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

In this Sunday Sneak Peek we dive into a theme from the week’s newsletter that so many of you are moving through: pendulum swings and overcorrection.

When you finally break an old pattern, whether it's people-pleasing, over-giving, or anything else, the subconscious often swings hard in the opposite direction. It’s recalibration. It’s how your nervous system learns contrast so it can eventually find center.

If you want more of these weekly subconscious teachings, join my email list through the Ketamine Starter Portal where you’ll also get access to the grounding practice from Episode 69 and tools to support your ketamine journey.

👉 https://www.yourketaminecoach.com/free

✨ Sneak Peek: Episode 71 (out Wednesday!)

This week I sit down with Kevin Cannella, a MAPS-trained psychedelic psychotherapist whose story spans 15+ years of exploring altered states, spiritual growth, and deep transformation.

We talk about:
 • liminal space (the in-between)
 • nonlinear healing & pressure as transformation
 • trusting the path when you can’t see the outcome
 • intuition and the next smallest step
 • how clarity only comes in hindsight

It’s one of those episodes that’s deeply human, validating, grounding, and full of perspective.

See you Wednesday, friends, or inside the Ketamine Starter Portal. 

The holidays bring people together, and that means questions, conversations, curiosity, and sometimes… pressure to share more than you want to. If you’re healing with ketamine and wondering whether (or how) to tell your family, this episode is your roadmap.

Today, Your Ketamine Coach Anna Krishtal is walking you through exactly how to decide who’s safe to share with, what to say, what NOT to say, and the three exit strategies you can use if the conversation starts going sideways. You’ll learn how to protect your nervous system, how to avoid the “psychedelic evangelist” trap, and how to let your transformation speak louder than any explanation ever could.

This episode is packed with the exact process I teach inside my 1:1 coaching and in the Ketamine Preparation Protocol, including the body-based discernment tool, the wading-in warm-up questions, and the word-for-word scripts to use if you choose to share.

Perfect for holiday gatherings, tricky family dynamics, or anyone navigating the early tender stages of their ketamine journey.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

✨ How to decide if you should share your ketamine therapy with family
 ✨ The two questions to ask yourself before telling anyone
 ✨ A simple, powerful body-based discernment process
 ✨ The “wading in lightly” warm-up questions to test someone’s openness
 ✨ 3 rules for sharing (and how to avoid oversharing)
✨ 3 exit strategies you can use anytime — with word-for-word scripts
✨ Why early ketamine healing is like a tiny baby bunny that needs protection
✨ How to avoid becoming a “psychedelic evangelist”
✨ Why letting your transformation speak is the most powerful strategy of all

Resources Mentioned

🔗 Download the free worksheet for this episode
Inside the Ketamine Starter Portal (FREE)
https://yourketaminecoach.com/free

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

🔗 SOS Nervous System Toolkit (10-minute audio)
Free inside the Ketamine Starter Portal

🔗 Join the Newsletter automatic when you join the Ketamine Starter Portal for free: https://yourketaminecoach.com/free

Happy Sunday and welcome back to a new Sunday Sneak Peek of Ketamine Connections!
I hope this holiday weekend was nurturing, grounding, and, maybe a little refreshing. And if it wasn’t? If it brought things up, or felt tender, or stirred family dynamics even from afar… please know that’s completely normal. Family themes run strong this time of year, whether or not they’re physically present.

If that resonates, make sure you check out Episode 69, where I talk about holiday triggers, why they do not mean you’re regressing, and how to understand what’s really happening beneath the surface. Don’t miss the last 10 minutes of that episode where I walk you through an SOS nervous system sequence you can use anytime you're activated or preparing to step into something activating.

This week’s Energy Read (my weekly subconscious newsletter) continued the analogy of “scrubbing the pan” as a metaphor for ketamine healing.
We dove into micro-wins: those tiny shifts your subconscious tries to hide, even though they’re the exact moments that move you out of old patterns and into identity-level change.

If you want the longform version of that teaching (and deeper subconscious insights every Friday), join the Ketamine Starter Portal. That’s the easiest way to hop on my email list and get the weekly energy reads delivered straight to you.

And one more thing… as I’m planning for 2026, I’m craving more touchpoints with you. More connection. More ways to hear what you want on the show. Stay tuned for an invitation soon where we get to connect more directly.

Finally: This coming Wednesday, we’re continuing the theme of family with a an episode around the theme of, “Should You Tell Your Family You’re Doing Ketamine?”  We’ll talk discernment, timing, protecting your subconscious, and how to share from a grounded place without slipping into psychedelic evangelist energy. Come back Wednesday for the full episode.

Stay curious, and I’ll see you mid-week. 💛

▶️ Listen to Episode 69 (Holiday Triggers + SOS Toolkit)

🌀 Join the Ketamine Starter Portal (Free Resources + Email List)

https://www.yourketaminecoach.com/free

🧠 Subscribe to the Weekly Energy Read Newsletter

Automatically included when you join the Ketamine Starter Portal.

✨ Mental Hygiene Moments (if you want to include it)

https://www.annakrishtal.com/mhm

Why is it that you can feel grounded, peaceful, and genuinely good… and then one comment from a family member sends you spiraling back into an old emotional state?

In this episode of Ketamine Connections, we explore the real reason triggers feel so intense around family, and why these moments don’t mean you’re regressing. Using the literal definition of a “trigger,” we break down how your family of origin installed your earliest emotional “buttons,” why healing isn’t linear, and how to move through these moments with power and grace. 

We also revisit one of my favorite teaching tools: the spiral staircase of healing.  It's a reminder that even when an old pattern comes up, you’re meeting it from a higher vantage point in your growth. The version of you today is not the version of you who created that pattern, and that matters more than you think. 

At the end of the episode, I guide you through a short and powerful practice you can use anytime you’re activated, especially during the holiday season.

Whether you adore your family or have complex, tender feelings around them… this episode will help you understand what’s happening inside your brain, your body, and your subconscious mind, and teach you how to meet it with compassion and skill.

• Why feeling “set off” around family isn’t a setback and what it actually reveals about your healing
• The literal definition of a trigger (noun + verb) and how it applies to emotional activation
• How your family “installed” your subconscious buttons, and why they can hit them with scary accuracy 
• Why healing is not linear and how the spiral staircase model shows your true progress
• The difference between trauma triggers and everyday emotional triggers
• How to know when you’re experiencing old programming versus genuine regression
• Tools to stay grounded, centered, and in your truth even when others aren’t
• A guided practice you can save for the holidays (or any tough moment)

Join the Ketamine Starter Portal (+ Free Subliminal for Holiday Stress)
https://www.yourketaminecoach.com/free

Welcome back to our Sunday bonus drop of Ketamine Connections!
These Sunday check-ins land between our regular Wednesday episodes to reconnect, stay in the loop, and share what’s coming before the next episode drops.

Today, I’m sharing:

✨ A quick recap of this week’s Energy Read for the Week, including the “scrubbing the pan” analogy that explains how healing actually works
✨ Why micro-shifts matter more than you think (and what next week’s newsletter will dive deeper into)
✨ A preview of Wednesday’s episode all about triggers, family-installed buttons, and why feeling “set back” is not regression
✨ An invitation to explore the Ketamine Starter Portal...especially if you want the free 10-minute subliminal to soften you through the holiday rush

Links from the show:

Join my Newsletter & Get Free Hypnosis + the Starter Portal Subliminal
 👉 https://www.yourketaminecoach.com/free

If you missed this week’s newsletter (Energy Read for the Week)
 👉 Subscribe above so you get next week’s deep dive into why your micro-shifts matter

In this episode, Anna Krishtal is joined by P. Casey Dubravcic, PMHNP-BC—co-founder of Revitalize Ketamine Clinics and host of Mental Wealth Moves. We dive into what ketamine actually does, why ego dissolution matters, the four types of trauma, and how micro wins create lasting transformation long after the ketamine session ends.

Casey’s perspective blends interventional psychiatry, trauma-informed care, and cautious optimism. If you want to understand ketamine beyond the hype—and what actually creates change—this conversation is full of gold, and you may want to listen to it twice.

What We Cover

• What ego dissolution really means
• Ketamine as a catalyst (not a magic bullet)
• Intergenerational + societal trauma
• Why some people get worse before they get better
• Micro wins + sustainable integration
• The difference between symptom relief and life transformation

Connect with Casey

• Revitalize Ketamine Clinics: https://revitalizeketamine.com
•  $29 Consultation for Listeners: https://revitalizeketamine.com
•  Website: https://pcdubra.com
•  Mental Wealth Moves Podcast: https://youtube.com/@MentalWealthMoves-t5q
•  Instagram: https://instagram.com/pcdubra
•  LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/caseydubravcic
•  Facebook: https://facebook.com/casey.dubravcic

Connect with Anna:

• Ketamine Preparation Protocol https://www.annakrishtal.com/kpp
• Or join my email list for weekly tools, integration tips, and podcast updates:
  https://www.yourketaminecoach.com/free

Welcome to the first-ever Sunday bonus drop of Ketamine Connections! These Sunday check-ins will land between our regular Wednesday episodes to connect, get up-to-date, and share what to expect before Wednesday’s episode drops.

Today, I’m sharing:

 ✨ A quick thanks of your support of my 7-year alcohol-free anniversary

 ✨ An invitation to our totally free Mental Hygiene Moments hypnosis meetup tomorrow

✨ A preview of Episode 68 with Casey Dubravcic (dropping Wednesday!) 

 ✨ Why listeners are loving this week’s Energy Read for the Week and how to join my weekly newsletter to go deeper into subconscious healing

Links from the show:

Mental Hygiene Moments (Tomorrow!)

My FAVORITE free monthly offering: A 30-minute Zoom meetup where we do group hypnosis for nervous system support, integration, and subconscious alignment.

📅 Monday, Nov 17 @3:30PM ET 👉 Join here: www.annakrishtal.com/mhm

Join my Newsletter and receive Free Hypnosis Inside the Ketamine Starter Portal

 👉 https://www.yourketaminecoach.com/free

Episodes mentioned:

Episode 67: Psychedelics Didn’t Change My Life—Here’s What Did

Episode 15: My full story leading up to that transformational shift, I Didn't Expect This After My First Psychedelic Ceremony - Here's What Happened