Many of us start our transformational journey with therapy, and while it’s effective, it’s also a limited modality. In this episode with psychotherapist Sonia Hsieh, we address some of the limitations of the therapeutic container and explore how plant medicine containers fill those gaps.

One of the major shortcomings of therapy is that trust can be difficult to build between a therapist and client. Sonia and I explore how plant medicine, on the other hand, can teach us to trust ourselves, trust the plant we’re sitting with, and then in turn trust life. We speak on many other nuances between psychotherapy and plant medicine.

Sonia Hsieh is a psychotherapist located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Costa Rica. Formerly trained in psychoanalytic and insight-oriented approaches to therapy, Sonia began to make the transition to psychedelics in 2020, as well as writing and publishing articles for "Field Trip Health" and "Psychedelic.Support". In the fall of 2021, she completed the MAPS mdma-therapy training program and in 2022 began assisting at Iboga Wellness. Currently, Sonia is in training and assisting at Iboga Wellness in Costa Rica and guides clients using psilocybin and mdma.

I was blessed to have Sonia literally hold my hand during my iboga ceremonies at Iboga Wellness, so it was such a joy to drop in with this medicine sister today. You will love dropping into this chat between two iboga sisters exploring the depths of being on the medicine path.

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Topics covered:

• Transitioning from psychotherapy practice to plant medicine
• Transitioning from Ayahuasca consciousness to Iboga consciousness
• Suffering as a path to awakening
• How plant medicines fill the gaps of psychotherapy
• The inner healing intelligence that plant medicine activates
• Integrating light frequency into the 3D reality
• How Iboga was Sonia’s “spiritual capstone”
• The medicine of the present moment and love
• Earth-based energy and the importance of grounded-ness on the spiritual path
• Learning to trust oneself within plant medicine containers
• Force & grasping vs. surrender & acceptance

Show Links:

• Schedule35 mushrooms for microdosing - FLOW for 15% off
• Iboga Wellness Center (Episode 45 | Episode 49 )
• Sonia’s website
• Sonia’s substack
• Show Notes

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