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Combat Athlete Mental Health: Tips and Strategies from Olympic Freestyle Wrestler Kelsey Campbell

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    Combat Athlete Mental Health: Tips and Strategies from Olympic Freestyle Wrestler Kelsey Campbell. Are you pushing yourself to the limit in training and competition but struggling to maintain your mental health? You're not alone. As a combat athlete, focusing solely on your physical health and forgetting about your mental well-being is easy. That's why we're here to share some insights from Kelsey Campbell, an Olympic freestyle wrestler who battled a serious injury while competing at the highest level, on how to maintain your mental health and build boundaries as a combat athlete. Kelsey's Story If you haven't heard of Kelsey Campbell, she's a trailblazing Olympic freestyle wrestler who broke down barriers for women in a male-dominated sport. Despite her success, Kelsey faced challenges, including a serious injury that left her feeling unsupported and isolated. In our podcast episode "Matrix: Kelsey Campbell," she shared how coaches and teammates t...

Do Mushrooms "Talk"?

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Do Mushrooms "Talk"? Did you know that mushrooms can communicate with multiple organisms within their environment?          In this article, were going to go over how mushrooms communicate with other organisms in nature!       During the first episode of our podcast, we had Alex Chamizo, a health and wellness advocate and Reiki practitioner, as a guest. Alex and I discussed the benefits of using mushrooms' fruiting bodies and psychedelics. Alex believes that psychedelics are a helpful resource. He uses mushrooms to expand his mind. Alex feels like it's easy for us to develop a routined way of thinking. He told me that psychedelics could give us insight into patterns and behaviors we live into. "We all need that reset." He sees them as tools that help us connect to nature.  That conversation inspired me to dive deep and research how exactly mushrooms connect us to nature.  A few initial questions popped into my head, can mushrooms co...

Can Mushrooms Support Concussion Recovery?

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                     I am  Samantha Aiko , and you're experiencing   The Organic Matrix ,  The show captures the eternal wisdom of real human experiences to benefit generations to come!           Today's topic is Concussions. Concussions are known as invisible injuries.  The most challenging thing about recovering from a concussion is that symptoms can manifest years after the initial trauma. In this article, I will be sharing how I felt after sustaining concussions in high school and college, and I will also share how functional mushrooms helped me take my mind and my life back after years of feeling alien to myself.  The Organic Matrix    Today we're going to be talking about something pretty personal to me. I was a collegiate wrestler during high school and college, and my style was freestyle.  If you know about freestyle wrestling, you know where the mone...