The Great Unlearn 196. The Body Wants to Heal Itself: Fasting and Self-Experimentation with Mike Cardamone
Nov 17, 2025
Mike Cardamone, founder of Don't Slap Snooze and a former comedy writer, shares his radical journey from corporate life to self-experimentation and alternative healing. He discusses the flaws in conventional health messaging, explores the contrast between germ theory and terrain theory, and offers insights on the benefits of cleansing practices such as enemas and fruit fasting. Mike dives into urine therapy's unexpected potential, critiques addictive food designs, and highlights how intentional fasting can enhance intuition and emotional clarity.
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Clear Before Attempting Dry Fasts
- Don't jump into dry fasting before cleansing; move stuck material first with juices/enemas to avoid severe reactions.
- Use progressive steps: fruit/juicing, water fasting, then consider dry fasting once terrain is cleared.
Clearing Gut Improves Discernment
- Cleansing the gut can enhance 'gut intuition' and discernment because physical stagnation affects energetic and perceptual clarity.
- Mike links bodily clearing to improved emotional and spiritual sensitivity.
Five Years Of Shivambu Practice
- Mike has practiced urine therapy (shivambu) for about five years and reframes urine as a structured, informative fluid rather than waste.
- He references historical and cross-cultural uses to normalize the practice.