When trauma keeps cycling through your life like a storm that never moves on, sometimes you need a different kind of lighthouse. In this episode, I sit down with trauma and psychedelic therapist Julian Bermudez of Psychedelic Integration to explore how intentional, skillfully guided work can soften defenses, surface what’s been buried, and reconnect you to the human spirit that knows how to heal. Julian shares why many clients feel they reach deeper ground with him in minutes than they have in years, how he builds safety through experiential practice before any psychedelic work, and why no medicine—plant or otherwise—does the work for us. We talk about microdosing as a long-term, sustainable companion to therapy, the difference between numbing and nurturing, and how intergenerational patterns echo through our bodies, behaviors, and relationships. Julian also opens up about food and phone addictions as modern forms of disconnection, offering a compassionate reframing: our “stuck” places are adaptations that once kept us safe, and they can be met, soothed, and transformed.

If you’ve wondered whether psychedelics can thoughtfully support trauma therapy—or you’re simply seeking a clearer path through overwhelm—this conversation offers grounded insight and humane optimism. Learn more about Julian’s work, free groups, and podcast at http://www.psychedelic-integration.net and connect on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/psycheintegration/ to continue the conversation.

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