The phases of healing after a psychedelic experience are unique to each individual, but recent media attention to these treatments may be creating disproportionate expectations. In this episode, our hosts will explore how some folks may experience more immediate benefits than others.

Nicholas and Jimmy will discuss methods for journeyers to assess if further inner work is required after a psychedelic experience. They’ll touch on the instinctual human habit of self preservation and detail its often, pervasive role, in the maintenance of our suffering. 

Our hosts will explain how conscious discomfort is a vital vehicle for long-term growth and continued healing, in and out of a psychedelic journey. They’ll also clarify common misconceptions about the number of ceremonial experiences and the amount of integration sessions required for successful mental health treatment.

Later, Nicholas and Jimmy exchange personal experiences to highlight how the challenging emotions that arise post-ceremony offer an opportunity for intuitively connecting to your healing nature. Our hosts will discuss the “Golden Rules of Integration” and provide tangible steps for honoring and disentangling the emotions we often feel ashamed to experience. 

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• Psychedelic Therapy Integration Workshop
• Psychedelic Therapy Integration Handbook
• What is Psychedelic Integration: Your Questions Answered
• Should You Microdose After a Large-Dose Psychedelic Trip?
• How Psychedelics Enhance Mindfulness Practices

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The truth about ego death has, in recent years, become lost under the public glamorization of psychedelic experiences. ‘Ego death’ translates to ‘death of self’, and many believe that the ego’s permanent dissolution is necessary for eradicating individual suffering and having a successful psychedelic trip.

Nicholas and Jimmy will reframe this perspective by highlighting the human necessity for an ego and explaining how and why psychedelics don’t permanently dissolve it. After analyzing how making an enemy of the ego is at odds with self-love, our hosts will attempt to conceptualize its inherently ineffable, subjective experience.

They’ll go over why an ego death shouldn’t be the goal for our psychedelic journey. Then, they’ll give a brief overview of what’s going on inside of our brains when we experience this phenomenon. How can an ego death be beneficial to journeyers, specifically those with a terminal illness or a fear of death?

Our hosts will follow up with a discussion on the difference between expecting an ego death and preparing for one. Later, they’ll explain how preparation for such an experience is a useful tool that encourages therapeutic trust and comfortable surrender. They’ll close off by offering helpful information on how you can prepare for the possibility of an ego death.

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• Is an Ego Death Necessary for Psychedelic Therapy Benefits?
• How Psychedelics Tap Into Transpersonal Aspects of Reality
• Why do Psychedelics Produce Paranormal & Mystical Experiences?

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Learning how to surrender in a psychedelic experience is a practice that many journeyers seek to understand. In this episode, Jimmy and Nicholas explain the difference between giving up and surrendering. They’ll walk you through the process of actively relinquishing control as a means for allowing the psychedelic experience to unfold organically and without internal resistance.

Our hosts will discuss the importance of recognizing our survival mechanisms in order to detach from the self-preserving habits that take us out of the present moment. They’ll also highlight how expectations and comparison can quickly become an obstacle in a psychedelic trip and how setting expectations differs from creating a therapeutic plan.

Later they'll consider the role of social conditioning in our human tendency to focus on outcomes rather than the process. Then they’ll explain how we can find the emotional space to embed surrender into our current belief systems.

To close off, our hosts compare surrender to the act of radical acceptance by unraveling their inextricable link to trust and faith. Nicholas and Jimmy define what it means to view your psychedelic medicine as an ally while providing tangible steps for mitigating fear and practicing the art of surrender in our daily lives.

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• How to Surrender in a Psychedelic Experience
• How to Deal With Pre-Trip Anxiety During Psychedelic Therapy
• Preparing For a Psychedelic Journey: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Mitigating the chances of a bad trip is a crucial factor in preparing for the unpredictable and often challenging nature of psychedelic experiences. In this episode, Jimmy and Nick will review some actionable steps that can be taken to prevent discomfort, dissolve self-judgment, and redirect the tone of your journey.

First, they’ll highlight some of the common themes of a bad trip. They’ll explain what ‘surrendering’ really means and how it applies to not only psychedelic experiences but to life as a whole. They’ll also offer some examples of what a psychedelic facilitator might do to ease your mind during the intense parts of the psychedelic experience. 

Then our hosts will explain why having a psychedelic facilitator or tripsitter present can help you feel a more solid sense of being grounded and safe in your body and in your environment. Nick and Jimmy will clarify just how much personal autonomy you have over the course of your journey and why emotional transparency with your facilitator can be of immense benefit. 

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• Does a ‘Failed’ or Unsuccessful’ Psychedelic Trip Exist?
• Preparing For a Psychedelic Journey: A Step-by-Step Guide
• How to Surrender in a Psychedelic Experience

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Mitigating the chances of a bad trip by becoming more informed on the nuances of these experiences can help calm the discouraging fear often associated with psychedelics. This episode unravels the risks of placing labels on your journey and explains how setting expectations can be both limiting and liberating to our greater healing purpose.

Nick and Jimmy draw distinctions between adverse and bad trips, explaining why a challenging experience may actually be exactly what you need. They provide tangible examples of a bad trip, discussing how internal resistance feeds upon itself to create more separation between our egos and our authentic truths.

The hosts examine the role of self acceptance and surrender in laying down resilient and conscious foundations that are conducive to a fruitful journey. They also emphasize the importance of receiving adequate support throughout this process and illustrate the discomfort that may arise if psychedelics are taken in a recreational setting.

Later, they tackle why there are no guarantees in a psychedelic experience and how curiosity can help you grow through the discomfort of these uncharted territories. Finally, they propose a thought exercise that will help you gauge if a therapeutic psychedelic experience is right for you.

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• What Is a Bad Trip and Why Are They Important?
• 10 Tips to Help You Safely Navigate a Bad Trip
• How to Deal With Pre-Trip Anxiety During Psychedelic Therapy

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Find our updated episode on Determining Therapeutic Psilocybin Dosages here.

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• How to Test Potency of Psychedelics at Home: Mushrooms, LSD, MDMA
• 5 Reasons You Might Not Trip (Even With High Doses)

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What is the role of a facilitator? This is a question that hosts Nicholas and Jimmy Nguyen often get from prospective clients. At its core, the role of a facilitator is to hold a safe, supportive, and non-judgemental space–also known as a container. 

This episode addresses both the universal attributes that space holders take on as well as the specific roles facilitators will play depending on the context of the relationship and the client’s desired level of support. 

Nick and Jimmy discuss the importance of showing up as a clean vessel in order to avoid inserting the facilitator’s own beliefs, desires, and interpretations into the container. They also talk about the gift of presence and how incredibly healing it can be to have another human’s unwavering presence while you journey.

The hosts discuss the inherent power dynamics of the journeyer/facilitator relationship and how crucial it is to establish boundaries and expectations at the start of the relationship so that power can be shared. Finally, they talk about the importance of ethics and specifically the issues of transference and countertransference.

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• How Guides Help You Through a Psychedelic Experience
• The Difference Between a Psychedelic Therapist and a Guide
• Do You Really Need a Psychedelic Guide to Do Mushrooms?

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Our comprehensive vetting process ensures each hand-selected facilitator serves journeyers with integrity. The goal is to inspire trust, confidence, and lasting change for each journeyer. To date, our network of guides has facilitated hundreds of safe and transformational journeys for people all across the United States. 

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What is integration and why is it important? This is one of the most common questions that hosts Nicholas and Jimmy Nguyen receive from clients. In this episode, they provide clear answers in an effort to help you as a journeyer get the most possible benefit out of the psychedelic experience.

Regardless of whether you take a recreational journey or a more ceremonial one, integration is required for life-long lasting change after a single journey. The hosts discuss when integration starts, how long it lasts, and what to expect during the process. 

From there, Nick and Jimmy cover the common pitfalls people make while integrating as well as what happens if you don’t integrate the experience. This episode also covers some best practices to make the most of your unique integration process. Finally, the hosts discuss the differences between approaching integration solo versus with the help of professional or peer-based support.  

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• What is Psychedelic Integration: Your Questions Answered
• How to Integrate the Psychedelic Microdose Into Daily Life
• ‘I Just Had My First Psychedelic Experience–What Do I Do Now?

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Join host Jimmy Nguyen in our updated episode, "Psychedelic Preparation: The Power of Bodily Attunement," we dive deeper into the transformative practice of aligning the mind and body before embarking on a psychedelic journey. Discover how bodily attunement can enhance your experience and preparation process. Tune in now to explore expert insights, real-life stories, and practical tips to empower your psychedelic preparation. Don’t miss this opportunity to enrich your journey—listen to the updated episode today! Find the updated episode here.

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• Preparing for a Psychedelic Journey: A Step-by-Step Guide
• Preparing for The Unknown Elements of a Psychedelic Experience
• How to Create an Intention for Your Psychedelic Experience

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SSRIs, antidepressants, and psilocybin–can you combine them? Many people are seeking an intentional psilocybin experience in order to combat depression, but very few know whether they can stay on their pharmaceutical medication or not. Some of these medications are medically contraindicated and some are not. 

Hosts Nicholas and Jimmy Nguyen address the various types of medications (not just antidepressants) and how they can impact the psychedelic experience. They provide some general guidelines as well as actionable advice for anyone who is currently taking prescription medication and considering a psychedelic journey. 

In this episode, the hosts discuss both the scientific studies and anecdotal evidence they’ve seen firsthand when it comes to combining antidepressants and psilocybin. They also highlight some of the profound shifts they’ve seen in their clients as well as how microdosing can help alleviate the withdrawal symptoms associated with tapering. 

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• Should I Stop Using Antidepressants for Psychedelic Therapy?
• The Psilocybin-Blunting Effects of SSRIs and Antidepressants
• Is it Safe to Take Psychedelics if You Have Suicidal Ideation?

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