Brain Shaman
Brain Shaman is a philosophical and scientific journey towards better brain health. Michael Waite discusses how you can change your brain state and overall nervous system via behavior, nutrition, nature, and technology. Mental illness, addiction, and low brain function are destroying so many people and societies. By becoming increasingly disconnected from our natural mind-body-world and plugged into the artificial ones, we are getting sicker, weaker, and less free. We must become more conscious of how the information that we consume (in the form of action, food, drugs, sensory input, media, etc.) affects our brain. This podcast teaches you how to reconnect with your primordial nature, reprogram your brain, regain your freedom, and redirect your life.
Brain Shaman
William Person: Bobsleds and Brain Injuries | Episode 143
William Person is a former Olympic bobsledder for Team USA. He talks about what it was like flying 90 mph down the ice, taking up to 80 Gs, and what happened after the cheering stopped: brain fog, headaches, memory and focus loss, sensitivity to sound and light, disorientation, depression, and suicidal thoughts.
We talk about the hidden suffering in sports, how CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) might relate to ADHD and other mental health struggles, why so many athletes and veterans go untreated, and the deadly consequences that follow. William shares his lowest moments, his fight to stay alive, and how hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) helped him when nothing else could.
Connect & Learn More
🍭TikTok: @hyperbarichealing
📘 Facebook: One Man With a Chamber | William Person
💼 LinkedIn: William Person
📸 Instagram: @willp1234567
▶️ YouTube: @braininjurysurvival
💰 GoFundMe: CTE Recovery for Athletes and Military
Resources
🎢 Six Flags Magic Mountain — Goliath
📰 Sledding Athletes Are Taking Their Lives. Did Brain Injuries Play a Role? – The New York Times
⚖️The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)
👥People: Cuba Gooding Jr., Jamie Foxx, Jay-Z, Joe Namath, Kanye West, Lance Armstrong, Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Jackson, Russell Crowe
🎬 Films: A Beautiful Mind, In Whose Name?, Jerry Maguire, One Battle After Another
💥Incidents: 2025 Anaconda Shooting, 2025 Grand Blanc Township church attack, 2025 Midtown Manhattan Shooting, Washington Navy Yard shooting