We’re in the final month of the Year of the Snake (Chinese lunar calendar), a phase that isn’t about dramatic shedding any more than you have, but about consolidation.

The old skin is mostly off.
 The new skin is still thickening.

In this week’s upcoming Wednesday episode of Ketamine Connections, Anna explores why psychedelics were made illegal in the first place — from colonial religion to the 1960s to modern mental health systems — and why it was never truly about safety.

At its core, psychedelic prohibition has always been about power and control.

This Sunday Sneak Peek invites you to listen with a new lens:
 How altered states can return you to a felt sense of inner authority, especially for those living with disempowering mental health states like depression, anxiety, rumination, PTSD being prescribed ketamine for help.

Tune in Wednesday for the full episode.

If ketamine is floating around in your awareness — if a doctor mentioned it, a friend brought it up, or you’ve been quietly Googling it at night — this episode is for you.

In this first episode of Ketamine Connections in 2026, Anna Krishtal invites you to slow down before booking ketamine and understand what actually creates lasting change.

Ketamine is often framed as the thing that fixes anxiety, depression, or emotional pain. But ketamine doesn’t create the change — it creates the opening. What happens before and after the session is what determines whether ketamine becomes transformational or whether the effects fade.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why ketamine symptom relief is common in the first session — and why that doesn’t mean it will automatically stick
• Why every ketamine session feels different (and why that’s normal)
• The common dip that happens after initial relief — and why it’s not failure
• How the subconscious mind surfaces root material once safety is established
• Why your nervous system doesn’t care about trends, celebrities, or protocols
• The difference between using ketamine reactively vs intentionally
• Why preparation and integration matter more than dosage or frequency

Anna uses a simple metaphor to explain ketamine as a powerful tool — one that works best when you understand how to use it and follow the right order of steps. Ketamine opens the box, but without preparation and integration, the structure doesn’t hold.

This episode is especially for you if:

• You’ve tried therapy, medication, or other healing modalities and still feel stuck
• You felt relief once but watched it fade
• You’re afraid ketamine “won’t work for you”
• You want more than temporary symptom relief — you want emotional freedom

Ketamine isn’t here to fix you.
 It’s here to show you what’s possible — and ask you to participate.

If 2026 is the year you work with ketamine, this episode will help you do it intentionally, safely, and with the full picture in mind.

Relevant Links (Drop-In Ready)

🔗 Ketamine Starter Portal
Access all free guides, resources, and episode references in one place:
👉 www.yourketaminecoach.com/free

Welcome to our first Sunday of 2026.

New Year energy is real. Beginnings loosen patterns and make change feel more available... and at the same time, it’s very common for hesitation to show up if you’ve ridden this wave before and ended up disappointed.

And that, my friend, is protection.

In this Sunday Sneak Peek, I name both sides of this moment and set the tone for the year ahead. I also preview Wednesday’s episode, the first full episode of 2026, where I ask a really important question:

If ketamine worked… how would you know?

We talk about why ketamine isn’t the change itself, but rather it’s the tool, and how real, lasting transformation comes from preparation, order, and integration, not the medicine alone. I also share why early relief is real, why things can feel better and then harder, and how that’s often part of the process rather than a sign something went wrong.

As always, all of the grounding tools and resources I mention are free inside the Ketamine Starter Portal, which is also the best way to stay connected beyond the podcast.

👉www.yourketaminecoach.com/free

New Year’s Eve has a way of activating big questions:
What needs to change? What needs to stop? What part of me am I trying to fix this year?

In this special NYE episode, Anna offers a powerful reframe for resolution season — one that invites compassion instead of self-war, and understanding instead of “new year, new me” pressure.

This episode explores why what we often call self-sabotage is actually self-protection, and how the subconscious mind isn’t your enemy — it’s your most loyal ally, still running old survival software that once kept you safe.

You’ll hear:

• why the subconscious is protecting familiarity, not happiness
• how internal conflict is created by fighting parts of yourself
• why ketamine doesn’t override the subconscious — it reveals it
• and how healing begins when you build trust with the parts you’ve been trying to silence

Anna also shares a simple but profound practice to soften the inner war and shift from self-criticism to self-leadership... a grounding way to close the year and step into the next.

✨ If you’re approaching ketamine (or life) hoping something will finally “fix” you, this episode offers a radically different, and deeply relieving,  perspective.

All of the holiday and New Year support mentioned in this episode, including free guides, grounding tools, and ways to connect more deeply, live inside the Ketamine Starter Portal.

✨ Resources Mentioned

• Ketamine Starter Portal (free tools, guides, and newsletter):
  https://www.yourketaminecoach.com/free
• Jump on Anna's calendar and connect: https://tidycal.com/anna-krishtal/lets-catch-up-25
  
  

As you ring in the new year, remember:
 Nothing about you is broken.
 Healing begins when you stop fighting yourself.

Happy New Year. 💛

New Year’s Eve carries a real wave of possibility, and there’s a subconscious reason for that. Beginnings loosen old patterns and make change feel more available.

In this Sunday Sneak Peek, Anna names both sides of New Year energy:

• why moments like New Year’s, birthdays, and fresh starts genuinely support change
• and why hesitation can show up if you’ve ridden that wave before… and wiped out

This episode sets the stage for the full episode that will release on NYE Wednesday where Anna dives deeper into one of the most misunderstood dynamics in healing: why what we often call self-sabotage is actually the subconscious trying to keep you safe, and how real transformation begins when you stop fighting that part of yourself.

Stay until the end of this episode to hear Anna share her personal love for New Year’s — and why this moment has always mattered so much to her, and an invitation to connect.

Book in to connect with Anna here: https://tidycal.com/anna-krishtal/lets-catch-up-25

If you’ve been curious about ketamine therapy, especially during a season when anxiety, depression, and old patterns can feel louder, this episode breaks down what actually makes ketamine work.

In this Christmas Eve episode of Ketamine Connections, Anna Krishtal explores three well-known ketamine success stories: Trevor Noah, Kelly Osbourne, and Lamar Odom to show why ketamine isn’t a miracle cure, and why relief alone isn’t the transformation.

Ketamine can create rapid symptom relief with 50–70% of people experiencing improvement in their first session but lasting change comes from what you do after. This episode explains the difference.

✨ In This Episode, You’ll Learn

• Why ketamine works differently than antidepressants
• What rapid relief actually does (and doesn’t) mean
• How ketamine creates space from mental looping, anxiety, and trauma
• Why integration is the key to lasting change
• What celebrity ketamine stories reveal, without the hype
• Why the holidays can amplify symptoms (and how to navigate them)

🎄 Holiday Support (Free)

🎧 Episode 69: Holiday Triggers + Why You’re Not Regressing

🎧 Episode 70: Should You Tell Your Family You’re Doing Ketamine?

🌿 Ketamine Starter Portal (FREE):
Grounding tools, short audios, worksheets, and holiday support
👉 https://www.yourketaminecoach.com/free

🎙️ Share Your Ketamine Success Story

Have a ketamine transformation you want to share on the podcast?

👉 Submit your story:
https://form.jotform.com/251955687330667

In this Sunday Sneak Peek, Anna reminds us that intention is the difference between going through the motions and creating real transformation—especially during the intensity of the holiday “fast-forward season.”

She reflects on why intention changes the trajectory of everything:
from how we eat, to how we move through the holidays, to how we work with ketamine as medicine rather than just a substance.

You’ll hear why:

• intention is what gives ketamine direction
• substance alone doesn’t create healing (otherwise nightclubs would be full of enlightened beings)
• learning to work with the subconscious recruits 95% of the brain
• and why last week’s episode on intention is essential listening this time of year

Anna also highlights free holiday resources available inside the Ketamine Starter Portal, including:

• a powerful grounding practice from Episode 69
• tools for navigating family triggers
• guidance for difficult conversations from Episode 70
• and access to the weekly Energy Reads newsletter

Finally, she previews this Wednesday’s episode (Episode 73)—a hope-filled conversation sharing three powerful ketamine success stories from Trevor Noah, Kelly Osbourne, and Lamar Odom, and why hearing real human stories expands what the subconscious believes is possible.

✨ Resources Mentioned

• Ketamine Starter Portal (free grounding tools + holiday resources):
  https://www.yourketaminecoach.com/free
  
  
• Episode 72: How to Set a Subconsciously Sound Intention
• Episode 69: Holiday Triggers + Grounding Practice
• Episode 70: Navigating Conversations & Protecting Your Nervous System

Setting an intention is often talked about as the most important part of a ketamine journey, and yet very few people are taught how to do it in a way that actually works with the subconscious mind.

In this episode, Anna breaks down three common ways people unknowingly set your ketamine intentions up for failure, and how these mistakes can lead to frustration, disappointment, or the belief that “ketamine isn’t working.”

Drawing from her own early psychedelic experiences, and years of working with ketamine clients, Anna explains why intention is meant to function as a North Star, not a rigid outcome or a test you pass or fail.

You’ll learn:

• Why vague, directionless intentions often lead nowhere
• How outcome-focused intentions quietly sabotage the process
• Why getting upset when sessions don’t go “as planned” is usually a sign that ketamine is working
• How intention supports you through discomfort, agitation, and the messy middle of transformation
• What makes an intention subconsciously sound versus ego-driven

If you’re preparing for ketamine, already in a protocol, or reflecting back on sessions that didn’t unfold the way you expected, this episode will help you re-orient toward the process, and use intention the way it’s meant to be used.

✨ Need help setting your intention? 

👉Join the Ketamine Preparation Protocol here: https://www.annakrishtal.com/kpp

✨ Want direct feedback on your intention?

Anna is currently offering 1:1 Ketamine Intention Audits—short, focused, strategic calls designed to refine the intention you already have and make sure it’s truly set up for success.
👉 https://tidycal.com/anna-krishtal/intention-audit

The holidays can feel like someone pressed fast-forward on life... schedules fill up, nervous systems run hot, and it’s easy to lose your center.

In this Sunday Sneak Peek, Anna shares supportive resources for navigating the intensity of the season, including a powerful grounding practice from Episode 69 and free nervous-system tools available inside the Ketamine Starter Portal.

She also reflects on this week’s Energy Read, exploring liminal space: the in-between phase of change where the old identity no longer fits, but the new one hasn’t stabilized yet, and why discomfort here is often a sign of real transformation.

Plus, a preview of Episode 72, a solo conversation on ketamine intention:

• the three most common ways people unintentionally set their intention up to fail
• how to tell the difference between a subconsciously sound intention and a goal or wish
• why frustration during ketamine work often means the process is working

✨ Special note: Episode 72 includes a limited opportunity to book a 1:1 intention audit with Anna. The booking link will be shared inside the episode and removed once spots are filled.  Be sure to subscribe to the show to receive it first.

Finally, a reminder that Mental Hygiene Moments, Anna’s free monthly group hypnosis for nervous-system support, is happening Monday, December 15th at 3:30 PM ET.

👉 https://www.annakrishtal.com/mhm

✨ Resources Mentioned

• Ketamine Starter Portal (Free grounding tools + weekly Energy Reads):
  https://www.yourketaminecoach.com/free
• Episode 69: Holiday grounding practice (EFT, breathwork, regulation)
• Episode 70: Additional holiday nervous-system support

What do you turn to in the darkest chapters of your life when the confusion, the uncertainty, the “am I doing this right?” moments hit? And how do you find faith when nothing feels stable beneath your feet?

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Kevin Cannella, MAPS-trained psychedelic psychotherapist for a conversation that moves through 3D to 5D, the subconscious, liminal space, spiritual trust, and why our deepest transformations often begin in the moments where we feel the most lost.

✨ What we cover:

• Why life moves in repeating themes, and what it means when the same lesson keeps circling back
• The chrysalis stage of healing, aka the “in-between” where your old life is gone but the new one hasn’t arrived yet
• Why your subconscious repeats familiar patterns (even the painful ones)
• Why friction is normal on the path of growth — and what it’s trying to show you
• How to trust the process when your nervous system is screaming for certainty
• How psychedelic work (including ketamine) mirrors spiritual initiations
• Kevin’s windy path through psychotherapy, ayahuasca, Vipassana, Sufism, and faith-based healing
• The role of intuitive nudges vs. fear-based conditioning
• How to walk a spiritual path without bypassing your humanit

This is one of those conversations you’ll want to listen to more than once. Every time, you’ll hear something new, a phrase, a metaphor, a perspective that lands differently depending on where you are in your healing.

📩 Want to go deeper together?

• Join the Ketamine Starter Portal for free!  You’ll get invitations, tools, and insights I don’t share anywhere else.
  👉 Join here: https://www.yourketaminecoach.com/free