The Psychedelic Mom: Recent Episodes
Michaela Carlin
The Psychedelic Mom Podcast is for anyone who wants to go on a mind bending, heart opening journey to find out the truth about love, life and this reality. It is for those with an insatiable curiosity and a deep desire to heal, wake up, and live a wildly authentic life.
Through intimate conversation with leading experts, scientists, psychologists, visionaries, artists, entrepreneurs, parents, psychonauts and newbies ... your host, Michaela Carlin, dives into myriad topics including consciousness, spirituality, cosmology, transformation, human optimization, biohacking, parenting, relationships, ancient wisdom, modern science, purpose, and the path to freedom, wholeness and joy.
Michaela is a mother of four, an entrepreneur and visionary exploring the fertile edge of consciousness. She is a facilitator of transformational journeys globally and a certified spiritual director and psychedelic integration coach.
Anne Kiehl Friedman is an award-winning author, founder, and communications expert based in Washington, DC. She recently published Higher Love: A Psychedelic Travel Memoir of Heartbreak and Healing, which debuted as a #1 New Release on Amazon in Medicine & Psychology. Called “a memoir that’ll have you traveling, tripping, and seeing yourself in the passenger seat of a meaningful story of discovery,” by the Independent Book Review, it is changing the conversation on women and psychedelics.
Anne began her career in communications as a speechwriter/ghostwriter for prominent names in politics and Hollywood before starting Bold Ink, a strategic communications consultancy for non-profits. She graduated from Stanford University with honors and obtained her MBA from ESADE University in Spain. Anne is a passionate advocate for holistic well-being and spiritual growth and was ordained as an Interfaith Minister and Reverend after attending seminary at the Berkeley Chaplaincy Institute.
In 2023, identifying an unfilled need for better mainstream understanding of psychedelics and their healing potential, Anne co-founded The Psychedelic Communications Hub, a non-profit public engagement organization focused on public education and advocacy.
Episode Highlights
- Life’s “blender moments”: how illness and breakups forced deep self-reflection and transformation
- Vulnerability in writing: Anne reflects on societal expectations and internalized self-worth struggles
- Identifying healthy love versus control
- How maternal messages about self-image are passed down across generations
- Choosing self-love and autonomy rather than relying on romantic validation
- Reconnecting with the body and releasing stored trauma
- Living “in the middle”: balancing intellect with openness to the body’s wisdom
- Advocating for psychedelics to address mental health and systemic issues of loneliness and disconnection
- How Anne’s first psychedelic experience with her Dad brought moments of unfiltered joy and healing
- Embracing laughter as healing—why joy is inherently therapeutic
- Understanding shame’s place in relationship
- Recognizing signs of relational safety and respect through emotional responses and repair
- The Psychedelic Communications Hub’s mission to support safe, responsible psychedelic practices
- Ego dissolution and identity challenges in psychedelic experiences
- Western framing of psychedelics as solely medical, and the risk of joyless healing
Anne Kiehl Friedman’s Links
- Website: www.annekiehlfriedman.com
- Instagram: @annekiehl
- LinkedIn: Anne Friedman
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Higher Love: A Psychedelic Travel Memoir of Heartbreak and Healing by Anne Kiehl Friedman
- Book: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
- Book: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
- Book: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Lifeby Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Book: Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
Anne Kiehl Friedman’s Gift to You
- 40% OFF for her book: Higher Love: A Psychedelic Travel Memoir of Heartbreak and Healing
Dr. Glauber Loures de Assis is a researcher of sacred plants and their traditions and a psychedelic dad. He has a Ph.D in sociology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters and the co-editor of the book ‘Women and Psychedelics: Uncovering Invisible Voices’. Glauber is the founder and president of Céu da Divina Estrela, a legal and tax-exempt Santo Daime ayahuasca church in Brazil.
He has 15 years of experience with ayahuasca and other sacred plants and has led more than 500 ceremonies in Brazil, Europe and the United States, and has built this practice in dialogue with his local Brazilian ayahuasca community and with the blessings of Indigenous elders and activists in Brazil. He is also the co-founder of Jornadas de Kura, a plant medicine center in Brazil that promotes an alliance between the ceremonial use of sacred plants, public education on plant medicine and psychedelic science.
He is an Indigenous rights activist and the Director of the Psychedelic Parenthood Community. He is father to 3 children and lives with his wife Jacqueline Rodrigues in Santa Luzia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Episode Highlights
- Glauber’s journey from conservative upbringing to psychedelic exploration
- Ayahuasca, family, and community in Brazil’s Santo Daime tradition
- Discussing psychedelic parenting and family integration in ceremonies
- The role of set and setting in psychedelic experiences and indigenous perspectives
- The diversity of ayahuasca traditions and the feminine energy in its mythology
- Coexistence among indigenous traditions and the collective element of healing
- Serving ayahuasca in ceremonies and the inclusion of children and pregnant women
- Ayahuasca ceremonies during childbirth and the sacred role of midwives in Santo Daime
- The amazing story of Glauber’s daughter birth
- Psychedelics as a tool for cultural healing and the importance of commitment
- Breaking down patriarchal norms through fatherhood and psychedelic integration
- Men’s role in caregiving and the healing power of vulnerability
- Santo Daime churches in the U.S. and the legal landscape for ayahuasca
- Growth of ayahuasca practices in Hawaii and issues of cultural appropriation
- How to find safe and ethical ayahuasca ceremonies in the West
- The importance of community and lineage in choosing facilitators
- Co-editing ‘Women and Psychedelics’ to uncover invisible voices in the space
- Addressing climate change and systemic issues through psychedelic wisdom
- The importance of joy and resilience in psychedelic work
Glauber Assis’ Links
- Website: www.psychedelicparenthood.org
- Instagram: @glauberloures
- Instagram: @jornadas.de.kura
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Women and Psychedelics: Uncovering Invisible Voices (Chacruna Anthologies) by Erika Dyck
- Psychedelic Network for Parents: Psychedelic Parenthood Community
- Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines: Chacruna Institute
- Indigenous Leader and Philosopher: Ailton Krenak
Ali Stoddard is a mom, functional medicine health coach and online entrepreneur. She is changing the practice of medicine from managing disease to improving wellness by calming the nervous system supporting the immune system and rewiring our health. Her background is 25 years in the operating room, focusing on orthopedics, spine surgery, and oncology and her main focus today is nutrition and reversing disease.
Episode Highlights
- Ali’s transition from practicing traditional medicine to holistic health coaching
- The role of superfoods and adaptogens in enhancing well-being
- Contrasting symptom-focused Western medicine with root-cause approaches
- The healing potential of natural remedies like CBD and dandelion
- Historical shifts from plant-based to chemically dominated societies
- Clarifying the differences between hemp and marijuana
- Understanding how THC and CBD affect the body differently
- The impact of stress on marijuana use among younger generations
- Practical applications of CBD for managing migraines and nerve function
- The endocannabinoid system as an internal pharmacy for healing
- Systemic benefits of CBD in reducing inflammation and anxiety
- Historical suppression of natural healing practices by Western medicine
- Personal stories showcasing CBD’s versatility across various ailments
- The importance of personalized nutrition
- Navigating the unregulated CBD market and sourcing quality products
- Resetting the nervous system through nutrition and mindfulness practices
- Reconnecting future generations with nature through plant medicine
Ali Stoddard’s Links
- Website: www.greenalleywellness.com
- Instagram: @greenalley_cbd
- Facebook: Ali Pappe Stoddard
- LinkedIn: Ali Stoddard
Ali Stoddard’s Gift to You
- A FREE 30-minute Health Consultation to ascertain if it’s possible to co-create a customized health plan or see if CBD hemp is right for you
- Ali’s templates on why and how CBD works to support several health issues: Inflammation 101, Mental Health Template, Women’s Health Template, Cancer Protocols, Chronic Pain and more. If you’re interested in learning, reach out to her at (925) 899-4539
Emerson expresses directness, naturalness, and the end of seeking. He simply points out to the freedom from all ideas of freedom and the ineffable. A former meditation junkie and an ex-spiritual teacher, he does weekly Zoom meetings and offers one on ones.
Episode Highlights
- Defining non-duality as an undefinable, a natural experience beyond concepts
- Exploring suffering and seeking in relation to non-duality
- Awakening as ordinary, with fireworks being part of a narrative
- Emerson’s early rave experiences and his first sense of awakening
- Realizing there is no self, but also no "no-self"
- Words as barriers to direct experience — the concept of "dreamlish"
- Interconnectedness and illusion: the paradox of no true process or cause
- Moving through the "dark night of the soul" and the illusion of suffering
- Recognizing no hierarchy in non-duality — we're all already home
- Letting go of delusions deepens clarity and removes psychological suffering
- Different paths of seeking: trauma work, shadow work and direct experience
- Freedom from belief systems and the liberation of no longer defending positions
- Losing the sense of self and realizing there's nothing left to teach
- How Emerson felt disconnected from language after a profound shift, akin to a stroke
- Letting go of self-identity and witnessing everything unfold perfectly
- Experiencing bottomless peace after a month of silence
- How authenticity and honesty enable true connection in relationships
Emerson Nonduality’s Links
- Website: www.emersonnonduality.com
- Instagram: @emerson.nonduality
- Join Emerson’s Weekly Zooms, online events or in-person meeting
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age by Norman Ohler
- Book: Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler
- Books: Choose Your Own Adventure
- Non-duality Teacher: Tony Parsons
Ash Ritter is an ethnobotanist, multi-disciplinary animist, herbalist, writer and an educator with over 20 years of study in clinical, traditional, academic and directly relational terrains. She is a devotee of curiosity and especially savors the study of history through the woven threads of fungi, people and plants.
Episode Highlights
- Co-evolution with fungi and the symbiotic relationship between humans and nature
- Ash’s apprenticeships in Druid herbalism and Mexican curanderismo
- Exploring ancestry and the significance of traditional plants from Eastern Europe
- The fluidity of lineage and how borders have shaped history
- Ashley’s early psychedelic experiences and curiosity about life’s mysteries
- Exploring the wide variety of psychoactive mushrooms and their unique effects
- Amanita muscaria: Its myth, lore, and complex chemistry
- Safe preparation methods for Amanita muscaria to avoid toxicity
- How Amanita muscaria affects the brain by modulating GABA and reducing overstimulation
- The unpredictable, wild nature of Amanita muscaria and its healing potential
- The importance of foraging and living in a reciprocal relationship with the land
- Amanita muscaria vs. psilocybin mushrooms: Key differences in chemistry and experience
- Amanita’s potential for alleviating chronic pain and enhancing nerve health
- Amanita’s role in dream enhancement and psychological exploration
- The commercialization of cannabis and the spiritual essence being lost in greed
- Plants as living intelligences and the importance of mutual respect in this relationship
- Reverence and humility as key practices in engaging with plant medicines
- Unlocking the full potential of fungi through multi-level extractions
- Exploring the heart-centered chemistry of cacti and their medicinal properties
- Gnosis through working with plants and fungi
- The sacredness of menstruation and the practice of returning blood to the earth
- Engaging the shadow with courage and tenderness through plant medicines
- Exploring feminine wisdom, menstruation, and cultural reconnection to the body
- How art and ancient motifs capture the human story across time and space
Ash Ritter’s Links
- Website: www.blacksagebotanicals.bigcartel.com
- Instagram: @black.sage.botanicals
- Patreon: Ash Ritter - Black Sage Botanicals
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Ash’s Class Cloud
- 9-Hour Course: Merry Mushroom: Amanita Muscaria Ethnomycology, The Updated 2024 Series
- Class Recording: Balms & Broomsticks: The Taboo History & Modern Adaptations of Flying Ointments
- Class Recording: The Forbidden Fruits: Ethnobotany of Enchanted Foods
- Womb Wellness Educator: Mikaela de la Myco
- Movie: Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
Ash Ritter’s Gift to You
- 10% OFF of all digital coursework in the Black Sage Botanicals Class Cloud with code THANKYOUMAMA
Bayo Akomolafe (Ph.D.), rooted with the Yoruba people in a more-than-human world, is the father to Alethea and Kyah, the grateful life-partner to Ije, son and brother. A widely celebrated international speaker, posthumanist thinker, poet, teacher, public intellectual, essayist, and author of two books, ‘These Wilds Beyond our Fences: Letters to My Daughter on Humanity's Search for Home’ (North Atlantic Books) and ‘We Will Tell our Own Story: The Lions of Africa Speak’, Bayo Akomolafe is the Visionary Founder of The Emergence Network and host of the online postactivist course, ‘We Will dance with Mountains’.
Episode Highlights
- Exploring the concept of the "more than human world" and our place within it
- Bayo reflects on his upbringing in a dualistic world and the journey towards non-dual thinking
- The urgency of our times and how our responses can perpetuate deeper crises
- The importance of rethinking our relationships with each other and the world amidst modern challenges
- Sneaking through the “cracks” as a metaphor for exploring new perceptions and experiences
- Cracks as opportunities for transformation rather than mere solutions to problems
- The tension between solutions and cracks, emphasizing the need for experimental approaches
- The modern Western extraction and commercialization of indigenous plant medicines
- Bayo shares thoughts on cultural appropriation versus genuine engagement with earth medicines
- The haunting presence of stolen artifacts in museums and their restless energy as a decolonization narrative
- Understanding how we are shaped by the tools we use
- The interplay between free will and determinism, questioning our agency in a complex world
- The idea of co-emergence as a bridge between free will and determinism in understanding creativity
- Rewilding as an invitation to challenge domesticated perceptions and reconnect with the world
- “Staying with trouble” as an essential practice in embracing chaos and uncertainty
- Failure as a socially constructed concept influenced by cultural narratives
- Embracing creativity through playfulness, allowing art to emerge without rigid expectations
- Parenting a neurodivergent child as a profound learning experience in embracing chaos
- Bayo reflects on his son's unique perspective, encouraging a politics of the seemingly useless
- Closing thoughts on the beauty of embracing uncertainty
Bayo Akomolafe’s Links
- Website: www.bayoakomolafe.net
- Website: www.emergencenetwork.org
- Website: www.dancingwithmountains.com
- Facebook: Bayo Akomolafe
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Migritude by Shailja Patel
- Article: Are ghosts haunting the British Museum?
Mario Alonso Cordero a.k.a “Oneiros Speculum” (The Dream Mirror), was born and raised in Mexico. He is a writer, therapist and an expert in Dreams and Visions, with abundant experience in supporting sacred plant ceremonies and guiding psychedelic integration. He has a master's degree in The Philosophy of Religion and complementary training in Transpersonal Psychology.
Mario has collaborated in different educational and research projects on Psychedelics and Expanded States of Consciousness such as MINDSURF (Psychonautic Education) and is the founder of VIA SYNAPSIS (Academic Congresses) and NIDO (Psychedelic Care in Festivals) and researcher at NIERIKA (Entheogenic Research and Intercultural Therapy).
He has done fieldwork with the Mazatec people of Oaxaca, Mexico, and research on traditional mushroom ceremonies and indigenous perspectives on healing and entheogenic cosmology.
Episode Highlights
- Mario’s journey as an author and his exploration of dreams and psychedelics
- Mario’s first LSD experience at age 16 that reshaped his life path
- Indigenous symbolism and wisdom in Mario’s early psychedelic experiences
- The cultural suppression of sacred plant medicines in Mexico and their revival through the work of Maria Sabina
- The connection between modern psychedelic science and indigenous traditions
- Differences in healing perspectives: Western individualism vs. Indigenous collective approaches
- Indigenous symbolic geographies and how they guide collective consciousness in ceremonies
- Western linear thinking contrasted with indigenous holistic and interconnected worldviews
- Lucid dreaming as a spiritual practice and its relation to waking life
- Psychedelics as opening the doors of perception, expanding beyond ego consciousness
- Terence McKenna’s idea of sacred plants as ambassadors of Gaia, connecting us to plant consciousness
- The risks of spiritual emergencies during psychedelic journeys and the critical role of integration
- Exploring dreams as a language of symbols and their role in integrating psychedelic experiences
- Dream work as a tool to uncover hidden potentials within the psyche for personal growth
- Mario’s online Dream Circle
Mario "Oneiros" Alonso’s Links
- Website: www.onirocosmos.com
- Website: www.refugionido.com
- Instagram: @oneiros_speculum
- Facebook: Autor - Oneiros Speculum
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Onirocosmos: Manual para trabajar y explorar el universo de los sueños by Mario Alonso Martínez Cordero
- Book: Navegar el infinito mar del pensamiento: Una introducción a la filosofía by Mario Alonso Martínez Cordero
- Psychedelic Care in Mexico: NIDO - www.refugionido.com
Mario "Oneiros" Alonso’s Gift to You
- The first 3 people to reach out to Mario at his Instagram’s DM @oneiros_speculum, saying “I’ve heard about you on the Psychedelic Mom Podcast and I want to subscribe to the Dream Circle” will get FREE access to his Dreamastery Dream Circle
Dr. Manesh Girn is a postdoctoral neuroscientist at UCSF and a dynamic educator in psychedelic science. Known for his brain imaging research on the psychedelic experience, he has been lead or co-author on over 20 scientific publications related to psychedelics, brain networks, and abstract cognitive processes. As the driving force behind ‘The Psychedelic Scientist’ on Instagram and YouTube, Manesh brings cutting-edge psychedelic research to the public in an engaging and accessible manner, distilling complex science in a digestible way.
Episode Highlights
- Brain imaging studies on the effects of psilocybin, LSD, and DMT
- Key brain regions impacted by psychedelics, including the transmodal association cortex
- How psychedelics affect the brain’s models of self and world
- Manesh’s first psychedelic experience at 17 years old
- Neuroplasticity and how psychedelics promote new neural connections
- The profound spiritual and physical effects of 5-MeO-DMT
- Differences between the brain effects of 5-MeO-DMT and psilocybin
- The microdosing debate: placebo effects vs. psychedelic-assisted change
- Potential anti-inflammatory and neuroplastic effects of microdosing
- How ketamine affects the brain differently from classic psychedelics
- The importance of lifestyle changes in supporting neuroplasticity after psychedelic journeys
- How psychedelics help reset the nervous system and process trauma
- Combining Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic therapy, and psychedelics for deep healing
- Psychedelics’ potential for enhancing creativity and human flourishing
- Concerns about the misuse and integration of psychedelics in Western systems
- Psychedelics as potential tools for healing systemic and societal trauma
- How changing cultural attitudes towards psychedelics are being driven by younger generations
- Meditation, mindfulness, and psychedelics in personal growth
Dr. Manesh Girn’s Links
- Website: www.maneshgirn.com
- Instagram: @thepsychedelicscientist
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Episode 88 with Zeus Tipado
- Episode 59 with Gul Dölen & Stefanie Cohen
- Netflix Docuseries: (UN)WELL
- Research Report: Mindfulness Meditation Enhances Positive Effects of Psilocybin
- Non-profit Psychedelic Research Organization: Center for Minds
Dr. Manesh Girn’s Gift to You
- Dr. Manesh’s FREE Psychedelics and Neuroplasticity PDF Cheat Sheet, describing 5 steps to rewire your brain with psychedelics
Episode Highlights
- Why psychedelics are considered essential in both ancient and modern medicine bags
- Ancient cultures’ use of medicine bags for spiritual and physical healing
- Psilocybin’s benefits for neuroplasticity and relational healing
- Ketamine’s potential to break cycles of depression and grief
- San Pedro’s lessons on reciprocity and harmony with nature
- Iboga’s deep connection to ancestral healing
- The transformative experience of 5-MeO-DMT and the dissolution of ego
- MDMA as a tool for healing conflict and fostering compassion
- The mood-lifting and brain-boosting effects of subtle medicines like saffron and blue lotus
- The importance of ritual and asking the land’s permission for psychedelic ceremonies
- Integrating deep healing through intentional creativity
- Meditation and breathwork as essential practices for self-awareness
- Reflecting on the role of art and ancient symbols in teaching future generations about healing
- The importance of love, compassion, and non-judgment in the medicine bag
Michaela’s Links
- Website: www.thepsychedelicmom.com
- Instagram: @thepsychedelicmom
- Book an Introductory Consult: www.calendly.com/psychedelicmom
Jasper Degenaars is a mycologist, educator and the Hyphae Headmaster of Fungi Academy. With more than twelve years of mushroom cultivation experience and over 3000 students taught since 2019, he illuminates the intricate world of fungi with passion and expertise.
Episode Highlights
- How a legal loophole kept psilocybin truffles available in the Netherlands
- Jasper’s first transformative experiences with psilocybin truffles
- The evolution of Jasper’s relationship with mushrooms as spiritual teachers
- Understanding the intelligence of fungi and their role in ecosystems
- Fungi’s significance in human evolution
- Evidence of mushroom use in ancient cultures and their methods of consumption
- Differences in mushroom use across various cultures and spiritual practices
- Potential connections between psychedelics and the roots of religious traditions
- Mushrooms revealing challenging aspects of self and inspiring personal growth
- The importance of intention and guidance in psychedelic experiences
- Exploring different methods of ingesting mushrooms and their unique effects
- The symbiotic relationship between humans and fungi in cultivation
- Applying fungi-inspired principles to human relationships and communication
- Cultivating medicinal and gourmet mushrooms for health and well-being
- Fungi’s potential in biodegrading plastics and environmental applications
- Jasper’s upcoming cultivation courses and the community they foster
Jasper Degenaars’ Links
- Website: www.fungiacademy.com
- Instagram: @fungiacademy
- Facebook: Fungi Academy
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Fungi Academy’s 7-Week Online Container: Psychedelic Journeywork Cohort
- Fungi Academy’s Online Sacred Mushroom Cultivation Course
- Fungi Academy’s Lemon TEK Guide
- Book: The Sacred Mushroom and The Cross: A study of the nature and origins of Christianity within the fertility cults of the ancient Near East by John M. Allegro
- Esoteric Culture Author: Julian Vayne
- The Five Practices of Authentic Relating
- Study: Comparative Acute Effects of Mescaline, Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, and Psilocybin in a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Cross-over Study in Healthy Participants
Jasper Degenaars’ Gift To You
- Access to Fungi Academy’s FREE online courses
My deepest thanks to all the underground medicine people who are dedicating their lives to the service of humanity through the sacred work with psychedelics and earth medicines. Your wisdom, courage, and commitment to healing, growth, and connection are a gift to us all. You carry forward ancient traditions and pioneer new paths, reminding us of the deep, transformative power of these sacred plants and substances. We honor your service, your sacrifices, and your profound impact on our collective journey toward wholeness.
Episode Highlights
- The critical role of surrender in 5-MeO-DMT experiences
- How 5-MeO-DMT became a pivotal force in Rudra’s life, leading to profound changes in his relationship to his queer and South Asian identities
- Exploring the intensity of 5-MeO-DMT and its power to create a direct experience of oneness
- Incorporating Vedic deities into the ceremonial container
- The potential risks and rewards of using psychedelics as spiritual tools
- The different stages of spiritual realization
- The loss of the Divine Feminine in modern society
- The benefits of combining psilocybin with low-dose 5-MeO-DMT
- Reframing duality and nonduality as divine play rather than a paradox
- The crucial integration of Shakti and Shiva energies in 5-MeO-DMT ceremonies
- Tapping into the 5-MeO-DMT state through meditation and breathwork
- The historical use of 5-MeO-DMT in Buddhist traditions
- Advocating for the reclassification of psychedelics as sacred medicines
- The benefits of combining multiple medicines in ceremonial settings
- The power of 5-MeO-DMT in bringing about self-love and clarity
- 5-MeO-DMT’s ability to provide profound insights and guide life decisions
- Integrating 5-MeO-DMT’s lessons into daily life
- Embracing both duality and nonduality
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: EMBARK Psychedelic Therapy for Depression: A New Approach for the Whole Person by Bill Brennan and Alex Belser
My deepest thanks to all the underground medicine people who are dedicating their lives to the service of humanity through the sacred work with psychedelics and earth medicines. Your wisdom, courage, and commitment to healing, growth, and connection are a gift to us all. You carry forward ancient traditions and pioneer new paths, reminding us of the deep, transformative power of these sacred plants and substances. We honor your service, your sacrifices, and your profound impact on our collective journey toward wholeness.
Episode Highlights
- Exploring 5-MeO-DMT and its profound effects
- Rose's first experience receiving 5-MeO-DMT
- The potentially transformative effect of 5-MeO-DMT a person’s spirituality
- The diverse range of experiences during 5-MeO-DMT sessions
- The critical importance of preparation when working with 5-MeO-DMT
- The role of surrender in the 5-MeO-DMT experience
- Challenges faced by facilitators during difficult sessions
- The facilitator's perspective on witnessing intense emotions
- Stories of working with 5-MeO-DMT when deep grief is present
- Using parts work in conjunction with 5-MeO-DMT therapy
- The significance of witnessing and validating client’s emotions
- Long-term life changes after 5-MeO-DMT
- Turning away clients: the importance of having support structures
- Reactivations and cannabis use post-5-MeO-DMT
- The challenges of working underground as a facilitator
- Further reflections on the importance of intention and surrender
Brittney Hartley has a Masters’ Degree in Theology with a focus in the future of American religion. She is a spiritual director at No Nonsense Spirituality, focusing on nihilism recovery, faith deconstruction and secular spirituality, and is the author of the book, No Nonsense Spirituality: All the Tools No Faith Required.
Episode Highlights
- Michaela and Brittney’s shared spiritual deconstruction and reconstruction journeys
- The notion of spirituality post-religion
- Deconstructing Mormonism, Christianity, and religion
- Experiencing the "void" and finding tools for reconstruction
- The concept of "death of God" and deconstructing the self
- Exploration of atheism and intellectual humility
- Feminism and the struggle with male-dominated theology and philosophy
- Feminine spirituality and the importance of embodied experience
- The impact of earth medicines and psychedelics on spiritual evolution
- The potentially destabilizing effects of ego dissolution
- Brittney’s personal experience with psilocybin and its mental health benefits
- Shifting from chasing the next spiritual high to daily integration
- Psychedelics challenging the atheistic perspective
- Finding meaning in the moment
- Honoring personal desires and needs
- The necessity of ego development before transcendence
- Serving earth medicines and the role of a guide
- Healing religious trauma through psychedelics
- Exploring combinations of psychedelics for deeper insights
- A continuing fascination with reality and consciousness
Brittney Hartley’s Links
- Website: www.nononsensespirituality.com
- Instagram: @nononsensespirituality
- TikTok: @nononsensespirituality
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Podcast Interview: Simply Always Awake - ‘No Script, Britt Hartley Interview’
- Neuroscientist & Philosopher: Sam Harris
- Book: The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus
- Research Report: Experiences of ‘Ultimate Reality’ or ‘God’ Confer Lasting Benefits to Mental Health by Johns Hopkins Medicine
Mee Ok Icaro is a unique and powerful voice in the world of visionary medicine and personal growth. As a writer, book doula, sacred medicine advisor and integration specialist, life purpose coach and guide, Mee Ok is dedicated to helping individuals heal and find their path in life. Skilled in Gabor Maté’s Compassionate Inquiry, a method she has personally integrated for over a decade to transform her own life, she integrates many teachings from a variety of traditions, from ancient to modern.
With a passion for writing and a talent for prose, Mee Ok is an award-winning stylist and poet. Her work has appeared in notable publications like the LA Times, Boston Globe Magazine, and Michael Pollan’s ‘Trips Worth Telling’ anthology. She was even featured in Gabor Maté’s New York Times bestseller ‘The Myth of Normal’ and the Netflix docuseries [Un]Well. With over a decade of experience working with ayahuasca and dieting seven master plants, Mee Ok is curing a near-fatal autoimmune disease, scleroderma, and is dedicated to helping others heal and recover their birthright of authenticity and truth.
Mee Ok holds a BA in Philosophy from Boston University and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction, and has studied the history of sexuality and medicine at Harvard. She is currently in the process of being initiated in her own indigenous tradition of Korean shamanism (mudang) and as an ayahuasquera in the Shipibo lineage. With a diverse set of passions, including racial and disability equity, adoptee advocacy, social justice, film, literature, doggies, and drag, Mee Ok is a curious soul with a wealth of knowledge and experience she loves to share.
Episode Highlights
- On ayahuasca and healing illness
- Michaela discusses Mee Ok's journey using ayahuasca to heal from an autoimmune disease called scleroderma
- Mee Ok explains scleroderma in detail and its impact on her life
- Mee Ok shares the intense physical effects and visions during her first ayahuasca journey
- The struggles and processes involved in her initial self-administered ayahuasca journeys
- Transformational aspects of these experiences
- Mee Ok describes her spiritual experiences and physical healing through ayahuasca
- The powerful experiences and healing work done in retreats led by Gabor Maté, highlighting the differences between solitary and guided ayahuasca experiences and the deeper trauma healing during these sessions
- Teachings from ayahuasca, spiritual beliefs, and the unique connection Mee Ok shares with plant medicines
- Mee Ok elaborates on spiritual insights gained, her shift from atheism, and working with various traditions balancing masculine and feminine energies
- The importance of humility and wonder in learning from plant medicines
- Mee Ok’s reconnection with her roots, upcoming initiations, and the powerful blend of her cultural heritage with her healing practices
- Learning from indigenous practices, including the importance of integrating traditional wisdom into modern healing practices
- Mee Ok shares about the various master plants she has worked with from different traditions
- Modern culture and identity
- Moving through significant trauma from sexual abuse
- How ayahuasca integrates with other healing practices
- How physical ailments mirror internal trauma and the significance of understanding one's illness in the context of personal history
- Misconceptions about health, trauma, and how modern fragmentation affects understanding and treatment
- Mee Ok’s advocacy for broader awareness and support for those with chronic illness and trauma
- Gender identity, cultural identity and how sacred medicines influenced Mee Ok’s view on gender fluidity and personal identity
- Addressing pedophilia and child abuse
- The historical context of child abuse and the need for legal changes and cultural healing
- Insights into the systemic issues in modern healthcare and societal views on child rights, linking historical issues with contemporary problems
Mee Ok Icaro’s Links
- Website: www.holdingcompassionate.space
- Instagram: @dasmeeok
- Facebook: Mee Ok Icaro
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Michael Pollan’s Anthology: Trips Worth Telling
- Netflix Docuseries: (UN)WELL
- Gabor Maté’s Compassionate Inquiry’s Professional Training
- Book: History of Childhood: The Untold Story of Child Abuse by Lloyd Demause
Mee Ok Icaro’s Gift to You
- Special rates on Coaching Packages for all participants of her Gabor Maté-style Guided Ayahuasca Retreat in Costa Rica
Dr. Jill Corvelli is founder of the ND Partners Institute, which is dedicated to supporting complex couples, many of which are neurodiverse. She developed the ND Compass, which is an approach that helps complex couples navigate the differences that keep triggering and tripping them up.
Within the last year, Dr Corvelli added work in non-ordinary states of consciousness as a tool in support of Differentiation and Autonomic Reset. The ND Partners Institute also offers groups, there is an upcoming group starting in May 2024 for women in Complex-Couple Relationships and a Complex-Couples group in September 2024. In addition to serving clients within the ND Partners Institute, she provides adjunct services for clients already engaged in therapeutic work. She is also a certified facilitator in Oregon, and you can find her offerings within that work at 2 CATHARSIS.
Episode Highlights
- Specializing in working with complex, often neurodiverse, couples
- The ND Compass Methodology
- A framework for building safety, communication, conflict resolution, and system for life
- Use of ketamine and psilocybin as tools within the ND compass
- Group Sessions with Ketamine
- First women’s ketamine group experience discussed
- Dual roles as therapist and facilitator
- Licensed therapist in some states and certified psilocybin facilitator in Oregon
- How ketamine and psilocybin help reset the autonomic nervous system
- Types of ketamine dosages
- Sublingual ketamine dosages discussed and their impacts on therapy
- Mechanisms of ketamine and psilocybin
- Differences and benefits of each
- Client experiences with psychedelics
- Examples and outcomes of using ketamine and psilocybin for therapy
- Oregon’s guidelines
- EMBARK protocol and the importance of body awareness, spirituality, and existentialism
- Discussin heart-opening effects and support for couples
- Differences in behaviors and intentions between neurodivergent and narcissistic individuals
- Advice on dealing with partners who might be neurodivergent or narcissist
- Curiosity and safe dialogues improving relationship dynamics
- A listener's positive experience with the podcast’s advice
- Preparing couples for psychedelic experiences and integration work
- Discussing the concept of having a medicine bag to support family dynamics
- Personal experiences with plant medicines and their impacts on her perspective
Dr. Jill Corvelli’s Links
- Website: www.ndpartnersinstitute.com
- Website: www.2catharsis.com
- Website: www.ndpartnerscompass.com
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: EMBARK Psychedelic Therapy for Depression: A New Approach for the Whole Person by Bill Brennan and Alex Belser
- Book: The Way of the Shaman by Michael Harner
- Curated Resource Page from Dr. Jill’s Website
Dr. Jill Corvelli’s Gift to You
- A 30 minute consult to explore together if the group, adjunct services or any other offerings are right for you. Email here.
Charles Eisenstein is a writer, speaker, and the author of several books including The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible.
Robert Forte has traveled the psychedelic path over the past 45 and has been a student, a researcher, a producer and a distributor of forbidden drugs, taught at university and graduate level. Robert has done field work in South America and had close personal relationships with many of the most significant instigators of the various psychedelic movements of our time.
Episode Highlights
- The impact and history of psychedelics
- Discussion on the historical legal status of psychedelics and earth medicines
- The current state and suppression of psychedelics
- Robert discusses the FDA rejection of MDMA therapy application
- Criticism of regulatory and legal systems suppressing the therapeutic use of psychedelics
- Charles shares a deeply personal transformative experience with LSD
- Commentary on the revolutionary impact of psychedelics on culture
- Personal sovereignty and the right to use psychedelics
- The Controlled Substance Act and its implications
- Classifying psychedelics as sacraments
- Constitutional rights and the historical significance of spiritual experiences induced by psychedelics
- Practical and ethical considerations
- Potential business models for psychedelic centers, including a gift economy
- Risks and benefits of mass marketing psychedelics
- Ethical concerns about commercializing sacred experiences
- Broader cultural and political implications
- Whether general legalization or specific decriminalization models are preferable
- The potential positive and negative impacts of widespread psychedelic use
- Charles on the current political landscape and policy change
- Obstacles in changing government policy and translating awareness into practical regulation
Charles Eisenstein
- Website: www.charleseisenstein.org
Robert Forte’s Links
- Website: www.alteredstatesofamerica.net
- Facebook: Robert Forte
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible by Charles Eisenstein
- Book: Climate: A New Story by Charles Eisenstein
- Book: Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein
- Program: The Sanity Project
Zeus Tipado is a Neuropsychopharmacology PhD candidate at Maastricht University focusing on researching the brain while under DMT inside virtual/extended reality. He’s using fNIRS (functional near-infrared spectroscopy) to give humanity its first glimpse on brain energy distribution and perceptual alterations in the visual cortex during this unique psychedelic process.
Episode Highlights
- The legal psychedelic landscape in Holland
- The potential cultural impact of further expanding psychedelic legalization
- Zeus’ personal DMT experiences and scientific research
- Understanding psychedelics’ impact on the visual cortex
- The science behind visual perception
- VR and DMT: combining technologies
- Refining the VR experience in the DMT research studies
- Subjective experiences of different altered states of consciousness
- A harrowing experience with salvia divinorum
- The professional and personal impact of psychedelics on Zeus’ recent life
- The origins of Zeus’ scientific curiosity and his current research focus
Zeus Tipado’s Links
- Website: www.tipado.com
- Instagram: @tipado
- X: @tipado
- Twitch: zeustipado
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Paper: Visual Hallucinations Originating in the Retinofugal Pathway Under Clinical and Psychedelic Conditions by Zeus Tipado
Tanja Schalling is an Austrian artist, photographer and author. Her multifaceted journey in the arts began with a love for writing and evolved into a diverse practice that includes painting, photography, and poetry. Tanja's unique ability to combine visuals, audio, and poetry has garnered her a significant following on Instagram, where her profound and thought-provoking content resonates deeply with many.
Tanja embraces the use of AI in her art to bring her visions to life. Through her art, Schalling addresses profound existential questions, often channeling her insights into pieces that evoke a strong emotional response. Her journey with psychedelics has also influenced her work, providing her with profound experiences that contribute to the spiritual and philosophical depth of her creations.
Episode Highlights
- The debate about art and AI
- Existential questions and quantum philosophy
- The role of psychedelics in art
- Tanja’s personal psychedelic experiences
- The Power of Now and Tanja’s spiritual awakening
- Understanding pain and suffering
- DMT and the nature of reality
- Psychedelics and personal growth
- Empowerment of women's voices
- Exploring Amanita Muscaria
- Intuitive microdosing
- Art and social media impact
- Perception and reality
- The nature of love and fear
- Final thoughts on creativity
Tanja Schalling’s Links
- Website: www.tanjaschalling.com
- Instagram: @vallemarieart
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
- Book: Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power by Carolyn Elliott
- Citizen Science Research Project: Mothers of the Mushroom
Acacea Lewis is a lecturer and leader in the field of Cultural Anthropology in Psychedelics. She founded Divine Master Alchemy, a school dedicated to providing cultural context in entheogenic exploration. Her mission is to guide both newcomers and experienced individuals deeper into their communion with mushrooms through vibrant, contextually relevant, and meaningful ways.
Acacea's approach integrates cultural, medicinal, expansive, and historical narratives, enriching the exploration of psychedelics. She has spoken at dozens of universities and in a variety of academic, and professional settings, currently she offers several courses that people can purchase and watch live or recorded on Kajabi.
Episode Highlights
01:19 Acacea Lewis: cultural anthropologist and psychedelic expert
04:39 Acacea's unique upbringing and early academic journey
05:42 The impact of Acaea’s early psychedelic experiences
07:32 Making sense of the mystical and scientific aspects of psychedelics
10:17 Cultural and historical contexts of psychedelic use
26:03 The Western approach to psychedelics and its limitations
31:54 Ethical and sustainable practices in psychedelics
49:45 The benefits of eucommia flowers
50:27 Emotional health and chinese medicine
52:04 Microdosing and conscious dosing
54:17 Amanita mushrooms: benefits and misconceptions
55:38 Teaching global plant medicine
57:57 The journey to non-duality through buddhism
01:19:00 Daily practices and nutrition
01:30:43 Grief, healing and spiritual growth
01:39:18 Buddhist practices and mantras
Acacea Lewis’ Links
- Website: www.acacealewis.com
- Instagram: @acacealewis
- Facebook: Acacea Kailen Lewis
- Kajabi: www.acacea.mykajabi.com
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Source for Amanita: Black Sage Botanicals
- Source for Eucommia: Samsara Herbs
- Mexican Curandera Maria Sabina
- Ethnomycologist Gordon R. Wasson
Mikaela de la Myco serves as a mother, an educator, a folk herbalist, a community organizer and entheogen facilitator. She applies her gifts in ancestral healing ways by supporting cooperatives, caretaking survivors in her work with MA'AT, educating in polyamorous and extended family structures, administrating certification courses like ECO Sensual, the Herbal & Trauma-Informed Advocacy Certification, conducting and presenting citizen science research for Mothers of the Mushroom, and tending to people in need of full-spectrum herbal womb care. She has collaborated as an educator and activist with many companies and organizations within the sacred earth medicine space and is well known as a maternal caretaker in the community.
Episode Highlights
- The importance of psychedelic safety and cultural competency
- Discovering natural birth control
- What is the Ma'at tradition?
- Yoni steaming
- Advocacy and justice in the psychedelic community
- The importance of womb care
- Integrating traditional practices with psychedelics
- Continuity and community for collective thriving
- Mikaela offers a Nahuatl song from the heart
Mikaela de la Myco’s Links
- Website: www.mushwomb.love
- Instagram: @mamadelamyco
- OFFERING: Guides & Teachings: How to make your own microdose, Natural Birth Control Guide and The Entheogenic Earth Medicine Assisted Motherhood Guide
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Mikaela’s Class: Wombs of the Empire
- Book: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Mikaela de la Myco serves as a mother, an educator, a folk herbalist, a community organizer and entheogen facilitator. She applies her gifts in ancestral healing ways by supporting cooperatives, caretaking survivors in her work with MA'AT, educating in polyamorous and extended family structures, administrating certification courses like ECO Sensual, the Herbal & Trauma-Informed Advocacy Certification, conducting and presenting citizen science research for Mothers of the Mushroom, and tending to people in need of full-spectrum herbal womb care. She has collaborated as an educator and activist with many companies and organizations within the sacred earth medicine space and is well known as a maternal caretaker in the community.
Episode Highlights
- Mothers and women in the entheogenic space
- Mikaela's mission and the Mothers of the Mushroom Project
- Citizen science on the benefits and safety of mushrooms for mothers
- Exploring the Mothers of the Mushroom Project
- Participant experiences and survey results
- Dosing and breastfeeding insights
- Mushrooms and the birth experience
- Personal stories and cultural competency
- Advocacy, safety, and community
- Creating safe and inclusive spaces
Mikaela de la Myco’s Links
- Website: www.mushwomb.love
- Instagram: @mamadelamyco
- OFFERING: Guides & Teachings: How to make your own microdose, Natural Birth Control Guide and The Entheogenic Earth Medicine Assisted Motherhood Guide
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Microdosing: For Health, Healing, and Enhanced Performance by James Fadiman & Jordan Gruber
Bill Brennan, PhD, is clinical psychologist, psychedelic researcher, educator, and author in New York City with over two decades of interest and involvement in psychedelic therapy. He has played a variety of roles across several psychedelic clinical trials, including lead trainer, core faculty, curriculum developer, clinical supervisor, and lead author on 8+ treatment manuals. He currently serves as a consultant to Cybin and Gilgamesh, two prominent psychedelic research companies, where he is involved in the development and delivery of their psychedelic treatment approaches.
Bill developed the EMBARK model of psychedelic therapy with Dr. Alex Belser, which has been used on four clinical trials to date. He and Dr. Belser authored a comprehensive guide to psychedelic treatment in this approach entitled ‘EMBARK Psychedelic Therapy for Depression: A New Approach for the Whole Person’, published by Oxford University Press. Bill has taught and presented on psychedelic therapy in other contexts, including as a speaker at the 2022 Interdisciplinary Conference for Psychedelic Research, as a lecturer with Psychedelics Today, and as a trainer with Fluence, Naropa University, and other organizations.
He serves as an advisory board member for New Yorkers for Mental Health Alternatives, a group that works to expand access to psychedelic medicines, and he has previously served on the ethics working group of the American Psychedelic Practitioners Association.
Episode Highlights
- Exploring the role of a psychedelic therapist
- The EMBARK model of psychedelic therapy
- The new book EMBARK as a comprehensive guide to psychedelic therapy
- Bill Brennan's personal and professional journey into psychedelic therapy
- Insights from Bill’s psychedelic experiences
- Understanding the domains within the EMBARK model
- Ethical and trauma-informed care in psychedelic therapy
- The role of music in psychedelic sessions
- Screening and assessment for psychedelic therapy
- Exciting developments in psychedelic research
- Should underground knowledge help inform the design of psychedelic clinical trials?
- Challenges and future directions in psychedelic therapy
- Integration and personal growth post-psychedelic experience
Dr. Bill Brennan
- Linktree: Bill Brennan PhD
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: EMBARK Psychedelic Therapy for Depression: A New Approach for the Whole Person by Bill Brennan and Alex Belser
- Book: Swimming in the Sacred: Wisdom from the Psychedelic Underground by Rachel Harris
- Article: ‘Psychedelic Therapy as Form of Life’ by Nicolas Langlitz & Alex K. Gearin
- Joe Welker’s Essays: Psychedelic Candor
- Clinical Trial: ‘A Phase 2b Randomized Double-blind Placebo-controlled Multi-center study of the Effects of Psilocybin-assisted Psychotherapy on Psychiatric and Existential Distress in Advanced Cancer’
- Clinical Trial: ‘Leveraging Biomarkers for Personalized Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder Comorbid With PTSD’
Episode Highlights
00:54 Living a psychedelic life: authenticity and healing
02:33 Exploring our true nature
05:04 GUIDED MEDITATION: COMING HOME TO SELF
05:50 A deep dive into sensations and awareness
27:41 Unbinding from conditioning
31:42 Embracing your true nature
Michaela’s Links
- Website: www.thepsychedelicmom.com
- Instagram: @thepsychedelicmom
- Book an Introductory Consult: www.calendly.com/psychedelicmom
Josh Putnam has been teaching in professional settings for over 25 years. After meeting Angelo Dilullo, Josh has been working closely with people in the non-dual context. He guides and points in an authentic way, while meeting each person exactly where they are.
Episode Highlights
07:20 Josh Putnam’s early life and struggles
11:36 Josh’s first awakening experience
14:40 Insights into non-duality
19:12 Navigating post-awakening challenges
25:29 Integration and transformation at the deepest level
32:32 A radical shift in identity
35:32 Understanding the true nature of suffering
38:31 Embracing shadow work
44:23 Can psychedelics play a role in awakening?
47:36 Perception and intuition
51:28 Living in the present moment
53:48 Guidance on observing thoughts and sensations
58:17 The truth about “seeking”
Josh Putnam’s Links
- Website: www.sogoodllc.com
- Website: www.theopencircle.org
- Instagram: @sooawake
- Facebook: So Awake
- FREE 30-minute Intro Session with Josh
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Documentary: AWAKE: It's YOUR Turn (A Documentary About Ordinary People and Extraordinary Transformation)
- Book: Awake: It's Your Turn by Dr. Angelo Dilullo
- Book: Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- Non-dual Teacher: Dr. Angelo Dilullo
- Non-dual Teacher: Nisargadatta Maharaj
Dr. Jill Corvelli is founder of the ND Partners Institute, which is dedicated to supporting complex couples, many of which are neurodiverse. She developed the ND Compass, which is an approach that helps complex couples navigate the differences that keep triggering and tripping them up.
Within the last year, Dr Corvelli added work in non-ordinary states of consciousness as a tool in support of Differentiation and Autonomic Reset. The ND Partners Institute also offers groups, there is an upcoming group starting in May 2024 for women in Complex-Couple Relationships and a Complex-Couples group in September 2024. In addition to serving clients within the ND Partners Institute, she provides adjunct services for clients already engaged in therapeutic work. She is also a certified facilitator in Oregon, and you can find her offerings within that work at 2 CATHARSIS.
Episode Highlights
- Understanding the concept of ‘neurodistinct’
- Challenges faced by ‘neurodistinct’ individuals
- ADHD and autistic traits and relational dynamics
- Communication styles in complex couples
- Stages of relationship development
- The differentiation stage and its challenges
- The role of ketamine in memory reconsolidation
- Comparing ketamine and psilocybin therapy
- The developing ecosystem of psychedelic facilitators and service centers in Oregon
- Psychedelics couples therapy
- The ND Compass framework
- What is ‘niche construction’ in relationships?
- Post-psychedelic ‘critical periods’ and ethical considerations
- Dr. Corvelli’s experience engaging the ND Compass in her own partnership
Dr. Jill Corvelli’s Links
- Website: www.ndpartnersinstitute.com
- Website: www.2catharsis.com
- Website: www.ndpartnerscompass.com
- FREE OFFER: A 30 minute consult to explore together if the group, adjunct services or any other offerings are right for you. Email here.
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- ND Partners Institute’s Cheat Sheet for ‘Common Patterns in ND Partnerships’ PDF
Norman Ohler is a Berlin based novelist and filmmaker. In 1995 he published the first hypertext-novel world-wide: ‘Die Quotenmaschine’, a detective story set in New York. In 2001, his acclaimed Berlin-novel ‘Mitte’ was published, followed in 2002 by a novel about Johannesburg called ‘Ponte City’.
In 2004, Ohler was writer-in-residence in Ramallah, and was the last person to interview Yassir Arafat. In 2008, he co-wrote “Palermo Shooting'”, a film by Wim Wenders, in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2017, Ohler’s first non-fiction book ‘Blitzed - Drugs in Nazi Germany’ became a New York Times bestseller: an explosive true story that uncovers an untold aspect of what fueled Hitler and the Nazi war machine, currently translated into 32 languages. His new book, ‘Tripped’ A.K.A ‘Der stärkste Stoff’ about the history of LSD appears is out now.
Episode Highlights
- Norman’s personal journey with LSD and his mother’s Alzheimer's
- The historical impact of drugs: from LSD to Nazis
- The global war on drugs and its implications
- Swings in the perception of psychedelics in the media
- The cynical view on psychedelic advocacy
- Psychedelics and personal transformation
- The complex influence of LSD
- Psychedelics in the context of empathy and social change
- The debate on psychedelics and social movements
- The legal landscape and future of psychedelics
- Psychedelics in warfare and government control
- Potential impacts of psychedelics on society
Norman Ohler’s Links
- Website: www.normanohler.com
- Instagram: @normanohler
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age by Norman Ohler
- Book: Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler
- Book: Mary's Mosaic: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peaceby Peter Janney
Brooke McPoyle is a classically trained singer who learned an operatic style of breathwork at 12 years old. In college she played Division 1 golf, learning the intense effect of adrenaline on the nervous system. She quit the sport after college after feeling she didn't have enough control to handle pro tournaments. She started teaching breathwork in 2016 in Delray Beach, and began to see a dynamic relationship between the breath rhythm & the state of the nervous system.
She trained with an Apache medicine man who was taught by Tibetan monks. Her studies of Arnold Ehret, music, beekeeping, & ground force reaction made her look at the breath as an equation. By deducing what she was witnessing to an equation she began to see a pattern that she calls the Brain & Breath Connection. In her studies she relates the Fascia system as the instrumental strings of the body and the breath as the force that moves through it.
Episode Highlights
- From opera to golf and beyond: Brooke's unique path to breathwork
- Insights about the science of breath
- Exploring the fascia
- The power of humming: a simple technique for profound healing
- Brooke's personal journey merging science, art, and spirituality
- Harnessing breathwork for healing and empowerment
- The power of trauma for growth
- A deep dive into the ‘detox breath’ technique
- Expanding lung capacity and breath control
- Electromagnetic frequencies and health
- The importance of foot health and grounding
- The physiology of breathing and a live breath hold test
- The impact of breathwork on stress and overall health and wellbeing
Brooke McPoyle’s Links
- Website: www.musicalbreathwork.com
- Website: www.etsmusic.com
- Instagram: @musicalbreathwork
- Facebook: Musical Breathwork
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Naturopathic Physician: Dr. Catherine Clinton
- Chiropractor: Dr. B.J. Palmer
- Sculptor & Tensegrity Pioneer: Kenneth Snelson
- Father of the Geodesic Dome: Buckminster Fuller
- Creator of Structural Integration: Dr. Ida Rolf
Quilley Powers is a 5-MeO-DMT facilitator, with intersections with dying and meditation. She began her explorations with psychedelics in the 60s, mostly with recreational use, but also worked with Leo Zeff with many different medicines. For 35 years she mostly stepped away and practiced Theravada meditation. Now the intersection is obvious and, having many experiences on the cushion that were similar, working with medicines was natural.
Episode Highlights
- Exploring psychedelics in the 60s
- Quilley’s sacred journey of psychedelics and personal transformation
- Coming to a deeper understanding of life and death
- Embracing the healing journey: psychedelics, loss, and meditation
- The path of psychedelic awakening with 5-MeO-DMT
- Navigating life, death, and mystical experiences with 5-MeO-DMT
- Exploring neuroplasticity and personal change with 5-MeO-DMT
- Redefining healing: embracing our triggers as guideposts on our path
- The power of being undefended and transparent
- Administering 5-MeO-DMT safely across ages
- The profound experience of serving 5-MeO-DMT near death
- Embracing the full spectrum of life and all emotions
- Exploring the depths of reality and consciousness
- The significance of age and wisdom in facilitation
Quilley Powers’ Offering
- A FREE half-hour phone call to anyone who wants to know more about her work. Email her at medicinecrone@gmail.com with your name and phone number
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven by Christopher M. Bache
- Psychedelic Pioneer: Leo Zeff
Licia Sky is a somatic educator, artist, singer-songwriter, and bodyworker who works with traumatized individuals and trains mental health professionals to use mindful meditation in movement, theater exercises, writing, and voice as tools for attunement, healing and connection. She is a regular instructor in trauma healing workshops at Cape Cod Institute, Kripalu and Esalen. For the past decade, she has been teaching expanded awareness in workshops to clinicians and laypeople around the world.
Episode Highlights
- Somatic healing and psychedelics
- The power of subtlety in embodied practices
- Unmasking the self
- Embodied awareness: before and beyond psychedelics
- Personal journeys to embodiment
- Intuition vs. Western models in healing
- Exploring the essence of healing beyond symptoms
- The power of attentive listening
- Embracing silence and witnessing in therapy
- Ketamine's unique healing properties
- The importance of integration and personalized healing journeys
Licia Sky’s Links
- Website: www.traumaresearchfoundation.org
- OFFERING: 30-minute Mind-Body Workshops
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Traumaby Bessel van der Kolk
- Book: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Book: Awareness: Conversations with the Masters by Anthony De Mello
- Book: Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake
- Book: Extraordinary Knowing : Science, Skepticism, and the Inexplicable Powers of the Human Mind by Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer
- Book: LSD Psychotherapy: The Healing Potential of Psychedelic Medicine by Stanislav Grof
- Book: LSD and the Mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven by Christopher M. Bache
Brandilyn Clay, MA is a ‘mamapreneur’ and mother of two. She is an expert in spiritual psychology and offers coaching programs supporting mamapreneurs in growing their businesses, as well as Love-Coaching for married couples with young children. Brandilyn is the CEO of Goddess Capes, a conscious clothing line producing pieces that awaken the goddess within women and Liquid Gold, a bone broth elixir brand. Her favorite way to connect to the divine is through sacred song and sound meditation.
Episode Highlights
- Brandilyn’s story: From beekeeper to psychedelic explorer
- Her path out of a traditional Mormon upbringing
- The transformative power of psychedelics
- Bridging realms: the essence of a ‘psychedelic mom’
- Challenging aspects of psychedelic journeys
- Brandilyn’s journey into motherhood
- Embracing motherhood and psychedelics
- The ultimate psychedelic experience: birth
- Postpartum integration: a missing piece
- Rebirth and identity transformation
- A holistic approach to supporting mothers
- The importance of ritual in postpartum care
- Navigating motherhood's many challenges
- Brandilyn’s entrepreneurial ventures
- The Mother's Temple: a new online platform for mothers
Brandilyn Clay’s Links
- Website: www.brandilynbee.com
- Website: www.liquidgoldbonebroth.com
- Website: www.goddesscapes.com
- Instagram: @brandilynbee
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Psychedelic Pioneer: Terence McKenna
- Pioneer of Floating: John C. Lilly
Tony Pham (Butterfly) started meditating in 2010 during a difficult time when he was questioning all the stories people told him about who he was supposed to be. He is a heritage Buddhist, facilitator, and healer that occupies the intersection of queer and BIPOC identities. He is also a 2nd generation Vietnamese American whose parents immigrated to the United States as refugees from war.
Butterfly is a ceremonial leader and ethical steward of spiritual practices rooted in compassion, indigeneity, and sacred lineages. In addition to supporting private medicine clients as a sitter in the U.S., they are a guest facilitator and integration specialist with Tandava Retreats, a wellness center in Mexico that responsibly offers 5-MEO-DMT.
Beyond 1-on-1 work, he facilitates group heart ceremonies and is also honored to be a guest teacher with respected programs such as Psychedelic Liberation Training, Psychedelic Therapy Training, and F.I.V.E MEO Education. Their dharma teacher is Lama Rod Owens and one of their Bufo teachers was Pit Prieto, a co-organizer of the World Bufo Alvarius Congress before transitioning out of the world during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Butterfly is also an alumnus of the East Bay Meditation Center’s PiTA8 trauma informed mindfulness program for social justice activists. In addition to teaching meditation and Compassion Cultivation Training classes at Tibet House US, he has also completed anti-racist, death doula and non-violent communication training.
Episode Highlights
- Butterfly's journey: from meditation to psychedelic facilitation
- The varying intensity of different psychedelic training programs
- The practice of reciprocity in psychedelic culture
- Butterfly’s path to psychedelics: personal stories and insights
- The role of psychedelics in healing and identity
- Embracing non-duality and paradoxes of enlightenment
- Butterfly’s powerful iboga initiation
- Integrating psychedelic experiences in daily life
- Navigating the challenges of expansion and self-compassion
- The role of therapy and alternative healing modalities
- Non-duality: free will and the ego
- Ethics and responsibility in psychedelic facilitation
- Training and education in psychedelic work
- Reflections on personal growth and the path of service
- The importance of community and self-care in healing work
Tony Pham’s Links
- Website: www.tonyopham.com
- Instagram: @butterflytruth
- OFFERING: A complimentary 20-minute guided meditation with Tony Pham (Butterfly)
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Psychedelic Therapy Training: Ecstatic Mysticism
- Meditation Course: 10-Day Vipassana Course
- Psychedelic Therapy Author: Kylea Taylor
Dr Meghan Roekle is an ex clinical psychologist, now fulfillment teacher and meditation guide. Dr. Meghan has significant training in clinical psychology, energy psychology, embodiment meditation, and in the practical realization of our true nature as Oneness. She is passionate about coaching people to awaken, heal and find their unique fulfillment, and has redefined fulfillment to include awakening, teaching others how to live it in one on one and group coaching calls, and supervising other coaches and therapists.
Dr. Meg has dozens of free recorded meditations under the name Simple Being, as well as a free monthly community meditation on Zoom, every 3rd Sunday of the month, where she assists people in finding fulfillment by embodying their physical body and the One Body. She enjoys writing and recording videos on topics related to awakening, healing and the nature of reality.
Episode Highlights
- Non-duality, psychology and fulfillment
- Understanding non-duality and the illusion of the separate self
- Healing trauma and anxiety through awareness
- Embodiment, fulfillment, and the journey beyond healing
- Navigating life choices and listening to your body
- Exploring mental and emotional healing techniques
- Healing through awareness, emotional expression and acceptance
- Understanding and overcoming personal wounds
- The role of perception in healing
- Unpacking layers of personal and collective healing
- Exploring the mysteries of consciousness and reality
- Envisioning a new earth: fulfillment and awakening
Dr. Meghan Roekle’s Links
- Website: www.meghanroekle.com
- Website: www.simplebeingmeditation.com
- Instagram: @megroekle
- Facebook: Meg Roekle, PsyD
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Short Essay: For the Sake of Itself by Dr. Meghan Roekle
- Short Essay: The Strangest Pleasure by Dr. Meghan Roekle
- Book: Existential Kink: Unmask Your Shadow and Embrace Your Power by Carolyn Elliott
- Book: The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible by Charles Eisenstein
- Book: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purposeby Eckhart Tolle
- Interview: The Awakening Curriculum - 10 Fetters with Angelo Dilullo
- Byron Katie’s Four Questions
Beana Bern is a creative, energetic, compassionate and evolving space holder, medicine guide, idea generator, imagination farmer, recovering executive, new paradigm business coach, psychonaut, eternal optimist, fire dragon, mental projector, artist and medicine woman.
Episode Highlights
- Beana's journey from psychonaut to medicine guide
- Beana's early psychedelic experiences
- The profound impact of Beana's psychedelic experiences
- Beana's transition out of corporate America
- The essence of psychedelic medicine
- Rootstock Retreats: creating a space for healing and transformation
- The alchemy of holding space
- Integrating psychedelic experiences: the role of time and nature
- Beana's connection to the land
- The intensity of living close to nature
- Homesteading and the elemental reality
- Finding ground in a fast-paced world
- The power of radical authenticity
- A life of service and integrity
- The role of medicine in personal and collective healing
- Building a new paradigm community at Rootstock
- Microdosing immersions: a journey through the seasons
Beana Bern’s Links
- Website: www.rootstockretreat.com
- Instagram: @rootstock_retreat
- Facebook: Rootstock Retreat
- DISCOUNT: 33% off on Beana’s self-guided microdosing course, Microdosing Earth Medicine: Seasonal Practice in Whole Living with the coupon code “ENTELECHEY”
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Interdisciplinary Research Center: Wasiwaska
- Song: The Coast by Paul Simon
Seth Lorinczi is a Portland-based writer who focuses on psychedelics, music, and culture. His writing appears in The Guardian, DoubleBlind, Narratively (forthcoming) and elsewhere. His debut book, ‘Death Trip: A Post-Holocaust Psychedelic Memoir’ will be published in May, 2024 by Spiral Collective Press.
Episode Highlights
- Seth Lorinczi’s early psychedelic experiences
- Reconnecting with psychedelics in midlife
- MDMA therapy: a turning point in Seth’s marriage and personal development
- A psychedelic-assisted exploration of marriage and healing
- Unraveling family history through a psychedelic lens
- Seth’s profound journey to Hungary to trace his family history
- Reflections on Jewish identity and survival
- Exploring personal and existential identity through psychedelics
- The impact of psychedelics on parenting and family dynamics
- Navigating the paradoxes of psychedelic experiences
- Societal and personal implications of psychedelic use
Seth Lorinczi’s Links
- Website: www.sethlorinczi.com
- Instagram: @sethlorinczi
- Substack: Dispatches From the Fringe
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Death Trip: A Post-Holocaust Psychedelic Memoir by Seth Lorinczi (Coming in May 21, 2024)
- Movie: Jojo Rabbit (2019), directed by Taika Waititi
Stefanie Cohen’s healing path began in an effort to heal herself from a decades-long struggle with anxiety and depression. After years of being on and off various psychotropic medications, she finally gave up and began seeking help from the natural world. She started working with herbal allies in a ceremonial context and experienced the deep healing and vast intelligence the natural world offers. Eventually, Stefanie returned to a state of peace and began a deep exploration into her own psyche and the true nature of consciousness.
Stefanie holds a Level 1 certification on various therapeutic modalities such as Hakomi and Internal Family Systems. She also looked to indigenous teachings: apprenticing to soul work through Vision Quests and land-based practices, learning shamanism with Rose Khalsa and sitting in deep meditation with the moon and the mountain. She has a certificate from the Synthesis Institute’s Psychedelic Practitioner Training, which offers a new paradigm for mental health care, and has completed the Rainbow Bridges School for Evolutionary Guides. Stefanie brings humility and humor, honesty and compassion, skill and curiosity to her work with clients as she considers it a great honor to be able to work with them in that way.
Episode Highlights
- Exploring non-duality and the psychedelic path
- Stephanie's cliffhanger: adventures at an ibogaine clinic in Mexico
- From ego dissolution to non-dual realization
- Service and connection: finding purpose post-transformation
- The non-dual path: navigating shame, patterns and your true nature
- Psychedelics as a gateway to self-exploration and healing
- Exploring the depths of fear and authenticity
- The dual nature of healing: shadow work and mystical experiences
- The profound impact of 5-MeO-DMT: ego death and unconditional love
- The non-dual experience: unity, love and the end of suffering
- Integrating non-duality into therapeutic work and daily life
Stefanie Cohen
- Website: www.harveymountainhealing.com
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Psychedelic Integration Coaching: Being True To You
- Book: The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller
- Book: A Course in Miracles by Helen Schucman
Stefanie Cohen’s healing path began in an effort to heal herself from a decades-long struggle with anxiety and depression. After years of being on and off various psychotropic medications, she finally gave up and began seeking help from the natural world. She started working with herbal allies in a ceremonial context and experienced the deep healing and vast intelligence the natural world offers. Eventually, Stefanie returned to a state of peace and began a deep exploration into her own psyche and the true nature of consciousness.
Stefanie holds a Level 1 certification on various therapeutic modalities such as Hakomi and Internal Family Systems. She also looked to indigenous teachings: apprenticing to soul work through Vision Quests and land-based practices, learning shamanism with Rose Khalsa and sitting in deep meditation with the moon and the mountain. She has a certificate from the Synthesis Institute’s Psychedelic Practitioner Training, which offers a new paradigm for mental health care, and has completed the Rainbow Bridges School for Evolutionary Guides. Stefanie brings humility and humor, honesty and compassion, skill and curiosity to her work with clients as she considers it a great honor to be able to work with them in that way.
Episode Highlights
- Opening up about personal experiences with psychedelics
- Stefanie’s struggle with depression and SSRIs
- Her first encounter with ayahuasca
- The deep healing she received through her first ayahuasca experience
- Exploring consciousness with psychedelics
- Michaela’s first psychedelic journey
- Reflections on the profundity of her insights and experience of self-love
- Challenges with the Western medical model
- The mystery of intuitive healing
- The transformational power of psychedelics
- The intensity of the psychedelic path … who should be on it?
- Stefanie’s journey to an Ibogaine clinic in Tijuana
- The cliffhanger: to be continued
Stefanie Cohen
- Website: www.harveymountainhealing.com
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Prozac Nationby Elizabeth Wurtzel
- Book: Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn
- Book: Awareness: Conversations with the Masters by Anthony De Mello
- Documentary Series: Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers
Frank Yang, a Taiwanese YouTube sensation, rose to fame through his captivating performance art and intense workout videos. However, his journey transcended mere physicality as he delved into the depths of spiritual exploration, overcoming personal battles with bipolar disorder and sex addiction. With the same precision and intensity he applied to fitness, piano, violin, and the arts, Frank pursued awakening, ultimately achieving full liberation and declaring the status of an arhat in Theravada Buddhism, signifying the highest level of enlightenment.
Today, Frank is revered not only for his artistic talents but also for his role as a non-dual teacher. He teaches meditation and guides others in awakening to nonduality and their true nature, offering transformative insights and profound wisdom through his videos and coaching. With pure clarity, Frank illuminates the path of self-realization and liberation for countless seekers around the world.
Episode Highlights
- Exploring the potential of psychedelics for awakening
- What is non-duality?
- The paradox of suffering and awakening
- Frank’s story: from mania to enlightenment
- Can psychedelics help in deepening self-realization?
- The role of suffering on the path to enlightenment
- The process of ‘unbinding’
- How psychedelics dissolve conditioning
- Understanding the physicality of the awakening process
- The end of suffering
- The role of love on the path to enlightenment
- The experience of relationships after awakening
- The luminous nature of existence
- The illusion of progress and the commentator in your head!
- Letting go of attachments and expectations
- The illusion of control and the nature of conditioning
- The holographic nature of existence
- Understanding desire and craving
- The paradox of existence and non-existence
- The impact of social conditioning on the ego
- More on the potential role of psychedelics in awakening
- The end of the journey: embracing the simplicity of existence
Frank Yang’s Links
- Website: www.frankyang.wtf
- Instagram: @being_frank_yang
- YouTube: Frank Yang
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley
Maria Camille is a nomad entrepreneur and citizen of the world. As an author, publisher, independent TV producer, and extreme sports world champion, Maria’s mosaic life has taken her to all corners of the world. Her newsletter, ‘Masters, Misfits and Mentors’, follows her amazing early years as the wife of a mafia gangster and the lessons she learned to start over, reinvent herself, and find her personal power.
Maria currently lives in San Miguel de Allende, in Mexico, where she hosts psilocybin retreats for middle-aged entrepreneurs who are reinventing their future.
Episode Highlights
- Maria's early life and marriage to a mafia gangster
- Experiences and challenges as a mafia wife
- The tragic loss of Maria's son and its aftermath
- Maria's courageous escape and new beginning
- Extreme sports adventures and achievements
- Maria's first encounter with psychedelics
- Maria's journey of healing and self-discovery
- Entrepreneurial ventures and global travels
- Discovering the need for healing in middle-age
- Impact of COVID-19 on Maria’s business and personal life
- Moving to Mexico and starting a new chapter
- Challenges and triumphs of starting over
- The power of the psychedelic therapy Maria offers
- Challenges and rewards of serving others
- Breath and meditation in healing
- The critical importance of psychedelic integration
- The power of psychedelics in uncovering hidden traumas
- The importance of self-care in serving others
- A vision for the future: documenting the psychedelic journey of people in later life
- The potential of psychedelics in helping to reorient life direction
Maria Camille’s Links
- Website: www.mariacamille.com
- Substack: Masters, Misfits and Mentors
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda
Talia Eisenberg, MBA, is a serial entrepreneur who lives in Mexico with her husband, Tom, cofounder of Beond, and their sons. She received an undergrad degree from New School in NYC and earned an MBA from Presidio Graduate School in SF. Talia is a person in long term recovery from harmful mind-altering drugs and substances. Her passion for supporting others in healing through Ibogaine is personal, as it was the treatment that catalyzed her recovery in 2009.
Episode Highlights
- Understanding ibogaine and its origins
- The discovery of ibogaine's healing properties
- Talia's recovery story
- The birth of Beond, an ibogaine clinic Talia co-founded in Cancun
- Ibogaine’s impact on Talia's personal journey
- Understanding the root cause: trauma and addiction
- Beond’s mission
- The role of trauma in healing and recovery
- The power of ibogaine in addressing trauma
- Preparation and arrival at Beond
- On-site programming and complementary therapies offered at Beond
- The treatment process and experience
- Post-treatment and integration
- Ibogaine for optimization and neurodegenerative disorders
- The future of ibogaine treatment and research
- Psychedelics and parenting
- Hope for those struggling
Talia Eisenberg’s Links
- Website: www.beondibogaine.com
- Instagram: @beond.us
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn
- Book: A Course in Miracles by Foundation for Inner Peace
- Ibogaine Study: Ibogaine-Magnesium: the Stanford Traumatic Injury to the CNS (MISTIC) Protocol – A Pilot Study in Special Operations Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injuries
A mystic at heart, psychotherapist by trade, entrepreneur by calling and a psychonaut in spirit. Kevin Cannella is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Thank You Life, a 501c3 nonprofit organization that exists to expand access to psychedelic therapy by eliminating financial barriers to treatment. By providing grants for people who would otherwise not have access to treatment, Thank You Life is on a mission to revolutionize mental healthcare and participate in helping the world to heal.
Kevin spent his 20s searching for truth, purpose, and methods to alleviate suffering. After many years of deep inquiry and spiritual practice, he returned to the world and entered into graduate school at Naropa University in Boulder, CO to study Mindfulness-based Transpersonal Counseling. Kevin has been working in private practice as a psychotherapist since 2018, specializing in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.
Episode Highlights
- Discussing the mission of 'Thank You Life'
- Understanding the true cost of psychedelic therapies
- Exploring the legal aspects of ketamine
- The therapeutic approach to ketamine
- The benefits and potential risks of ketamine
- Comparing ketamine to other psychedelics
- Personal experiences and reflections on ketamine
- The power of compassion in psychedelic facilitation
- Kevin’s journey to self-discovery and spiritual awakening
- Overcoming personal challenges and embracing his life's purpose
- The role of psychedelics in personal transformation
- Unpacking core wounds and healing through psychedelics
- The birth of 'Thank You Life' and its mission
- Impressive results from Thank You Life’s psychedelic offerings
- Promoting health equity and expanding access to psychedelic treatments
- The future of 'Thank You Life' and how to support its mission
Kevin Cannella’s Links
- Website: www.thankyoulife.org
- Instagram: @thankyoulife_fund
- Facebook: Thank You Life
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: A Dose of Hope: A Story of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy by Dr. Dan Engle
- Transformational Coaching & Training: Being True To You
- Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy: Polaris Insight Center
- Nonprofit Community: Psychedelic Research and Training Institute (PRATI)
- Oregon-based Psychedelic Training & Education Program: Alma Institute
Jemmita Gawned walks a Sacred Shamanic Path as Medicine Woman, Healer and Ceremonialist offering deep transformational work globally. Initiated into the Sacred Ancestral Medicines by her Maestros in the Andes and adopted into their lineage in 2012, she is deeply honored to share the profound Medicine and teachings of the Andes Cosmovision, woven in with well over 20 years of wisdom and experience from walking her own Spiritual path of Awakening.
Her path of service through ‘Anchoring the Light’ is to guide and empower others to remember their own true divine nature, power and innate Magic. Weaving Ancient Ritual and Ceremony with Wisdom for the Path to Awakening - offering tools and modalities to heal, empower, liberate and transform.
Through her online Ceremonial work and trainings such as the 3 month Wilka Suyu Shamanic Cacao Ceremonialist Apprenticeship and the 12 month Hampiq Ńust’a apprenticeship - the Path of the Modern Medicine Woman, taught alongside her Andean Maestro Puma Fredi Quispe Singona, Jemmita is now able to reach many more of our Global Family, building a much needed sense of community and camaraderie as we move collectively through this profound time of transformation as one family.
Her in person programs, including yearly Pilgrimages to the Andes Peru, and the Global Reset and Rise Retreats and Ceremonies are designed to take you deep into Remembering your Divinity.
In respectfully and generously sharing her wisdom through Ceremony and Mentorship, her wish is to assist others to become creators of their own reality and transform their own lives, in the way it has profoundly transformed her own.
Episode Highlights
- Jemma's path into shamanic healing
- The power of ceremonial cacao in healing
- The role of ancestral medicine in awakening
- Jemma's journey to the Andes
- The role of plant medicine in Jemma's personal transformation
- Superfoods and spiritual healing
- The vision that led to the creation of Jemma’s raw food business, Naked Treaties
- The Andean Cosmovision and its influence on Jemma’s work
- The importance of creating sacred space in ceremonies
- The role of San Pedro/Huachuma in spiritual awakening
- The three worlds in the Andean Cosmovision
- The wisdom of the high mountains
- The healing power of humility and simplicity
- Holding space for energy transformation
- Generosity in service
- The importance of respecting ancestral spirits
- The journey of soul retrieval
- The healing power of black tobacco
Jemma Gawned’s Links
- Website: www.anchoringthelight.com
- Instagram: @anchoringthelight
For over 15 years, Dr. Ben Sessa has been at the forefront of psychedelic and cannabis research and clinical medicine in the UK through his affiliations with Imperial College London. Ben qualified as a medical doctor from UCL in 1997 and went on to specialize in psychiatry. For 25 years he has worked as a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with young people and adult patients in the field of addictions and trauma-related psychiatry.
Ben started studying psychedelics as a junior doctor and has taken part in research projects at Bristol University, Cardiff University and Imperial College London with LSD, psilocybin, DMT, ketamine and MDMA – receiving and/or administering all of these compounds in legal research settings.
One of the first doctors to develop the field of contemporary psychedelic research in the UK, he was the former co-founder, former CEO, and subsequently the former Head of Psychedelic Medicine at Awakn Life Sciences, a Bio-Tech company carrying out psychedelic research into addictions. Awakn opened four clinical centers in the U.K. and Europe, providing psychedelic psychotherapy with ketamine, for a wide range of psychiatric indications, as well as an extensive R&D psychedelic research program.
Ben was one of the first Medical Cannabis psychiatric prescribers in the UK and is a trained MDMA, ketamine and psilocybin therapist. He has led research into MDMA-assisted therapy for Alcohol Use Disorder and is published widely in the academic and medical press. Dr. Sessa is the co-founder and past president of the Breaking Convention conference. He is the author of The Psychedelic Renaissance (2012/2017), the novel To Fathom Hell or Soar Angelic (2015) and Altered States (2021).
Episode Highlights
- Understanding MDMA and its potential in psychiatry
- Exploring the mechanism of MDMA
- First MDMA study outside of MAPS: focus on addictions
- The role of psychotherapy in sustaining long-term behavioral and mood changes
- Unexpected psychedelic experiences with MDMA
- The intersection of Dr. Ben’s personal experience and professional interest in psychedelics
- The importance of holistic approach in mental health treatment
- The impact of early attachment on mental health
- Understanding intergenerational trauma
- Exploring the use of psychedelics for personal growth
- Psychedelics and trauma healing: a new perspective
- The flaws of categorical diagnoses in psychiatry
- The role of trauma in mental disorders
- The potential of psychedelics for treating psychosis
- The current and future state of psychedelic research
- The economic implications of psychedelic therapy
- The need for a shift in mental health care paradigm
- The role of politics and racism in drug policy
- The case for regulated market for drugs
Dr. Ben Sessa
- Website: www.drsessa.com
Stefanie Cohen
- Website: www.harveymountainhealing.com
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- TED Talk: Is MDMA psychiatry’s antibiotic? with Dr. Ben Sessa
Episode Highlights
- MDMA 101: properties and history
- The rising interest in MDMA within the psychotherapy world
- The therapeutic potential of MDMA
- The unique qualities of MDMA
- The history of MDMA
- The role of MDMA in healing PTSD
- How MDMA works in the body
- Safety considerations for MDMA use
- The role of MDMA in therapy
- Personal experiences taking and facilitating MDMA
- The legal status of MDMA
- Is MDMA right for you?
- Comparing MDMA and magic mushrooms
- The future of MDMA
Michaela’s Links
- Website: www.thepsychedelicmom.com
- Instagram: @thepsychedelicmom
- Book an Introductory Consult: www.thepsychedelicmom.as.me/introconsult
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: We've Had a Hundred Years of Psychotherapy--And the World's Getting Worse by James Hillman and Michael Ventura
Tommy Rosen is an internationally renowned yoga teacher, meditation instructor and addiction recovery expert with over 30 years of continuous recovery from addiction. Through his classes, workshops, courses and destination retreats, Tommy has helped thousands of people to overcome their addictions and to be free.
Rosen is the founder of Recovery 2.0, a global organization dedicated to inspire and unite people in recovery from addiction through the practice of yoga and meditation so that they can heal and thrive. He is also the host of the In The Circle podcast, offering insights and inspiration to those on a path of discovery in recovery.
Tommy’s first book, Recovery 2.0: Move Beyond Addiction and Upgrade Your Life (Hay House), was published to International acclaim and continues to transform the lives of readers across the globe today.
Episode Highlights
- Understanding addiction and recovery
- The intersection of yoga and recovery
- Defining addiction
- The role of negative thinking in addiction
- The dangers of substance dependence
- The role of psychedelics in recovery and personal growth
- Tommy’s journey to recovery
- Tommy’s relapse
- The turning point: embracing sobriety
- Comparing traditional addiction treatments and Recovery 2.0
- Redefining the 12 Steps for a new era
- The power of choice in recovery
- The role of yoga in recovery
- Understanding addiction as an entity
- The importance of embodiment in recovery
- The role of trauma in addiction
- The role of yoga in healing trauma
- Programs offered by Recovery 2.0
- Advice for loved ones of those struggling with addiction
Tommy Rosen’s Links
- Website: www.r20.com
- Instagram: @recovery2point0
- Facebook: Tommy Rosen
- Podcast: In The Circle with Tommy Rosen
- Recovery 2.0: Welcome
- Recovery 2.0: Universal Meetings
- Recovery 2.0: Community Gift
- Recovery 2.0: Life Beyond Cannabis - Online Yoga and Recovery Program
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: RECOVERY 2.0: Move Beyond Addiction and Upgrade Your Life by Tommy Rosen
- Book: The Missing Element: Inspiring Compassion for the Human Condition by Debra Silverman
- Spiritual Journey to India with Tommy Rosen
- Life Upgrade: A 40-Day Guided Journey Through the Recovery 2.0 Book with Tommy Rosen
Elizabeth Bast is the cofounder of SoulCentro Iboga Retreats in Costa Rica, along with her husband, ordained Bwiti Nima and visionary artist "Chor Boogie." Bast experienced the Missoko Bwiti initiation, rite of passage, and immersive traditional Iboga provider training. She is a twice certified, trauma-informed yoga teacher and has completed the transformational coach certification course for psychedelic medicine integration and addiction recovery through Being True to You. Along with her husband Gnyangou, she traveled to Gabon numerous times to study the traditional Bwiti ways of knowing. Her Bwiti name is Mbeye, which means the medicine of the river.
Episode Highlights
- Elizabeth’s husband’s journey overcoming heroin addiction
- The healing power of iboga
- Elizabeth and Chor’s first journey to study iboga in Gabon
- The challenges and preparation for a trip to Africa
- Motherhood and lessons from iboga
- The journey to self-healing
- Building ancestor altars
- The power of surrender and ancestral guidance
- The resonance of love and trust: gifts of the medicine
- The miracle of natural birth and the role of medicine
- The power of presence and listening in motherhood
- The soul's wisdom: a guide to parenting
- The sacred role of mothers in medicine
- The power of self-love and self-care
- Potential of medicine in consciousness evolution
- The importance of sovereignty and choice
- The role of medicine in healing generational trauma
Elizabeth Bast’s Links
- Website: www.ebast.net
- Website: www.soulcentro.com
- Instagram: @soulcentro_retreats
- Facebook: SoulCentro Retreats
- LinkedIn: Elizabeth Bast
Robert Forte has traveled the psychedelic path over the past 45 years, an adventure in consciousness that has taken him to very far and deeply personal realms. He has been a student, a researcher, a producer and a distributor of forbidden drugs, taught at university and graduate level. Robert has done field work in South America and had close personal relationships with many of the most significant instigators of the various psychedelic movements of our time. He considers that it is time we cultivate discernment of these several movements and to move the beneficent properties and effects of these drugs to the fore, while we separate ourselves from those who exploit them for deceptive or nefarious agendas.
Episode Highlights
- Exploring the modern psychedelic movement's origins
- Robert Forte's journey into the psychedelic realm
- The Psychedelic Renaissance and its implications
- Robert's early experiences with psychedelics
- The role of psychedelics in ancient civilizations
- The dark side of psychedelics
- The true story of Timothy Leary
- Controversies surrounding MDMA
- The future of psychedelics
- Psychedelics and consciousness expansion
- Legalization and sovereign rights
- The industrial complex and psychedelics
- The possible influence of psychedelics on political figures such as JFK
- The impact of psychedelics on political activism
- The weaponization of the term 'Conspiracy Theory'
- The future of psychedelics and the Anti-War Movement
Robert Forte’s Links
- Website: www.alteredstatesofamerica.net
- Facebook: Robert Forte
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Timothy Leary: Outside Looking In: Appreciations, Castigations, and Reminiscences by Ram Dass, Andrew Weil, Allen Ginsberg, Winona Ryder, William ... Huston Smith, Hunter S. Thompson, and Othersby Robert Forte
- Book: The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness by Alan Watts
- Book: How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan
- Book: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Book: The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley
- Book: The Politics of Heroin in Southeast AsiabyAlfred W. McCoy
- Book: Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion by Gary Webb
- Book: The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name by Brian C. Muraresku
- Book: The Road to Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries by R. Gordon Wasson
- Book: Mary's Mosaic: The CIA Conspiracy to Murder John F. Kennedy, Mary Pinchot Meyer, and Their Vision for World Peaceby Peter Janney
- Book: Flashacks: An Autobiography by Timothy Leary
- Photo Essay: Seeking the Magic Mushroom by R. Gordon Wasson
- Speech: President John F. Kennedy’s Commencement Address at American University
- Video documentary: Giving LSD to Soldiers
Dr. Dölen earned her M.D., Ph.D. at Brown University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and completed postdoctoral training in the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University. Dr. Dölen is currently an Associate professor of Neuroscience and Neurology at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine. Her laboratory has discovered a novel mechanism that could account for the broad range of therapeutic applications for which psychedelics are currently being tested. Specifically, the Dolen lab has discovered critical periods can be reopened with the psychedelic drugs like MDMA (Nardou, et al Nature, 2019), LSD, psilocybin, ketamine, and ibogaine (Nardou et al, Nature 2023). Importantly, understanding psychedelics through this framework dramatically expands the scope of disorders that might benefit from adjunct therapy with psychedelics, an approach she has dubbed the PHATHOM project (Psychedelic Healing: Adjunct Therapy Harnessing Opened Malleability).
Stefanie Cohen’s healing path began in an effort to heal herself from a decades-long struggle with anxiety and depression. After years of being on and off various psychotropic medications, she finally gave up and began seeking help from the natural world. In 2015, Stefanie started working with herbal allies in a ceremonial context and experienced the deep healing and vast intelligence the natural world offers.
Eventually, Stefanie returned to a state of peace and began a deep exploration into her own psyche and the true nature of consciousness. She then started working with meditation and contemplation, exploring the teachings of mystics and wisdom traditions. At the same time, studying and experiencing personally various therapeutic modalities such as Hakomi and Internal Family Systems, in which she holds a Level 1 certification. Stefanie also looked to indigenous teachings: apprenticing to soul work through Vision Quests and land-based practices, learning shamanism with Rose Khalsa and sitting in deep meditation with the moon and the mountain. She holds a certificate from the Synthesis Institute’s Psychedelic Practitioner Training, which offers a new paradigm for mental health care, and has completed the Rainbow Bridges School for Evolutionary Guides.
Stefanie brings humility and humor, honesty and compassion, skill and curiosity to her work with clients as she considers it a great honor to be able to work with them in that way.
Episode Highlights
- Discussing Dr. Gul's octopus study
- Understanding social behaviors in octopuses
- Effects of MDMA on octopuses
- Implications of the octopus experiment
- Exploring the concept of consciousness
- Understanding “critical periods” of learning
- Psychedelics as a potential master key for opening critical periods
- Understanding the effects of MDMA in different contexts
- Exploring the potential of psychedelics in enhancing specific skills
- The future of psychedelics in treating neuropsychiatric diseases
- Challenging the biochemical imbalance model of disease
- The evolutionary significance of critical periods
- The durations of different psychedelic medicines and their impact on critical periods
- The future of psychedelics in personal optimization and biohacking
- Controversy surrounding the use of psychedelics in autism treatment
Dr. Gul Dölen
- Website: www.dolenlab.org
Stefanie Cohen
- Website: www.harveymountainhealing.com
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Documentary: My Octopus Teacher (2020), directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed
- Book: Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Scott Berman is the founder of Sky Cave Retreats - the first darkness retreat center in the US. Throughout the last decade, he has spent over two years in self-guided solo retreats in remote wilderness. He did his first darkness retreat in 2012 and has spent over 70 days in multiple solo darkness retreats along with a couple with his wife Jill.
Over the last few years, he has supported hundreds of people in their dark retreats and has been pioneering the darkness therapy movement at his center in Southern Oregon.
Episode Highlights
- Exploring the concept of darkness retreats
- Scott's personal journey “into the dark”
- The impact of solitude and darkness on self-exploration
- Challenges and realizations from darkness retreats
- The role of openness and surrender in darkness retreats
- The difference between wilderness solitude and darkness retreats
- The role of safety and vulnerability in darkness retreats
- The structure and experience of a darkness retreat
- Various motivations and benefits of undertaking a darkness retreat
- The experience of timelessness and non-duality in darkness
- Understanding the science behind darkness retreats
- Preparing for a dark retreat
- The role of spirituality in darkness retreats
- Psychedelics in relation with darkness retreats
Scott Berman’s Links
- Website: www.skycaveretreats.com
- Instagram: @skycaveretreats
- Facebook: Sky Cave Retreats
SNOW RAVEN - SUOR was born in one of the most remote and cold inhabited places in the world - the Republic of Sakha - Yakutia (arctic Siberia). She was three years old when she started to learn the language of birds and animals. Her voice takes its breath from traditional Sakha culture and is truly an instrument. She is the OG of “arctic beatbox” - the reindeer breath and the founder of OLOX ecosystem: Of Many Believes Common Truth.
SNOW RAVEN, participant of America’s Got Talent 2020, headlined Lightning in the Bottle, Lost Lands, The Elements, Lucidity Festival, OmRising, Beloved, Sundance Film Festival and played multiple shows at Burning Man. SNOW RAVEN also took part in Bioneers ECOconference, the international forum Arctic Circle-2015 in Iceland, in the French-American Arctic expedition Pax Arctica (DeLong Islands) sponsored by the Prince Monaco Foundation and in the International Beatbox Championship as a special guest. In 2023 she spoke at TEDx Vermont, Yale University.
Episode Highlights
- Snow Raven's cultural background and musical journey
- Exploring shamanism and Sakha culture
- Adjusting to a new life in the United States
- The power of sound and trance
- Snow Raven's childhood and connection to nature
- Her travels and musical mission
- The impact of modern life on sensory perception
- Shamanic journeying and the role of shamans
- Snow Raven's personal shamanic experience
- The healing power of sound and music
- Snow Raven's vision for the future
- The role of psychedelics in shamanic practice
- A musical performance on the mouth harp
Snow Raven - SUOR’s Links
- Website: www.olox.life
- Instagram: @snowravenofficial
- Snow Raven’s Album - Home:
- Spotify
- Apple Music
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Organization: Thank You Life: A Psychedelic Therapy Nonprofit
Tricia Eastman is an initiated medicine woman and the founder of the nonprofit organization, Ancestral Heart. At her core, she serves as a bridge for the preservation and reciprocity of ancestral wisdom traditions and biocultural heritage. Drawing influence from her mestiza ancestral lineage, and with nearly a decade of experience as an initiate of the Bwiti tradition from equatorial Africa, Eastman has curated transformative retreats worldwide in legal jurisdictions with plant medicines supporting many in inner transformation, as well as facilitated the psychospiritual program with Ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT at Crossroads Treatment Center in México. Among those she has supported in transformative experiences are celebrities, political dignitaries, and Special Forces veterans. Readers can look forward to her upcoming book, Seeding Consciousness: Plant Medicine, Ancestral Wisdom, and the Path to Transcendence, set to be published by Inner Traditions in 2024. As the Hu Azores Wellness Retreat Center gears up for its 2025 launch, Eastman continues to serve in the global psychedelic movement, rooted in sacred paths to empowerment and creativity.
Episode Highlights
- Tricia’s personal journey and challenges
- Her discovery of psychedelic medicine
- Transformations moving into service to others
- The spiritual and architectural approach to building a healing retreat center
- Capitalism and its impact on personal growth
- Challenges in implementing innovative ideas
- Designing private bungalows in a UNESCO protected sanctuary
- The concept of houses of thought
- Introduction to Tricia’s book 'Seeding Consciousness'
- The inspiration and process of writing a book
- The importance of initiatory rights in the psychedelic space
- The role of discipline in personal growth
- The impact of neurodivergence on productivity
- The role of psychedelics in healing
- The importance of compassion in holding space for others
- The future of psychedelics and the importance of reciprocity
- The potential future shifts for humanity
- A closing prayer for harmony and healing
Tricia Eastman’s Links
- Website: www.ancestralheart.com
- Instagram: @psychedelicjourneys
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
- Book: If You Give a Pig a Pancakeby Laura Numeroff
- Psychedelic Program for Veterans: The Mission Within
Victoria Wueschner serves as president and co-founder of F.I.V.E (5-MeO-DMT Information and Vital Education), which aims to promote harm reduction within the psychedelic community. Her mission at F.I.V.E is to provide the world with a centralized hub for all resources and education on 5-MeO-DMT, in hopes of bringing awareness to the ethics, integrity, and safety of 5-MeO-DMT. She has developed a 1 year long 5-MeO-DMT training program including over 35+ guest teachers and speakers where she trains facilitators. Her dedication to her craft earned her a position with the international psychedelic wellness company Kaivalya Kollectiv, where she currently works as both the head of education and a retreat leader at Tandava Retreats in Tepoztlán, México.
Dr. Holly Richmond is a Somatic Psychotherapist, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT) and Certified Sex Therapist (CST) with an expertise in the recovery of sexual health after sexual trauma. In addition to sex therapy, sexual wellness coaching and co-facilitating international sexual health retreats, Dr. Holly sits on the Clinical Board of Directors for Dame Products. Additionally, she is the Associate Director of Modern Sex Therapy Institutes where she is also a faculty member and clinical supervisor. Her book and online course, Reclaiming Pleasure are innovative platforms to expand her reach as a sexual trauma expert. Most recently, she has partnered with a law firm specializing in large civil cases for survivors of sexual trauma, where she works as an expert witness and consultant. Dr. Holly is regularly quoted in publications and media outlets including The New York Times, CNN, Shape, NBC, Wired, Oprah, Men’s Health, and Women’s Health. She is a sought-after consultant in the sextech industry, and is seen as a pioneer in the exploration of the intersection of sex and technology.
Episode Highlights
- The healing power of 5-MeO-DMT
- The role of psychotherapy in treating sexual trauma
- The journey of a sexual trauma survivor
- The role of 5-MeO-DMT in healing sexual trauma
- Deanne’s experience as a survivor and the impact of 5-MeO-DMT on her healing
- Integration: life as a survivor post 5-MeO-DMT
- The future of healing retreats for sexual trauma survivors
- The power of community in healing sexual trauma
- The role of other healing modalities in the retreat
- The potential for future retreats and healing opportunities at Tandava
Victoria Wueschner’s Links
- Website: www.five-meo.education
- Instagram: @sacredsurrendermedicine
- Facebook: Victoria Wueschner
Dr. Holly Richmond’s Links
- Website: www.drhollyrichmond.com
- Instagram: @drhollyrichmond
- X: @drhollyrichmond
- Online free course: Reclaiming Pleasure
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Reclaiming Pleasure: A Sex Positive Guide for Moving Past Sexual Trauma and Living a Passionate Life by Dr. Holly Richmond
- Educational Video: Fight Child Abuse - Protect Yourself Rules: Safe Touch / Unsafe Touch
Jen Whaley is a physician assistant, a certified psychedelic-assisted therapist, a yoga instructor, a breathwork facilitator, a full-spectrum doula, and a psychospiritual life coach. Whatever the modality, she specializes in helping you cultivate the mindset and environment that will best support your healing potential, all while guiding you deeper and deeper within, where she believes we will each find the answers to our questions, the solutions to our problems, and the wellness, wholeness, and peace that we seek.
After graduating in 2011 from the University of Detroit Mercy with a bachelor's of science in biology and a master's of science in physician assistant studies, Jen worked as a PA in both emergency medicine and women's health. In 2017, her own personal journey led her towards a more alternative path of health and wellness. In this process, she attended her first yoga teacher training, and discovered the healing potential of plant medicine, breathwork, and A Course in Miracles, all which she now integrates into her offerings.
In 2019 she returned to school at The California Institute of Integral Studies and received a post-graduate Certificate of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and Research. She then went on to train in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy in 2020, as well as to certify as a Birth & Postpartum Doula in 2021, before becoming a mother herself in 2022. Recently, she studied the Physics of Emotioning and certified in Core Issue Completion Coaching with Dr. Michael Lukens, before joining him and a team of extraordinary providers to cocreate Lucidelix, providing clients a unique and holistic, Ketamine-Assisted approach to healing and wellness.
Episode Highlights
- Jen Whaley ’s shift beyond her Western medical training into more alternative health practices
- How ayahuasca helped Jen recognize and overcome codependency in her relationship
- Surrender and perspective shifts as transformative aspects of psychedelic medicine work
- Jen’s psychedelic therapy training at the California Institute of Integral Studies and the support she now offers others in their work with psychedelic medicines
- Following one’s intuition when choosing what psychedelics to work with
- Integration after psychedelic experiences as critical for fully embodying insights and healing received in psychedelic journeys
- How MDMA can down-regulate the amygdala and allow individuals with PTSD to revisit traumatic experiences without triggering the fight or flight response
- How MDMA helps establish trust in therapy for individuals with trauma histories
- The central role self-love, self-care and play in the healing process
- Motherhood as a potent teacher and its own psychedelic journey
- Embracing all emotions and fostering emotional intelligence in children
- How Jen incorporates ketamine therapy and emotional completions into her practice
- Ketamine as a therapeutic tool for emotional healing and growth
Jen Whaley’s Links
- Website: www.jwhaleywellness.com
- Instagram: @jwhaleywellness
- Facebook: Jen Whaley
- Other current projects: www.lucidelix.com
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: A Course in Miracles by Foundation For Inner Peace
- Book: A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles" by Marianne Williamson
- Book: How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michaela Pollan
- CIIS’ Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research
- Psychedelic Expert and Pioneer: Dr. William Richards
Zeus Tipado is a Neuropsychopharmacology PhD candidate at Maastricht University focusing on researching the brain while under DMT inside virtual/extended reality. He’s using fNIRS (functional near-infrared spectroscopy) to give humanity its first glimpse on brain energy distribution and perceptual alterations in the visual cortex during this unique psychedelic process.
Stefanie Cohen’s healing path began in an effort to heal herself from a decades-long struggle with anxiety and depression. After years of being on and off various psychotropic medications, she finally gave up and began seeking help from the natural world. In 2015, Stefanie started working with herbal allies in a ceremonial context and experienced the deep healing and vast intelligence the natural world offers.
Eventually, Stefanie returned to a state of peace and began a deep exploration into her own psyche and the true nature of consciousness. She then started working with meditation and contemplation, exploring the teachings of mystics and wisdom traditions. At the same time, studying and experiencing personally various therapeutic modalities such as Hakomi and Internal Family Systems, in which she holds a Level 1 certification. Stefanie also looked to indigenous teachings: apprenticing to soul work through Vision Quests and land-based practices, learning shamanism with Rose Khalsa and sitting in deep meditation with the moon and the mountain. She holds a certificate from the Synthesis Institute’s Psychedelic Practitioner Training, which offers a new paradigm for mental health care, and has completed the Rainbow Bridges School for Evolutionary Guides.
Stefanie brings humility and humor, honesty and compassion, skill and curiosity to her work with clients as she considers it a great honor to be able to work with them in that way.
Episode Highlights
- Exploring neuropsychopharmacology with Zeus
- Understanding the effects of DMT on the brain
- The impact of psychedelics on perception
- Exploring different psychedelic substances and their effects
- The mystery of different trips generated from activity of the same receptor
- The role of the visual cortex in psychedelic experiences
- The connection between psychedelics and consciousness
- Exploring the mysteries of reality through science
- The role of electromagnetism in our perception of reality
- The potential of virtual reality in psychedelic research
Zeus Tipado
- Website: www.linktr.ee/tipado
Stefanie Cohen
- Website: www.harveymountainhealing.com
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: The Ra Material: An Ancient Astronaut Speaks (Law of One) by Rueckert & McCarty
- Interview: Lex Fridman Podcast - Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse
- Scientist: Thomas F. Varley
Jen Bruce is a Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner, Psychedelic Integration specialist, Kundalini yoga teacher, life coach and a founding member of Decriminalize Nature Arcata CA. She specializes in holistic treatment for addiction, trauma and mental health recovery. Jen is a mother of one daughter and has been dedicated to her own recovery path for the past 13 years.
Episode Highlights
- The connection between addiction and trauma and the importance of addressing both the physical and emotional aspects of recovery
- How ibogaine can provide a reset and alleviate suffering, but should not be viewed as a permanent solution in and of itself
- How combining modalities like 12-step programs, ibogaine, nutrition, and lifestyle changes can lead to higher success rates in addiction recovery
- Challenges and concerns within the unregulated Ibogaine industry
- Balancing personal recovery with motherhood and the importance of self-care and boundaries
- Commitment, willingness to do the work, and a supportive community as key for individuals coming out of treatment
- Finding a higher power or connection to something greater than oneself
Jen Bruce’s Links
- Website: www.humanscanheal.com
- Facebook: Jen Bruce
- Jen’s interview for Normalize Psychedelics' Psychedelic Healing Stories:
- Healing from Alcohol Addiction with the 12 Steps and Ibogaine
- What is Ibogaine?
- Recovery Culture: Stop being frightened of possibility
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Jen Bruce’s Three-Month Coaching Program: The Recovery Reset
Dr. Joanna Kujawa is the author of The Other Goddess: Mary Magdalene and the Goddesses of Eros and Secret Knowledge, scholar, and spiritual detective. She received her BA and MA from the Pontifical Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada, and her PhD from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. As an active academic for over 20 years, she uses her scholarly training to investigate topics other academics often pass over, such as: Can spirituality and sexuality be experienced as one? Who was the real Mary Magdalene? Is there a lineage of Goddesses now resurfacing in our collective experience of spirituality?
Apart from her writings for academic publications on spiritual travel, Joanna has also had her short stories and essays published through various media and in many prestigious anthologies, including Best Australian Stories, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, She Rises. She is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Goddess Studies and co-edited an academic volume on Spiritual Tourism.
Episode Highlights
- Reclaiming and embodying feminine energy
- Dr. Joanna’s personal experiences with awakening and initiation, including encounters with Kundalini energy
- The need to de-dogmatize ourselves and choose our own spiritual path
- The power of connecting with different aspects of feminine energy through goddess archetypes
- The balance of masculine and feminine energies as crucial for a more harmonious world
- Embodying the feminine to positively transform ourselves and the world around us
- Mary Magdalene’s relationship with Jesus and challenging the traditional portrayal of her as a prostitute
- How consciousness and non-duality play significant roles in understanding and working with energy
- A redefinition of sin as a consequence of actions based on lower levels of consciousness
- The four levels of consciousness outlined in The Gospel of Mary Magdalene
- How connecting with the archetypes of goddesses can enable us to tap into our vast potential
- Sexuality, spirituality and sexual alchemy
Dr. Joanna Kujawa’s Links
- Website: www.joannakujawa.com
- Instagram: @drjoannakujawa.theothergoddess
- Facebook: Dr. Joanna Kujawa
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Dr. Joanna Kujawa’s Talks and Workshops
- Book: The Other Goddess: Mary Magdalene and the Goddesses of Eros and Secret Knowledge by Dr. Joanna Kujawa
- Book: Jerusalem Diary: Searching For The Tomb And House Of Jesus by Dr. Joanna Kujawa
- Book: Light on Tantra in Kashmir Shaivism: Chapter One of Abhinavagupta's Tantraloka by Swami Lakshmanjoo and John Hughes
- Book: First Templar Nation: How Eleven Knights Created a New Country and a Refuge for the Grailby Freddy Silva
- Book: Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World by Bill Plotkin
- Gnostic Scriptures and Fragments: The Gospel According to Mary Magdalene
- Scientist and Educator: Gregg Braden
Stella is a writer and intuitive bodyworker who is passionate about re-skilling medicine. Since the pandemic, she has been teaching people to heal themselves using Resonant Attention, the healing principle of all modalities. Her recent memoir, about healing from chronic disease, was serialized at resonantattention.substack.com. A previous memoir, Star Sister: How I Changed My Name, Grew Wings, and Learned to Trust Intuition, was published by North Atlantic Books in 2012.
Episode Highlights
- The crucial role of trust and surrender in the healing process
- Aligning with the great mystery of life to tap into the body's wisdom
- Addressing the underlying causes of illness instead of merely treating symptoms
- Cancer as a manifestation of unresolved trauma
- How the prevailing medical paradigm that discourages individuals from believing in their own capacity for self-healing
- The current era as an evolutionary moment where individuals have the opportunity to grow, change, and more deeply align themselves with their environment
- Acknowledging the abundance of earth medicines and their role in healing
- A guided exercise with Michaela into body awareness and healing
- Resonant attention as a modality for self-healing that enables individuals to tap into their innate healing abilities by acknowledging trauma, trusting the body's wisdom, and surrendering to the unknown
- How Stella’s personal experiences with psilocybin, kambo, and Iboga have helped her gain insights that inform her approach to healing and self-discovery
- The interconnectedness of the mind, body, and spirit and how it impacts physical healing
Stella Eisenstein’s Links
- Website: www.resonantattention.com
- Substack: Resonant Attention
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Star Sister: How I Changed My Name, Grew Wings, and Learned to Trust Intuition by Stella Osorojos Eisenstein
- Book: You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
- Introduction to Integrative Manual Therapy
Peg Peters is a storyteller with a unique blend of experiences dedicated to creating transformational change. He’s a compassionate problem-solver who leverages diverse roles - from an ordained minister to a humanities professor at Simon Fraser University - to empowering individuals and communities. As a filmmaker with Falling Frogs, he had produced powerful documentaries like "Dosed 2," spotlighting the therapeutic potential of psychedelics for spiritual growth. This work is a testament to his beliefs in the transformative power of storytelling, a principle he brings to every venture he undertakes.
In his book, Colors of God, and podcast, UNVEILED, Peg explores diverse perspectives on spirituality and philosophy, a theme that underpins his approach to understanding and nurturing human connection. Peters’ breadth of knowledge and understanding in this area enables him to create spaces where individuals can feel seen, heard, and safe to heal.
One of his proudest achievements to date is the creation and founding of the charity, Run for Water, through which he championed access to clean water for 15 years and helped empower over 2 million people in Ethiopia. His dedication to creating a real-world impact underscores his commitment to action, a testament to the results you can expect when working with him.
Now, as CEO of Gathering Groups, he blends these experiences to tackle our planet's crisis of isolation and loneliness. Their online resilience program combines the power of plant medicine with group work, creating safe, trauma-informed spaces for collective healing and growth.
Peg believes we heal and grow best when we are connected to a small group of people where we can be accepted fully, and feel seen and known. Throughout all of his different jobs, he’s been fascinated with resiliency - with how people find hope in the midst of suffering. The opposite of depression and anxiety is connection. His purpose is to provide that connection to communities.
Episode Highlights
- The benefits of long-term integration and community support for psychedelic medicine work
- How the Gathering Group Model has brought significant improvements in depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms, as well as a deeper sense of self and belonging
- Why communal ceremonies are safe containers for individuals to explore their emotions and sensations
- Details of Peg’s transformative experience with psilocybin mushrooms
- How tools and teachings such as somatic inquiry and Internal Family Systems are incorporated in group work to help individuals navigate the complexities of their emotions and inner landscapes
- The potential of psychedelics to address trauma, depression, and intense stress experienced by first responders
- An exciting new clinical trial involving psilocybin and first responders
- The power of psychedelics to help individuals confront mortality and live authentically as highlighted in Peg’s film, "Dosed 2"
- How Peg incorporates the feminine wisdom that was inspired by his wife and daughters’ involvement in his transformation into his work
- Why personal experience and an embodied understanding of the divine are crucial for true transformation
- The importance of building resilient communities around psychedelic medicine
Peg Peters’ Links
- Website: www.gatheringgroups.ca
- Instagram: @gatheringgroups
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Introduction to Gathering Group's Community-Based Healing Model
- Documentary: Dosed: The Trip of a Lifetime (2022), directed by Tyler Chandler and Nicholas Mayer
- Documentary: Dosed (2019), directed by Tyler Chandler
- Documentary: DMT: The Spirit Molecule (2010), directed by Mitch Schutlz
- Book: Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope by Johann Hari
- Book: The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name by Brian C. Muraresku
- Nexus Church
Nargis Alegria is a poet, mom, dancer, non-dual speaker and integrative counselor. After her awakening process she started to work with people with emotional integration, deep shadow work and self-realization.
Episode Highlights
- The interconnectedness of all beings and the importance of self-realization in cultivating love and compassion for ourselves and others
- The significance of the body in understanding and healing repressed emotions
- How Nargis’ journey of self-realization has influenced her parenting approach
- Modeling self-love and acceptance for her children in an environment of unconditional love
- What the concepts of unconditional love and self-realization really mean
- Loving what is, without any conditions or expectations
- Self-realization as a journey of awakening to our true nature and living in the recognition of the interconnectedness of all beings
- How psychedelics have the potential to expand consciousness and facilitate spiritual experiences, but should be approached with intention and respect, not used as a means of escape or dependency
- The crucial role the body plays in understanding and healing repressed emotions, necessitating staying present and fully experiencing bodily sensations
- How Nargis’ teachings and personal experiences serve as guidance for others navigating the awakening journey
Nargis Alegria’s Links
- Website: www.unconditional-freedom.com
- Instagram: @nargis.alegria
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Nargis’ Training Programs and Workshops
- Book: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle
- Book: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
- Non-Duality Teacher: Scott Kiloby
Joe Moore co-founded Psychedelics Today in 2015 with Kyle Buller. As CEO, Joe has created one of the world's best known psychedelic podcasts, blogs and training platforms. Joe combines twenty years of avid research and training in psychedelics with twenty years of experience in software and multinational project management. Joe is an expert in transpersonal breathwork and much sought after international speaker on the intersecting subjects of psychedelic medicine and healing, breathwork, drug policy, medical innovation, international justice and environmentalism.
Episode Highlights
- Moore shares personal experiences with ayahuasca and holotropic breathwork, highlighting their potential for personal growth and self-discovery
- A holistic approach to psychedelics, not limited to medicalization
- The need for more research and funding in the field
- Balancing decriminalization and the eventual legalization of psychedelics with responsible use and regulation
- Challenges in assessing the safety and benefits of psychedelics
- The current lack of transparency and accountability in the psychedelic space
- The cultural value placed on family and motherhood and the need to heal intergenerational trauma
- The use of psychedelics for pain management, particularly in chronic pain conditions
- The potential of psychedelics to enhance creativity and problem-solving, offering exciting possibilities for societal growth
- The role psychedelics can play in transforming culture and religion
Joe Moore’s Links
- Website: www.psychedelicstoday.com
- Instagram: @psychedelicstoday
- Facebook: Psychedelics Today
- X: @PsydelicsToday
- LinkedIn: Psychedelics Today
- YouTube: Psychedelics Today
- Spotify: Psychedelics Today
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Podcast: Psychedelic Salon
- Vital Psychedelic Therapy’s Training Program
- Book: Drug Use for Grown-Ups: Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear by Dr. Carl Hart
- Psychedelic & Pain Association
- Federal Right to Try Act
Jen Bruce is a Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner, Psychedelic Integration specialist, Kundalini yoga teacher, life coach and a founding member of Decriminalize Nature Arcata CA. She specializes in holistic treatment for addiction, trauma and mental health recovery. Jen is a mother of one daughter and has been dedicated to her own recovery path for the past 13 years.
Episode Highlights
- Jen Bruce invites us into her personal journey of addiction and recovery
- How Jen found power in community, mentorship, and honesty through the 12-Step program
- Jen's experience with ibogaine, a plant-based medicine known for its potential in addressing addiction and other mental health issues
- The belief systems and partial truths in different medical models and the importance of trauma in addiction recovery
- How a plant-based medicine like ibogaine can unlock healing and purpose for individuals struggling with addiction
- How ibogaine helped Jen alleviate physical pain, fatigue, and mental health issues, leading to a profound sense of connection and purpose as a mother
- The significance of holistic wellness and aftercare in the ibogaine industry, to help in the integration of physical, emotional, and spiritual practices that support recovery
- Ibogaine treatment not as a quick fix, but a nurturing process that encompasses various levels of self-care
- Acknowledging the awe-inspiring potential of ibogaine to transform lives while recognizing the missing elements in the industry
- The stages of addiction and the impact of dopamine deficiency on the body and mind
- Insights into the transformative potential of ibogaine as an alternative to psychiatric medications
Jen Bruce’s Links
- Website: www.humanscanheal.com
- Facebook: Jen Bruce
- Jen’s interview for Normalize Psychedelics' Psychedelic Healing Stories:
- Healing from Alcohol Addiction with the 12 Steps and Ibogaine
- What is Ibogaine?
- Recovery Culture: Stop being frightened of possibility
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Addiction and Trauma Expert: Dr. Gabor Maté
- Ibogaine Pioneer and Researcher: Howard Lotsof
- Alcoholics Anonymous: The Twelve Steps
Elizabeth Blake is a Spiritual Teacher and Guide, teaching Inner Alchemy and Spiritual Embodiment practices. Her work empowers people with mind-body connection and subtle energetic tools. Journeying deeply with sacred plants such as the Blue Lotus and the Rose, she focuses on harmonization of energies within and awakening the energetic field of the heart and the wisdom of the soul.
Years of study and practice with many teachers and plants in various modalities ultimately led Elizabeth to a spiritual lineage of the Blue Lotus and the Rose. In divine communion with these plants and the creative forces, she has unearthed a body of study and practice designed to support others in their embodied spiritual evolution.
Elizabeth holds a BA degree in Holistic Health from Gallatin at New York University. Her college studies included Jungian psychology, nutrition, mind body connection, Reiki, community based mental health and photography. Her senior thesis at NYU was titled Alchemy: Consciousness and Matter, where she explored the transformational relationship between the body and consciousness, for healing and evolution of Self.
She is a certified Holistic Health Coach, a certified Reiki Master, a certified Theta Healing practitioner, a Yoga teacher with over 400 hours of RYT certified yoga teacher training and extensive tantra yoga training. She is experienced as a professional chef serving healing retreats worldwide. With over 14 years of herbal and plant medicine experience and training, she is an avid gardener now learning directly from the plants. In addition she has completed a certification of herbalism study at the Herbal Academy. She is also currently studying Astro Herbalism at the School of Evolutionary Herbalism.
Episode Highlights
- Elizabeth Blake takes us on a journey of self-discovery and spiritual awakening through her profound connection with the healing energies of plants
- How a transformative experience with Reiki and a houseplant ignited Elizabeth's spiritual path
- Elizabeth’s discovery of the profound healing power of plant spirit medicine through communing with plants in her garden
- Elizabeth’s encounter with the spirit of candida in an ayahuasca ceremony, which helped her gain insights into the dark side of shamanism
- The blue lotus flower, renowned for its ability to induce lucid dreaming and awaken intuition
- Building a relationship with blue lotus through prayer and attuning to its subtle energy
- The varying psychoactive effects of blue lotus based on an individual's openness to the subtle realms
- The power of gratitude and devotional practices in daily life
- The importance of individual sovereignty in spirituality, empowering individuals to trust their own inner guidance
- Elizabeth's deep understanding of the oneness of all things and the interconnectedness of the spiritual realm
- The role of the rose in Elizabeth's work, focusing on the heart chakra and its transformative power
- The Essenes and the Magdalenes, ancient cultures that worked with the rose and blue lotus for spiritual growth and alchemy
- Elizabeth's programs, combining the harmonization work with blue lotus and heart-centered practices with the rose, offering a holistic approach to spiritual embodiment and transformation
Elizabeth Blake’s Links
- Website: www.thealchemyof.com
- Instagram: @lizblake
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Elizabeth’s Programs: Sacred Plants Initiations
Episode Highlights
- The power of shadow work: confronting hidden aspects of ourselves and integrating them into our wholeness
- Shadow work as essential for personal growth and preventing harm to others
- Techniques such as psychedelics, meditation, and working with therapists or guides to illuminate the shadow within
- A step-by-step exercise in which Michaela guides listeners to unravel hidden aspects, exploring bodily sensations and emotions without judgment
- How engaging in a dialogue with the unconscious and subconscious can support healing deep wounds
- Embracing all parts of ourselves, including resistant protector parts
- How memories, images, and emotions that surface during shadow work can catalyze profound insights
- Listening to the wisdom of our bodies
- How movement, sound and other creative expressions can help to explore and express the shadow
- Developing a relationship with all aspects of ourselves, even those shrouded in shame or confusion
- How shadow work unlocks the transformative power of personal authenticity
Michaela’s Links
- Website: www.thepsychedelicmom.com
- Instagram: @thepsychedelicmom
- Book an Introductory Consult: www.thepsychedelicmom.as.me/introconsult
Episode Highlights
- How the suppressed aspects of ourselves influence our lives and relationships
- The importance of exploring the shadow for personal growth and self-realization
- How our shadow develops as we conform to societal and familial expectations
- How creating personas to hide rejected aspects ourselves becomes a coping mechanism
- The potential of practices like psychedelics, meditation retreats, trance and dance to illuminate the shadow
- How accessing hidden emotions helps us find more coherence in our experience of ourselves
- The need for collective shadow work: how the shadow manifests in societal issues
- Shadow work as an ongoing process that leads towards authenticity and self-realization
- No parts of ourselves are unlovable
- How the integration of the shadow deepens compassion and understanding
- How shadow work contributes to a more conscious and compassionate society
Michaela’s Links
- Website: www.thepsychedelicmom.com
- Instagram: @thepsychedelicmom
- Book an Introductory Consult: www.thepsychedelicmom.as.me/introconsult
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book:The 5 Personality Patterns: Your Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others and Developing Emotional Maturity by Steven Kessler
- Book: The Presence Process: A Journey Into Present Moment Awareness by Michael Brown
Gabrielle Pelicci, Ph.D. “Dr. Gabby” is Head of Provider Relations at Third Wave, a trusted, research-based psychedelics education and community platform. Dr. Gabby completed her doctoral work in Transformative Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies with a dissertation on women healers - and studied plant medicine with indigenous healers in New Mexico and Guatemala. She has been a University Professor of Integrative and Holistic Medicine since 2007. Her first book, All This Healing is Killing Me, is available on Amazon.
Episode Highlights
- Confronting our shadows, traumas and blind spots for personal transformation
- Dr. Gabby’s mystical encounters with her mother after her mother's passing
- Growing up amidst domestic violence and addiction
- The importance of self-care to help integrate significant immersive experiences
- Harm reduction and accessibility in the psychedelic space
- Dr. Gabby’s upcoming book, which delves into her experiences with different earth medicines and how they have helped her root into a healthier experience of herself
- The energetic matrix of the world and its many intelligences
- Dr. Gabby's role as the head of provider relations at Third Wave
- How Dr. Gabby’s childhood trauma impacted her choices of romantic partners
- Her degrading experience in the modeling industry before becoming a healer, mentor and teacher
- Reflections on her life-changing experience at a workshop for survivors of childhood abuse
- The power of being seen and witnessed by others in our healing process
- Storytelling as healing modality
- The importance of continuous self-reflection and growth
Dr. Gabrielle Pelicci’s Links
- Website: www.gabriellepelicci.com
- Instagram: @drgabbypelicci
- Facebook: Gabrielle Pelicci PhD
- Twitter: @drgabbypelicci
- LinkedIn: Gabrielle Pelicci PhD
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: All This Healing is Killing Me: A Memoir by Gabrielle Pelicci
- Talks: CreativeMornings - Cultivating Reverie and Fueling our Imagination with Dr. Gabby
- Community: Third Wave
- Community: Moms on Mushrooms
- Course: Third Wave’s Microdosing Course
Amy Frankel is a Feminine Embodiment Coach and Rites of Passage Guide. She holds a masters degree in public health and serves as a senior healthcare consultant and it’s also a former fashion industry executive, group fitness instructor, traveler, and shoemaker. Frankel is an autoimmune warrioress dedicated to helping women overcome chronic illness, insomnia, anxiety, and burnout to feel the truth, pleasure, and joy that lie within. She’s a married midlife mom of 2 young girls and with her family, it’s currently thriving in Rhode Island.
J. Sema is a Core Energetics healer and a Couples and Family therapist. She’s a single mom of one child, age 8. She had a later in life pregnancy, and motherhood has propelled her ambition for self-growth, amplifying how important it is to focus on personal evolution as an essential component of parenting.
Katie Moseley is a Psychic and Psychedelic Awakening Coach at Electric Katie Healings, LLC. She lives in Golden, Colorado with her two daughters. She is also a Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling grad student at Naropa University. She has written two books that will be released in fall 2023.
Meredith Thomas is the Director of Philanthropy of Thank You LIfe: A Psychedelic Therapy Fund. She leads with her heart in whatever she is involved in, whether it is raising money for causes or teaching people how to connect with plants. Deeply convinced about the promise of psychedelics to alleviate suffering and elevate consciousness, Meredith is now an unstoppable advocate for democratizing this modality of healing by providing access to legal psychedelic therapy to those with financial barriers through the nonprofit Thank You Life.
Thomas also has her own personal journeys and deep interest in plants and plant sentience, reinforcing her commitment to psychedelics. For decades, she has been on the plant path, studying and teaching the multidimensionality of plants, as an herbalist, urban farmer, fermenter, forager, native plant rescuer & seed saver.
Amy Frankel: www.amyfrankel.com
J. Sema: www.thebodyasanally.com
Katie Moseley: www.electrickatieland.com
Deanne Adamson is the founder and CEO of Being True to You, a transformational coaching company. Deanne has extensive knowledge and experience in both addiction recovery and psycho-spiritual integration, which she intrinsically weaves into Being True To You's offerings.
Adamson has a Master's in Mental Health Counseling and it is her great mission and passion to help individuals struggling with addiction transcend their suffering and achieve a natural maturation out of addiction for long-term recovery. She has written several training programs, including Being True To You's world-renown Coach Certification Program, allowing others the opportunity to launch their own career in the fulfilling field of coaching.
Deanne and Being True To You have partnered with many industry leaders and organizations in the psychedelic space to provide preparation and integration coaching for people undergoing psychedelic treatments in therapeutic settings.
Episode Highlights
- Being True to You’s psychedelic integration coaching and coach training for individuals and companies involved in the psychedelic space
- How preparation and integration profoundly expand the potential for psychedelic journeys to be truly transformative
- How and why psychedelic integration coaches guide clients to observe and address different realms of their lives: mental, emotional, physical, relationship, financial, and spiritual
- Why Being True to You values character above credentials in their coaching trainees
- The many types of communication skills that need to be developed in order to become an effective coach
- The imperative that coaches be focused and empathetic listeners and provide a safe and supportive space for clients
- Neutrality as essential for coaches to help guide clients through their self-discovery journey without imposing their own personal beliefs
- The importance of finding one's niche within the transformational coaching landscape
- Deanne’s core belief in a sovereign and sacred approach to psychedelics
- The many resonances of the name, 'Being True to You'
Deanne Adamson’s Links
- Website:www.beingtruetoyou.com
- Instagram: @beingtruetoyouofficial
- Facebook: Being True to You
- LinkedIn: Being True to You
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Being True to You’s Transformational Coach Training
Episode Highlights
- The accessibility and widespread use of magic mushrooms
- Are psilocybin mushrooms legal?
- The safety profile of psilocybin mushrooms and their non-addictive nature
- The scarcity of research regarding psilocybin mushrooms during pregnancy and nursing
- Positive anecdotal reports of how microdosing can help alleviate postpartum depression
- Traditional use of psychedelic earth medicines by pregnant women in various cultures over millena
- The myriad reasons why individuals choose to incorporate magic mushrooms into their lives
- The historical and cultural significance of altered states
- The importance of considering individuality and the variety of mushroom used when exploring dosing options
- The therapeutic potential of psilocybin mushroom journeys when held by a skilled and ethical guide or therapist
- How preparation, the journey itself, and the integration process all contribute to a holistic healing experience
- Potential benefits of psilocybin in end-of-life palliative care and relational healing
- How psilocybin mushrooms bring us into direct contact with our shadow so that we can see ourselves more clearly and understand what changes we need to make
Michaela Carlin’s Links
- Website: www.thepsychedelicmom.com
- Instagram: @thepsychedelicmom
- Book an Introductory Consult: www.thepsychedelicmom.as.me/introconsult
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan
- Book: The Stoned Ape Theory -Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge - A Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolutionby Terence McKenna
- Mycologist: Paul Stamets
As a native New Yorker, Stuart’s career in the arts took a turn when he first experienced ceremonial plant medicine. Exploring the esoteric arts, he spent the past 13 years traveling the world, working with different plant medicine lineages – time on the Red Road (Native American Tradition), in Peru with the Shipibo and with the Columbian Tiatas. He served plant medicine for years helping people heal. Now he is sharing his lifelong wisdom with students and clients – working with plant spirits, teaching the Alchemy of Prayer and offering spiritual, shamanic and integration guidance in New York and around the world. He continues to study and deepen his wisdom through devotional practice with elements, plants and the cosmos.
Stefanie’s healing path began in an effort to heal herself from a decades-long struggle with anxiety and depression. After years of being on and off various psychotropic medications, she finally gave up and began seeking help from the natural world. In 2015, Stefanie started working with herbal allies in a ceremonial context and experienced the deep healing and vast intelligence the natural world offers.
Eventually, Stefanie returned to a state of peace and began a deep exploration into her own psyche and the true nature of consciousness. She then started working with meditation and contemplation, exploring the teachings of mystics and wisdom traditions. At the same time, studying and experiencing personally various therapeutic modalities such as Hakomi and Internal Family Systems, in which she holds a Level 1 certification. Stefanie also looked to indigenous teachings: apprenticing to soul work through Vision Quests and land-based practices, learning shamanism with Rose Khalsa and sitting in deep meditation with the moon and the mountain. She holds a certificate from the Synthesis Institute’s Psychedelic Practitioner Training, which offers a new paradigm for mental health care, and has completed the Rainbow Bridges School for Evolutionary Guides.
Stefanie brings humility and humor, honesty and compassion, skill and curiosity to her work with clients as she considers it a great honor to be able to work with them in that way.
Episode Highlights
- Stuart’s personal awakening to the consciousness of the heart
- Bringing our negative narratives down into the heart
- Meditation and focusing on the vortex of the heart as key practices to connect with the wisdom and guidance within
- The significance of stories and agreements in relationships
- Stuart's studies of plants and practices such as ayahuasca, peyote, prayer, and alchemy and how they contribute to his healing work
- The difference between shamanism and alchemy
- Embracing awareness and conscious choice for personal transformation
- The metaphysical movement of energy with the sacred frog medicine, kambo
- Uncreating limiting agreements and creating empowering ones
- Tapping into the power within the heart for personal awakening and growth
Stuart Adam’s Links
- Website: www.thealchemyofprayer.com
- Instagram: @stuart_alchemyof
Stefanie Cohen’s Links
- Website: www.harveymountainhealing.com
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: The Emerald Tablet: Alchemy for Personal Transformation by Dennis William Hauck
- Book: The Emerald Tablets of Thoth The Atlantean by Michael Doreal
- Book: The Red Lion: The Elixir of Eternal Life by Maria Szepes
Gabrielle Pelicci, Ph.D. “Dr. Gabby” is Head of Provider Relations at Third Wave, a trusted, research-based psychedelics education and community platform. Dr. Gabby completed her doctoral work in Transformative Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies with a dissertation on women healers -- and studied plant medicine with indigenous healers in New Mexico and Guatemala. She has been a University Professor of Integrative and Holistic Medicine since 2007. Her first book, All This Healing is Killing Me, is available on Amazon.
Episode Highlights
- Gabrielle Pelicci’s personal healing journey and the role of earth medicines in her recovery from trauma
- How earth medicines offer a unique approach to trauma healing compared to more traditional modalities
- The restoration of a sense of belonging and connectedness Gabrielle has experienced through working with earth medicines
- The challenges of personal shadow work and the collective shadow of Western culture
- Forgiveness and self-acceptance as essential to the healing process
- The importance of not hyper-focusing on healing work and leaving time and space for joy, connection and self-care
- How Gabrielle's book, All This Healing is Killing Me, transformed her understanding of herself
- Gabrielle's strongest plant allies – peyote, psilocybin, and ayahuasca – each with distinct energies and messages
- Managing one's state and receiving community support in the healing process
- Gabrielle’s studies with indigenous healers in different countries, which emphasized living in harmony with nature
- The transformative potential of earth medicines and the importance of embracing one's true self while fostering a supportive healing community
Dr. Gabrielle Pelicci’s Links
- Website: www.gabriellepelicci.com
- Instagram: @drgabbypelicci
- Facebook: Gabrielle Pelicci PhD
- Twitter: @drgabbypelicci
- LinkedIn: Gabrielle Pelicci PhD
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: All This Healing is Killing Me: A Memoir by Dr. Gabrielle Pelicci
- Poem: Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
- Community: The Third Wave
David Nassim is Co-Director of Blessings of the Forest with Yann Guignon. David focuses on Indigenous rights advocacy associated with iboga and fundraising in the international arena. His background has been in Chinese medicine for over 23 years, culminating in consultancy and teaching with a focus in the energetics of self-healing response. He has a special interest in psychotropic plants, and raising awareness of Indigenous people’s deep instinctive understanding of their own herbal medicine heritage. He feels that reciprocity is a vital approach to sustainable relationships and that Indigenous cultures must be consulted in the use of their ancient medicinals for truly safe and effective treatment. He feels we must accurately bridge Indigenous people's understanding when applied to modern western world issues, especially when shaping safe-practice.
Episode Highlights
- Empowering local communities in Gabon, Africa to cultivate iboga for international distribution
- The importance of involving the Gabonese people in the decision-making process
- The deep roots of traditional wisdom and practices associated with iboga in Gabonese culture
- How Blessings of the Forest is working towards the protection and sustainable cultivation of iboga in Gabon
- Creating a context that acknowledges traditions and ensures active participation in the preservation and sustainable use of iboga
- Taking a gradual and mindful approach to working with iboga rather than rushing to exploit its potential
- The profound effects of iboga on individuals and how it can prompt reevaluations of beliefs and behaviors
- Understanding the need for financial support aligned with principles of reciprocity and resource protection
- Prioritizing responsible and ethical partnerships for the well-being of the Gabonese people and the sustainability of iboga
- Concerns about potential colonization and the need to safeguard the traditional wisdom associated with the medicine
- Addressing these challenges through clear regulations and consensus within the Gabonese community
- Implementing the Nagoya Protocol to protect cultural heritage and ecological integrity
- Prioritizing Gabonese voices, responsible partnerships, and clear regulations for a future that honors the cultural and ecological importance of iboga
David Nassim’s Links
- Website: www.blessingsoftheforest.org
- Instagram: @blessingsoftheforest
- Facebook: Blessings Of The Forest NGO
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund
- The Nayoga Protocol
Carista Luminare, Ph.D., has more than 40 years experience as a counselor, consultant and educator to individuals, couples and families. In her private counseling practice, she integrates her lifelong research on how our early bonding patterns profoundly impact our self-identity and adult relationship dynamics. She uses her unique attachment approach to rewire relationships from insecure to secure love and well-being.
Episode Highlights
- Carista Luminare's extensive experience and holistic approach to healing trauma
- Identifying the roots of distress and helping clients find healing by reparenting their inner child and replacing belief systems
- The role of shadow work in reaching higher levels of self-awareness
- How trauma can express in relationships as self-abandonment and difficulty in identifying needs
- Different forms and levels of intensity of trauma
- Releasing suppressed fear through somatic work
- The complexities of addressing sexual abuse and the importance of trusting one's memories and sensations
- Insights into adaptive and maladaptive ‘parts’ in individuals
- The importance of safe containment and integration when using plant medicines for healing
- Addiction as and expression of suppressed parts of the self that are in pain
- Carista’s comprehensive first session with clients where she seeks to understand the origins of primary thought and behavior patterns
- ‘Big T’ and “little t’ trauma and the impacts of each
- Discovering one's true self and replacing negative self-identities with positive ones as an integral part of the healing process
Carista Luminare’s Links
- Website: www.confusedaboutlove.com
- Website: www.healingnarcissismandcodependency.com
- Website: www.luminaryleadership.net
- Website: www.trueself.net
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Spiritual Teacher: Eckhart Tolle
Ana Medina’s life mission is to help people remember who they are. Her spiritual path started in her early 20’s after she moved from her home land of Mexico to the U.S. to study music. Her mission became even clearer when she was summoned by the plant teachers of the world to give her gift of service to the community in an even deeper way. Her education spans a wide range of modalities. In addition to being a certified Life Coach, her training includes, Sound Healing, Reiki, Pranic Healing, Shadow Work, Quantum Healing, Psych-K, Ho’oponopono and Internal Family Systems (IFS) to name a few.
Ana has an incredible gift of creating very safe spaces for people to explore deep trauma as well as the remembering of their innate wellness and connection to creation. Her unconditionally loving demeanor and ability to meet people where they are at, provide for an environment where people can do very deep spiritual and emotional work. She lives and works in a beautiful mountain cabin, surrounded by ponderosa trees and breathtaking mountain views, only 25 minutes above Boulder Colorado.
Andrea Valeska, MAS. was born and raised in Chile, a Mapuche descendant. Andrea serves as a Holistic Life Integration Coach and is becoming certified as an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. She is a Tarot reader, Herbalist and Women’s circle facilitator. Through her holistic and integrative approach she guides women to reconnect with their natural rhythms, rediscover themselves and embrace their authenticity to lead from the Heart. She has been an active voice for the last 8 years within the Entheogens community locally, as well as internationally.
Andrea focuses her intention to raise awareness about the importance of inclusion of Indigenous perspectives and for the protection of Indigenous sacred ceremonial ways. She serves in many non-profits related with indigenous rights, reparations and inclusion. She was part of Decriminalize Denver campaign, participated with Brooklyn psychedelic society, co-lead Nashville Psychedelic society and collaborates with several local non-profits in the field. One of her goal is to bring MDMA Assistant Therapy to Chile, to heal from the effects of colonization and Dictatorship. Andrea holds an Engineer in Business Administration Degree, BA in Business, and a Master of Administrative Science. She is certified in Global Leadership & Administration, and Non-profit Organizational Development.
Episode Highlights
- The importance of respecting indigenous voices and traditions when working with plant medicines
- The colonization and commercialization of plant medicines
- Cautions against the harm of synthesizing and extracting medicines without considering their lineage and the impact on the land
- Advocacy for education, humility, and learning from indigenous elders before attempting to work with plant medicines
- The importance of reconnecting with the land and being informed by it
- The shadow side of the plant medicine world
- The need for inclusivity, awareness, and education in the psychedelic renaissance
- The grassroots initiative for decriminalization, which initially focused on psilocybin mushrooms but was later altered by a corporation called New Approach
- The division within the community caused by the intervention of New Approach, which is backed by big pharma and the cannabis industry
- The lack of consultation and inclusion of indigenous people in the decision-making process
Andrea Valeska’s Links
- Instagram: @achievevibrationalalignment
- Facebook: Andrea Valeska
Ana Medina’s Links
- Website: www.newparadigmmysteryschool.com
Angelo Dilullo, MD, is an anaesthesiologist, author, and teacher who experienced a life-altering spiritual awakening at the age of 24. His book, Awake: It's Your Turn, is a practical set of tools and investigations that allow you to access, realize, and actualize your pristine, undivided nature.
Episode Highlights
- The intersection of psychedelics, consciousness and awakening
- The potential of psychedelics and non-dual meditation in healing trauma and mental health issues
- A challenge to the ‘repair’ model of conventional healing
- The importance of doing deep emotional work
- Dr. Angelo’s work as an anesthesiologist and the protective role he plays for his patients
- The absence of a continuous ‘reality’ in Dr. Angelo’s life
- Insights on manifestation and the power of focused intention and effort over mere thoughts
- The idea of a fixed ‘self’ as a concept that needs to be transcended in service to awakening
- How karma and intention influence awakening
- Animism and the role of senses as gateways to experiencing consciousness
- Dr. Angelo's motivation for teaching and guiding others towards self-realization
Dr. Angelo Dilullo’s Links
- Website: www.simplyalwaysawake.com
- Instagram: @simply_always_awake
- Facebook: Simply Always Awake
- Other current projects: Simply Always Awake's Links
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Awake: It's Your Turn by Angelo Dilullo
Tyson Adams is a trauma-informed IFS coach, bioelectric deep tissue massage therapist, and psychedelic facilitator. With a personal journey of healing, Tyson successfully overcame a 20-year addiction to pornography, drawing from the transformative power of Earth medicine along the way.
Specializing in the field of sexual addiction, sexual trauma, complex PTSD, and porn addiction, Tyson provides valuable support to individuals and couples. His expertise extends to addressing issues such as erectile and orgasmic challenges, mindful masturbation, shadow work, toxic shame, pelvic floor strengthening, and sacred sexuality.
Driven by his own experiences, Tyson is a vocal advocate for raising awareness about the detrimental effects of early childhood exposure to pornography, as well as, and the hidden adverse effects on experienced by men and women due to pornography. He emphasizes the urgent need for effective safety measures and increased awareness surrounding the porn industry's impact on adolescents and teens. Through thought-provoking discussions, he sheds light on the many ways that porn addiction affects intimate relationships and highlights the relational trends today that are influenced by pornography.
When he’s not working you’ll catch him on a rock wall or riding a slackline between two palm trees in sunny, San Diego.
Episode Highlights
- Tyson’s personal journey with porn addiction starting from his exposure to pornography at a young age
- Using sacred sexuality to heal past traumas
- Societal issues of body commodification and the objectification of women
- The societal impact of pornography and sexual trauma
- Masturbation as a sacred sexuality practice
- The idea that healthy porn lies in the individual's relationship with it
- How epigenetic traumas can pass from one generation to the next, influencing our relationships and partner attractions
- Tyson’s unique way of working with people through N,N-DMT mirror work, Internal Family Systems, and bioelectric massage to address porn addiction and sexual trauma
- Working with mushrooms in varying doses to help clients with porn addiction and sexual trauma
- The importance of intuition and deep trust with clients in helping them process their trauma
- The impact of pornography on men's perception of women
- Concerns over the normalization of sexting among kids, the prevalence of violent content in porn, and the potential dangers of virtual reality porn
- Tyson’s personal experience with sexual trauma within his family, and how therapy from a young age helped him understand it
Tyson Adam’s Links
- Linktree: Tyson Adams
- Instagram: @tysonadams
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Boys, Girls & Body Science: A First Book About Facts of Life by Meg Hickling
- Book: A Modern Approach to the Birds and the Bees: A Parent's Comprehensive Guide to Talking about Sexuality by Robin Pickering
- Book: The Others Within Us: Internal Family Systems, Porous Mind, and Spirit Possession by Robert Falconer
- Book: Ethical Porn for Dicks: A Man s Guide to Responsible Viewing Pleasure by David J. Ley
- Podcast: Andrew Huberman - The Huberman Lab
- Movie: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), directed by Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
- Depth Psychologist: Bill Plotkin
Antonia is an intuitive energy healer and guide. She walks through your worlds with you with exceptional safety and security throughout your paradigm shifts, holding you with love, compassion, grace and skill in becoming realized in your Divine expression, supporting you in living through your heart’s intuition, and guiding you towards embodying your innate essence.
Through our trauma-informed understanding that nonverbal expression reveals more than our verbal stories can ever tell about the core material that organizes our experiences, she works with the body as a direct route to the unconscious. Antonia has a profound adeptness and deftness in working with the body, self and soul on all levels, in the multidimensional field. Through this wisdom, we can invoke the psychedelic experience without the psychedelics.
Between co-regulation and self regulation, deep full body listening & awareness, Antonia supports people in their healing by evoking and midwifing her client's own natural, healing processes through re-consolidating formative experiences using the relational space and support from others, including comforting touch.
Through mindfulness, loving presence, curiosity, supporting resistance, non violence, organicity, & compassion, she creates the spaciousness to integrate fragments of the soul that impact your current reality to reclaim your wholeness creating new relationships with self & all. Antonia has been practicing, and facilitating deep meditation journeys for 22 years, using various modalities, www.illuminateyourtruth.com
She leads a yearlong immersive training, www.TheRainbowBridges.com, to support therapists, healers, bodyworkers, leaders, change agents, guides, facilitators, and consciousness raising evolutionaries.
Antonia believes that a good therapeutic alliance depended largely on the personhood and state of mind of the guide. Her trainings use this method of mindfulness and body based therapy to cultivate those personhood qualities and skills that would help anyone to be a healing presence for another. Through the cohort and group work in The Rainbow Bridges training, participants experience a balance of theory, practice and application, and direct experience. The direct experience includes skill development in facilitation, tracking and contacting, and enactments to support collective witnessing collective intelligence healing, collaboration and connectivity.
She has traveled and worked internationally, working in apprenticeship with Mexican and American Shamans, Elders and teachers. Her practice embodies the integral evolutionary bridge of modern western depth psychology medicine with eastern alchemical integration methods of the ancients.
Roger is an awakening and embodiment guide who possesses the remarkable ability to touch the depths of your being. With a powerful blend of somatics and mindfulness, he illuminates the path to transforming your entire experience.
Seventeen years ago, Roger experienced a profound awakening that forever changed the course of his life. This pivotal moment ignited a fire within him, igniting a commitment to a lifelong journey of personal growth and sharing his wisdom with others. For over a decade, Roger has dedicated himself to practicing and facilitating deep journeys and gatherings.
Through his unique pathway, he builds bridges between your embodied self, your true Self, and the intricate psychodynamics that give rise to your habitual, multi-generational, and core patterns of behavior and thought. With Roger's guidance, you will embark on a transformative voyage.
His work enables you to integrate the capacity to fully inhabit your body, psyche, consciousness, and inner resources. No longer will you feel frozen or trapped in darkness. Instead, you will discover newfound spaces within yourself that have long been hidden, waiting to be explored and embraced.
Prepare to embark on a soul-stirring journey of self-discovery and liberation as Roger leads you to a place where your true essence can shine brilliantly.
Episode Highlights
- Understanding and transforming patterns in relationships
- Roger and Antonia’s seven step process that allows couples to explore their own patterns and traumas safely, starting with recognizing and addressing personal defenses
- The concept of a "peace offering" as a way to express vulnerability and strengthen connection
- Setting boundaries and "bottom lines" in relationship
- The concept of the “psychic conversation", which refers to unspoken agreements in relationship
- The connection between healing core patterns and healing sexual patterns
- Using explorative containers to make unconscious patterns conscious
- The importance of understanding one's unique soul blueprint to break free from repeating patterns and codependency
- Accepting and loving all parts of oneself, including the patterns and wounds
- Roger and Antonia’s upcoming launch of a couples program and master class focusing on generational and multidimensional healing
Antonia & Roger’s Links
- Website: https://wheeloflife.us/
- Website: https://www.illuminateyourtruth.com/
- Website: https://rogervanoro.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antoniavanoro/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AntoniaVanoro/
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Integral Training Event: Total Integration Institute - Living Freedom Program
- Book: The 5 Personality Patterns: Your Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others and Developing Emotional Maturity by Steven
Alexander Beiner is the author of The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World and one of the executive directors of Breaking Convention, Europe’s largest conference on psychedelic science and culture.
Episode Highlights
- Alexander Beiner explores the profound impact that his recent experiences participating in a DMT research study have had on his worldview
- He shares details of his journeys, including encounters with different entities and intelligences
- Alexander discusses experiences of synchronicities between psychedelic dosings, suggesting synchronicity may be a fundamental aspect of reality
- He differentiates between complicated and complex systems and believes that psychedelics can assist in navigating complexity
- Alexander underscores the interconnectivity between the mental health crisis and societal issues such as economic inequality and racism
- He critiques the reductionist mindset of the Western model of psychedelic therapy
- He believes in the power of small groups and relational work for the future of psychedelic healing
- Alexander shares ideas about “active” and “passive” psychedelic integration
- Love emerged as a central message in Alexander's DMT journeys
- Alexander discusses the potential corporatization of transformative practices
- He shares his belief that personal transformation and societal change are interconnected processes
Alexander Beiner’s Links
- Website: www.alexanderbeiner.com
- Substack: The Bigger Picture
- Instagram: @alexander_beiner
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World by Alexander Beiner
- Psilocybin Retreat: ‘Regenerative Stewardship’
For over twenty years, Dom Farnan has been a fearless leader in high-growth settings, blending entrepreneurship and advocacy in each of her roles. Whether she’s recruiting talent for titans like Snapchat and Instacart or injecting joy into team meetings through sound and dance, the first thing people notice about Dom is the profound intentionality behind her actions. Dom brings radical change to the talent industry through the application of mindfulness, generosity of spirit, and a sense of compassion that values relationship building.
Currently, she channels her expertise into DotConnect, the conscious connection agency she founded in 2011. In DotConnect’s first year of business, Dom scaled the company to $3M. From there, Dom’s growth mentality has never subsided. In 2022, DotConnect was honored by being included on the Inc5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. Dom also founded DoseConnect in 2022. Driven towards future healing and wellbeing, DoseConnect™ is a first-of-its-kind talent company solely focused on psychedelic therapeutics. Blending organizational strategy, systems thinking, and talent acquisition grounded in conscious connection, DoseConnect™ is built to help companies in this space scale for hyper-growth. Working directly with founders, visionaries and high-level operators, the team at DoseConnect™ helps companies with everything from human resources systems and compliance to growth culture transformation.
At home in Southern California, Dom cherishes creating memories with those she loves and is eager to offer a resounding “yes” to new experiences and opportunities. When she’s not spending time with her family, Dom can be found collecting stories, writing, and cultivating her soul-affirming spiritual practice. Dom’s first book, "Now Here: A Journey from Toxic Boss to Conscious Connector" is available on Amazon and where books are sold.
Episode Highlights
- Dom Farnan, a conscious entrepreneur and author, discusses the transformative influence of psychedelics on her healing, parenting and work
- She elaborates on her personal journey discovering self-compassion and self-love during an Ayahuasca retreat in Peru
- Dom shares the profound impact of her experiences with psychedelics on her approach to motherhood, highlighting the importance of heart-centered presence
- Dom details some of the ways she mitigates reactive or triggered states
- She shares about the radical transformation of her professional persona, catalyzed by her introduction to psychedelics and consequent deep inner work which led to her book, Now Here: A Journey from Toxic Boss to Conscious Connector
- Despite beginning her professional journey at 17 and prioritizing her career over personal connections, Dom feels that her experiences with psychedelics have reconnected her with her core self
- Dom and her husband's commitment to making their marriage their primary focus has led to emotional growth and more authenticity in their relationship
- Dom underscores the significance of empathy and understanding towards parents who have perpetuated oppressive systems due to their upbringing
- Both Dom and the Michaela affirm the importance of bringing unconscious patterns to light to break the cycle of generational trauma and nurture healthier relationships
Dom Farnan’s Links
- Website: www.domfarnan.com
- Website: www.dotconnectllc.com
- Website: www.doseconnect.io
- Instagram: @iamdomfarnan
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Now Here: A Journey from Toxic Boss to Conscious Connectorby Dom Farnan
- Talk: End Well Symposium - Why I Became A Death Doula by Aula Arthur
- Leadership Workshop: Seth Godin’s altMBA Program
Sheleana Aiyana is an international best selling author of Becoming the One, and founder of Rising Woman, a growing community of more than 3 million readers. Her training and immersion in couples facilitation, inherited family trauma, family systems, conscious relationship, somatic healing, and plant medicines inform her holistic approach to seeing relationship as a spiritual path. She lives with her husband, Ben and their dog Bodhi on xwәnen’әč, the unceded land of the Hul’q’umi’num’- and WSÁNE´ C-speaking Coast Salish peoples, now known as Salt Spring Island, BC.
Episode Highlights
- Sheleana Aiyana, author of Becoming the One, shares her personal journey towards deep self-acceptance
- She shares her experiences of growing up amidst her mother's addiction and mental health issues, leading her on a seven-year healing journey that eventually led her to a conscious partnership and parenting
- The conversation explores the challenges of parenting and sustaining a relationship while working from home, acknowledging the resentment often experienced by women in early motherhood
- Michaela and Sheleana discuss the concept of “gentle parenting”, a philosophy rooted in connection and respect over punishment and reward
- Sheleana emphasizes the importance of self-truth, personal power, and not seeking external validation for love, or approval
- She explains the concept of motherhood as a devotional path, a journey filled with immense love and care, despite the inherent transience of the experience
- Sheleana shares about her struggles with past relationships and addictions and her subsequent awakening
- She advocates for the exploration of childhood wounds to identify patterns of anxiety in adult relationships
- Sheleana encourages women to seek alignment with their truth and power, suggesting they become aware of feelings of underappreciation, invisibility, or the need to contort themselves for connection
- She suggests a mindful approach when triggered by a partner – pausing, tuning into the body, and asking for what's truly needed
- Sheleana emphasizes that relationships can evolve into valuable vessels for growth and healing if each partner is committed to their own personal work
- Michaela and Sheleana share the perspective that community and family are much more valuable that goals and success, acknowledging motherhood as a potent ‘psychedelic’ journey
Sheleana Aiyana’s Links
- Website: www.sheleanaaiyana.com
- Instagram: @sheleanaaiyana
- Youtube: @RisingWoman
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Becoming the One: Heal Your Past, Transform Your Relationship Patterns, and Come Home to Yourselfby Sheleana Aiyana
- Sheleana’s Online Programs: Rising Woman Programs
- Book: Mother-Daughter Wisdom: Understanding the Crucial Link Between Mothers, Daughters, and Health by Christiane Northrup
Amber Capone has a history of fixing, building, and tenaciously seeking solutions to complex challenges. After meeting her husband Marcus at Southern Illinois University, she spent over a decade supporting his military career as a U.S. Navy SEAL.
As her own personal and professional life began to unravel upon Marcus’ separation from the military, Amber became determined not to become a victim, but rather to pursue victory for her own family, as well as countless others. Amber has successfully built and led the organization, VETS, from a grassroots movement into a nationally recognized nonprofit organization. Her strategic approach, keen intuition, and knack for team building have been key components in assisting 500+ veterans, raising over $6MM, adding to the growing body of psychedelic research, and successfully advocating for policy change across the U.S.
Amber is a devoted wife and mother, admires strong leadership, and is fiercely principled and deeply passionate about issues facing veteran families. She possesses a heart for serving others and a steadfast determination to make a difference.
Episode Highlights
- Amber Capone shares her personal journey supporting her husband's recovery from PTSD through plant-based medicines like ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT
- She highlights the need for a shift in perspective on “drugs” versus “medicine” to appreciate these substances' healing potential
- Amber stresses the significance of commitment, hard work, and a supportive environment in the recovery process
- She emphasizes that each individual's journey of healing is unique and personal
- Her organization, VETS, supports veterans and their spouses by funding six different modalities, including psilocybin, MDMA and ayahuasca
- She believes that psychedelics can be a critical tool for those feeling stuck or compelled toward change
- She also acknowledges that psychedelics are not the only tools that can help veterans recover from trauma
- Emphasizing the importance of connection, Amber encourages reconnection with oneself, God, family, nature and others during the healing journey
- Her own healing journey has included therapy, journaling, prayer, and a dedicated commitment to self-care
- Through her organization, VETS, Amber offers funding for veterans to access psychedelic therapies, coupled with a wide range of support services
- VETS provides one-on-one coaching, group integration, meditation training, workshops and community support to further aid the recovery process
Amber Capone’s Links
- Website: www.vetsolutions.org
- Instagram: @veteransolutions
- Facebook: VETS: Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions, Inc.
- LinkedIn: Amber Capone
Dr. Ben Malcolm earned his bachelor’s degree (BS) in Pharmacology at the University of California at Santa Barbara, prior to his Masters in Public Health (MPH) and Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) at Touro University California. He then completed post-graduate residencies in Acute Care at Scripps Mercy Hospital and Psychiatric Pharmacy at the University of California at San Diego Health.
After residency he passed his exam to become Board Certified in Psychiatric Pharmacy (BCPP). He began his career as an Assistant Clinical Professor at Western University of Health Sciences (WUHS), College of Pharmacy before transitioning to his current entrepreneurial role as a Psychopharmacology Consultant, Psychedelic Educator, and Founder of Psychedelic Psychopharmacology Consulting and Education.
Ben envisions a society in which access to psychedelic drugs in a variety of safe and supported settings is available for purposes of psychospiritual well-being, personal development, ceremonial sacraments, and treatment of mental illness. His focus is on the intersection between psychiatric medications and psychedelic therapies. He has given several Continuing Education presentations to pharmacists and other healthcare professionals as well as published over a dozen articles in peer-reviewed literature relating to psychedelics or psychiatric medications. His vision guides his clinical and education service-related professional activity.
Episode Highlights
- Ben Malcolm discusses a range of psychoactive drugs, including psilocybin, cannabis, ketamine, ibogaine, DMT and MDMA
- Malcolm champions ketamine for its profound healing effects on both body and mind
- He emphasizes the importance of rules and boundaries around the use of substances like ketamine to prevent potential addiction
- He defines 'good drugs' as those that enhance well-being without leading to addiction
- Malcolm highlights MDMA's ability to reduce fear and anxiety, which can foster emotional healing
- Malcolm works with people transitioning from pharmaceuticals to psychedelics, acknowledging the scarcity of data on what a return to pharmaceutical use post-psychedelics might look like
- He discusses the risks of using psychedelics during pregnancy and breastfeeding, suggesting a lower risk during breastfeeding
- Malcolm recommends a disciplined approach to microdosing: limiting it to one to two months with a break period half as long, with one macro-dose session midway at maximum
- He shares about a pivotal spiritual shift he had following a DMT experience at age 25, leading him to establish Spirit Pharmacist, an online membership providing psychedelic education
- Malcolm cautions against short-term antidepressant tapering prior to using MDMA, citing potentially greater risks than benefits
- He discusses the promising potential of psychedelics like MDMA and ibogaine in addiction treatment, while noting the need for further randomized, controlled studies
Ben Malcolm’s Links
- Website: www.spiritpharmacist.com
- Link-Tree: Spirit Pharmacist
- Instagram: @spiritpharmacist
- Facebook: Spirit Pharmacist
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Researcher: USCF Profile - Andrew Penn
- Study: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) - Open Label Multi-Site Study of Safety and Effects of MDMA-assisted Therapy for Treatment of PTSD
- Program: F.I.V.E - 9 Month Trauma Informed, 5 MeO-DMT Facilitation Training
- Program: The Synthesis Institute - Psychedelic Practitioner Core Training: A Foundational Certification Program for Professionals
Tracey Tee has been actively involved in the momosphere for over 10 years, first co-creating and staring in the nationally touring cult-hit comedy show for moms: The Pump and Dump Show while simultaneously co-producing Band of Mothers Podcast and serving as co-founder and CEO of The Pump and Dump Show’s umbrella brand: Band of Mothers Media. During the pandemic, and during her own journey with psilocybin, Tracey began to feel called to support moms in a deeper and more meaningful way. In 2022, she launched an online microdosing course created exclusively for moms called M.O.M. which stands for “Moms on Mushrooms.” Tracey’s goal is to bring moms together through the sacred use of plant medicine for a shared journey of personal growth and healing.
Episode Highlights
- Microdosing mushrooms as a way to create a relationship with the medicine and gradually open up space for healing and self-discovery
- How microdosing has helped Tracey with her own mental health and creativity
- Motherhood as a powerful “psychedelic” experience that reveals the soul
- Tracey’s online educational platform and community called M.O.M., which provides resources and information for mothers interested in working with earth medicines
- The importance of teaching children to self-regulate and name their discomfort rather than trying to rescue or control them
- The importance of teaching children to self-regulate and name their discomfort
- Being careful and responsible when using psychedelics, especially for busy mothers who may not have the space to fully integrate the experience
- How self-love and can impact relationships
- The potential of psychedelics to speed up the path to true liberation and oneness
- The challenges of living in an age of reason and separation
- Tracey’s belief that working with earth medicines allows women to tap into the history and wisdom of their ancestors and connect with a new kind of sisterhood
- Remembering and learning from the stories of our ancestors and creating our own new stories
Tracey Tee’s Links
- Website: www.momsonmushrooms.com
- Instagram: @momsonmushroomsofficial
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Tracey’s Stand Up Comedy Show: The Pump and Dump Show
- Book: The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with no Name by Brian C. Muraresku
- Book: Awake: It's Your Turn by Angelo Dilullo
Katie Moseley is a psychic, meditation guide, writer, and psychedelic awakening coach at Electric Katie Healings, LLC. She connects with spirit guides to access information that assists clients in the rapid evolution of their soul. She exchanges information from higher states of consciousness with speed to provide clarity and expanded awareness. She holds multiple certificates in the healing arts and has post-graduate studies in mindfulness-based counseling. She also has two decades experience teaching, is the creator of several subtle energy online courses, and is a mother of two girls. She specializes in identifying and resetting old programming, embracing multidimensional reality, integrating spiritual awakenings, and embracing a heart-opening presence.
Episode Highlights
- Katie shares about how she approaches offering her clairvoyance to others and gives Michaela a deeply personal reading
- Katie is modeling her own form of conscious parenting
- Conscious parenting involves having hard conversations and allowing for the full spectrum of emotions, including the dark and primal ones
- Moseley believes that her children are more “advanced” than she is and are ready for the world to shift into a new paradigm
- Moseley discusses the challenges of being a mother and a public figure and the importance of respecting her children's privacy and boundaries
- The earth medicine path is mentioned as a way to help break down the conditioned idea of the perfect family and allow children to be their unique selves
- Moseley advises people to do mindful meditation to clear out their inner programming and differentiate between the voice of ego, fear, and pure intuition
- She suggests doing the type of meditation that makes people uncomfortable, not just repeating mantras and following guided visualizations
- She also emphasizes the importance of developing boundaries as part of the healing process
- Moseley believes that consciousness arises and expands within a person, and that they have the choice whether to follow it or not
- She discusses her interest in nutrition and how it relates to vibration and frequency in service to keeping one’s energy clear
- During a reading, Moseley feels waves of emotion and senses information in different ways, sometimes visually and sometimes more somatically
- Throughout the interview Michael discusses her own experiences with motherly intuition as well as the challenges of navigating what to reveal about herself and her life on this podcast given the inevitable relational impacts
Katie Moseley’s Links
- Website: https://electrickatieland.com
- Instagram: @electrickatieland
- Article: Kambo: Medicine for the Soul - A First Experience by Katie Moseley
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Katie’s Class: "Subtle Energy 10101"
Episode Highlights
- Both Motherhood and earth medicine journeys are profound initiations
- These experiences can teach us about love, non-judgment, compassion, patience, and the cycle of birth and death
- Earth medicines can inspire us to create conscious parenting communities
- Mothers who explore earth medicines can help destigmatize their use
- Epigenetics demonstrate that we inherit our ancestors' emotional experiences
- Motherhood requires humility and the ability to accept our own imperfections
- As mothers, embracing authenticity and continuously learning allows for genuine connection
- Psycho-ecliptic behavior stems from unconscious familial, cultural and social conditioning
- Earth medicines illuminate our unconscious behavioral patterns and can help us integrate exiled parts of ourselves
- Awareness of messages sent to children about their bodies and emotions is crucial for mothers
- Earth medicines can help facilitate the integration of our unconscious and conscious awareness
- Mothers need to examine their conditioning and adapt their behaviors to transform their parenting
- By destigmatizing earth medicines and acknowledging the emotional experiences we inherit from our ancestors, we can develop a deeper understanding of our lineage, foster healthier relationships, and become more awakened parents
Michaela’s Links
- Website: The Psychedelic Mom
- Instagram: @thepsychedelicmom
- Podcast: The Psychedelic Mom
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Podcast: The Psychedelic Mom - Ayahuasca, Healing & Deep Wisdom with Dr. Dan Engle
- Podcast: The Psychedelic Mom - Psychedelic Truths, Myths & Motherhood with Shiri Godasi
- Podcast: The Psychedelic Mom - From Doula to Medicine Woman with Paije West
- Podcast: The Psychedelic Mom - Secure Attachment, Love & Healing Trauma with Carista Luminare
- Podcast: The Psychedelic Mom - Conscious Parenting & Psychedelics with Rebecca Kronman of Plant Parenthood
Tara is a holistic health practitioner who specializes in bioresonance testing, nutrition, gut health, autoimmune conditions and the physiology of emotions. She is also passionate about Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine practices and integrates many of their concepts when working with clients.
Tara has her own pain to purpose story and suffered for many years with an eating disorder, Lyme disease and mold sickness before coming back to work as a practitioner and share the beauty and wisdom gained through the experience.
Tara worked tirelessly for many years to find the “cure” to her distorted relationship with body image and food but it wasn’t until she began an intentional micro-dosing practice with psilocybin did the reality of true recovery begin to manifest.
“Psychedelic means, 'that which reveals the soul' and this medicine continues to reveal the layers of myself that have been misaligned due to fear of being seen and then rejected. As I continue to peel back and investigate those hidden parts of me that I once deemed as unloveable, I find more comfort in the vulnerability and freedom in letting go of old programming in exchange for true self love and acceptance”.
Tara’s goal as a friend, sister and practitioner is to help you become more vibrant, more resilient and more connected to who you are so you may become your own source of healing.
Episode Highlights
- Tara Nichols is a bioenergetics practitioner who has overcome chronic illnesses and an eating disorder and now helps others heal
- She believes in the connection between mind, body, soul, and spirit, and emphasizes the importance of dealing with emotions in the healing process
- Tara works with clients who have autoimmune conditions, thyroid issues, and emotional issues related to their physical ailments
- She uses a holistic approach and recommends alternative healing methods such as bio-energetic testing, emotional tinctures, energy work, yoga, sound healing and microdosing
- Her journey involved making daily choices towards recovery and working on the mind aspect through various alternative methods
- She also discusses her experience with microdosing and how it helped her overcome her eating disorder
- Microdosing catalyzed a shift in her relationship with food and her body, eventually dissolving the guilt and shame she had felt around eating
- Tara emphasizes the importance of knowing one's truth from the inside out and the wisdom of plants
- She suggests having quiet time in the morning, nature connection, journaling, and limiting social media to stay connected to your inner wisdom
- Lyme disease was a factor in her eating disorder as it can trigger serious mental health issues
- Nichols believes that herbal use is important because medicinal plants embody billions of years of wisdom
- Tara's journey healing from an eating disorder has profoundly and positively impacted the health of her family by transforming generational patterns of pain
Tara Nichols’ Links
- Instagram: @thepeacefulplate_
- Instagram: @thepeacefuldose
- Instagram: @the.quantum.collective
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Electric Body, Electric Health by Eileen Day McKusick
- Doctor of Chiropractic and researcher: Dr. Joe Dispenza
- Book: Heal Your Body by Louise L. Hay
Dr. Johnathan Edwards joins to discuss the potential of ketamine treatment for mental health conditions, especially in adolescent patients. Dr. Edwards is a board-certified anesthesiologist and the author of several books. One of his key focuses is treating mental health conditions with ketamine. He has provided ketamine in his practice for many years, along with psychiatrist Dr. Sam Zand.
In this conversation, Dr. Edwards shares the current state of research exploring many studies about ketamine for mental illness. This topic is especially relevant to the mental health crisis and the increase in teen suicide. He emphasizes that pediatricians, psychiatrists, family doctors, anesthesiologists and others need to collaborate.
Dr. Edwards has written a book titled Suicide, COVID-19, and Suicide, COVID-19, and Ketamine – How a Little-Known Drug Saves Lives. His latest book, soon to be published, is called The Revolutionary Ketamine, which Skyhorse Publishing will soon release. His books can be found on Amazon as well as at www.johnathanedwardsmd.com.
Episode Highlights
- Ketamine is gaining wide attention as a treatment for mental health issues
- Ketamine has been shown to reduce depressive symptoms in adolescents and can be administered for suicide prevention, depression and addiction
- Lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic have negatively impacted mental health, particularly among the youth
- Dr. Edwards argues that free speech is necessary for good medicine
- Ketamine could become the first-line drug for suicidal patients in emergency rooms
- Changing an adolescent's environment and seeking therapy can be effective in helping them overcome depression and suicidal ideation
- In an ideal world, ketamine treatment would be funded and administered by therapists who understand the power of psychedelics
- Ketamine can induce mystical experiences
- Dr. Edwards believes that psychedelics can have a profound effect on healing trauma
- Proper therapy and support are crucial alongside psychedelic treatment
- Dr. Edwards also cites case reports of abnormal suicide rates in school districts across the US
Dr. Edward’s Website
- https://www.johnathanedwardsmd.com
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book - Brain Energy: A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Understanding Mental Health--and Improving Treatment for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, PTSD, and More by Christopher M. Palmer MD
Episode Highlights
- Michaela’s path of “unbecoming” and learning to be in greater humility and right relation with all things
- The continued blossoming of the psychedelic renaissance demands that we raise our consciousness to solve the complex problems within and beyond the psychedelic space
- Questioning the Western model of individualized healing and the loss of deep modalities like music, dance and tribal connection
- Positive aspects of Western psychological modalities in relationship to psychedelic healing
- Problems with the profit-driven nature of big pharma and the lack of feminine and indigenous voices in the Western model of psychedelics
- Michaela’s own internalized patriarchal ways and the need for an intersectionality of voices in the psychedelic conversation
- Themes of coming home, deep knowing and the wisdom of plants that have woven through many episodes on this podcast
- Potential dangers of synthesizing sacred plant medicines
- Current calamities with a variety of for-profit psychedelic business ventures
- Certification in psychedelic facilitation as a westernized, patriarchal model
- The role of nonprofits in the preservation of indigenous wisdom and “giving back” to nature
- Legalization of psychedelics and the overharvesting of sacred plant medicines around the world
- Recognition that this topic is nuanced and and invitation to the listeners to offer their own solutions and wisdom
Michaela’s Links
- Website: https://www.thepsychedelicmom.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepsychedelicmom/
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Poem: “A Poem to my Daughter Ellie” by Teddy Macker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKGLvTPlO28
- Psychological Modality: Internal Family Systems - https://ifs-institute.com/
- Non-profit: The Blessings of the Forest - https://blessingsoftheforest.org/
- Non-profit: Pathways To Peace’s program: The Wisdom Keepers - https://pathwaystopeace.org/programs/wisdom-keepers-bringing-peace-to-our-world/
- Podcast - Rebel Wisdom: “Making Sense of the Downward Spiral” by Daniel Schmachtenberger - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWk-ZpJdRFg
- Podcast - The Emerald: “The Revolution Will Not Be Psychologized” - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-revolution-will-not-be-psychologized/id1465445746?i=1000600711232
- Podcast - Rebel Wisdom: “Endgame for the Psychedelic Renaissance?” by Jamie Wheal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOXJOZK1ZNQ
- Daniel Schmachtenberger - The Consilience Project - https://consilienceproject.org
David is a digital artist and filmmaker and has spent most of his adult life investigating consciousness and the spiritual dimensions of life. He’s been part of creating a platform and app for personal growth and human connection called 29k, and now is working on developing a parallel world with AI technology, called TRIBE. TRIBE is inspired by his journey of awakening and the indigenous cultures. The intention is to help us reconnect with our true nature, others and the planet via the exploration of our own consciousness and creativity.
Episode Highlights
- David's transformative experiences with psychedelics, which have led him to understand the concept of God and non-duality
- He believes that the way to access the infinite is to strip away the weights and hindrances that hold back consciousness
- Self-love is important for healthy relationships and healing childhood wounds is necessary for self-love
- Psychedelics can help us access hidden parts of ourselves and aid in healing, and integration work after psychedelic experiences is crucial
- De-stigmatizing psychedelics is important for future generations to create a better world
- Allowing children to be themselves is an essential aspect of healthy parenting
- David and his brother are working on an AI model that can create unique creatures based on uploaded photos
- David’s experiences with psychedelics and the importance of courage in exploring oneself
- David’s current project called Tribe, through which he has created a parallel, virtual world with a tribal culture that deeply reflects his own spiritual journey
- The incredible potential of AI to create thousands of characters in a short time and the challenge of separating the "signal" from the "noise"
- How David’s experiences with psychedelics have led him to explore his spirituality and intuition
- The Tribe project has received tremendous positive feedback and has helped David feel validated in his spirituality
David Lindberg’s Links
- Website: https://www.tribe.site (mobile only)
- Instagram: https://https://www.instagram.com/david_x_tribe/
Bringing an infectious warmth and playful levity wherever she goes, Monica Rodgers is a tireless advocate for the full actualization of women, inspiring women everywhere that saying “YES to the MESS” is the missing link to self-love and personal liberation and awakening. Through The Revelation Project Podcast and group coaching programs, Monica guides women through their inner (r)evolution, from trance to transcendence, revealing the toxic myths of social conditioning and self-doubt in order to illuminate the magic and magnificence of our imperfect selves.
She believes that women can take action towards realizing our true potential only when we stop proving and striving to be who everyone wants us to be. When we reveal the truth of who we are, we return to our “original design” and with the practice of self-love and compassion, we become aligned, opening the portal into our divine purpose where true prosperity dwells. There has never been a more important time for women to reveal the truth of who we are as a catalyst for positive change in the world as the Divine Feminine returns in the Sophia Century.
In this episode, Michaela Carlin and Monica Rogers discuss …
- How women have been enculturated to deny their divine feminine energy
- The messages women receive to stay small and suppress their emotions
- The cumulative impact of these messages as a “trance of unworthiness”
- How women are taught to perform their gender rather than embody true feminine power
- Monica's own awakening to her divine femininity
- How a woman’s intuition is connected to her biological design
- The journey “home” to feminine power as a journey back into the body
- “Saying YES to the MESS” and learning to feel and articulate deep emotions
- How circles of sisterhood have been disrupted and need to be reclaimed
- Erotic power in relation to the hermetic principle, “the law of correspondence”
- How true revelation happens outside of the comfort zone
- How Monica helps women return to and awaken through their bodies
- The sexiness of a man who is in touch with both the masculine and feminine
- The invisible work of women
- The difference between being a mother and embodying the mother archetype
- The resentment the wounded maiden feels as she consciously or unconsciously feels unable to reach her full potential
- How women are conditioned to hold onto our youth at any cost
- Tending to the voices of the inner child and wounded maiden
- Monica’s “triple wound” and how she hit bottom
- Unresolved trauma showing up in parenting
- Hearing the voice of the inner critic and understanding it as self abuse
- The misperception that by staying small women are staying safe
- Bringing in new practices, voices and tools to disrupt the trance of unworthiness
- The “heroine’s journey” as a quest for wholeness
Monica Rogers’ Links
- Website: https://jointherevelation.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp-jPBjrXvM/
- Podcast:: https://https://revelationproject.fireside.fm/
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: The Other Goddess: Mary Magdalene and the Goddesses of Eros and Secret Knowledge – by Dr. Joanna Kujawa - https://www.amazon.com/Other-Goddess-Magdalene-Goddesses-Knowledge/dp/1945026847
- Book: The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness by Maureen Murdock - https://www.amazon.com/Heroines-Journey-Womans-Quest-Wholeness/dp/1611808308/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1679442107&sr=1-1
- Book: The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible by Charles Eisenstein - https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Hearts-Possible-Sacred-Activism/dp/1583947248/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1679442177&sr=1-1
Aaron Paul Orsini is one of the world’s leading experts on the intersection of psychedelics and neurodivergence. In the years since being diagnosed autistic and ADHD, Aaron has had extensive firsthand experience with a variety of psychedelics including LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA, all of which helped him to heal, grow, and motivate him to publish three books on the topic — Autism On Acid, Autistic Psychedelic, and Introduction to Psychedelic Autism — in addition to co-founding AutisticPsychedelic.com, an online hub for autistic individuals, their family members, and the professionals who seek to support them amidst their intentional explorations with psychedelic medicines.
Since helping to establish the Autistic Psychedelic Community in March of 2020, Aaron has gone on to serve as an autism-focused psychedelic research co-author for University College London, and has also served as a diversity committee member for the American Psychedelic Practitioners Association. He presently serves as the lead instructor of the online “Introduction To Psychedelic Autism” course, and as a neurodiversity-affirming lecturer for Alma Institute and SoundMind institute, two of Oregon’s legal, M109-compliant psilocybin facilitation training programs. Aaron also continues to influence progressive educational approaches by serving as an expert advisor for a harm-reduction-focused adult autistic substance use program known as A.D.A.P.T., which recently received funding from ResearchAutism.org.
In this episode, Michaela Carlin and Aaron Orsini discuss …
- Conventional vs. more nuanced interpretations of autism spectrum disorder
- The fluidity of autism trait presentations from individual to individual and moment to moment
- The simultaneous grief and elation Aaron felt when he was diagnosed with autism at age 23
- Why someone diagnosed with autism might feel relief having experienced social and mental health challenges before diagnosis without understanding why
- How autistic people are challenged by society's expectation that they mimic non-autistic behaviors
- How psychedelics have helped Aaron understand his emotions more clearly and simultaneously process cognitive and somatic information
- The clarity Aaron’s early psychedelic experiences helped him reach about how he was in “devastation thinking” without realizing that he could access calmer, more present states of consciousness
- Championing mindfulness and psychedelics as preventative mental health care
- Aaron’s first MDMA experience and the realization that he had been run by fear his whole life up until that point
- How psychedelic don’t “cure” autism, but can offer new insights, experiences and perspectives that can be cultivated further
- Enhanced somatic awareness as a way to develop a greater sense of safety
- The effect microdosing LSD has on Aaron
- How MDMA can provide an opportunity for an internal check in: What’s my lucid take on my life when my fear systems are offline? And what is possible when I feel I can forgive the worst harms?
- How helpful it can be to cry to process deep emotions
- Michaela’s experience finding Aaron’s work and getting involved with his content
- The value of non-judgemental encouragement as the parent of an autistic child
Aaron Orsini’s Links
- Website: https://www.autisticpsychedelic.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/autismonacid/
- Autistic Psychedelic Community - Weekly Sunday Open Discussion: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIld-yupz0oGd3tIHoDhoKjB6vvM4dX3NLl
- The Online “Introduction To Psychedelic Autism” Course: https://www.autisticpsychedelic.com/learn
- Read or Listen to Books from Neurotopia Press: https://www.autisticpsychedelic.com/support
- Schedule a Consultation with Aaron: https://www.psychedelicautism.com/
Resources Related to This Conversation
- Oregon’s Alma Institute: https://www.almatraining.org/
- Oregon’s SoundMind Institute: https://soundmind.center/
- Convergence LA (March 30-April 2, 2023): https://psychedelicstoday.com/convergence/
- Psychedelic Therapy Album, “Psychedelic Symphonies”: https://ditto.fm/psychedelic-symphonies
Ben, an Army Veteran with almost 10 years of service, is a specialized military mountaineer and cold weather expert, who spent 24 months training in mountain and cold-weather survival in the arctic. He realized a higher calling for his life and transitioned onto the path of spirituality and religious freedom. In 2020, Benjamin took 8 veterans to Mexico to reconnect with themselves, and Source, through plant medicine work and ancestral exploration. Benjamin has since been creating safe containers and helping guide Veterans through deeper psychedelic experiences.
As a Co-Founder of the Church of Psilomethoxin, and partnering with other initiatives, he continues working with Veterans and First Responders, using Sacred Plant Medicines, to help them better understand their purpose and optimize their human experience.
Benjamin is an avid free diver, and is a community leader guiding others to personal growth in nature centered outings. His connection to nature and self has led him on this path of awareness and healing that he believes will improve the quality of life for all humanity. Benjamin has been creating safe containers and helping guide Veterans through deeper psychedelic experiences.
In this episode, Michaela Carlin and Ben Moore discuss …
- Ben’s work with psilocybin while trying to emerge from a suicidal state and the awakening of his empathy for all beings
- The deep internal darkness and unworthiness Ben felt after returning from active duty
- The empowerment Ben felt through learning to cultivate psilocybin mushrooms for personal consumption.
- How Ben felt the energy he put into cultivating his own mushrooms was reflected through his experiences taking them
- Ben’s many realizations of the emotional baggage he had been carrying and how psilocybin helped see how he could ease his burden
- The lack of support for people coming out of the military to help them reintegrate into society
- Alarming statistics about mental health and sexual assault in the military
- Creating a psychedelic church based in Austin, TX, which also offers virtual access
- Psilomethoxin: psilocybin mushrooms that are “fed” 5-MeO-DMT during the cultivation process
- Variations between the experiences of psilocybin and psilomethoxin
- The mental and physical relief veterans can receive from the spiritual experience they have with psychedelics
- Is psilomethoxin legal?
- How Ben’s work with psychedelic medicine has influenced both his family relationships as well as those of other veterans
- The deep healing Ben experienced as he learned how to show his kids that he was committed to protecting their life and freedom and also … play with them!
- Ben’s vision of veterans around the world coming together to realize how there is no need to fight or see each other as enemies
- Building psychedelic communities that are protected and can work free of government intervention
- How to join the Church of Psilomethoxin
- Our responsibility as citizens to be willing to radically change how we live in order to transform our world and bring more peace and justice to all
Ben Moore’s Links
- Website: www.psilomethoxin.com
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/psilobenjamin/
Ana’s life mission is to help people remember who they are. Her spiritual path started in her early 20’s after she moved from her home land of Mexico to the U.S. to study music. Her mission became even clearer when she was summoned by the plant teachers of the world to give her gift of service to the community in an even deeper way. Her education spans a wide range of modalities. In addition to being a certified Life Coach, her training includes, Sound Healing, Reiki, Pranic Healing, Shadow Work, Quantum Healing, Psych-K, Ho’oponopono and Internal Family Systems (IFS) to name a few.
Ana has an incredible gift of creating very safe spaces for people to explore deep trauma as well as the remembering of their innate wellness and connection to creation. Her unconditionally loving demeanor and ability to meet people where they are at, provide for an environment where people can do very deep spiritual and emotional work. Ana lives and works in a beautiful mountain cabin, surrounded by ponderosa trees and breathtaking mountain views, only 25 minutes above Boulder Colorado.
In this episode, Michaela Carlin and Ana Medina discuss …
- The somatic release that can happen during an experience with bufo alvarius
- How Ana holds space for clients working with bufo and the way she balances feminine and masculine energies
- The many evolutionary insights bufo can reveal
- Michaela’s experience being served bufo by Ana
- How Ana created The New Paradigm Mystery School in collaboration with other women
- The difference between Western and indigenous definitions of nature
- Our deep attachment wounds with our ‘Mother’ earth
- How decriminalization is connected to colonization
- What happens when psychedelics ‘unmask’ us
- Learning about the empowered feminine through the challenges of toxic masculinity
- Decolonizing the mind, body and spirit
- How we all come from indigenous roots and yet still need to be aware of cultural appropriation
- The spiral nature of healing
- The importance of being gentle with ourselves as we unlearn our cultural conditioning
- Shame and our survival mechanisms
Ana Medina’s Links
- The New Paradigm Mystery School - The next session with Ana begins in May 2024
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Beyond Harm: Toward Justice, Healing and Peace by Derek R. Brookes
Ana’s life mission is to help people remember who they are. Her spiritual path started in her early 20’s after she moved from her home land of Mexico to the U.S. to study music. Her mission became even clearer when she was summoned by the plant teachers of the world to give her gift of service to the community in an even deeper way. Her education spans a wide range of modalities. In addition to being a certified Life Coach, her training includes, Sound Healing, Reiki, Pranic Healing, Shadow Work, Quantum Healing, Psych-K, Ho’oponopono and Internal Family Systems (IFS) to name a few.
Ana has an incredible gift of creating very safe spaces for people to explore deep trauma as well as the remembering of their innate wellness and connection to creation. Her unconditionally loving demeanor and ability to meet people where they are at, provide for an environment where people can do very deep spiritual and emotional work. Ana lives and works in a beautiful mountain cabin, surrounded by ponderosa trees and breathtaking mountain views, only 25 minutes above Boulder Colorado.
In this episode, Michaela Carlin and Ana Medina discuss …
- The life–changing sense of love and belonging Ana felt during her first ayahuasca experience
- Being guided by the medicine to start assisting in ayahuasca ceremonies
- Ana’s developmental trauma growing up in Mexico City, including the suicide of her stepfather
- Ana’s first “soul revealing” (psychedelic) experience as she flew from Mexico to move to LA and realized that she had the power to reinvent herself
- Ana’s challenges living life as a suburban mother in Virginia feeling that she did not belong
- The confusion of living a “masked” life
- How Ana received divine guidance that she had to reclaim her ancestral roots and do shadow work
- What is shadow work and why do we need to do it?
- Can emotional triggers be ‘psychedelic’?
- Bringing compassion to shadow work through the understanding our need to construct layers of protection earlier in our lives
- Reintegrating exiled parts of ourselves
- Feeling the texture of feminine energy within psychedelic medicine work
- Ana’s journey learning to be a bufo alvarius facilitator
- The need for reverence and preparation in order to work with bufo safely and in a way that opens a path to meet the soul
- Bufo alvarius and the somatic release of intergenerational trauma
- The divine mother energy Ana feels in her facilitation work with bufo alvarius
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: The Secret of the Shadow: The Power of Owning Your Whole Story by Debbie Ford - https://tinyurl.com/5etavy2c
As a native New Yorker, Stuart’s career in the arts took a turn when he first experienced ceremonial plant medicine. Exploring the esoteric arts, he spent the past 13 years traveling the world, working with different plant medicine lineages – time on the Red Road (Native American Tradition), in Peru with the Shipibo and with the Columbian Tiatas. He served plant medicine for years helping people heal. Now he is sharing his lifelong wisdom with students and clients – working with plant spirits, teaching the Alchemy of Prayer and offering spiritual, shamanic and integration guidance in New York and around the world. He continues to study and deepen his wisdom through devotional practice with elements, plants and the cosmos.
In this episode, Michaela Carlin and Stuart Adam discuss …
- Stuart’s work helping people use prayer to create a new personal operating system
- How Stuart came to work so deeply with prayer
- Stuart’s debaucherous life as a downtown NYC artist back in the 90s
- Stuart’s first ayahuasca journey while still being a heroin user
- The process of healing his heroin addiction on his own and how much he learned about addiction on a vibrational level
- Using tobacco to clear the vibration of addiction out of the body
- How the “grabby” energy of addiction can move from one substance or habit to another without being resolved at a deeper level
- Stuart’s journey developing his capacity to serve ayahuasca
- The building blocks of prayer and nuances of teaching clients how to pray
- Can you manifest with prayer?
- Stuart's practice working with fire and how it has transformed him
- A way to work with the element of water through a special morning prayer practice
- Learning to trust your prayers and in so doing, yourself
- Working with tobacco to heal addiction
- Stuart's process of working intentionally with tobacco for a period of 40 days to help heal his addictions, which he now teaches to others
- The relationship between plants and prayer
- Do we need heroic doses of psychedelics or even psychedelics at all to transform?
Stuart Adam’s Links
- Website: https://thealchemyofprayer.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stuart_alchemyof/
Jeremy Colbert, also known as Taragápe, is a musician, sound healer, energetic alchemist, certified integration specialist, and facilitator for ceremonial Earth Medicine experiences. He holds a degree in music education and after teaching children music for eleven years in Pittsburgh, he has shifted paths to support adults with the reconnection to their inner child as well as the full spectrum integration of the magic and karma of what it means to be human on Gaia. Music plays a central role in Taragápe’s practice and facilitation as he believes it to be the vibrational geometry that holds space for our energetic alignment.
He currently resides near Boulder where he continues to develop and expand his practice and offerings – regionally and remotely. Taragápe’s debut album, Spirit Maze, a sonic integration piece, is available on one’s preferred music listening platform.
In this episode, Michaela Carlin and Jeremy Colbert (Taragápe) discuss …
- Jeremy’s first psychedelic journey and subsequent integration process that ultimately birthed the song ‘As Above, So Below’, which inspired the theme music of this podcast
- Jeremey’s first trip to Peru to work with Ayahuasca and how the lack of integration support he received there led him to develop his own approach
- The ways in which Jeremy’s personal psychedelic integration work as well as his integration coaching are deeply connected to music
- What is shadow work and how can we bring our shadow into the light?
- Jeremy’s struggle growing up witnessing his mother embodying one persona socially and a different one at home
- Recognizing aspects of his mother’s trauma in himself
- The powerful synchronicities connecting the death of Jeremy’s mother and Ram Dass’ book, Be Here Now
- Jeremy’s coaching work with mothers and how he sees psychedelics impacting their parenting
- The energetic frequency of victimhood and how it can be absorbed by children from their parents
- Self-love as the guiding principle of Jeremy’s psychedelic integration coaching
- How a strong masculine container for medicine work can help feminine energy flow more freely within it
Jeremy Colbert’s (Taragápe) Links
- Website: https://taragape.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taragape/
- Jeremy’s Album ‘Spirit Maze’: https://spoti.fi/3Hcaw1A
- Book a free 45 min Exploratory Call: https://calendly.com/taragape/exploratorycall
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Be Here Now by Ram Dass: https://tinyurl.com/4rxfyj4h
Special thanks to Krystle Marie Smith for the gorgeous images included in the video version of this episode. Krystle Marie Smith, otherwise known as “Krystleyez”, is a visionary artist who harnesses the power of art as a vehicle for personal and collective transformation. Painting cosmic maps into the interconnected nature of existence, her artwork navigates the way between heart, mind, and spirit.
Jackson Strong is a purpose-driven entrepreneur and coach. He co-founded the Pursuit of Kings men’s group, and the AUREA movement for soul-led entrepreneurs. He is dedicated to seeing his clients live out their purpose and experience the thrill of living an aligned life.
In this episode, Michaela Carlin and Jackson Strong discuss …
- AUREA’s mission to help people tap into the divine source and activate their soul work
- Jackson’s process of awakening out of darkness and seeing that darkness as his teacher
- Jackson’s transition from the corporate world into creating his own conscious marketing firm
- Aspects of our culture that are “soul concealing”
- Jackson’s current areas of focus in his personal growth
- Author Steven Pressfield’s notion of “resistance” and the perspective that it is a force inviting us to expand our capacity
- Healthy masculinity and femininity in balance with each other
- Daily practices Jackson engages with to deepen his self-sovereignty and embodiment
- How both intimate and family relationships in Jackson’s life have revealed his shadow
- A parent’s responsibility to help their child step into their calling
- AUREA’s suite of offerings: live events, a business mastermind and a membership program
- Jackson’s biggest takeaways from AUREA’s inaugural 2022 event
- The power of community and recognizing that we are all mirrors for each other
- How psychedelics help us see a greater reality and relate to our challenges from a higher perspective
Jackson Strong’s Links
- Jackson’s Website: http://www.strongrowth.com
- Aurea’s Website: https://aurealeaders.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jackson.mac.strong/?hl=en
- Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/jacksonstrong
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield - https://tinyurl.com/2p8b6pbh
Beth Weinstein is the founder of the “Psychedelics, Sacred Medicines, Purpose and Business” annual summit; the producer of the annual “True Path Entrepreneur” series; and was co-creator of the "Music is Medicine" festival and "Urban Ceremony", a music-mind-body-spirit weekend together with musician East Forest.
As a spiritual business coach, Beth helps current and aspiring entrepreneurs, coaches, spiritual leaders, and healers align with your purpose and grow your business so you can help more people, create consistent income, and have an online business you love working from anywhere on Earth!
Beth has spoken on multiple stages, podcasts, and summits, and has been featured in The New York Post, Huffington Post, Shape Magazine, and more.
In this episode, Michaela Carlin and Beth Weinstein discuss …
- Beth’s first psychedelic experience at age 14
- How Beth’s first aya experience showed her the extraordinary healing potential of intentional psychedelic use
- The difference between working with trauma on an intellectual level and moving through it somatically
- How Beth’s true healing began when she started receiving mind-body-spirit psychedelic integration support
- Cathartic somatic trauma releases within psychedelic journeys
- Shifting core beliefs around unworthiness
- How Beth’s medicine work connects to her entrepreneurial path
- Entrepreneurship as a spiritual path
- The challenges of interpreting and working with “messages” that come through during medicine journeys
- Skillfully working with fear and “victim” states
- Tapping into the spirit of plant medicines
- The power of prayer and intention in psychedelic medicine work
- How your business marketing will not be effective if you do not share your gifts with the world from a place of deep authenticity
- The balance in business between your work serving you, and you serving others and the world
Beth Weinstein’s Links
- Free Gift: https://bethaweinstein.com/grow-your-spiritual-business/
- Free Gift: https://bethaweinstein.com/psychedelics-in-business/
- Services: https://bethaweinstein.com/services
- Instagram: http://instagram.com/bethaweinstein
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bethw.nyc
- Facebook Biz: https://www.facebook.com/BethWeinsteinbiz
- Join Beth’s Psychedelics Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PsychedelicsandSacredMedicines
- Join Beth’s Mastermind: https://bethaweinstein.com/mastermind
Jim Harris worked as a ski photographer and writer until he was paralyzed while snowkiting in Patagonia. It took over a week to reach definitive care in the States where five of his nine broken vertebrae were fused. “I feel lucky that the doctor never told me I’d never walk again,” says Harris, “There wasn’t much reason to think I would, and I might have believed him.” After his spine fusion he began to wiggle a toe. Within a few months, muscles in both legs began firing. In the years since that accident Harris has transitioned from wheelchair to walker to trike to mountain bike and continues to challenge the limitations of his disability.
In this episode, Michaela Carlin and Jim Harris discuss …
- How Jim’s experience growing up awoke his love of adventure and nature connection
- The way nature teaches us about actions and consequences through immediate feedback
- The kite surfing accident that paralyzed Jim
- Jim’s experience at a music festival where he ate magic mushrooms and experienced an unexpected recovery of motor function
- Recognizing that psilocybin is not a magic bullet but that it may have the potential to help restore some neurological function for people with spinal cord injury
- Exercised based therapy in conjunction with psychedelic therapy as an approach that may yield more healing than either done alone
- How psychedelics have helped Jim learn to “zoom out” and recognize his default thinking and behaviors
- Are psychedelics vs. traditional meditation a shortcut to experiencing “interbeing”?
- Jim’s excitement about deepening his work as a psychedelic support person working with people with spinal cord injury
- Some of the unique physiological effects psychedelics can have on people with spinal cord injury
- Jim's current work as an artist specializing in woodcut prints
- Books that have had a huge impact on Jim’s transformational healing process
- Learning to access flow states in different ways depending upon our current capacities
Jim Harris’ Links
- Website: https://www.gorgeousstorm.com/
- Instagram: https://perpetualweekend.com/
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/gorgeous_storm/
- Email: jim@perpetualweekend.com
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - https://tinyurl.com/yemfj2ur
- Book: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle- https://tinyurl.com/yr57ppyp
- High Fives Foundation - https://highfivesfoundation.org/ - the non-profit that helped Jim with his rehabilitation and works with injured athletes and disabled vets by providing grants and community building
Shiri Godasi is a teacher, author, visionary creatrix, depth poet and mother. She is passionate about creating a decolonized, psychedelic-positive counterculture and empowering people to step into radical authenticity/radical action and co-create a just world. Shiri is best known for her pioneering methods in the field of psychedelic integration and community bridging, including founding 5 entheogenic harm reduction organizations; directing a professional psychedelic therapy & creative leadership training program; and innovating an integration treatment protocol called The Psyched Soul™ Method. Shiri specializes in multidimensional, quantum-leap life transformations, soulcode recovery & realignment. Her approach draws from consciousness & cosmology, transpersonal psychology, quantum healing, Eastern philosophy and multidisciplinary arts, fusing ancient wisdom with modern practices for a ‘Psyched’ lifestyle.
In this episode, Michaela Carlin and Shiri Godasi discuss …
- Life as essentially relational in nature
- Our choices and behaviors as an expression of our ways of relating
- Creating our own reality
- What defines a woman’s value and worth in today’s society?
- Shedding identities so we can life life on our own terms
- Shiri’s year of psychedelic “celibacy”
- Shiri’s separation from her former partner and her new life as a single mom
- How psychedelic integration can lead to profound insights and transformations in the dimensions of self-worth and boundaries
- Exploring the question, “Can I be secure as who I am without needing any external affirmations of validations?”
- Leaning into self-love and self-care
- Meeting reality as it is
- Working with feelings of unworthiness
- Problems with the glorification of the psychedelic lifestyle
- Women in leadership roles facing the challenge of owning their imperfections
- Dealing with dissonance between your personal reality and the presenting reality
- Conscious uncoupling
- Shiri’s business mastermind, which is just about to open for the year
- Shiri’s book-in-progress about psychedelic integration
Shiri Godasi’s Links
- Website: www.psychedsoul.com
- Website: www.psychedelicintegrationcoach.com
- Website: www.psychedeliaintegration.org
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.psyched.soul/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepsychedsoul
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoiiwKQHRLpU2s64g465EYw
- Free Audience Gifts: https://www.psychedsoul.com/freebies
- Shiri’s Upcoming Mastermind: https://www.psychedsoul.com/soulpreneur
Paije, the founder of Third Eye Doula, began as a traditional full-spectrum doula in the birth community. She finds passion in holding space and creating safe containers for her clients to evolve and cross thresholds of the human experience using the doula model of care as a foundation for her work with psychedelics. Third Eye Doula is a health and wellness brand focused on ceremonial experiences, transformational retreats, and meaning making systems to help facilitate growth, stimulate creativity and offer a greater purpose for those who seek healing.
Paije primarily works with 5-MeO-DMT, ibogaine, psilocybin and MDMA. She is currently training to become a provider of iboga after undergoing a Bwiti initiation in Gabon, Africa earlier this year. Third Eye Doula is based in Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico where she and her team offer ceremony, retreats and integration services.
Topics discussed in this episode . . .
- Paige’s background as a traditional doula and how this informs her work as a medicine woman
- Paige’s personal journey healing from deep depression as a young woman
- Becoming a mother at age 25 at a time when Paige’s husband was in active addiction
- Paige's husband’s and her own first ibogaine experiences
- Using ibogaine and bufo in close proximity as part of a larger healing process
- The importance of preparation, integration and provider choice when considering working with iboga
- How Paige and her husband partner with an ibogaine clinic to provide aftercare
- The extended period of enhanced neuroplasticity available after taking iboga/ibogaine
- Navigating transformative medicine work as a mother and partner
- What is was like for Paige to go through a traditional Bwiti initiation and rites of passage in Gabon
- The unique “set and setting” working with iboga in Gabon
- How Paige came to receive her Bwiti name through her iboga visions
- Some energetic differences between iboga and bufo
- Different approaches to dosing with bufo
- What bufo has taught Paige
- Some pros and cons of using psychedelic medicines during pregnancy and postpartum while nursing and the need for a customized approach
- Microdosing as a parenting tool and Paige’s microdosing mentorship program
- The critical importance of self-care as both a psychedelic medicine facilitator and a mother
Paige West's Links
- Website: http://thirdeyedoula.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thirdeyedoula_/
Carista Luminare, Ph.D., has more than 40 years experience as a counselor, consultant and educator to individuals, couples and families. In her private counseling practice, she integrates her lifelong research on how our early bonding patterns profoundly impact our self-identity and adult relationship dynamics. She uses her unique attachment approach to rewire relationships from insecure to secure love and well-being.caristaluminare@gmail.com
Topics discussed in this episode . . .
- Carista’s work preparing parents to guide their child’s’ development in the most supportive way possible
- Creating a sense of love and security for a baby while they are still in the womb
- How we project our early attachment style from childhood onto our adult partners
- Trauma bonding
- The self-awareness required to provide a sense of security and safety for our children and how to know when we need help
- The deep need for children to have a “go to” person they feel can get help from when they are in distress
- What is trauma?
- What is secure love?
- The four attachment styles between parent and child
- How different attachment styles can play out in adult relationships
- Can attachment issues be healed and transformed?
- Recognizing we are triggered and how this limits our capacity to navigate conflict
- How Carista works with clients to heal trauma somatically
- Collective trauma
- The difference between self-regulation and co-regulation
- How narcissism and codependency can express in relationship
- Carista’s experience helping clients with psychedelic integration
- Is humanity ushering in a higher consciousness? Is there hope for our world?
- Daily practices that can help us be more grounded in these challenging times
Carista Luminare’s Links
- www.ConfusedaboutLove.com
- www.TrueSelf.net
- www.HealingNarcissismandCodependency.com
- www.LuminaryLeadership.net
- Book: Parenting Begins Before Conception: A Guide to Preparing Body, Mind, and Spirit For You and Your Future Child - http://tiny.cc/p6f2vz
Rebecca Kronman, LCSW is a licensed therapist and founder of Plant Parenthood, a digital and in-person community of parents who use psychedelics. She is also an assisting trainer with Fluence, a company that trains healthcare practitioners in harm reduction informed psychedelic preparation and integration.
At her private practice in Brooklyn, she works with clients using mindfulness, experiential techniques and ketamine assisted psychotherapy to address depression, anxiety and life transitions. She also helps clients prepare for psychedelic experiences, incorporate insights or cope with challenges post-experience.
She has been featured in GQ, NBC News, Double Blind, Chacruna and The Plant Medicine Podcast. Outside of work, she is a mother of two boys ages 5 and 7.
Topics discussed on this episode . . .
- How Rebecca’s expertise in mindfulness, somatic healing and psychotherapy intersects with her personal and professional work with psychedelics
- The current poverty of discussion about psychedelics and parenting and the birth of Plant Parenthood
- Perspectives on how psychedelics can help us become better partners and parents
- How psychedelics can help us process issues from our families of origin, including ancestral trauma
- Rebecca’s move away from the organized religion she was raised with and how she has integrated elements of ceremonial medicine work into her family’s spiritual life
- How couples in the Plant Parenthood community are engaging with psychedelics to work on their relationships
- Rites of passage for children and how to adopt but not appropriate indigenous approaches
- The need for affinity communities within the broader psychedelic space
- How mothers are subject to a unique level of scrutiny during pregnancy
- Indigenous paradigms of parenting and psychedelic use
- The healing power of fun
- Accessing altered states without psychedelics – e.g. through meditation or yoga - in support of psychedelic integration work
- Disembodiment as a survival mechanism and learning to listen to the body
- What does a harm reduction approach look like for pregnant and/or nursing mothers using psychedelics?
- Thoughts on parents introducing psychedelics to or even using psychedelics with their children once they have reached an appropriate age
- How Rebecca is drawn to offer her children significant experiences in nature to nurture their capacity for awe and wonder
- Motherhood as a mystical experience
Rebecca Kronman’s Links & Resources
- Website: https://www.plantph.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plant_parnt_hood/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/plantparnthood/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/plantphood
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE057s0wZscIOC77gcMQzsA
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Podcast: Psychedelic Parenting with Jonathan Thompson - https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/
- Video podcast: Psychedelics, Pregnancy & Parenthood - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IYPKF7vUrA
Shiri Malcolm Godasi (She/Her) is a teacher, visionary creatrix, depth poet and mother. She is best known for her pioneering methods in the field of psychedelic integration and community activism, including founding 5 psychedelic harm reduction organizations. She is now focused on helping folx come into right-relationship with psychedelics through her professional training program for psychedelic integration providers and emerging creative leaders, The Psyched Soul PlaySkool of Integration & Soulpreneurship. She is passionate about creating a psychedelic-positive counterculture and empowering others to step into radical authenticity/radical action to co-create a just world. Her approach draws from transpersonal psychology, New-Earth sacred commerce, Eastern philosophy and shamanism, fusing ancient wisdom with modern practices for a ‘Psyched’ lifestyle.
Topics discussed in this episode …
- The catalyzing moment of Shiri’s psychedelic journey
- Working with intergenerational trauma stored within our psyche
- Undoing the damage of The War on Drugs
- Considering the true meaning of the “re-creational” use of drugs
- How different psychedelic medicines Illuminate different aspects of our being
- Each psychedelic as a uniquely different type of “teacher”
- Ayahuasca as a primary teacher for Shiri and her connection to its Mother/Grandmother archetype
- How ayahuasca helped Shiri prepare for motherhood both physically and psychologically
- How various schools of psychology, coaching and her own inner “fieldwork” have played into Shiri’s integration methodology
- The importance of community in psychedelic integration
- The value of having professional integration support
- Bringing language to the unconscious
- Shiri’s “Psyched Soul” method which incorporates psychedelic education, soul retrieval, shadow work and life optimization
- Integration as a lifelong process
- How Shiri has recently been abstaining from psychedelics in service to her mental health
- Integration as being in right relationship with the modality of psychedelic healing
- Motherhood as the greatest psychedelic trip of all time
Shiri Malcolm Godasi’s Links
- psychedsoul.com
- psychedelicintegrationcoach.com
- IG: @the.psyched.soul
- FB: @psychedsoul
Dr. Dan Engle is a psychiatrist with a clinical practice that combines aspects of regenerative medicine, psychedelic research, integrative spirituality, and peak performance.
His medical degree is from the University of Texas in San Antonio. His psychiatry residency degree is from the University of Colorado in Denver, and his child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship degree is from Oregon Health & Science University.
Dr. Engle is an international consultant to several global healing centers facilitating the use of long-standing indigenous plant medicines for healing and awakening. He is the founder of Full Spectrum Medicine, a psychedelic integration and educational platform; and Thank You Life, a non-profit funding stream supporting access to psychedelic therapies.
Dr. Engle is the author of The Concussion Repair Manual: A Practical Guide to Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries, as well as his new book, A Dose of Hope: A Story of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy.
Topics discussed in this episode …
- Our duty to heal on behalf of the generations to come
- How our adolescent culture doesn't appreciate that crisis precedes transformation
- Dr. Dan’s experience immersing with ayahuasca for a year in the Amazon
- The “medicine space” as a technology in and of itself
- How it is evolutionarily advantageous that we experience transcendent states
- Living at the pace of nature in the Amazon
- How stabilizing our psychology and neurology allows us to more deeply surrender
- How life is happening for us rather than to us
- The different energetics of masculine and feminine integration styles
- Dr. Dan’s “dark night” after returning from the jungle
- How meaning and embodiment complement each other
- How a trauma encodes in our body
- How medicine work can support us in learning how to express our dharma
- Kuya as an institute for transformational medicine where science meets the soul
- Our culture as chronically stuck in sympathetic overdrive
- The importance of investigating our belief systems
- Living from a place of interbeing as an expression of our true essence
- Pain without meaning as suffering; pain with meaning as transformation
- The loneliness of the liminal space
- Healing from our own our projections and judgements
- Life as a ceremony and an expression of beauty
- How the transformation of a parent changes the trajectory of the child’s life
Dr. Dan’s Links
- drdanengle.com
- thankyoulife.org
- fullspectrummedicine.com
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
- Kuya: www.kuya.life
Book: Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl - Book: The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk
- Book: The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling, Stephen Cope
- Book: The Biology of Transcendence: A Blueprint of the Human Spirit, Joseph Chilton Pearce
- Book: Dark Night of the Soul, John of the Cross
- Film: Neurons to Nirvana
- Thomas Moore, spiritual writer
Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical recommendation, diagnosis, or treatment. The use of information in this podcast is at one’s own discretion, and is not an endorsement of use given the complexity inherent in these medicines, and the current variable widespread illegality of their usage.
Charles Eisenstein is a writer, speaker, and the author of several books including The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible.
Topics discussed in this episode …
- Whether psychedelics have the capacity to heal us, awaken us, and bring us to our truth
- Knowing our “YES” and “NO” as core to our embodiment and presence
- Questioning the mentality that distinguishes between the recreational and sacramental use of psychedelics
- Profound experiences both Michaela and Charles have had with the psychedelic, iboga
- How psychedelics have informed Charles’ parenting
- Family patterning and how it comes up in coded forms that we unconsciously pass on to our children
- How psychedelics can help us see and transform our inherited programming
- The impatience with superficiality Charles feels based on the awareness of other dimensions psychedelics have given him
- How the personal dramas of both children and adults are part of the becoming of the soul
- How we have been living a story of separation that inhabits each person in a unique way
- The earth as conscious and alive
- The split in the psychedelic community around the dominant narratives in relation to the coronavirus
- If our prayers for peace are to be powerful, they have to be consistent with our actions
- If we really want peace, we need to become a champion of peace and hold each other sacred
- Being inoculated from the despair triggered by the news by living in closer connection with nature
- What it means to take “refuge in incompetence”
- How psychedelics are just beginning to make inroads into our culture and are an intervention we need
- The love and camaraderie we can feel with fellow explorers on this path
Charles Eisenstein’s Links
- Website: https://charleseisenstein.org
- Book: The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible
- Short Film: And the Music Played the Band
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