60 - The Myths That Keep Us Stuck with Jason Gandzjuk

About this episode

Jason Gandzjuk discusses the myths surrounding wellness and the importance of inner healing and self-awareness.

In this week's episode Ash and Jess interview Jason Gandzjuk, a mental health and mindset coach whose work centers on nervous system regulation, core childhood wounds, and embodiment rather than quick-fix protocols. Jason traces his story back to losing his mother at 13, a trauma that split his psyche and set him on a decades-long journey through illness, professional motocross and cycling, and over $2 million spent on doctors, therapies, and protocols that never truly resolved his symptoms. He explains that meaningful healing only began when he turned inward, stopped outsourcing his health, and started listening to his body. Jason's approach challenges the common wellness myths: the idea that a diagnosis (like Lyme disease or mold illness) is your identity, that healing is primarily about supplements and protocols, or that plant medicines alone will “fix” you. Instead, he frames illness as symbolic and instructive often pointing to unprocessed grief, lack of mothering (externally and internally), and disconnection from the body. He always returns to foundations: sleep, nutrition, movement that feels good, play, fun, and “sacred…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jessica Aldredge, Ashley Ihemelu

Guest: Jason Gandzjuk

Topics covered

• mental health
• mindset coaching
• nervous system regulation
• childhood trauma
• wellness myths

Keywords

• mental health
• wellness myths
• nervous system
• childhood wounds
• healing

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