Millions of people are having profound spiritual experiences, and most have no language or framework to understand them. In this first episode of The Curious Spirit, Katrina Michelle, PhD, LCSW, shares the mystical experience that set her life's work in motion and how it led her here. She offers some initial language for the journey and introduces herself and the heart of this podcast: not to hype awakening, but to support it, normalize it, and ground it in research and context. If you're waking up to new capacities and feel like you're doing it without a map, this one is for you.

Stay curious,

Katrina

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Welcome to The Curious Spirit: Demystifying Spiritual Emergence in Psychedelic Times.

In this short welcome episode, I’m sharing a glimpse of what’s to come on the podcast and why this conversation feels so important right now. Together, we’ll explore spiritual emergence, often called spiritual awakening, through a grounded, research-informed psychological lens.

This podcast will bring together real stories, clinical insight, thoughtful conversations, and research around experiences that can expand us beyond our familiar understanding of reality. As psychedelic therapies become more present in the mental health landscape, I believe we need better language, frameworks, and support for what can unfold.

My hope is that The Curious Spirit becomes a space for curiosity, discernment, mystery, and care as we make room for the extraordinary experiences that are part of being human.

Stay curious.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit katrinamichelle.substack.com