# #32 - Brooke Bowman | Cultivating Agency, Building Vibecamp and Overcoming Heroin Addiction

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Podcast: [The Metagame](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-metagame-5326696)
Published: 2025-02-03T21:39:24+00:00
Episode link: https://themetagame.substack.com/p/32-brooke-bowman-cultivating-agency
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## Resource

Brooke Bowman is the founder of Vibecamp . She also runs events to help foster connection and social cohesion such as Ms. Bowman's School for the Socially Inept , and The Network Society Camp . For nearly a decade before that, she was in an affair with heroin. Her mental and physical health declined slowly at first, then plummeted, leaving her sleeping on the streets of Los Angeles for two and a half years. Then came a series of insights that led her to essentially rewire her own brain. Resources: * Brooke’s Twitter * vibe.camp * Brooke’s talk at The Network State Conference * Bowman’s School for the Socially Inept This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit themetagame.substack.com

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