How I Healed Crohn's Disease Without Medication | Dane Johnson
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Summary
In this powerful episode, Dr. Brandon Crawford sits down with Dane Johnson, founder of the SHIELD Program, to discuss his harrowing journey from the brink of death to total clinical remission of Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis. After failing every conventional medical intervention and facing emergency colon removal surgery at age 26, Dane made a radical shift. This episode explores why healing is less about the "perfect protocol" and more about "spiritual conditioning," mindset, and taking radical responsibility as the CEO of your own health.
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Show Notes
After hitting a 120-pound "lowest point" at age 26 and facing emergency colon surgery, Dane Johnson explains how the failure of conventional medicine became the necessary curriculum for his transformation from a bedridden patient into a man on a mission. Alongside Dr. Crawford, he discusses the dangers of "Magic Protocol Syndrome" and the vital necessity of transitioning from a victim to the CEO of your own health. A key takeaway is that shifting your internal identity must occur before you can truly change your biology, as healing requires divorcing yourself from standard Western medical thinking to build a customized, evolving lifestyle.
The conversation further explores the neurobiology of gratitude, emphasizing that you must "get happy before you get healthy" to move the body out of a sympathetic stress state. This shift allows the parasympathetic system to begin repairing the gut, a process Dane supports through his "SHIELD" acronym and the concept of "Food Philosophy," which involves assessing dietary risks in real-time. Ultimately, the episode reveals that the discipline required to heal a chronic illness is the exact same foundation needed for extraordinary success in life, proving that growth—whether in health or business—is a lifelong journey of seeking 1% improvements every day.
Key Takeaways
- The Parasympathetic Shift: How to move your body from a "dying energy" (victimhood/stress) to a "healing energy" (gratitude/peace) to unlock digestion.
- Food Philosophy vs. Dieting: How to stop chasing "magic protocols" and start assessing food risk based on your unique, real-time needs.
- The Power of Scripting: Why journaling for 10 minutes a day can provide a 70% increase in your ability to track variables and see progress.
- Success Coalescence: Why the exact same habits that heal a diseased gut are the foundation for building a successful career and a high-performance life.
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Resources
- Unlimited Power by Tony Robbins
- Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins
- Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Dr. Joe Dispenza
- Supergut by Dr. William Davis
- The Maker's Diet by Jordan Rubin
- Breaking the Vicious Cycle (SCD - Specific Carbohydrate Diet) by Elaine Gottschall
- CCLifestyle Shield Program: https://crohnscolitislifestyle.mykajabi.com/shieldprogram?el=website
Dane Johnson
Dane Johnson is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist and IBD warrior who transformed a near-death battle with Crohn’s and colitis into a global healing mission. After failing all conventional medications and facing emergency colon removal at age 26, Dane utilized spiritual conditioning and customized nutrition to achieve total remission. He founded the SHIELD program to help others become the "CEO of their health," leveraging his "food philosophy" to help thousands of patients worldwide turn chronic pain into extraordinary purpose.
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