Tapped Into Psychedelics

Send a textHello and welcome back to another great episode with the amazing and insightful Denise Rue. Denise is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Clinical Hypnotherapist. For over three years, Denise worked as a retreat leader and lead therapist at a legal psilocybin retreat center in Jamaica overseeing approximately 1,500 psilocybin sessions, and as many group integration sessions. Denise has a private practice in New Jersey, specializing in individuals with complex trauma, especially adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. She has also founded the New Jersey Psychedelic Therapy Association, which focused on education regarding the intentional use of psychedelic medicines, advocacy for passage of sensible and non-stigmatizing drug laws, and support for the providers who do this challenging work. Listen as we talk about internalized trauma, overcoming childhood sexual abuse and the nuances of psilocybin facilitation. Check out Denise’s webpage here… https://www.deniserue.com/Support the showAs always, if you like what you hear, please leave a review on iTunes. If you want more great content as it releases, subscribe where ever you listen to great podcasts and follow on Instagram for cool updates and episode previews.

Send a textHello and welcome back to another great interview with the awesome Gabe Charalambides. Gabe is a Stanford educated aerospace engineer who after exploring his mental health through Buddhism and psychedelics founded an Oregon based psilocybin retreat called Odyssey LLC. Odyssey  was created in 2022 and is expanding locations in and around Bend,  working within the legal system  of Measure 109 in 2020 that established a regulatory framework for receiving psilocybin. Listen as we discuss overcoming OCD, secular eastern philosophies, and magic mushrooms. Check out their webpage at  https://www.odysseypbc.com/Support the showAs always, if you like what you hear, please leave a review on iTunes. If you want more great content as it releases, subscribe where ever you listen to great podcasts and follow on Instagram for cool updates and episode previews.

Send a textJulian Vayne is a British independent scholar and author with over four decades of experience within esoteric culture: from Druidry to Chaos Magic, from indigenous Shamanism through to Freemasonry and Witchcraft.  Julian is a co-organizer of the psychedelic conference Breaking Convention, and a Trustee of The Psychedelic Museum Project. Julian sits on the academic board of The Journal of Psychedelic Studies, and has been a visiting lecturer at several British universities. He is an advocate of post-prohibition culture and supporter of psychedelic prisoners through the Scales project. He is the author of the celebrated Getting Higher: The Manual of Psychedelic Ceremony. Since 2011 he has been sharing his work through The Blog of Baphomet. Listen as we discuss European cultural traditions of altered states, the mix of magic and psychedelics and the flow of intoxication over the centuries.Support the showAs always, if you like what you hear, please leave a review on iTunes. If you want more great content as it releases, subscribe where ever you listen to great podcasts and follow on Instagram for cool updates and episode previews.

Send a textHey everyone, welcome back to another great episode with our latest magnificent guest Greg Wrenn, who is a former Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer at Stanford University. Greg wrote "Mothership: A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis", to share the long journey of his abusive childhood, lost adolescence and subsequent ayahuasca experiences on his road to redemption. Greg now is an associate English professor, he teaches environmental literature and creative writing at James Madison University, where he weaves climate change science into literary studies. He also teaches poetry writing through Stanford Continuing Studies. Listen as we discuss the complicated nature of healing with psychedelics, the pursuit of true vulnerability and mother ayahuasca. Find Greg’s book here https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mothership/Greg-Wrenn/9798888452141Support the showAs always, if you like what you hear, please leave a review on iTunes. If you want more great content as it releases, subscribe where ever you listen to great podcasts and follow on Instagram for cool updates and episode previews.

Send a text Hey everyone and welcome back to another great episode with the badass Michael “Punky” Higgs. Punky is a former Navy SEAL who retired with the rank of Command Master Chief and spent 30 years in Special Operations. Michael was inadvertently exposed to psychedelic medicines while supporting a teammate with PTSD, which led to his own profound experiences and healing with Ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT. Michael has served as the Director of Operations for The Mission Within while also functioning as a medicine facilitator and integration specialist. He’s a member and advocate of the Veterans Mental Health Leadership Coalition and is currently the Director of Programs (San Diego) for the Honor Foundation which is a military to civilian transition program for the Special Operations community. Listen as we talk about the emotional perils of working in Special Operations and combat in general, the nuances of plant medicines for complex traumas, TBI, moral injury, PTSD and the future of psychedelics in the treatment of veterans. Support the showAs always, if you like what you hear, please leave a review on iTunes. If you want more great content as it releases, subscribe where ever you listen to great podcasts and follow on Instagram for cool updates and episode previews.

Send a textHey everyone and welcome back to another great episode with the awesome Kathryn LaRoe-Higgs. Kathryn is a licenced social worker, certified trauma professional II, MH integrative medicine provider, psychedelics prep/integration specialist and facilitator. With over a decade of experience working with special forces veterans and currently with Illuminating Heroes, Kathryn’s primary clients are combat veterans and now first responders. Listen as we discuss the nuances of working with the most highly trained warriors in the world, the barriers to treatment, and the warm hug of mescaline.Support the showAs always, if you like what you hear, please leave a review on iTunes. If you want more great content as it releases, subscribe where ever you listen to great podcasts and follow on Instagram for cool updates and episode previews.

Send a textHey everyone and welcome back to another fantastic episode. We are really excited about our next guest, the fantastic John Chavez who is the founder of the nonprofit, DMT quest. After an endogenous DMT experience left him perplexed he decided to find his own answers and dove headfirst into the endogenous DMT scientific world and created a media company to produce documentaries about the scientific research into our own bodies production of DMT and 5MeODMT. Listen as we discuss the science behind endogenous hallucinogens, the methods to harness it and the implications of our bodies producing the two strongest psychedelics known to man. Check out John’s webpage here and YouTube link to the documentary here.Support the showAs always, if you like what you hear, please leave a review on iTunes. If you want more great content as it releases, subscribe where ever you listen to great podcasts and follow on Instagram for cool updates and episode previews.

Send a textHey everyone, welcome back to another great episode with our next guest Marci Lock, also known as Sun Dari. Marci is a transformative life coach, drawing off personal life experiences and plant medicine to evoke positive embodiment of authentic self in her clients. Marci uses her personal life philosophy and spiritual retreats to be a catalyst for change. Listen as we discuss her outlook on life and change, the path to happiness and spiritual growth.Pluggables - Marci Lock MentorSupport the showAs always, if you like what you hear, please leave a review on iTunes. If you want more great content as it releases, subscribe where ever you listen to great podcasts and follow on Instagram for cool updates and episode previews.

Send a textHey everyone and welcome back to a great episode with the incredibly cool Danny Such. Dan has been an avid psilocybin user for a decade, a professional psychedelic guide in legal settings for 6 years and has facilitated 2500 plus individual journeys. His interest in mushrooms was sparked from a hobby in foraging, and it led to him curing his own OCD and depression. He has since dedicated his time to honing his connection to psilocybin as well as the outdoors. Check out this fantastic interview as we discuss potential emotional risks and benefits when using psilocybin, how to navigate difficult trips and philosophising on the nature of the magic mushroom. Listen to Danny’s podcast, The BlueFoot show here.Support the showAs always, if you like what you hear, please leave a review on iTunes. If you want more great content as it releases, subscribe where ever you listen to great podcasts and follow on Instagram for cool updates and episode previews.

Send a textHello and Happy New Year everyone! We are really excited to release the next episode with Kevin Thorbahn. Kevin is one of the initial volunteers to explore the DMT space in the extended-state intravenous N,N-DMT program run by DMTx.  The DMT program was initiated in February 2016 by Daniel McQueen, co-founder of Medicinal Mindfulness. DMTx is based on the pharmacokinetic research of Dr. Andrew Gallimore and the DMT research of Dr. Rick Strassman. The DMTx program explores legal psychedelic research and exploration using intravenous N.N-DMT via infusion pumps to generate extended experiences in the DMT space. Listen as we discuss the DMTx program, encountering entities, and the exploration of consciousness.Find out more and explore the DMTx program HERESupport the showAs always, if you like what you hear, please leave a review on iTunes. If you want more great content as it releases, subscribe where ever you listen to great podcasts and follow on Instagram for cool updates and episode previews.