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World Traveler, Happiness Obsessed, Plant-Medicine Devotee, Finding the Essence of a Great Life

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Hey! I’m Ahsan

World Traveler, Happiness Obsessed, Plant-Medicine Devotee, Finding the Essence of a Great Life

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MY JOURNEY

April 2015

Depression:

Starting The Journey

In April of 2015, enough went wrong in my life causing me to fall into a deep depression. I felt all the negative feelings I had repressed for my entire life coming up all at once. My depression was both the darkest time of my life and the greatest period of change. During this miserable darkness, I realized I did not like who I was or how I was living and worst of all, I had never truly been happy. I was not going to continue living this way. I promised myself I would change with three goals in mind: 

  1. I would overcome this depression
  2. I would be better
  3. I would find true happiness

These three goals started a grand journey that I have been on ever since.

How I Overcame My Depression
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April 2015 - May 2018

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Intellectual Study

I started my journey with intellectual study because I wanted to learn more about life to accomplish my lofty goals. I obsessed over these concepts about life endlessly analyzing them. My intellectual study included:
  • Reading 100+ psychology/self-help books
  • Watching thousands of hours of Ted Talks and self-improvement videos
  • Obtaining a degree in neuroscience
  • Creating a blog to share my learnings
I obsessed over these concepts about life so much that I filled an enormous stack of journals with my notes. With each book, video and new journal my promises transformed into my greatest passions of growth, healing and happiness. These passions combined led to the deepest desire: “The Essence of a Great Life.”
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May 2018 - April 2020

Happiness Website

The next part of my journey began with my passion for happiness leading me to barge into Dr. Raj Raghunathan’s office to discuss his book “If You’re So Smart Why Aren’t You Happy.” I was intrigued how he approached happiness from an intellectual perspective as a medium for being a better person. I was so intrigued; I agreed to help Raj build out the website for his upcoming Happiness at Work Course titled “HEROIC.” This opportunity to share happiness practices for making others better was the first time I felt truly aligned with myself. During this time, I spent 80-100 hours a week learning programming and building out the website for HEROIC, which is still my fondest memory. 

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May 2021 - Present

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World Travels

The travel part of my journey started with a spontaneous trip to Yosemite National Park because I was too fed up with my life. My first stop at Yosemite was standing on a dangerous ledge called Overhanging Rock. Gazing over the immense beauty of the valley while being mere inches from death made me wake up. I started to feel the only thing holding me back from living my own life was myself. I fully freed myself to live my life and continue adventuring in nature a lot longer. During my world adventures I:

  • Hiked thousands of miles
  • Witnessed jaw-dropping beauty
  • Found true happiness
  • Figured out who I am

My adventures were the perfect medium to directly experience my passions of happiness, personal growth, and the essence of a great life.

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June 2021 - Present

Plant Medicine World

The Medicine part of my journey started with receiving Bufo Alvarus at a spiritual retreat in Mexico. During the experience, I felt the intense weight from my depression dissolve away. Little did I know that experience would be the start of the deepest and most meaningful part of my journey. Through multiple retreats, diets, and microdosing, the medicines have:
  • Healed my deepest traumas
  • Taught me the energies for a great life
  • Connected me with my heart and soul
I believe these plants contain pure life energy; they heal by first cleansing any impure energies. Then the plants fill you with their beautiful life energies: happiness, love, growth, positivity and so many more.
 
I first went to the medicine world because I needed to heal and fell in love with all the lessons I learned and the energies I felt about the essence of a great life. The plants are my greatest teachers.
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April 2015

Depression:

Starting The Journey

Depression

In April of 2015, enough went wrong in my life causing me to fall into a deep depression. I felt all the negative feelings I had repressed for my entire life coming up all at once. My depression was both the darkest time of my life and the greatest period of change. During this miserable darkness, I realized I did not like who I was or how I was living and worst of all, I had never truly been happy. I was not going to continue living this way. I promised myself I would change with three goals in mind: 

  1. I would overcome this depression
  2. I would be better
  3. I would find true happiness

These three goals started a grand journey that I have been on ever since.

How I Overcame My DepressionDepression Arrrow 20

April 2015 - May 2018

Intellectual Study

Intellectual Study
I started my journey with intellectual study because I wanted to learn more about life to accomplish my lofty goals. I obsessed over these concepts about life endlessly analyzing them. My intellectual study included:
  • Reading 100+ psychology/self-help books
  • Watching thousands of hours of Ted Talks and self-improvement videos
  • Obtaining a degree in neuroscience
  • Creating a blog to share my learnings
I obsessed over these concepts about life so much that I filled an enormous stack of journals with my notes. With each book, video and new journal my promises transformed into my greatest passions of growth, healing and happiness. These passions combined led to the deepest desire: “The Essence of a Great Life.”
 
Read BlogIntellectual Study Arrow Mobile

May 2018 - April 2020

Happiness Website

Heroic

The next part of my journey began with my passion for happiness leading me to barge into Dr. Raj Raghunathan’s office to discuss his book “If You’re So Smart Why Aren’t You Happy.” I was intrigued how he approached happiness from an intellectual perspective as a medium for being a better person. I was so intrigued; I agreed to help Raj build out the website for his upcoming Happiness at Work Course titled “HEROIC.” This opportunity to share happiness practices for making others better was the first time I felt truly aligned with myself. During this time, I spent 80-100 hours a week learning programming and building out the website for HEROIC, which is still my fondest memory. 

View WebsiteHappiness Website Arrow 20

May 2021 - Present

World Travels

World Travels

The travel part of my journey started with a spontaneous trip to Yosemite National Park because I was too fed up with my life. My first stop at Yosemite was standing on a dangerous ledge called Overhanging Rock. Gazing over the immense beauty of the valley while being mere inches from death made me wake up. I started to feel the only thing holding me back from living my own life was myself. I fully freed myself to live my life and continue adventuring in nature a lot longer. During my world adventures I:

  • Hiked thousands of miles
  • Witnessed jaw-dropping beauty
  • Found true happiness
  • Figured out who I am

My adventures were the perfect medium to directly experience my passions of happiness, personal growth, and the essence of a great life.

View JourneyWorld Adventures Arrow 20

June 2021 - Present

Plant Medicine World

Plant Medicine
The Medicine part of my journey started with receiving Bufo Alvarus at a spiritual retreat in Mexico. During the experience, I felt the intense weight from my depression dissolve away. Little did I know that experience would be the start of the deepest and most meaningful part of my journey. Through multiple retreats, diets, and microdosing, the medicines have:
  • Healed my deepest traumas
  • Taught me the energies for a great life
  • Connected me with my heart and soul
I believe these plants contain pure life energy; they heal by first cleansing any impure energies. Then the plants fill you with their beautiful life energies: happiness, love, growth, positivity and so many more.
 
I first went to the medicine world because I needed to heal and fell in love with all the lessons I learned and the energies I felt about the essence of a great life. The plants are my greatest teachers.
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