The Neuro's Journey

Steve Sapourn
  • 5.0 (6)
  • Mental Health

The Neuro's Journey is about the raw courage it takes to face ourselves, our wounds, our patterns, our truth, and transform into who we're meant to be. Host Steve Sapourn, a former hedge fund manager and crack addict who survived a childhood marked by sexual abuse, gun violence, and domestic violence, rebuilt his life through neuroscience-based healing and psychedelic-assisted therapy.Now he brings you raw, real conversations about trauma, recovery, and transformation. Through his own story and insights from leading experts, Steve explores how our past shapes us and how we can actively reshape our future. Each episode offers practical wisdom for understanding your emotions, calming your nervous system, and reconnecting with your purpose. This isn't about quick fixes or empty promises, it's about real change, grounded in both science and lived experience. Rewire your brain. Rewrite your story.

  1. 3d ago

    Psychedelics Might Be Our Best Shot At Healing ft Joe Moore

    What if psychedelics are not just a treatment, but one of our best shots at healing, as people, as communities, and maybe even as a planet? Joe Moore has spent over a decade at the center of the psychedelic renaissance. He co-founded Psychedelics Today, the biggest podcast in the space, and has interviewed hundreds of the researchers, clinicians, and visionaries shaping how we understand these medicines. In this conversation he and Steve go from the hopeful to the genuinely strange. Joe makes the case that psychedelics could be powerful enough to help us heal and become more resourced, so we can face the crises stacking up around us, from climate to politics to everything in between. Then there is the side most conversations avoid. Telepathy reported in separate rooms. Past-life experiences that keep surfacing in sessions. The phenomena that do not fit the scientific model, and what an honest, curious person does when reality stops making sense. What you will hear: - Why Joe believes psychedelics could help us heal ourselves and the planet - The strange, hard-to-explain experiences that keep showing up in sessions - How the drug war shaped access, and what changing laws mean now - Where psychedelic therapy is genuinely helping with trauma and mental health - Breathwork as a non-drug path to some of the same states - Why the hopeful story needs a healthy dose of caution - Steve on how psychedelics helped move him through his own trauma This is one of the most wide-ranging conversations on the channel, equal parts hopeful and mind-bending. Nothing here is medical advice or encouragement to use any substance. It is a conversation about where this field is going. Guest: Joe Moore Co-founder and CEO, Psychedelics Today Website: https://psychedelicstoday.com/ X: https://x.com/jomo137 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jomo137 Vital psychedelic training (2027, apply now): https://psychedelicstoday.com/vital/ Follow us everywhere Host: Steve Sapourn Podcast Host & Trauma Educator LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-sapourn-642215118/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneurosjourney/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNeurosJourney Join The Neuro's Journey Newsletter: https://theneurosjourney.com/

  2. Aug 5

    Why The Happiest People Aren't The Most Fulfilled ft Ben Rogers

    The most meaningful lives are not the happiest ones. That is not a slogan. It is what the research keeps finding. Dr. Ben Rogers studies where meaning actually comes from, and he has built something rare: a psychological intervention, tested in randomized experiments, that measurably increases how meaningful your life feels. He teaches at Boston College, and his work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Time, Forbes, and Scientific American. In this conversation you will learn what separates a life that feels significant from one that feels like it is happening to you, and why the story you tell about your own life may matter more than what has actually happened in it. What you will learn: - The three parts of meaning: significance, purpose, and coherence, in plain language - Why the most meaningful lives are forged through challenge, not ease - How Ben's team took the classic Hero's Journey structure and turned it into a measurable scale - The seven-prompt restoring intervention that causally increased people's sense of meaning - Why roughly 10% of people in one study flatly refused to see their life this way, and what that taught him - Why men and women were equally likely to see themselves as heroes on a journey, which surprised him - Why you should not wait for retirement to feel like your life was worth it - What empty nesters do to rebuild meaning when the kids are gone Steve opens up about childhood abuse, the lifelong pull to prove that you matter, and how he has applied this work to his own life. Ben's research gives that struggle a shape you can actually work with. If your life looks successful from the outside but does not feel like it counts, start here. Guest: Dr. Ben Rogers Assistant Professor of Management and Organization, Boston College Website: https://www.benarogers.com/ Follow us everywhere Host - Steve Sapourn Podcast Host & Trauma Educator LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-sapourn-642215118/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theneurosjourney/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheNeurosJourney Join The Neuro's Journey Newsletter - https://theneurosjourney.com/

  3. Jul 29

    Your Brain Decides Before You Do ft Howard Ross

    You made the decision before you knew you were making it. Then your brain went back and built the reason. Howard says the field he helped build got something wrong. After 40 years studying why good people make decisions that do not match who they are, he has come to believe that wagging a finger at people does not change them. People collapse when they are under attack. He tells you about the young man in Louisiana whose heroes were in the Klan, and why that story broke him out of good person, bad person thinking for good. He tells you about the lawyer earning around $950,000 a year who would trade two thirds of it to see his kids, and why he never will. And he tells you about locking his own car door, five or six years ago, in front of a young man crossing the street, after a lifetime of doing this work. In this episode you will learn: - Why your brain needs bias the way it needs breathing, and why that is not an excuse - The difference between guilt and shame, and why shame stops you from changing anything - Why positive bias can be harder to spot than negative bias, and who it quietly costs - What happens in your nervous system when you pause between stimulus and response - How blind auditions moved orchestras from around 9 out of 10 men to roughly 60 or 70 percent, and where that approach backfires - Why the men in Howard's program cannot answer the question of who they are without their work - What AI and social media are doing to your bias that nothing before them could do Howard Ross is the author of the Washington Post best seller Everyday Bias and Our Search for Belonging, which won the 2019 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal. His book Everyday Bias returns at the end of summer in a new edition co-written with his son Jake, with new chapters on bias in AI and bias in social media. Follow us everywhere Host: Steve Sapourn Podcast Host & Trauma Educator LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-sapourn-642215118/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneurosjourney/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNeurosJourney Join The Neuro's Journey Newsletter: https://theneurosjourney.com/ Guest: Howard Ross Author of Everyday Bias and Our Search for Belonging LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howardjross/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/howardjross Udarta Consulting: https://www.udarta.com Website: https://www.howardjross.com

  4. Jul 22

    The 15% Principle That Rewires Your Brain For Good

    If you could give someone you love a 15% better functioning brain, would you do it? That is the question Steve started with when he thought about what to give his son for turning 18. Not a watch, not a car. A better functioning brain, and the 40 years of focus, sleep, and calm that could come with it. Then he asked the harder question. Could he do it for himself first? This week Steve walks you through what happened when he stopped guessing about his own brain and actually looked at it. He got a qEEG scan. He watched the red and the blue on the report, the areas running too hot and too quiet, and over a seven month period he set out to change them. Meditation, hypnotherapy, one psychedelic therapy session, and 40 neurofeedback sessions later, he did four scans, and by the end everywhere that was red and blue was gone. His brain had come back into a normal range. 0:00 The 15% Question 0:51 Welcome, And What This Is Really About 1:17 Why I Wanted To Give My Son A Better Brain 2:21 The Organ Nobody Ever Looks At 3:39 What A qEEG Scan Actually Is 4:37 Your Brainwaves, From Delta To High Beta 6:23 What The Colors On My Scan Meant 7:06 The Scan Knew Me Before I Said A Word 8:19 From Broken Man To Man With An Injury 9:03 Your Brain Can Change: Neuroplasticity 9:57 Seven Months, Four Scans, Red And Blue Gone 10:44 What I Actually Did, Including 40 Neurofeedback Sessions 12:55 Three Ways To Look At Your Brain: Scan, Genetics, Chemistry 14:25 The 15% Principle 15:41 The Sleep Math That Changes Everything 16:31 Why I Make This Podcast What you will hear: Why seeing the scan changed how Steve saw himself, from a broken man to a man with an injury, the way a torn ACL is something you image and fix What a qEEG scan actually is, and what the colors on the report mean What 40 neurofeedback sessions feel like from the inside, and why surf videos were involved The 15% principle, and why chasing one big fix kept Steve quitting things that were quietly working The sleep math that turns six hours into seven, three minutes at a time Your brain runs everything you do, and most people have never once looked at it. This is one man's experience with what happens when you do. It is not medical advice. Watch the full episode to hear what Steve found, and what he decided to give his son. Follow us everywhere Host: Steve SapournPodcast Host & Trauma Educator LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-sapourn-642215118/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theneurosjourney/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheNeurosJourney Join The Neuro's Journey Newsletter - https://theneurosjourney.com/

  5. Jul 15

    The Truth About Trauma & Psychedelic Therapy | | ft. Dr. Will Van Derveer | The Neuro's Journey

    Can trauma continue shaping your thoughts, emotions, and relationships long after the event itself has passed? In this episode of The Neuro's Journey, Steve Sapourn sits down with Dr. Will Van Derveer, board-certified psychiatrist, New York Times bestselling author, and pioneer in integrative psychiatry and psychedelic-assisted therapy. Together, they explore why trauma is often the hidden driver behind anxiety, depression, PTSD, addiction, and emotional patterns that conventional treatment can overlook. They also discuss the science behind psychedelic-assisted therapy, nervous system healing, childhood adversity, resilience, and what true recovery actually looks like. If you're navigating your own healing journey, supporting someone you care about, or simply curious about the future of mental health, this conversation offers practical insights grounded in neuroscience, psychology, and decades of clinical experience. 👤 Guest Dr. Will Van Derveer Board-Certified Psychiatrist New York Times Bestselling Author Co-Founder, Integrative Psychiatry Institute Connect with Dr. Will LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-van-derveer-md/ Website: https://psychiatrycenters.com/team-members/will-van-derveer-md/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/will.vanderveer.md/ 🎙 Follow The Neuro's Journey Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneurosjourney/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-sapourn-642215118/ 👤 Host Steve Sapourn Podcast Host & Trauma Educator Join the Neuros Journey Newsletter: https://theneurosjourney.com/

  6. Jul 7

    6 Practices That Pulled Me Out Of Collapse | The Neuro's Journey

    Have you ever made a small mistake and felt every negative belief you've ever had suddenly take over? In this solo episode of The Neuro's Journey, Steve Sapourn shares a deeply personal story about a moment that could have sent him into a familiar pattern of shutdown, self-judgment, and emotional collapse. Instead, for the first time, he interrupted the spiral in real time. Steve explores the nervous system, emotional resilience, anxiety, collapse patterns, self-compassion, and the practical tools that helped him regain perspective and reconnect with himself. He also shares the six practices that helped him break the cycle, including breathwork, meditation, loving-kindness, movement, sauna, and cold exposure. This episode is for anyone who struggles with overthinking, emotional spirals, anxiety, self-criticism, or feeling trapped by old patterns. Topics discussed: • Understanding emotional collapse • Why negative spirals happen • The nervous system and awareness • Wisdom, science, heart, and courage • Alternate nostril breathing • Meditation and loving-kindness • Exercise and emotional regulation • Sauna and cold plunge benefits • Expanding your window of tolerance • Building long-term resilience • Masculinity and personal responsibility 🎙 The Neuro's Journey 👉 Follow us everywhere Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theneurosjourney/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-sapourn-642215118/ 👤 Host Steve Sapourn Podcast Host & Trauma Educator #NervousSystem #EmotionalResilience #MentalHealth #Anxiety #SelfCompassion #Meditation #Breathwork #PersonalGrowth #Masculinity #TheNeurosJourney

  7. Jul 1

    ADHD, Dopamine & Burnout: The Hidden Struggle of High Achievers | Ian Mai

    What if ADHD isn't just about attention? In this episode of The Neuro's Journey, Steve sits down with ADHD Performance Coach Ian Mai to explore the deeper connection between ADHD, dopamine, burnout, emotional regulation, addiction, focus, and mental performance. Ian shares his personal journey from high-achieving engineer, tech sales leader, and competitive bodybuilder to helping others understand how dopamine dysregulation impacts focus, motivation, emotional resilience, and overall wellbeing. Together, they discuss why so many high performers struggle with burnout, how dopamine drives our behavior, practical ways to improve focus naturally, the role of exercise and cold exposure, emotional regulation techniques, meditation, ADHD medication, and how unresolved emotional pain often fuels the search for constant stimulation. If you've ever struggled with focus, motivation, burnout, overwhelm, procrastination, or emotional regulation, this conversation offers practical insights and actionable strategies. CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 01:10 Ian's Story: Success, Addiction & Burnout 04:38 What ADHD Really Is 09:07 Why Breathing Matters 12:46 Reverse Engineering ADHD 17:15 ADHD Mindset & Healing 21:15 ADHD, Trauma & Dopamine 24:32 How To Increase Dopamine Naturally 31:12 Dopamine Fasting & Stimulation 33:05 Burnout, Depression & ADHD 36:19 Meditation & Focus Training 41:36 How ADHD Medication Works 45:53 Ian's ADHD Coaching Program Guest: Ian Mai Website: https://ianmaicoaching.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-mai-coaching/ Host: Steve Sapourn Podcast Host & Trauma Educator LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-sapourn-642215118/ Subscribe for more conversations on trauma healing, nervous system regulation, emotional resilience, purpose, and human performance.

  8. Jun 24

    The Childhood Trauma That Led To Addiction | ft. Laurie Dhue | The Neuro's Journey

    What happens when childhood trauma shapes the course of an entire life? In this powerful conversation, Steve Sapourn sits down with Laurie Dhue, former CNN, NBC, and Fox News anchor, recovery advocate, and one of the most recognized voices in addiction recovery and trauma awareness. For the first time publicly, Laurie shares a deeply personal story about a traumatic experience she endured as a child and how it influenced her relationships, addiction, self-worth, and healing journey. Together, Steve and Laurie explore the lasting impact of childhood trauma, the connection between adverse experiences and addiction, why shame keeps people suffering in silence, and how recovery becomes possible when we finally tell the truth about our lives. They discuss alcoholism, substance abuse, emotional resilience, recovery, family dynamics, purpose, healing, personal transformation, and the courage required to look inward. Laurie also shares insights from nearly two decades of recovery, her work helping families heal, and why true success has little to do with money, status, or achievement. This conversation is for anyone navigating trauma, addiction, recovery, family struggles, or the journey back to themselves. Chapters: 00:00 Intro: Laurie Dhue's Story 01:07 From CNN, NBC & Fox News To Recovery 03:15 Why Sharing Your Story Removes Shame 05:00 Health, Wellness & Finding Purpose 07:15 The Search For Meaning After Success 10:10 Why Success Doesn't Heal Inner Pain 12:24 Purpose, Wealth & Family Legacy 16:19 Money, Happiness & Courageous Self-Reflection 18:01 Addiction, Trauma & Family History 22:03 Healing The Nervous System & Recovery 25:04 Toxic Masculinity, Power & TV News 29:13 The Cost Of Speaking Up 32:34 Childhood Trauma & Adult Behavior 35:14 Why Men Must Take Responsibility For Healing 38:10 Shame, Vulnerability & Emotional Courage 42:25 How Healing Improved My Relationships 44:03 Why Vulnerability Is Attractive 47:00 Men's Groups & Emotional Growth 51:30 Recovery, Self-Worth & Transformation 56:15 What Healthy Masculinity Looks Like 01:01:20 Breaking Generational Trauma 01:06:15 The Courage To Change 01:10:00 Final Thoughts On Healing & Purpose 👤 Host Steve Sapourn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-sapourn-642215118/ 👤 Guest Laurie Dhue Linkedin :https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-dhue-705a7326/

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The Neuro's Journey is about the raw courage it takes to face ourselves, our wounds, our patterns, our truth, and transform into who we're meant to be. Host Steve Sapourn, a former hedge fund manager and crack addict who survived a childhood marked by sexual abuse, gun violence, and domestic violence, rebuilt his life through neuroscience-based healing and psychedelic-assisted therapy.Now he brings you raw, real conversations about trauma, recovery, and transformation. Through his own story and insights from leading experts, Steve explores how our past shapes us and how we can actively reshape our future. Each episode offers practical wisdom for understanding your emotions, calming your nervous system, and reconnecting with your purpose. This isn't about quick fixes or empty promises, it's about real change, grounded in both science and lived experience. Rewire your brain. Rewrite your story.

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  • Creator
    Steve Sapourn
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Steve Sapourn
  • Show Website
    The Neuro's Journey

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