Medicine Woman Charlotte James on Nakedness in Nature & the Intersection of Race and Psychedelics [episode 87]

Medicine Woman Charlotte James shares about healing from body dysmorphia with nakedness in nature. You’ll also hear about: The intersection of race and psychedelics  Integration and the 5 circles of self How Charlotte began her journey working with Kambo and grandmother Ayahuasca The myth of whiteness and why whiteness isn’t a monolith ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! 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She uses her purpose as an entheogenic medicine woman and her skills as a coach and digital strategist to build and engage a community focused on pursuing collective liberation. Learn more about Charlotte’s work at theancestorproject.com. In this episode, we talk about: How Charlotte began her journey working with Kambo and grandmother Ayahuasca On feeling called to facilitate the medicine  The intersection between race and psychedelics  What happened when Charlotte heard the call from mushrooms on the need to organize community for black women  Charlotte’s experience apprenticing during the pandemic  Ancestral practice as harm reduction Working towards collective liberation  The myth of whiteness and why whiteness isn’t a monolith  On connecting to the traditions of your ancestors  What are you policing within yourself?  Restorative justice and decolonizing the self  The importance of BIPOC only spaces  Communicating with respect and compassion for each other  Building the life and the world you want to see  Being responsible for replicating our own trauma  Why we cant manifest our way out of oppression  How our eagerness can overshadow our integrity  Channeling integration into daily action  How judgment and shame blocked Charlotte’s connection to the medicine  Healing from body dysmorphia with nakedness in nature  Integration and the 5 circles of self Why it isn’t selfish to have your needs met  Exploring nudism and nakedness in nature  Clothes and respectability politics  Challenging what we perceive as acceptable  Integration circles for BIPOC folks  And so much more! 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