Dropping another hot, fresh, and ready episode of Punapologetic Podcast! Another guest this week, chatting with my friend and all around awesome dude Brandyn Gallagher M.Ed about the importance of decolonization work and the parts we all have to pay in the version of reality we are co-creating!

Cassafrass dives into the topic of ketamine therapy with first time guest and long time spouse Dreamkiller!

Note: This episode is reflective of our personal experiences and is not medical advice. To determine if ketamine therapy is right with you, consult your medical and therapy providers.

TW: Mentions of CSA, family violence & current events in US

Cassafrass dives into processing grief around a favored childhood aunt while recounting the story of how she provided critical support for the doing the hardest thing imaginable: blowing the whistle on my creepy stepdad.

Cassafrass gives a detailed retelling of the parent/child DV incident that was their launchpad into independent young adulthood, and how two 17 year old girls were instrumental in saving their life that night.

TW: DV, CSA mentions

Cassafrass is dropping more details about the massive shifts they've noticed in how they experience reality since finishing experimental ketamine treatment in 2023.

CW: References to parent/child DV

Cassafrass digs into how AI isn't coming to steal your job but layoff-happy CEOs might be and how GenZ is leading the way in the Love-olution. They also include practical tips on ways *you* can build community to sustain yourself through the fall (of the empire).

Cassafrass drops a bunch of knowledge nuggets about how to recover during an active trigger episode, with a real life example of how they recently employed these techniques to cope with a surprise brain gremlin!

Cassafrass discusses recovering from an unexpected trigger episode, continues to extoll the virtues of their experimental mental health treatment, and explores the concepts of Tragic Optimism and Post Traumatic Growth.

Sources: Starbucks & McDonalds boycott info, letthemeatcereal.info

Cassafrass dives into their experiences with the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program, and how having all of that dredged back up unexpectedly in a cameras-on Zoom meeting is currently mugging their mental health in the back alleys of their brain.

Cassafrass Lore Drop episode! Hear about how one terrible, no good, very bad day changed the trajectory of my entire life. Hypnosis, affairs, and layoffs, Oh My!

The Oh Wonder video that became the catalyst for me changing every single thing in my life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPGREQvK-dQ