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9th Jun 2025

Combat, Consciousness & Coming Home: A Marine’s Journey with Psilocybin and Purpose

In this powerful episode of Spirits and Stories with Donald Dunn, former Marine Corps officer Susanna Rose shares her profound journey from combat deployments in Afghanistan to becoming an energy priestess and advocate for plant medicine therapy. Discover how psilocybin and spiritual awakening helped her—and many other veterans—heal trauma, overcome addiction, and rediscover their purpose. From the science behind psychedelics to the personal breakthroughs that follow, this is a must-listen conversation for anyone interested in mental health, military reintegration, and consciousness expansion.

🎧 Presented by Operation Encore — empowering veterans through music and purpose.

🌐 Learn more: https://metamorphosis.ventures

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Spirits and Stories With Donald Dunn
Exploring meaning, faith, and the unseen through honest conversations shaped by lived experience and reflection.
Spirits and Stories with Donald Dunn is a storytelling podcast centered on real life conversations with people shaped by experience, curiosity, and the search for meaning.

Each episode explores the human side of belief, identity, resilience, and personal transformation through honest, unfiltered conversations. Rather than offering easy answers, the show creates space for reflection, curiosity, and deeper understanding of the stories that shape how we live.

Spirits and Stories is for listeners drawn to thoughtful storytelling, meaningful conversations, and exploring life at the edge of the seen and unseen.

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