Because if you believe it works, then you're gonna push through it and you're gonna do it. And and I was listening to Dr. Joe Dispenza yesterday morning, and he was talking about as a perfect example, he was talking about how he was like back on his ranch and he was riding his horse, and the horse is like has all these like different things, like, oh, there's a mare over there, or oh, I think I'm gonna like walk over here and it wasn't following the program that you know riding what he wanted to ride because he hadn't been doing he hadn't been working with the horse for long enough, right? So it's like something that you have to like keep doing so we can get rid of bad habits, so we can get rid of bad thought processes. And I think that's what you were talking about earlier, is like just start with one small thing and just change, just focus on one thing that you can change because if you keep doing the same thing, we're gonna get the same results, we're gonna have the same thought processes, you're gonna have the same experiences, which create the same memories, and then it goes in this loop and you're running on this subconscious program, and you and then you're you're in survival mode and you never get out. And then what ends up happening is your body can only run on survival mode for so long. And I think that is the point that I was at when I we were in Mexico on the beach. I was losing all hope because I was just trying every single thing. So that's why I'm so passionate about this.
SPEAKER_01:And you know, um, connecting this, you said something important, which is about belief. Start believing in something strongly, not in the way that you are just let's say, um, just I'm not sure if it's okay to say lying to yourself or something. It is more about being optimistic, create new hopes in your life. Right.
SPEAKER_00:To kind of create the feeling, right?
SPEAKER_01:So, like exactly because also that because to start creating new changes, first of all, like Dr. Joe is teaching, the long story short is that well, you have already patterns. It is hard to break all patterns because the brain of the familiar things, and especially sometimes if it is negative, the brain can be addicted to negative things too. So we need to start creating neural pathways. How creating new changes, but it is not easy, and like this connecting with our emotions, we have to also connect, not just the action, we need to be connected with that, and what's the meaning of that for us, or what we want to create or approach, just to increase more our feelings and emotions with this experience. And if it doesn't work, we try another one and another one, or keep trying, and that's the thing. Exactly, and keep trying in order to see results, and it doesn't matter if you don't see it yet, but it's something different.
SPEAKER_00:It's just like the gym, it's just like going to the gym. You're not gonna see the results the next day, it's just like planting a seed, it's not gonna grow the next day. And I think that like Yeah, he says neurons that fire together wire together. So you have to do it for a certain amount of time for those neur neurons to fire and wire together. And then once you've gotten to that point, and I think, Diego, I think honestly, the more people talk about neuroplasticity, the more they understand it, the more their lives are gonna change, because the more they're gonna believe in it. And I think that that is truly where we're at. It's like if people really believed in it, they would be like, wow, because for me, I'm like, this is a superpower, right? Like neuroplasticity.
SPEAKER_01:But that's the point, because also he teaches a lot. I mean, Dr. Joe, right? He teaches a lot how powerful is our brain, our thoughts, our emotions, and like you said before, all the pharmacy that we have in our brain, it is true. We are really strong.
SPEAKER_00:We we are powerful human beings, we are not just aware, maybe how how powerful and strong we can be, actually, if we you know what I mean, you know, wherever yes, and and when you guys spoke that to me when I was very, very low and I was just dark night of the soul. When you spoke that to me, you you called me a genius on the beach. And then after I started doing this work, because in Dispensary goes, turn on the person next to you and say, It's nice to meet you, I'm a genius, or something like that.
SPEAKER_01:I I remember because you watch all the videos for Carson and I. It took days to watch the whole thing, and you just finished the next day, and you you were you you're you you just didn't remember that for you. It was not just remembering, it was also about explaining.
SPEAKER_00:It was death or life for me.
SPEAKER_01:Like I was clinging and hanging on to every single word because we noticed that when we were talking about it.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, I mean, thank God, Diego. Like, I mean, you're an angel to me, you know, truly.
SPEAKER_01:And I think somehow, I think somehow we all humans are going through ups and downs. Um at that time when I was and just reading about Dr. Joe, or before when we met in Costa Rica, I also was going through difficult moments. And when one problem is already solved, a new one is coming. So, but the thing is that the more we practice and the more we learn, and especially when we we we try to do it, and I just to read it, to put it in practice too. I think after this creating results and new changes and new experience, when the next challenge is coming, somehow my my organism or my body or my soul, it is not repeating the same process of paying the Ur me, for example, and stay stuck. Now I'm trying to check a different way to approach something difficult. Makes sense.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, I've I've seen you grow so much. I'm I'm so proud of like who we've both become.
SPEAKER_01:I mean, we we've been we've it wasn't easy, but it's so I'm so happy now with the results, but for sure I think it wasn't easy at all.
SPEAKER_00:Um, um, so after after um Diego and Carson told me about Dr. Joe Dispenza, um, they so kindly invited me to their place in Germany. And I needed to feel that love. And they just took me in like family, gave me a bed to sleep in and fed me and just loved on me and took me to the advanced retreat um for that whole week. We spent that whole week together, and that was a that was a tough week. I remember for you especially too. There was we were all just processing emotions and and pushing through things. But for me, that was like I had a major breakthrough, but we all had our own things. And I remember we created a mind movie. And I remember you showing me your mind movie, and and now if we look at our mind movies to this day, we literally manifested like 80% of it already. And it's uh it's amazing. Like I didn't know that I would finally be able to be in a position to help other people. Like I didn't know that I could touch other people's lives with in a way that I can today, you know? And I think that it's just it's beautiful work, and I I it's so hard too, because like when people are struggling, right? And I don't know if you want to share some of your personal struggles that you've got to do. Oh, yeah, for sure.
SPEAKER_01:Because yeah, because you just mentioned something which just touched me. It's about I've never thought I'm going to be here now, for example, helping someone else. And you know, before even Til Swan's treatment, um months ago or years ago before that event, I was going through a lot of difficult things where I wasn't so happy at all to stay alive. Let's say like this. Um, I was so negative for years. I'm not even talking about months for years, almost like non-stop. I was so in that circle, it wasn't like an addiction to where I was just focusing on the negative things. Everything was so negative, and I also tried different things where maybe let's say I was thinking I just to stay here anymore.
SPEAKER_00:Um like my tempted suicide.
SPEAKER_01:Uh yeah, many times I tried.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah. Thank you for thank you for being here and thank you for sharing that. That's you know, um, there's not very many people that actually, and especially to be at the level in which you are today, you know, because it's like looking at you eight years ago or maybe 15 years ago, and then looking at you now, the way that the brain has changed, even in the eight years that I've known you too, it's it's night and day, and it gives hope to other people, you know, and especially for you being a man, like talking about that really helps give other people the courage to get the help that they need. And you offer services at your clinic. So Diego has a clinic in Paraguay called Spa de la Mente. Did I say that correctly?
SPEAKER_01:Well, you know, just connecting with what what you said about men in general, I think I understand what you try to say when it is about this belief system where we're supposed to be strong, we don't have emotions, or if we need help, we are not almost allowed to ask for some help, or we we need to solve problems alone, or whatever. And actually that that can be very dangerous. And I was included there actually, or especially sometimes where the feedback from others uh let's say that they didn't support me at that time because of all this police system, so it wasn't easy, it wasn't easy. Now connect oh, you want to say something?
SPEAKER_00:No, no, no, go ahead.
SPEAKER_01:And now connecting with Padelamente. Oh my god, Jessica, just I'm just thinking about our mind movie. The clinic wasn't here. Oh, I mean, the clinic wasn't in my mind movie, but other things that uh were there, it happened, and I live my dreams, and this is one of others. And I I'm just thinking, oh my gosh, I went through so many changes, so so many difficult things. And thanks to all this learning and experience, including Dr. Joe Dispensa, um now finally I'm able to just enjoy life, enjoy my present moment.
SPEAKER_00:Yes, and I think that you know the the thing that we have in common is that we're so grateful. And and Dr. Joe says, gratitude is the ultimate state of receivership, you know? Oh my god. And we're so grateful to like be here and be alive and to be uh it's a gift to be in this position for you to help others in the way that you do. And I think that what truly makes somebody like really good at their job or their craft or helping other people, um, especially in your industry, is that you have lived experience, Diego. So not not every psychologist and therapist or psychiatrist has lived experience, right? So you're able to connect with your patients on a deeper level because you are actually there once. And it it's easier to empathize with people that are lost in the darkness. And and I think, you know, people ask me, why do you why do you do this work? Because isn't it difficult to like bring up the loss of your dad and your brother and this and that? And I said, Yeah. I said, but you know what though? I'm helping that little girl that was me, that was lost once. And like I know that there's amazing, beautiful people out there, and we need their light. The world needs their light. And we life can be very tough sometimes, and mental health and mental illness and suicide ideation and whatnot, it can it's very complex, you know. It can be due to because there's lack of food, uh um the environment, they could uh be going through abuse, uh child abuse. Um there's so many reasons why people want to kill themselves. And so, but there's there's people that just are in this pain and they don't know how to get out because they may not have the resources, they may not hear these things, but if maybe they just hear I can, you know, recreate my own personal reality and I can keep believing that one day, you know, things are gonna get better and not lose hope and finally get to a point where they're out of a toxic abusive environment or whatever it may be, um, they can start living a beautiful life, you know?
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, you know, difficult. I think also asking for help, it might be difficult sometimes when people are uh some people are not giving you the feedback that you are expecting, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't uh or you should stop trying. In my case, it happened, but then when when I found my best friend who lives in New York, and he just gave me that sparkling, that that spark that I need in my life in order to start again believing in something.
SPEAKER_00:And then, I mean, thanks to him, I already the just in time podcast because your friend was just in time for you.
SPEAKER_01:Well, you know, in a way, yes, it is like that.
SPEAKER_00:That is, I think we meet these people along the way in our journey, and they're little angels, they're little gifts from God, and and it keeps us going, just like you and Carson that day. You know, and that's why it's so important that we do this and we we talk about this.
SPEAKER_01:And to to to to talk about that freely and openly, with no restrictions in the sense that not being afraid of any kind of judgments, for example. Um it's a stigma like you were mentioning before.
SPEAKER_00:So, and you don't know I was labeled as the black sheep, the crazy one.
SPEAKER_01:We need to. So, and and it's it's it's that easy, especially when we are in that position where we don't have a voice, or um people are sick and tired of listening to us or whatever. It's that easy, but that doesn't mean that it isn't possible. It's really hard. But after tell me, tell me, do you want to say something?
SPEAKER_00:No, you just said possible, and what came into my mind was what happens when we get triggers, we talk ourselves out of possibility. When we get triggered or when something is hard for us and it brings up difficult things, and we just have to keep pushing through, you know, and not give up. And it but you actually have to do the work, you know. There was a um an example that Dr. Joe gave when we were um at his advanced workshop, and he said a lady came up to him and I think she said, she said, Why aren't I living in um Santa Fe, New Mexico? And he was like, Well, that person doesn't live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. And she's like, What are you talking about? And he's like, Are you doing the work? And she's like, Well, I've been tired, or this or that. I don't don't quote me exactly. And then goes, answer the question, are you doing the work? Well Nope. Are you doing the work? So, so here's the thing. It's like if you want it bad enough and and you don't want to stay a victim to your pain and you truly want a way out, right? Because for me, the payoff was like, I do not want to live here on this earth if I'm constantly have to coping with life, like I want a life where I feel powerful, right? Like you said, where you don't even know your own strength, your own power. And when people are believing in you that you can reprogram your brain and create a new electromagnetic field that is sending out different frequencies. And so your personal reality and your environment, the people that you attract in your life is changing. Yes. And it's like but it's like you have to be at the point where you're like you really want it to change, though. You know what I mean? And you have to be willing to do the work. If you don't do the work, like for me, every day before I got up after I left Cancun, right? I went back home in, I think it was maybe three months before we did we flew to the advanced workshop. During that three months, I took this work serious. Like I did not let my feet hit the ground until I told myself I was gonna have a good day. Like I I made a deal to myself because I was like, if I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna go all in and I'm gonna give this everything I got. And if this doesn't work, then I can kill myself later. That's what I was telling myself. So this was my last ditch effort. And thank God that I didn't give up, and thank God that I kept pushing forward, you know.
SPEAKER_01:You know, when you were just talking about the electromagnetic field, I remember also something that we learned with Dr. Joe, but also, well, I also learned from other sources, sources. But Dr. Joe is really good how he teaches this. It's about that we we we we create our own reality, and sometimes we are not aware how much impact we have in our present and future. It depends because we're running on that subconscious mind, exactly, and it depends on what energy and emotions we have, somehow it's going to create some influence in our present moment, and we might create something good, something might not be so good or or even amazing, but it we have to do the work, that's the point. We have to put it out.
SPEAKER_00:What we're saying is um remember he had us do an exercise, and he said, uh, you need okay, so if you want to um feel um freedom, right? Um, you need to like close your eyes, do your meditation, and actually experience like like freedom.
SPEAKER_02:Um my gosh, yeah.
SPEAKER_00:He gave another example, like his daughter when wanted to go shopping. Well, she had to tune in and imagine how she would feel if she got to go on the best shopping spree ever. And then you you you you come back and you have this energy and this feeling because the brain doesn't know any different, whether you're doing it or not. And that's the same thing with PTSD, right? When you're recreating those thoughts in your brain, your brain doesn't know the difference between if it actually happened or if it's just in your brain. Does that make sense?
SPEAKER_01:It makes it makes it makes sense, and especially when he tries to teach you that it is really important for you to start already tasting that flavor of the experience that you what your new life feels like. Exactly, because your brain doesn't that doesn't know exactly what is real or imagination, because at the end of the day, the brain is creating all the neurotransmitters that's supposed to create with that experience. So, therefore, prepare the whole organism for that, because when you are aligned with that, somehow you will go and approach that direction. So, and that that is connected with what you are feeling, what what what what thoughts you have, if you are breaking or no patterns, if you are aware that because you are running in circles with all patterns and just running automatically uh or in a survival mode, of course you are not going to you of course you are going to be stuck there, unfortunately. So that's why it's very important to start tasting the flavor of what you want to experience, something good, something different.
SPEAKER_00:And then your body can start craving it and getting used to that.
SPEAKER_01:And you get ready for that. You you your focus also little by little is changing, and somehow you pay more attention to details where maybe you you just didn't pay attention to something, and that's why you have some different experience, for example. Makes sense.
SPEAKER_00:Absolutely. It's just like, and then you're and then it becomes less effort, right? So, like for instance, when I'm brushing my teeth, I don't have to think about how to brush my teeth because I already know how to do it. So it's a subconscious program. I'm gonna keep that one, right? Because I don't want to have to think about how to brush my teeth. I learned that for other thought processes or um difficulties in our life, bringing into awareness what are the five thoughts that we're thinking that are just killing us, our energy on a daily basis, and change those thoughts intentionally. Just pick one. I challenge my listeners today, like pick one thought that like quiet your mind and listen to what you're hearing, or when you look in the mirror and you see yourself, what you what the first negative thing that you say about yourself, change it and make it positive, and then continue to do that for the next 30, 60, 90 days and see how your energy and your attitude changes with that perspective. And it's amazing how how how how we change, you know. If these they say your thoughts can make you sick, right?
SPEAKER_01:Right.
SPEAKER_00:If your thoughts can make you sick, then your thoughts can make you well.
SPEAKER_01:For sure, it is like that. Sometimes we just want quick results, and that's that sometimes can be a little bit disappointing, but we need to keep continuing, keep doing, doing the work.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, and again, like if somebody is in a crisis, please don't tell them to reprogram their brain in that moment. You know, call 988 or call 911, um, you know, remove lethal means, make sure you're safe, make sure the other person's safe. Um, don't don't try to have this conversation at that time. I just I would just want to be very clear about that. This isn't the time to talk talk about neuroplasticity. This this comes later. Um, if someone is in immediate danger, please, please, please call or text 988. And uh since Diego is bilingual, uh, you did you want to um say that to our words?
SPEAKER_01:Yeah, I would say in Spanish, but can you remind me the numbers?
SPEAKER_00:The word so if somebody is struggling or in a crisis, they can call 988, call, or text.
SPEAKER_01:Right. Entonces, miren, if all these people are atraves for moments difficiling that always stay relation with, for example, inclusive suicidio, it's more important in prime not trying to invalidar loss or decided to reprogram. For this, there exist different types of audience, and llamar al call in the number again.
SPEAKER_00:988.
SPEAKER_01:Llamar al 988 for those cases specific of emergency.
SPEAKER_00:Perfect.
SPEAKER_01:You understood what I mean? How is your Spanish? You need to do the work also with your Spanish, eh?
SPEAKER_00:Poquito español.
SPEAKER_01:Uh, you know, Jettika, something that you were saying, and I I will not go through that so much because now we are here for another topic, but just because you mentioned, and I think to you we cannot bring just this answer to anybody to start saying, um, start changing your mindset because sometimes people might not feel validate for that moment. So every person and every experience is different. That's why you were mentioning the protocol of this and where they should call. Um, so it's really important just to be aware that every situation is different and also not to invalidate people when they feel fragile, for example, because you know, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00:It's it you don't want to try to like almost like I don't know, cheer them up or this or that. It's like it's very hard and it's very complex, you know.
SPEAKER_01:Um I I can just talk through my own experience, and it is like this when when I was going through difficult moments, and people somehow it is not that maybe they just don't take you so seriously. You were mentioning also something about how we are now educated with these emotions and these situations, and we cope this defense mechanism in order to really deal and go through the emotions. We just try to just fix quickly or you know.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, yeah. We and we don't want to do that. We don't want to feel like the per like we need to fix the person, right? That almost makes them feel worse, I think. Um, so I'm I'm glad that you brought that up. And the last episode we had um Jacqueline, she was the area director, is the area director for AFSP, and she talked a lot about that too. It's just like making sure, you know, that you're listening and being supportive, asking them, hey, are you struggling with thoughts of suicide? Do you have a plan? And just getting the person in contact with somebody that can help them, you know, just safety, safety first. Because the biggest thing when it comes to suicide education um or prevention uh when you are dealing with somebody that is in a crisis is time. Because the brain will just like freak out for a certain amount of time. And the longer that time goes by, the less likely uh they are, you know, to do something that they would later regret. So but um what else were we gonna? We were gonna tap into something.
SPEAKER_01:I just want I just want to share something how Dr. Joe has a huge impact also now with this clinic here in Paraguay. So I went through university and I learned all the classic tools and they are wonderful and it helps a lot. And I'm using everything and I love it. But at the same time, some things that in university, um, let's say the program is not teaching you, it's about how just to approach people besides the scientific facts, which are amazing, also combined with the holistic one, for example, and that's what I had with Dr. Joe. And for example, in my clinic, my clinic looked like this Balinese style spiritual retreat. Why? It has a purpose. My purpose is to create something different, something new. And when people come here, they just don't think about the symptoms and signs and the problem. Besides that, they feel here very welcome, but also they are focusing on other things and they are present with what is this. It makes sense. So we don't have the nocibo effect so much in our brain where we already start creating even more the symptoms and signs. So here we work with all the wonderful tools, but also I'm creating an atmosphere where somehow we can just be um I think the environment in some way is so important, and I think what you're doing is really smart.
SPEAKER_00:And I like also how you're um adding in all the anti-aging benefits and like really being like all inclusive, you know. I think it's I think it's really great work what you're doing. Um but I think this concludes our episode. Is there anything else that you would like to let our followers know, Diego?
SPEAKER_01:Well, wait a minute, Jessica. There are so much things I'm just kidding. No, but actually, I mean, let I mean it happened so many things. We were after Cancun, we were in Dr. Joe Dispensa in Berlin, Germany. And then after that, um, well, I did other retreats too. Do you remember what other retreats you did?
SPEAKER_00:Or um goodness. I did like a workshop in Sedona.
SPEAKER_02:Oh, okay, okay, okay.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, and I did I did a couple of other ones, but nothing was like Dispenza. Like, oh, I did I did the advanced follow-up, actually. Oh, you did, okay. I did, I did the advanced follow-up. Um and I actually did a testimony for Dr. Joe Dispenza, and it's really hard to watch. When I go back and I look at that video, you can still see my body is in survival mode. And I think I was really, really nervous to do it, but it's kind of crazy because at that time I actually said in in the interview that I did with Dispenza, I said I was gonna open up a nonprofit and call it just in time to save a life before it was ever opened, years before. And I actually did it and it's amazing, and it's helping people, and but it is sad to look at the video because I can see it's like it takes a while for the body to catch up with the brain. It's like my brain knew it was getting out of survival mode, but because it was in my body was still kind of in it, it was yeah, I still my heart breaks when I when I see that, you know, and it reminds me of how far that I've come. But to all my followers out there, all of our listeners, just never give up and don't lose hope and keep trying and keep moving forward because life is better with you in it. And um, you know, suicide creates a ripple-like effect, and it really, really hurts the people that um that are left behind. And I think a lot of people don't talk about that because they feel guilty to talk about it in a way. But I have just met so many suicide survivors that are still devastated. And one of the episodes that we're gonna get into later um on this journey for the Justin Time podcast is diving deep into survivor loss. Um people who have lost loved ones to suicide and the effects that it has on them and the help that they need to get. Um, because for every one suicide, there's 25 other attempts. That is insane to me. So um thank you guys so much for listening. Diego, thank you so much for being here. Thank you.
SPEAKER_01:Thank you for inviting me. So I hope I can just come back again and then we can keep continuing other topics related to it.
SPEAKER_02:Yes.
SPEAKER_01:I'm having so much fun, but uh, in the sense that for me, this is a serious topic, but it's so amazing to talk to someone who I mean, somehow we are connected in many ways. Yes, and now to see ourselves living the life that we have is just um yes, that's what people need.
SPEAKER_00:It's like you have two people that attempted suicide multiple times that are here today telling you that they no longer struggle with suicide ideation because they've reprogrammed their brain and they found a way out. And that's the program that Justin Time wants to create. It's called From Darkness to Hope. And I don't know why it's not created yet, but it's going to be. So maybe we can get maybe we can get the spending to come on and help create it with us. If you're struggling, remember how you think is how you feel. If your feelings feel heavy, start by shifting the thought. You're not stuck. Your brain can change, so can your story. I'm Jessica G. This is the Justin Time podcast, and I'll see you next time. Until then, keep going. Never give up. And remember, the world is better with you in it, whether you believe it or not. To help reach others, please share this with your friends, family, and don't forget to like, subscribe, and donate.