Category: mental health

TSC Talks Revival!! JUSTIN LESLIE of Project Whistleblower ~ Truth Under Fire

This is a special edition, TSC Talks Revival episode with Justin Leslie! Justin is an ex-Pfizer scientist and whistleblower. Justin was also one of my first guests on my podcast “TSC Talks” in 2018, (https://bit.ly/3Iz0FUU) where he shared his story about his experience with diagnosis and living with TSC.

I met Justin back in 2016ish through my friendship with his mother, Dorina Leslie. I had qualified and was training for the Boston Marathon to raise money for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex research and was posting about it on social media. Dorina, who had a son diagnosed with TSC, read my story, “Mom of 3 with TSC Runs Boston” (or something like that) and reached out in a Facebook Group. She was so encouraging and supportive! We became friends.  As I started to build the podcast TSC Talks, she suggested I interview her son, Justin, who had a mild form of TSC. Justin had been diagnosed with this dis-ease, later in life than most, and yet had had some significant struggles he’d had to overcome. Struggles that might be helpful if shared and heard by others in similar circumstances.

So, we did the (first) interview. It was incredible to have this young man who had really struggled with his own mortality and sense of purpose after receiving a TSC diagnosis, come and share from the heart, with such conviction, his lived experience and vision for going to study pharmacology to eventually contribute to finding a cure for this hateful dis-ease, Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. His podcast was a hit in the small community centered around TSC and was an inspiration to many. Flash forward several years. I stayed in touch with Justin’s mom, and she’d tell me what he was up to from time to time. He had such a passion and intensity about him, I was confident he was going to make some important contributions. I knew he had been working at Pfizer, and hated it, & the next thing I knew, he was working with Project Veritas and Dorina couldn’t talk about it. I was like Wow. Then more recently he showed up in my feed in pictures from a retreat he attended with Alec Zeck. What a whirlwind! I wanted to talk to him again.

We connected in January 2024 in a phone convo and Justin filled me in on what had been going on with him of late. I was blown da feck away!!! Not only had Justin been working at Pfizer but had gone undercover as a double agent working for Project Veritas, then again at OMG Media with James O’Keefe. He shared that he was working on a documentary called “Project Whistleblower” and was chronicling in the most riveting way, his experiences and strong soul’s urging to share the whole truth of what he uncovered during these last few years.

I told him I’d love to interview him and catch up on his story since the time he was on TSC Talks. I felt it would be so relevant for both of us as we’d kind of come full circle in seeing the inversions of the systems we’d both been heavily invested in and gone through intense disillusionment, yet come away with a renewed passion for getting beyond all the disconnections, fragmentations, half truths of the systems and get at root causes …for TSC, for dis-ease…so I’m sharing the transcript here from our first interview and will be sharing the transcript from our upcoming interview as well! I think this is incredibly important to Justin’s “story” as it demonstrates the vast transformation in awareness and understanding of the systemic inversion and the trance like spell so many are under regarding the half truths and flat out deception propagated over many years, but specifically since 2020 and the injection of half truths related to just about everything we’ve collectively held sacred.  So here we go…here’s the first interview we did together, both in completely different mindsets and circumstances meeting to discuss the impact of the rare disease, TSC.

In “Project Whistleblower” Justin shares his personal journey, including living with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC), a condition that not only shaped his childhood but also inspired him to pursue a career in pharmacology, aiming to find a cure for his condition.

During his time as a vaccine scientist at Pfizer, Justin began to collaborate undercover with Project Veritas. This partnership led to the revealing of mind blowing revelations about the COVID-19 ‘scamdemic’ and other alleged misconduct within Pfizer. However, he soon started to observe concerning behaviors within Project Veritas, such as the suppression of timely truths and vaccine concerns. These observations led him to question the integrity of the organization and its founder, James O’Keefe.

In collaboration with Marty Leeds, Justin has produced the compelling documentary “Project Whistleblower.” This film delves into his experiences and his growing awareness of the covert tactics and manipulations at Pfizer, Project Veritas, and OMG Media Group. In an era rife with lies and deception, the documentary underscores the revolutionary act of truth-telling.” (credit to Amanda Vollmer: https://yummy.doctor/video-list/advocates-for-truth-amandha-vollmer-adv-with-justin-leslie/)
Contact info for Justin!
Justin Leslie: https://justintegrity.net/
Justin’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/justinleslie
Contact: justinleslie3@protonmail.com
Donate to Justin’s work: https://www.givesendgo.com/ProjectWhistleblower

WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY HERE:  https://justintegrity.net/project-whistleblower/
Produced by: https://linktr.ee.com/jillwoodworthhttps://jillwoodworth.com

Short clip produced by @jillwoodworth
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TSC Talks! Final podcast~Wrapping it Up & Thanks

Jill wraps up the podcast! I started in 2016 by interviewing my kids and how they were affected by Tuberous Sclerosis Complex. It was absolutely divine inspiration from the start and branched out shortly after to interviewing community members and other professionals who worked with those affected. From there, I explored many different topics, providing information and resources in interview form, all with relevance to the individuals and/or parents/caregivers affected by a chronic illness like TSC.

Pushing the boundaries of what was deemed “safe and effective” by our medical system, I continued to put the info out there based on my own lived experience as a parent/caregiver living and dealing with what I’d come to discover is CPTSD if you want to use a label. It was my vision and still is that all “remedies” for improving the quality of life of all involved in the wheels of chronic illness, particularly one such as TSC which affects all the vital body organs, will be an option for all.

Why should we hold back the river when there are so many speaking about how their lives have been impacted by sharing their truths, sharing what’s worked for them and what potentially might help another ease the very real and almost daily traumas of attempting to live with an open heart and navigate our inverted systems of care?

Many of these podcasts go against the grain of what people are comfortable hearing. There are always positive takeaways but there are some heavy heavy experiences that people are walking through and talking about and must be given voice. I think through honest conversation, and taking full responsibility for one’s reactions to other’s sharing from their most painful, heart-wrenching moments, we can begin to hear each other once again at least long enough to realize, we’re all having vastly different experiences yet we all long to be here now, safe, loved, whole, home.

Thanks for tuning in and being here there and everywhere. It’s been the pleasure of a lifetime to have the opportunity to create and share this work.

Love Jill

Special Needs Parents & Caregivers! Check out this discussion of Stem Cell Activating Patches!

An informational meeting on x39 stem cell activating patches and other patches offered by Lifewave. We were joined by Dr. Staci Holweger! Dr. Staci has had remarkable results using these patches personally and to help her own 19-year-old daughter with special needs and would like to reach out specifically to the special needs community about this technology. (https://www.drstaci.net/). I’ve personally had amazing results as has my special needs son (20 with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex/ADHD/anxiety/aggression) “Since 2004, LifeWave has helped people all over the world realize their greatest potential. Our patented, proprietary wellness products help to deliver more energy and stamina, mental acuity, better sleep, reduced stress, improved skin appearance, faster-wound healing, and an overall feeling of youthful vitality. Our products also help people reduce body fat and decrease pain.” https://startx39.com 

For more information~https://lifewave.com/jwoodworth to schedule a call~ https://calendly.com/tsctalkspodcast or email me~ pjlacy6@gmail.com

Points of Light~Lisa Smith, Advocate, Foster Parent, Mom “All 100 Sheep”

I recently had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Lisa Smith recently on TSC Talks. I met Lisa through a mutual friend, as is explained in the podcast. I was thrilled to do a podcast with another special needs parent and local to Massachusetts. Lisa is a parent of 22 years old Nick, who experiences nonverbal autism, has adopted several children, and over the years has fostered 27. During our interview not only was Lisa able to draw from and articulate profound experiences and topics in such a way as to not only connect them to her lived experience, but she was also able to illustrate how she’s taken the time to integrate and utilize all of it to further evolve as a soul but to also facilitate trust, healing, and connection for all her children, biological, adopted and fostered. Her words tell the story, her faith guides her. One of the most important points of our discussion was the realization that it is not these children that are “lucky to have her,” but it is she that is lucky to have them.

As a special needs parent myself, this awareness was a true turning point in my understanding of this divine assignment where I became the student and realized my children are my teachers, one that Lisa feels and experiences every day.

“It’s biblical, she said at one point “And when I began to read the Bible, I had learned that some of my actual walks in life, were very biblical… There’s a story that says, God got the 99 sheep, but there was one on the hill. He went back for that one. Most people in life. So God has designed me through my journey, not to forget the one.”

“Presence, presence, and presence. And to me? Be present. People always say things like, oh, if I win the lottery, I will do that. And I always tell people all the time I won the lottery five times, five children and people say, oh, they’re so lucky to have you, but really….How do I know that I’m going to take care of my disabled son someday? Right? How do I know they’re not there to help me when I become disabled someday? We do not know, you know, so we, you know, and, and we don’t do it for those selfish reasons. So, we don’t do anything to get things, you know, and, and, you know, we do things because that’s who we are and that’s our heart.”

I appreciated this podcast so much and hope you will too. I feel it was put in front of me by my higher self, as sound bite after sound bite so many of Lisa’s words not only related to me personally but also inspired and challenged me. Her faith in God is huge and expansive but she shares honestly the hard truths she’s faced personally to get to where she is now. Thanks, Lisa, for all the ways you are serving a higher calling and being willing to share your journey with me and this audience.

An article about Lisa Smith: https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/archive/2012/04/27/taunton-mom-using-what-she/38199711007/

Link to the transcript and/or timestamps to be added!

Points of Light~James Davis, Bay Staters for Natural Medicine, “Advocacy from the Heart”

I had the pleasure of interviewing James Davis recently on TSC Talks. As you’ll hear in the podcast, we connected a little over a year ago when he was just getting started with Bay Staters for Natural Medicine and looking for volunteers. At that time, I’d been experimenting with microdosing natural medicine for mental health reasons, it was helping, and I thought I’d jump in. Life pulled me away from that volunteer work, but James made a profound impression on me, and I had the notion that he’d be successful in whatever he endeavored, particularly his advocacy around decriminalization of plant entheogens, as his passion, kindness, and honesty just stands out. When we connected to do the podcast, I was not surprised, but also surprised by the progress he and the growing team of volunteers he leads has made over the past year. He hits it home on so many topics within this pod, I thought it best just to include the full transcript. Thanks, James, for showing up, being such a divine-human and inspiring, and leading many to make a difference. Enjoy the pod!

Links: https://www.baystatersnm.org/

https://linktr.ee/baystaters

https://www.instagram.com/baystaters/

https://www.facebook.com/BayStaters

https://twitter.com/baystaters

“James Davis is a leader of Bay Staters for Natural Medicine. They have mobilized over a thousand Massachusetts volunteers to decriminalize Somerville, Cambridge, Northampton, and Easthampton and have pending resolutions in Boston, Burlington (VT), Amherst, Worcester, Needham, Salem, and Medford. These resolutions decriminalize growing and selling plants like magic mushrooms, which reduce the risk of opioid addiction 55% after a single experience and have been proven to have statistically significant benefits for PTSD and depression. Their resolutions also end all controlled substance possession arrests, referring people for addiction treatment and committing our cities to invest in these services. In this episode, you will also learn about the other types of entheogenic plants and the power they hold to help us heal”

Here’s an excerpt from the transcript, the full transcript is available here~https://tsctalks.com/tsc-talks-james-davis-transcript/

James D: Thanks, James, thank you so much for having me, Jill. I’m really excited to chat and I am really [00:02:00] grateful for the support you showed for bay Staters.

When we were just a 10 follower Instagram group. We only started about a year and some months ago. And at that stage, We were just weirdos, emailing our city councils, sharing our stories with plant medicine. We took the philosophy that we didn’t need to fundraise a lot of money. We didn’t need to even have a website active to just start doing this advocacy work and start speaking from the heart.

And you know, what this has snowballed into is really, really awesome and beautiful and all the lessons we’ve learned along the way and advocacy. About the medicines themselves just from meeting so many people whose lives have been changed with this psilocybin experience or an MDMA experiment experience or an LSD experience.

So just really honored to be here and really glad that we met too. Yeah. Thanks. Yeah. To tell you a little bit more about who I [00:03:00] am. I know you mentioned all those credentials Yeah, they really don’t define who I am. I would say. So I, I grew up in Kansas in a trailer park that was on the wrong side of the railroad tracks.

So all the middle-class kids lived on one side a Walmart supercenter. And then I lived on the side that was mostly liquor stores and churches and run down streets. So. I was raised by my mom my biggest inspiration in life and she Growing up was always working multiple jobs to make ends me really inspire me to work hard as well.

And then she was dealing with a lot of intergenerational trauma herself. Her father’s had served in the Pacific theater, the Korean war and Vietnam. And. There was just a lot of, a lot of trauma that she had picked up from childhood and then relationships stemming from, from being a young woman and just growing [00:04:00] alongside her.

It really shaped me into the person I am today and made me really compassionate to help people who are struggling in poverty who have that intergenerational trauma. So that’s why I think fundamentally this line of work emerged from.

Jill W: That’s really beautiful. I know I’m sure that was not, it was a tough upbringing in a lot of ways, but I, yeah, just to have your mom, just to have that connection with your mom.

I, I remember when I first met you and I should say, I don’t know how our paths crossed specifically. Maybe through social media, but I ended up doing a little bit of advocacy work with James and I’ve had my own plant medicine experiences that have been transformational. Really. I don’t want to say saved my life, but really gave me the insight I needed to.

To kind of take charge and not to be, not be a victim and be a participant in my, my life. So I, you know, [00:05:00] I’m so supportive of this, I think it’s, I think it’s great. I want to say everybody, but if it might not be right for everybody, but for as many people as possible. And I do want to say as a special needs mom we’re, we’re kind of trapped in a lot of situations that can’t, that don’t necessarily resolve.

And I think that having a tool like this can give you an ability to get above. The, the trauma that you’re actually you’re experiencing trauma. Either whether you’re witnessing it or you’re impacted by something that’s happening with your kids or the follow-up from relationship problems. And you know, this tool has been tremendous as well as I’d say cannabis as well, but the plant medicines, the plants, thank God for the plants.

Yeah. So how’s the, you know, you guys have done amazing since I last was even involved. So I don’t know if you want to talk further about that or move into a more personal discussion and talk about like what your life’s been like you gave a little bit, or [00:06:00] any particular lived experience that has moved you into, you know, further understanding why you’re here and what you’re doing.

Kind of thing.

James D: So I’m going to try to actually combine those questions, a segue into the ladder. So where we kind of left off in early 2020 is we had finally heard back from Somerville city councilors mantra. The old mantra goes, you know first, they ignore you. Then they laugh at you, then they debate you, and then you went and that’s the exact formula we have seen across the state with plant medicine is you’re not taken seriously at first, but then when they’re receiving an email a day, From people who are very credentialed and very serious about how this has changed their life, they start to pay attention because the city counselors see a lot of human suffering in their own communities and their own families.

See link above for continuation of transcript!