The Psychedelic Mom

20. Michaela Carlin: Are Earth Medicines Being Westernized, Patriarchalized, Psychologized & Pharmacologized?


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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
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