End It For Good

Juliana Mercer is a nonprofit leader with over 20 years of experience serving the veteran population. She’s a Marine Corps veteran who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. She is also a survivor of personal and military trauma who found healing and transformation through psilocybin-assisted therapy, an FDA-designated breakthrough therapy.

Currently, she is the Director of Veteran Advocacy & Public Policy at Healing Breakthrough, a nonprofit organization that advocates for the research, training, and deployment of system-wide adoption of MDMA-AT in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Juliana is passionate about expanding veteran access to psychedelic therapies and empowering them to thrive in civilian life.

On the show we talk about her experiences trying to help other veterans transition back into civilian life. She shares the stunning veteran suicide rate and the potential of psychedelic therapy to help more of them find healing before it's too late. 

Adam Marr is the Director of Operations and a founding member at Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition (VMHLC), a coalition of partner organizations that aims to prevent suicide and deaths of despair among Veterans and Americans through increased access to safe and affordable psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Adam is also a US Army Veteran, a best-selling author, a former management consultant executive, and a passionate advocate for the safe and responsible use of psychedelic therapies. Adam credits his own ibogaine and 5MeODMT protocol as a life-changing experience that helped him heal.

On the show he shares his story, his challenges, what he learned about psychedelic therapy, and why he works today to help more veterans have access to it. 

You can learn more about VMHLC at https://vmhlc.org/

Melissa Lavasani is the Founder & CEO of Psychedelic Medicine Coalition. She was a healthy, happy wife and mother, pregnant with her second child, when she was overcome with debilitating depression that continued after her son was born. For several years Melissa tried to keep functioning even though she was struggling against suicidal thoughts. 

Melissa shares her story as someone who had never used a psychedelic in her life and was terrified of them, to finding healing for her depression and a shifted career advocating for others to have access to the treatment that saved her life. 

To learn more, visit https://www.psychedelicmedicinecoalition.org/

If you have a loved one who is struggling with addiction, you should tune in to this week's episode of the EFG Podcast! 

Our guest, Laurie MacDougall, talks with Christina about the CRAFT method for interacting with loved ones who are dealing with an addiction. Laurie works for Allies in Recovery, which provides step-by-step tips on how to apply the CRAFT method in your everyday life.

Laurie talks about her journey walking with her son through his addiction, how she became a supporter of the CRAFT method, and gives many examples of how you can use the CRAFT method.

To learn more about Laurie and Allies in Recovery, you can visit https://alliesinrecovery.net or email Laurie directly at lcmac11 [at] comcast.net.

To learn more about End It For Good, visit https://enditforgood.com

If you've seen Christina Dent's TEDx Talk or heard the story of End It For Good's beginning, you've heard of Joanne, the mother who once struggled with addiction and ultimately changed Christina's life. In today's episode, Joanne Shedd shares her story in her own words. From the years she struggled to the beautiful life she's building with her son, Beckham, she lets us in on her world and her journey to healing and wholeness.  

You can learn more about End It For Good, and Christina's book, at https://enditforgood.com/

Retired Judge Mary Beth O'Conner and Christina talk about her remarkable journey From Junkie to Judge, as told in her memoir. There are many paths to recovery, and Mary Beth and Christina discuss the importance of seeing people in recovery as individuals, and allowing them to create their own recovery plan. Philosophy and meeting format vary greatly between recovery programs, and there is no one path that will work for everyone.

Christina talks with Jeffery Harvey, the Clinic Director at Jackson Comprehensive Treatment Center. Jeffery grew up in a religious household but developed a substance use disorder after suffering abuse as a child. Although today Jeffery works to provide as many pathways to recovery as possible for those struggling with addiction, he didn't always support this approach. Jeffery shares his own story, and he and Christina discuss the benefits of pathways outside the traditional model for recovery, the importance of choice in recovery plans, the negative effects of societal stigma, and more.

Learn more: enditforgood.com