Retreat facilitator and spiritual guide Krista Kritchley joins us from Costa Rica to talk transformation that’s lived—not lectured. From addiction and fibromyalgia to leading retreats and community, Krista shares how radical responsibility, nervous-system regulation, and heart-led choices can turn pain into peace.

We get into cacao ceremony as a heart-opening practice, psilocybin for healing and integration, why “doing nothing” can be the most productive move, and how to step off the Victim-Villain-Hero triangle. Expect tools you can use today: finding your middle path when the pendulum swings, tuning thoughts/words/behaviors to the same “station,” and practicing compassion without losing boundaries.

In this episode:

Saying “yes” to a new life (and manifesting a 7-year plan in 6 months)

Cacao & ceremony (intentions, gratitude, and real-world grounding)

Mushrooms, microdosing, and nervous-system healing

Left/right brain harmony, growth mindset & neuroplasticity

The Four Agreements in practice; life as a mirror

Alchemy: turning triggers into peace; the power of non-engagement

Integration: journaling, community, nature, ecstatic dance

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro & Episode Theme

01:37 Affirmation: “Wisdom of my heart”

03:17 Meet Krista Kritchley

05:06 Seven-Year Plan → Six Months

06:55 Origin: From burnout to Costa Rica

08:33 Yoga, meditation, insomnia shift

11:55 Saying “Yes” during COVID; community

14:35 What’s a Cacao Ceremony?

17:03 Water intentions & gratitude

19:16 Mushrooms, migraines, microdosing

21:31 Left/Right brain & nervous system

23:52 The Pendulum & the Middle Way

25:58 “Do the Opposite” experiment

27:12 Productive stillness & nature

32:35 Compassion & the 80/20 rule

35:03 Reframing sickness as an upgrade

41:08 Life as mirror; ego triangle

45:32 The Four Agreements (recap)

53:25 Music & inputs as medicine

57:15 Why Peace • Love • Joy

1:03:38 Alchemy: turning pain into peace

1:11:16 Integration after ceremony

1:13:13 Seed of Life invite (Fridays)

1:15:24 Moving Well / Living Well

1:18:51 Empowering question & close