Modern Psychedelics

What happens when a psychedelic experience makes life more confusing instead of more clear?

Working with Iboga soon? Enlist Lana's support.

In this unguarded solo episode, Lana shares an honest update 16 months after her second Iboga experience, and reflects on how much her understanding of Iboga, "truth", and integration has changed along the way.

Rather than looking back from the other side with a neat story about what it all meant, Lana speaks from within an integration that is still unfolding. After a challenging year of uncertainty, mental spirals, shifting identity, questions about love and relationships, and even moments of resentment toward the medicine, she explores what it means to keep integrating when there are no easy answers.

At the center of the episode is a Bwiti teaching that has become an anchor throughout this process: the mind is not a sense. Lana explores what it has meant to return to the present moment, confirm truth through the senses, and learn to trust her direct lived experience over the stories, fears, and projections of the mind—even when those stories began with something experienced during an Iboga ceremony.

This episode is about the messier side of psychedelic healing: when medicine makes things harder before they get better, when integration stretches far beyond the retreat, and when the work becomes less about finding answers and more about learning how to live with the questions.

In this episode:

• What does it actually mean to call Iboga a “truth medicine”?
• The Bwiti teaching about how to find truth
• Distinguishing intuition from anxiety, fear, and mental projection
• Trusting direct experience over the stories of the mind
• When psychedelic experiences make things worse before they make them better
• Why Iboga integration can unfold over years
• Identity, uncertainty, relationships, and learning what you really want
• Feeling resentment toward a medicine you also deeply respect
• The loneliness of long-term integration and finding the right support
• Learning to keep living—and moving forward—even when the mind is screaming

Explore Coaching with Lana:

• Psychedelically Informed Consciousness Coaching⁠⁠⁠ (6 Month Program)
• ⁠Iboga Integration & Prep Coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Doing the Work w/ Iboga)
• Focused Transformation Coaching (6 Week Program)

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Stay Connected to Modern Psychedelics:

• Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@modernpsychedelics⁠⁠⁠

• Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.modernpsychedelics.net⁠⁠⁠

• Blog: Field Notes by Lana
• YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Modern Psychedelics YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Free Resources:

• FREE Iboga Preparation Guide⁠

• FREE Set Better Goals⁠
• FREE Integration Journal ⁠
• FREE Intention Setting Journal⁠
• FREE Psychedelic Ceremony Checklist⁠
• FREE Playlists for Psychedelic Journeys + Integration⁠

DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views, and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance.

After more than four decades working to bring psychedelics into legitimate scientific and therapeutic contexts, Rick Doblin is thinking about a much bigger question: What would it look like to move from healing traumatized individuals to healing traumatized families, communities, and cultures?

In this episode, Lana sits down with the founder and president of MAPS to explore the next phase of psychedelic healing—from individuals to group therapy, families, communities and global humanitarian projects. Rick shares what MAPS is learning from work in Somaliland, Bosnia, Israel and beyond, including the challenge of bringing psychedelic therapy into cultures where Western psychotherapy may not be the right model.

They also explore the relationship between culture and psychedelic progress, the limitations of individual healing in a traumatized world, and Rick’s long-term vision of reaching “net zero trauma” by 2070.

In this episode:

• From individual healing to community and collective healing
• Why cultural change is as important as scientific progress
• Group psychedelic therapy and peer-supported models
• Bringing psychedelic healing into low-resource communities
• Healing trauma in Bosnia and the Balkans
• Couples, families, and intergenerational trauma
• Culturally specific approaches to psychedelic therapy
• Rick’s vision for “net zero trauma by 2070”

Explore Coaching with Lana:

• Psychedelically Informed Conciousness Coaching⁠⁠⁠ (6 Month Program)
• Focused Transformation Coaching (6 Week Program)
• Iboga Integration & Prep Coaching⁠⁠⁠ (Doing the Work w/ Iboga)

Stay Connected to Modern Psychedelics:

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@modernpsychedelics⁠⁠⁠

YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠Modern Psychedelics YouTube⁠⁠⁠

Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.modernpsychedelics.net⁠⁠⁠

Substack: The Healthy Ego⁠⁠

Free Resources:

• FREE Iboga Preparation Guide⁠
• FREE Set Better Goals⁠
• FREE Integration Journal ⁠
• FREE Intention Setting Journal⁠
• FREE Psychedelic Ceremony Checklist⁠
• FREE Playlists for Psychedelic Journeys + Integration⁠

DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views, and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance.

What if some of the most common beliefs about psychedelics are actually making the journey harder?

In this special live episode, recorded at Anatha Fest, I unpack six common myths about psychedelic medicine work—from the idea that psychedelics will "fix" us, to the belief that bigger doses always lead to deeper healing. Drawing on my own experiences with ayahuasca, iboga, 5-MeO-DMT, coaching, and psychedelic integration, this talk explores a more grounded, nuanced approach to personal growth and transformation.

Topics Covered

• Why psychedelics won't fix you (and why that's actually good news)
• The difference between insight and integration
• What it means to be an active participant in your healing
• Why the medicine won't tell you what to do
• The myth that bigger doses are always better
• Microdosing, nervous system readiness, and the power of going slow
• Natural vs. synthetic psychedelics: a nuanced conversation
• Spiritual ego, psychedelic identity, and bypassing
• Why healing isn't a shortcut
• The role of preparation and integration in lasting transformation
• The importance of psychological safety in psychedelic work

About Anatha Fest

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• ⁠Get Your Anatha Fest Tickets Here⁠
• My Anatha Fest BTS Vlog

This talk was recorded live at Anatha Fest, one of my favourite wellness-forward music and arts festivals in Canada. Anatha beautifully blends music, movement, community, personal growth, and conscious celebration into one unforgettable weekend. It's a place where you can dance all night, do yoga in the morning, meet incredible humans, and feel genuinely connected.

I'll be back this year with the Kanna Wellness booth, and I'd love to meet you there.

What do you actually do after a psychedelic experience ends… but the process doesn’t?

In this episode, I explore one of the most underrated tools for psychedelic integration: kanna — a legal, non-psychedelic, psychoactive plant that supports emotional regulation, mental clarity, and nervous system balance.

While psychedelics are known for their intensity, insight, and disruption, the reality is that most of the work happens after the experience in the messy, everyday moments. Integration can feel overwhelming, confusing, and hard to navigate.

This episode introduces kanna as a gentle, daily support tool that helps you stay with what’s already unfolding.

What you'll learn:

• What psychedelic integration really looks like beyond the peak experience
• Why integration can feel overwhelming
• What kanna is and how it works (SRI, PDE-4 inhibition, empathogenic effects)
• The difference between psychedelics vs. kanna
• How kanna supports nervous system regulation, mood, and mental clarity
• Why kanna is considered a sober-friendly alternative in social and recreational spaces
• The role of presence in integration — and why it matters more than insight
• How kanna can support identity rebuilding after psychedelic experiences
• Real-life ways to use kanna during integration

Show Links:

• A Guide to Kanna [download]
• Kanna Wellness - MODERN15 for 15%
• 1:1 Coaching with Lana - $500 off all April  [apply]
• Diaspora Diaries - Vlog series on YouTube

Explore Coaching with Lana:

• Psychedelically Informed Coaching⁠⁠⁠ (6 Month Program)
• Focused Transformation Coaching (6 Week Program)
• Iboga Integration & Prep Coaching⁠⁠⁠ (NEW-now enrolling)

Stay Connected to Modern Psychedelics:

• Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@modernpsychedelics⁠⁠⁠

• YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠Modern Psychedelics YouTube⁠⁠⁠

• Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.modernpsychedelics.net⁠⁠⁠

• Substack: The Healthy Ego⁠⁠

Free Resources:

• FREE Iboga Preparation Guide⁠
• FREE Set Better Goals⁠
• FREE Integration Journal ⁠
• FREE Intention Setting Journal⁠
• FREE Psychedelic Ceremony Checklist⁠
• FREE Playlists for Psychedelic Journeys + Integration⁠

DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views, and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance.

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What happens when a psychedelic experience doesn’t expand your sense of self, but instead collapses it?

In this episode, I explore the reality of post-psychedelic identity crisis, also known as ontological shock or existential confusion. This is a deeply disorienting phase where your old sense of self no longer fits, leaving you questioning who you are, what you want, and how to move forward.

Drawing from my own experience nearly a year after Iboga, I share what this process actually feels like, and how to navigate it with more clarity, stability, and self-trust.

This episode offers grounded, practical psychedelic integration support for anyone experiencing anxiety, confusion, loss of identity, or emotional overwhelm after a psychedelic journey.

What you'll learn:

• What a post-psychedelic identity crisis is
• Why psychedelics can trigger ontological shock and ego destabilization
• Common symptoms: anxiety, low self-trust, confusion, lack of direction
• How to ground yourself when your sense of self feels unstable
• Mastering the mind and anxiety
• The importance of emotional care and nervous system regulation
• Activating sobriety and prioritize clarity
• How to reconnect with yourself through everyday life
• Why curating your inputs (social media, content) matters, and how to do it
• Reframing identity crisis as personal expansion and transformation

Mentioned in this episode:

• Kanna Wellness: MODERN15 to get 15% off your first order (Canada only)
• 1:1 Psychedelically-Informed coaching: $500 OFF for March + April start dates
• Personalized Coaching Program
• Doing the Work w/ Iboga: Iboga Prep & Integration

Stay Connected to Modern Psychedelics:

• Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@modernpsychedelics⁠⁠⁠
• YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠Modern Psychedelics YouTube⁠⁠⁠
• Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.modernpsychedelics.net⁠⁠⁠
• Substack: The Healthy Ego⁠⁠

Free Resources:

• FREE Iboga Preparation Guide⁠
• FREE Set Better Goals⁠
• FREE Integration Journal
• FREE Intention Setting Journal⁠
• FREE Psychedelic Ceremony Checklist⁠
• FREE Playlists for Psychedelic Journeys + Integration⁠

DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views, and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance.

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We often confuse power with control — being right, getting our way, influencing outcomes. But control isn’t power. It’s conditional, and it drains us.

In this episode, I explore a different definition: True power is the conscious exercise of choice. We talk about how trying to control people, outcomes, and timing actually gives our power away — and how choosing our perception, response, and energy brings it back.

This is especially relevant for anyone navigating growth or psychedelic integration. Insight alone doesn’t create change. Practicing choice does.

What You’ll Learn:

• The difference between control and conscious choice
• Why control burns energy
• How to shift from reaction to response
• Why space and pace are essential for integration
• How coaching helps you reclaim authorship of your energy

Explore Coaching with Lana:

• $500 OFF during March: Psychedelically Informed Coaching⁠⁠⁠ (6 Month Program)
• Custom Coaching Program Application
• Focused Transformation Coaching (6 Week Program)
• Iboga Integration & Prep Coaching⁠⁠⁠ (NEW-now enrolling)

Stay Connected to Modern Psychedelics:

• Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@modernpsychedelics⁠⁠⁠
• YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠Modern Psychedelics YouTube⁠⁠⁠
• Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.modernpsychedelics.net⁠⁠⁠
• Substack: The Healthy Ego⁠⁠

Free Resources:

• FREE Iboga Preparation Guide⁠
• FREE Set Better Goals⁠
• FREE Integration Journal ⁠
• FREE Intention Setting Journal⁠
• FREE Psychedelic Ceremony Checklist⁠
• FREE Playlists for Psychedelic Journeys + Integration⁠

DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views, and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance.

Released on my 35th birthday, this episode is a cozy conversation between me and one of my closest friends about iboga integration. We discuss what life has been like in the nine months since I had a shocking Iboga experience. One that allowed me to access the source of deepest shame within myself, after six years of working with psychedelic medicine. Since then, I have been given the opportunity to transform my relationship with that shame.

This is a cozy story time style episode where I reflect on everything I have been learning, integrating, releasing and opening up to, after iboga at etereo. I definitely haven't "figured it all out", and I am in still in process. This is a glimpse into it the inner work that helped me befriend my shadowiest shadow.

Show Links:

ETÉREO: Center for Truth

@etereo__baja

Doing the Work w/ Iboga

Topics covered:

• What Iboga reveals about self-deception, truth, and identity
• The shock and grief phase of post-Iboga integration
• Why integration often feels harder before it feels lighter
• Slow healing vs. making healing your whole personality
• Anxiety, thought spirals, and learning not to act from them
• Releasing control, oversharing, and curated self-image
• Cultural shame, father wounds, and returning to the Balkans
• Creativity as integration (photography, fashion, expression)
• Entering a secure romantic relationship after years of singleness
• Anxious attachment, earned security, and emotional regulation
• Living long-distance as part of the medicine’s curriculum
• Why “life is the integration plan”
• Stepping away from facilitation and the savior role
• Choosing to enjoy life without abandoning depth or devotion

Beliefs aren’t real — and yet they shape our lives in very real ways.

In this opening episode of Season Six, Lana explores a paradox that sits at the very root of personal development, consciousness work, and psychedelic integration:
beliefs are not truth… yet they determine how we experience reality.

Lana breaks down what beliefs actually are (and what they aren’t), why we need them to function, and how outdated belief systems quietly run our lives long after they’ve stopped serving us.

This episode is an invitation to step out of unconscious patterning and into agency — to see your beliefs not as fixed truths, but as stories you are actively participating in, reinforcing, and therefore capable of updating.

As Lana explains, you may not be able to control everything that happens to you —but you can influence how you interpret it, the meaning you give it, and how you respond.
That’s the power of belief systems.

What You'll Learn:

• How beliefs differ from objective truth — yet why they still matter deeply
• How beliefs shape perception, energy, behavior, and results
• Why many of our core beliefs are inherited unconsciously in childhood
• How beliefs that once protected us often become the very things that limit us
• A real coaching story that illustrates how outdated beliefs create burnout and stagnation
• Why changing beliefs isn’t about “positive thinking,” but about alignment and agency

Explore Coaching with Lana:

• Psychedelically Informed Consciousness Coaching (6 Month Program)
• Focused Transformation Coaching (6 Week Program)
• Iboga Integration & Prep Coaching⁠⁠⁠ (NEW-now enrolling)

Stay Connected to Modern Psychedelics:

• Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@modernpsychedelics⁠⁠⁠
• YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠Modern Psychedelics YouTube⁠⁠⁠
• Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.modernpsychedelics.net⁠⁠
• Substack: The Healthy Ego⁠⁠

Free Resources:

• FREE Iboga Preparation Guide⁠
• FREE Set Better Goals⁠
• FREE Integration Journal ⁠
• FREE Intention Setting Journal⁠
• FREE Psychedelic Ceremony Checklist⁠
• FREE Playlists for Psychedelic Journeys + Integration⁠

DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views, and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance.

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In this deeply inspiring instalment of The Journey series, Lana reconnects with her former coaching client Nadi Miri, a powerhouse architect, business owner, and newly minted PhD student whose transformation over the past year reveals what happens when we become the architects of our own inner world.

Through their conversation, Nadi reflects on how coaching helped her move from burnout, overextension, and people-pleasing into clarity, alignment, and authentic leadership. Together, they explore how Nadi redefined her relationship with money, boundaries, creativity, and self-worth—and how learning to say “no” became the foundation for saying a fuller “yes” to herself, her values, and her purpose.

Nadi’s story is one of courage, reflection, and self-reclamation: a reminder that transformation doesn’t come from fixing ourselves, but from consciously rebuilding our belief systems, mindset, and creative process to align with the truth of who we really are.

Topics Covered:

• How Nadi went from burnout and overwhelm to joy and creative flow
• Reconnecting with her true values after years of over-giving and people-pleasing
• The inner work of setting boundaries and saying “no” without guilt
• Reframing money from shame to energetic neutrality and self-worth
• Letting go of control and learning to trust her team as a conscious leader
• Returning to creativity and curiosity through her PhD journey
• How self-acceptance became the foundation for new possibilities

Explore Coaching with Lana:

• Iboga Integration & Prep Coaching⁠⁠⁠ (NEW-now enrolling)

• Psychedelically Informed Life Coaching⁠⁠⁠ (6 Month Program)

• Focused Transformation Coaching - Mini Container (6 Week Program)

Stay Connected to Modern Psychedelics:

• Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@modernpsychedelics⁠⁠⁠

• YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠Modern Psychedelics YouTube⁠⁠⁠

• Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.modernpsychedelics.net⁠⁠⁠

• Substack: The Healthy Ego⁠⁠

Free Resources:

• FREE Iboga Preparation Guide⁠

• FREE Set Better Goals⁠

• FREE Integration Journal ⁠

• FREE Intention Setting Journal⁠

• FREE Psychedelic Ceremony Checklist⁠

• FREE Playlists for Psychedelic Journeys + Integration⁠

DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views, and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance.

Focused Transformation Coaching - A 6-week private coaching experience designed to help you move through one major block or transition in your life.

In this deeply personal and illuminating solo episode, Lana explores one of the most overlooked yet transformative aspects of healing and consciousness work—learning to receive. Drawing inspiration from her 5-MeO-DMT experience and her work as an Energy Leadership coach, she breaks down why receiving often feels so difficult, the cultural conditioning that drives over-giving and over-functioning, and how we can shift our energy to create balance, trust, and flow.

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Topics Covered:

• The energetics of receiving as an active surrender
• Breaking down the energy of the caregiver
• Recognizing when giving turns into over-giving
• Reconnecting to balance between giving and receiving
• Reprogramming the inner narratives that block receiving
• The four energetic blocks: limiting beliefs, interpretations, assumptions, and gremlins
• How to shift from catabolic to anabolic (low to high) consciousness
• Trusting life, love, and abundance as forms of receiving

Explore Coaching with Lana:

• ⁠Focused Transformation Coaching⁠ - 6 Week Micro-Program
• Iboga Integration & Prep Coaching⁠⁠⁠ (NEW-now enrolling)

• Psychedelically Informed Life Coaching⁠⁠⁠ (6 Month Program)

Stay Connected to Modern Psychedelics:

• Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@modernpsychedelics⁠⁠⁠

• YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠Modern Psychedelics YouTube⁠⁠⁠

• Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.modernpsychedelics.net⁠⁠⁠

• Substack: The Healthy Ego⁠⁠

Free Resources:

• FREE Iboga Preparation Guide⁠

• FREE Set Better Goals⁠

• FREE Integration Journal ⁠

• FREE Intention Setting Journal⁠

• FREE Psychedelic Ceremony Checklist⁠

• FREE Playlists for Psychedelic Journeys + Integration⁠

DISCLAIMER: Modern Psychedelics does not endorse or support the illegal consumption of any substances. This show is meant for entertainment purposes only. Modern Psychedelics does not sell or promote the sale of any illegal substances. The thoughts, views, and opinions on this show should not be taken as life advice, medicinal advice, or therapeutic guidance.