Best Ryan Westrum Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 90 - The Graceful, Expansive, Integrative Unpacking of it ALL! 37:02

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in with Ryan. Introduction In today's fast-paced world, the lines between passion, addiction, and productivity often blur. Understanding the neurological underpinnings of dopamine addiction can be a powerful step towards personal growth and fulfillment. This podcast delv…

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Episode 89 - The Balance of Reverence and Playfulness 23:30

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we meet SpiritBird. As we journey through life, we encounter various phases—ones marked by joy, challenges, introspection, and sometimes, a bit of humor. I imagine if we all took a step back and observed our past selves, there might be a sense of irony in how we navigated these …

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Episode 88 - Embracing Boundlessness with Boundaries in Psychedelics 30:16

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in with Dana - a brilliant mind - and wonderful lens on psychedelics, plant medicine and journeying. The Intersection of Serendipity and Choice Where did psychedelics come into my life? Did they find me, or did I seek them out? In truth, it was a little bit of both. My j…

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Episode 87 - Embracing Balance: A Decade of Healing and Trust 20:15

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in with Ray in a highly reflective episode. Rediscovering Balance and Boundaries In our fast-paced lives, it’s easy to lose sight of the balance we all strive for. A recent conversation reminded me of the importance of integrating different aspects of ourselves, like the…

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Episode 86 - Embracing the Journey: From Introduction to Awakening 29:16

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in with Marc. I have been walking with him for many years and the therapeutic relationship is a vital part of a healing journey, and this exploration is no different. Introduction The journey of self-discovery and healing is often filled with unexpected turns and profoun…

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Episode 85 - A Journey to Devotion: Embracing Life with a New Perspective 26:01

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in with Ben. A first time exploring psychedelics in the therapeutic manner. In the realm of personal growth, the journey often begins as an intellectual pursuit, a quest to explore and understand the world around us. It is a journey filled with reading, studying, and eng…

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Episode 84 - The Commitment, Long Journey. And Integration 31:33

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. In our fourth installment we drop in with Travis once again. Introduction In life’s journey, there are moments that test the core of our individuality. Personal battles with addiction often present some of the most profound trials. Travis''s exploration and reflections on these battles un…

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Episode 83 - Journey into the Unknown: Steps to Clarity. 29:09

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we reconnect with Travis for the third part of a four part segment. Universal Connections The realizations from this experience are profound, suggesting a connection to something much greater than ourselves—an energy that transcends human understanding and invites us to acknowle…

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Episode 82 - Discovering Inner Peace Through Challenges. Reality and Trusting Process 20:18

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop back in with Travis. In this episode I reconnect with him directly after his session. In an era where seeking self-awareness and healing often uncovers unexpected paths, one man's journey intertwines meditation, self-realization, and the use of psilocybin mushrooms. This…

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Episode 81 - The Invitation: Witnessing the Darkness 16:54

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we meet Travis and he will walk with us on a multiple episode journey towards wholeness. This episode is the invitation. Feeling Lost and Finding Hope Forty-eight hours ago, Travis found himself in an emotional abyss. Lying in bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, He found himsel…

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Episode 80 - Embracing Self-Alignment and Inner Knowing: The Full Body Yes! 22:29

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in and visit Kaya. Kaya has been devoted to her healing her entire life and specifically integrating with psychedelics for the last 5 years. Rediscovering Inner Resonance In our journey through life, we often encounter moments that challenge our sense of belonging within…

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Episode 79 - Embracing the "Now Path" Honest Devotion to Integration 30:36

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we dive in with Amy. Embracing 'The Now Path' The "Now Path" is a journey filled with compassion, particularly compassion for oneself. In the past, I may have reserved my compassion solely for others, but the 'now' demands self-compassion. It means accepting our past lessons, ce…

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Episode 78 - Embracing Healing: A Journey of Sobriety, Empathy, and Self-Compassion 25:26

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in with Guy. A passionate spirit who tells his story of overcoming addiction and finding happiness. Sharing that with the psychedelic experiences he now is touching emotions he has never felt. A Reflection on Family and Empathy In the journey towards healing and sobriety…

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Episode 77 - Psychedelic Bridges: A Couple's Narrative on Healing and Growth 23:45

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we connect with Ray and Giuseppe. In today's unique conversation, we delve into the transformative journeys of Ray and Giuseppe, a couple bridging the physical distance between Rome and Berlin, yet united in exploring the profound impacts of psychedelics on personal growth and h…

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Episode 76 - Spirit and Consciousness: Integrating Spirituality into Daily Life 28:53

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week with drop in with Giuseppe. We discuss his journey into the world of psychedelics which was anything but conventional. Initially, he shares his relationship with substances was fraught with challenges. This began during a difficult period, notably through experiences with LSD, a…

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Episode 75 - Journey to Self: Lakshmi’s Journey Through Trauma into Transformation and Living Integrated 37:48

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in with Lakshmi. Introduction In today's episode, we welcome a remarkable guest, Lakshmi, who courageously shares her story of transformation and healing. Her experience offers profound insights into the journey of self-discovery, trauma recovery, and the role of psyched…

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Episode 74 - Loss, Trauma, and Transformation: A Journey Through Psychedelics The Unexpected Path of Healing 26:45

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in with Adam. In the Eye of Transformation: Witness Adam's heartwarming story of courage and healing through the lens of psychedelics. Explore the delicate dance between spirituality and reality, all while embracing love and self-acceptance. A journey not to be missed. T…

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Episode 73 - The Turning Point: Trust, Prudence, and the Journey to Self-Love 24:55

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in with Kristin. She shares an intimate story of the continued healing journey of her concussion with psychedelic medicine. Kristin states: "After my first encounter, life took a drastic turn. I suffered from a severe concussion that left me unable to walk, work, or driv…

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Episode 72 - Psychedelic Mamma: Love and Trust - The Journey of Unconditional Connection 40:45

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. In this special episode I drop in with The Psychedelic Mamma, my mother Sandra. She dives deep with me surrounding what's it's like to walk with me, support me as a mother and be unconditionally loving, trust me and be the ultimate guide. Having never done psychedelics, Sandra provides a …

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Episode 71 -Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of The Psychedelic Integration Handbook: A Journey of Evolution and Personal Transformation 23:46

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week I dive into the celebration of the 5th anniversary and reprinting of The Psychedelics Integration Handbook. In this special celebration, I am thrilled to announce the fifth anniversary of my book, The Psychedelic Integration Handbook. This revised and re-edited edition is now av…

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Episode 70 - Standing with Self, in Self- Resiliency through treatment, trauma and into transformation. 31:39

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in with Madison. She tells her transparent and deeply transformational story with a great sense of strength, courage and humble humor. We dive into an intimate conversation around her healing journey through an eating disorder and the balancing act of taking back her bod…

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Episode 69 - Embracing Self-Compassion - Awakening to the Inner Self 31:20

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in with David. Getting a beautiful chance to reflect and rediscover his healing path. When the time comes to embark on another session, it's important to recognize that this is not his first journey. With each session, he's become increasingly attuned to his body and its…

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Episode 68 - From Medications to Medicines: Trauma, Trust, and Transformation with Psychedelics 28:09

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in with Amy. A light of devotion to oneself. Amy is coming in very grounded and excited. She describes her state as a combination of feeling rooted and joyful, without being swept away. We're embarking on something new today - a candid discussion about the reality of psy…

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Episode 67 - Rediscovering Authenticity: Finding the Magic in the Mundane 24:22

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- Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in with Thomas. Magic in the authentic self. When frustrations creep in, I start to lose the magic in everyday moments. It's a gentle reminder to be kinder to myself and those around me. Finding balance and staying true to who I am is an ongoing journey. Emotions can b…

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Episode 66 -Embracing the Unspoken: A Journey Through Psychedelic Exploration 33:01

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in with Tim. In today's fast-paced world, finding moments to pause and reflect can be challenging. Yet, embracing stillness and introspection can profoundly impact one's mental and emotional well-being. This podcast delves into a conversation between Ryan, a psychedelic …

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Episode 65 - From Trauma to Triumph: My Path to Strength 27:25

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist, this week I am humbled and grateful to connect with John. In the past several years, John has been on an incredible journey of transformation and healing. This journey has not only been about coming to terms with himself but also about addressing deep-seated family trauma and understandin…

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Episode 64 -Embracing the Unknown: A Journey of Letting Go 30:36

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we drop in with Terrence. In our fast-paced, ever-evolving world, taking a moment to breathe, let go, and surrender to possibilities is a luxury many crave but few attain. This week's guest on The Psychedelic Psychologist is Terrence, a person whose life journey is deeply intert…

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Episode 63 -Embracing Symbiotic Exchanges: A Journey Through Psychedelic Healing 26:23

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we connect with Mary Gold. In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, we often forget to take a moment for ourselves, to ground, breathe, and understand the beauty of symbiotic exchanges. Just as bees and flowers need each other to thrive, so do we need the gifts of each other…

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Episode 62 - Different Modalities - Expanding One's Consciousness 35:12

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we meet Paul, we dive into all expanded states. All the different models. How we interact, live our life. Holding light, courage to go into the work. Integrating life. If you are looking for support please visit healingsoulsllc.com…

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Episode 61 - Shadow, Sober, Hungry Ghost. Setting it Down. 27:27

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we talk to Emma, a beautiful spirit and person who describes the importance of the time between your work. Furthermore, the importance of genetics, socio-economic discovery. She also talks deeply about grief and loss of people that they connect with. The most important thing we …

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Episode 60 - Being Gentle, Somatic Healing and Feeling It All! 25:02

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we connect with Nina. She provides a beautiful landscape of her personal journey. In our conversation we talk all things psychedelic; specifically, touching on the details of relationship with the sitter, the importance of being gentle and the deep connection and re-connection t…

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Episode 59 - Facing Healing Through Patience and Perspective 31:26

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we meet Jerry. The conversation is full of insight surrounding the importance of setting, intention and finding peace and understanding in the life we live. Specifically, we dive into the topics of grief, loss and overcoming pain. Jerry articulates and shares wisdom of both the …

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Episode 58 - Diving into Discovery and the Unknown -- Self Love, Self - Compassion 30:37

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week I am grateful to be joined by Genovieve, she comes with honesty, integrity and a deep sense of rediscovered self-love and compassion. Within our conversation we talk about the difference of discovery and the unknown within the healing of psychedelics. Through a deep need to redi…

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Episode 57 - Re-calibrating, Looking at it All, and Intentional Use 29:40

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week Tom shares his story of how he found psychedelics, what he is uncovering with the intentional use of psychedelics like MDMA and psilocybin. He paints a fantastic picture of the importance of having a skill set prior to working with psychedelics and in so he is able to re-calibra…

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Episode 56 - Language of Love - Language of Self 27:06

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we reconnect with Kaya, and her transformational healing journey with plant medicine. In this installment we talk about all things "planted", growing, nurturing. She explains her innate process she has with listening to herself and the way it has developed into her own personal …

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Episode 55 - A New Path A Healing Path 30:18

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we have the wonderful opportunity to connect with Domenic. New to psychedelics he shares his motivations, healing from cancer and the spiritual experience that has brought him deep healing. In his exploration for healing he was called to psychedelics and a synchronicity that pro…

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Episode 54 - Returning and Revisiting 32:39

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. I'm back, revisiting, reflecting and integrating all things psychedelic. Sarah and I dive into the importance of integration and preparation within the lens of reviewing, reflecting and simply exploring when it feels right. We talk about the difference between a mushroom experience verse …

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Episode 53 - Integration, Incubating and The Time it Needs To Settle 17:59

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we dive into the value of incubating and letting the integration process take hold after the importance of reflection, time under the bridge and ultimately the chance to breath following a session. In this conversation we learn the importance of taking a journey when it calls to…

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Episode 52 - Autonomous Companionship: A Couples Story of Love, Integration and Trust 31:59

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. In the one year anniversary of this podcast I am thrilled and honored to share the story of Eric and Lynn. Their story is a beautiful expression of how I see transformative healing with psychedelic medicines. Specifically what arises in this conversation between them is the importance of …

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Episode 51 - A Missing Connection: Honoring the Integration of Ancestors and Oneself 22:44

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelics Psychologist. This week Emma shares her wonderful experience finding connection. She describes a beautiful experience of finding the value and benefit of reflecting on her ancestors. Specifically, she describes a recent experience she is integrating were she reconnects and honors her grandmother. Emma…

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Episode 50 - The Season of Change: Integration and the Impermanence of Life 27:52

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we are celebrating Kaya and the seasons of change that psychedelics offer. We explore the magnitude that seasonal reflection can have on someone's exploration with medicine. In the 50th episode of The Psychedelic Psychologist Kaya provides a wealth of insight into the importance…

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Episode 49 - The Merging of Integration: One's Calling, Humilty, Lather, Rinse, Repeat 30:50

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This session we connect with Matthew who dives deep into his relationship to medicine and the reverence he has for the work he is doing to heal; and further pass the word on about psychedelics. During our time Matthew talks about how he has been "called" to do much of both his professiona…

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Episode 48 - Practical Integration: A Full Spectrum Approach 31:28

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This session we meet Jonathan. He shares a tremendous story of the full spectrum healing, session, and integration he is actively doing after a 5 gram "hero's dose". Jonathan grants us a intimate story of his experience and what he now is doing to practically land the experience. He descr…

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Episode 47 - Deeper Healing: New Prespectives on Healing, Love, and Living Authenic 27:21

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we connect with Tom, who is integrating his first experience with deep insights into trusting the process, and the magic that comes with the integration. Tom reminds us that many times psychedelic experiences can provide us a new perspective with a deeper and clearer understandi…

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Episode 46 - Due Diligence: The Approach to Healing is Ever Changing. 24:05

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. We meet Patrick who shares a beautiful story about his healing journey and all the efforts he places on his mental health. Patrick is a breath of fresh air when it comes to talking about the due diligence it takes to research, prepare and do the session let alone the energy and mindfulnes…

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Episode 45 - The Embodied Practice of Healing. "No Whys" - Nuturing and Protecting 27:01

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. The body is a temple and stores so much information. Marie, gives us a personal glimpse into the importance of the trust, the listening and the honoring of her body. For someone who says she "is in her head a lot", Marie quickly is remembering and embracing the importance of tending to he…

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Episode 44 - Compounding Integration: The Introduction to The Shadow 24:55

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. In this session we reconnect with Sara, who has been intentionally working with psychedelics for over the course of the past 9 months. She provides a beautiful picture of the idea of "compounding" integration; the idea of still integrating things from previous sessions within the most rec…

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Episode 43 - Choice, Intent, and Striving for Excellence in Love. 33:25

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we meet Hunter, who is an adventure, dreamer and creative force. He shares his wonderful story of learning to be authentic with himself and create his joy. In this session we dive into travel, trust, and loving oneself. He describes his inter-travels with psychedelics and what t…

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Episode 42 - Trusting The Long Game: LOVE, Preparation, Listening and Learning. 24:31

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we meet and connect with David, who is integrating his first psychedelic experience. David allows us into his processing, preparation and how he came to the healing approach he felt most comfortable within the psychedelic world. He emphasizes the importance of a trusting, compas…

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Episode 41 - Awaking The Connection with Mind and Body: Accepting the "Trudging". 21:54

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Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we meet Ingrid who has recently been working with integrating her second experience. She provides a wonderful description of the contrast of her first experience with her most recent dive into her healing journey. Ingrid and I process the importance of being in your body and lis…