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As mamas, many of us are trying to take back our mental health. Many of the ways that mental health disorders are treated today are both outdated and ineffective. Some are turning to the use of psychedelic drugs as an alternative form of therapy. Is this the future of treatment? Today’s guest, Christina Thomas, believes greatly in the healing power of ketamine, which can be received through in-person treatments at her clinic in Florida. Christina shares that her team often joke that you can achieve what a Buddhist monk can in a single session, and that’s the basis of their mind, body, spirit approach to healing, where ketamine acts as the catalyst. During today’s episode, she talks us through the step-by-step process that patients go through when they book an appointment at the clinic, and the role of each of the key service providers when they take you through the treatment. Drawing on her own experience and her observation of how patients change, Christina lets us in on the plethora of benefits that this unique healing modality can bring to you. Her clinic stands as a beacon of hope and healing to anyone struggling with mental health issues of any kind. Join us to hear her story. 

Key Points From This Episode:

• An introduction to Christina Thomas, and her ketamine clinic in Florida.
• Christina shares her story of opening the clinic two weeks before lockdown happened.
• Her fiance’s success using psychedelics to heal addiction.
• The mental health journey Christina went on, and how ketamine has helped her.
• What ketamine is: a dissociative psychedelic drug producing a dreamlike experience.
• How new clients are assessed and guided with the help of a psychiatrist and meditator on site.
• The on-site psychologist, Hannah, and her method of preparing patients for treatment.
• Why it is important to have clear intentions as you enter the experience. 
• An example of how the treatment can uncover an experience that is blocking you.
• How a ketamine session can act as a shortcut.
• Their mind, body, spirit approach and how it goes beyond medicine.
• The importance of taking what you learn with ketamine into your daily life.
• Why they are currently using ketamine off-label, and why it is not covered by most insurance.
• What ketamine can treat: depression, anxiety, PTSD, Crohn’s, neuropathy, and more.
• How ketamine creates neurogenesis and neuroplasticity supporting dendrites as they grow.
• Reducing the stigma around alternative therapy.
• The film they are working on which follows the journey of different ketamine patients.
• How she observes people changing when they experience the treatment. 
• How her experience with ketamine made her a better parent.
• Why it is so important, as a mom, to keep a little focus on yourself.
• The step-by-step of how the process unfolds, twice a week over a three week period.
• Where to find My Self Wellness online to book your treatment. 

Tweetables:

“We never just throw anybody off of a ledge. We work the doses up.” — Christina Thomas [0:08:32]

“It’s kind of a shortcut. We joke around and say that you can achieve what a Buddhist monk can achieve through one ketamine session. And that’s really powerful.” — Christina Thomas [0:11:22]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

 My Self Wellness

Christina Thomas on LinkedIn

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