--- title: Biohacking Trauma With Functional Medicine - with Dr. Aleksandra Gajer - Limitless Mindset description: "With Dr. Aleksandra Gajer, I discuss what the \"trauma resolution\" trend gets right and wrong. And we delve into the cutting-edge tools for the science of health and the art of transformation, used at The Gayer Practice." author: Jonathan Roseland url: https://www.limitlessmindset.com/podcast/1670-dr-aleksandra-gajer-interview --- # Biohacking Trauma With Functional Medicine - with Dr. Aleksandra Gajer [![Dr. Aleksandra Gajer](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==)](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/media/reviews/photos/original/16/79/e5/dr-aleksandra-gajer-interview-11-1772873518.webp "Dr. Aleksandra Gajer") Ⓒ By **Jonathan Roseland** Applied Neuroscience Strategist, K-Selected Biohacker, Tantric husband, Promethean peaceful parent, Adventuring philosopher, Raconteur, and Author. He spent +14 years researching the intersection of human performance enhancement and advanced personal growth in his obsessive quest - spanning three continents - to find real-life "NZT-48." --- [Subscribe to the Limitless Podcast](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/LM-Podcast) To Listen on the Go > *"I knew it was killing me, but I also believed that the monster I was drowning would overtake me if I stopped. I tried various ways of controlling it, always failing eventually. My fight against drugs and alcohol was all-consuming and exhausting. In moments of exasperation, I cut my wrists and prayed for the courage to cut deep enough to let all the pain out. Luckily, I could never drive the knife that deep."* That's a passage I found chillingly eloquent from a chapter that [**Dr. Aleksandra Gajer**](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/Gajer-Practice) contributed to the book *Triumphs of Transformation*. In it, she lays bare her struggles with vice and her long personal and professional path through traditional medicine to reclaiming agency, health, and happiness by eight foundational lifestyle pillars, which we'll get into in this wide-ranging discussion of the science of health and the art of transformation...   ![](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/media/reviews/photos/original/f2/8b/87/dr-aleksandra-gajer-interview-41-1772112744.webp) ## Mentioned in this interview ### **Trauma resolution** [I lost a child](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=728:lost-a-child&catid=8:blog-articles&Itemid=169) - Our story of recovery with EMDR/Accelerated Resolution Therapy **[Methylene Blue](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=286:methylene-blue&catid=65:nootropic-ingredients&Itemid=244#emotional-trauma)** - A fascinating and potentially world-changing effect is in helping the user overcome the fear, trauma, and PTSD of the past... My essay: [The Myth of Sex Addiction](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=999:hourglass-sex-addiction&catid=8:blog-articles&Itemid=169) ### **Biohacks** [**Whole Genome Sequencing**](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/Sequencing) - If you're an MTHFRer, don't be so stoic about stress! **Semax** and **Selank** - Neuroplasticity-promoting peptides Stack these with [Phenylpiracetam](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/Phenylpiracetam), then meditate to feel like "a young Jedi dabbling with the dark side of the force for the first time" **Epigenetic mindset transformation meditation** - from [*You Are The Placebo*](https://amzn.to/33CnLmr)by Dr. Joe Dispenza ### **Weight loss** **GLP1s** - Like Ozempic, Wegovy's Semaglutide, or Manjuaro  **Retatrutide** - "the data is very promising!"  ### **Books** [Triumphs of Transformation: Inspiring Stories of Resilience and Life Change](https://amzn.to/3OxwvYt)  [Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time](https://amzn.to/4rzqFnP) by Dr. John Jaquish - instead use an X3 bar OR blood flow restriction style bands for variable resistance training  [The Tapping Solution for Pain Relief](https://amzn.to/3d3M3L9) [Sexaholics Anonymous White Book](http://saphonemeeting.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/SA-White-Book-Copyright-Protected.pdf) ### **The Gajer Practice** Brings "The Science of Health, The Art of Transformation" to their devotion to their patients [in northern Virginia](https://maps.app.goo.gl/fzyTtUwzk3TbrMbQ7), the Washington, D.C. area, and nationwide via telemedicine. ![The Gajer Practice](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/media/reviews/photos/original/16/cb/d5/dr-aleksandra-gajer-interview-6-1772799434.webp) Clearly, Dr. Gajer & Co are on the cutting edge of functional medicine and applied longevity science. So if DIYing your own Biohacking is not getting you the health transformation you need - sometimes even the best Biohacker needs a doctor - schedule a free call with them... [Book Consultation at The Gajer Practice](https://www.limitlessmindset.com/Gajer-Practice) #### On social media The Gajer Practice on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/thegajerpractice/), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/thegajerpractice), and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpPiDe4fmllvKfIOnPYMBKw) [Dr. Aleksandra Gajer on LinkedIN](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandra-gajer-m-d-42b606276/)  --- #### Need a little more inspiration to break out of the pain and pattern of the past? 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