Amazon Casey Means says it’s all about having “good energy.”
Means, a former physician turned wellness influencer, is the best-selling author of “Good Energy”, which she wrote with her brother, who also advises Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on his “Make America Healthy Again” campaign. Now, she’s up for Surgeon General and facing tough questions on said book.
In today’s hearing, the Senate panel spent the day grilling Means on her background, with several questions turning to the ideas presented in her writing. In “Good Energy”, Means suggests that the root cause of several ailments — from cancer to Alzheimer’s and infertility — may lie in mitochondrial dysfunction and “bad energy inside your body.”
The book presents a practical four-week plan for anyone looking to optimize their cellular energy. And while flipping between research and personal essays, Means outlines different strategies for managing daily stress, trauma and negative thought patterns.
One of her more controversial recommendations is psilocybin-assisted therapy, which she also refers to in her book as “plant medicine.”
In her book, Means said that she first tried mushrooms after feeling “an internal voice that whispered: it’s time to prepare.”
During today’s hearing, she clarified that “the voice” came amid her mother’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis and eventual passing, adding that she had a “deep sense that something ominous was coming.” Her book recounts her experience with mushrooms in great detail.
“I felt myself as part of an infinite and unbroken series of cosmic nesting dolls of millions of mothers and babies before me from the beginning of life,” she wrote in one passage, adding that “psilocybin can be a doorway to a different reality that is free from the limiting beliefs of my ego, feelings, and personal history.”
She also encouraged readers to consider plant medicine. “If you feel called, I also encourage you to explore intentional, guided psilocybin therapy. Strong scientific evidence suggests that this psychedelic therapy can be one of the most meaningful experiences of life for some people, as they have been for me.”
The book dives deeper into strategies for improving metabolic health — from blue-light blocking to tech that helps users “see inside their body” to lifelong nutrition principles anyone can easily apply, as well as more niche ideas like questioning vaccine safety and observing spiritual warnings.
“Good Energy” is available on Amazon for $16, and many readers agree it’s a “must-read for anyone who wants to take control of their health.”
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