In this episode, we sit down with Johnny Crowder—a musician, mental health advocate, and CEO of Cope Notes. His journey wasn’t easy. Johnny grew up with severe childhood trauma, battled mental health struggles, and carried pain that nearly consumed him. But instead of letting his past define him, he transformed his pain into purpose—building a company that helps people around the world take small daily steps toward healing.

We dive into:

Johnny’s early struggles with trauma and mental health

How music became an outlet for his pain

The turning point that led him to create Cope Notes

Lessons on resilience, purpose, and rewriting your story

✨ Whether you’re struggling with your own battles or simply looking for inspiration, Johnny’s journey shows that even the darkest beginnings can lead to light.

Who this episode is for: Anyone navigating trauma, depression, or self-doubt—and those who want to see what true transformation looks like.

🔗 Connect with Johnny Crowder: 

Website: https://johnnycrowder.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnnycrowder/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnnycrowderlovesyou/?hl=en


If you found this story powerful, hit like, subscribe, and share it with someone who needs hope today.

👤 About Marpa Minds

Marpa Minds is a next-generation mental health network offering Spravato® and Ketamine treatments for depression, trauma, and emotional numbness. We combine science, therapy, and compassion to help you feel again.

👉 Learn more about Marpa Minds: www.marpaminds.com

In this episode of The Healing Mindset, we sit down with Dr. Dan Tomasulo – psychologist, author, and one of the leading voices in positive psychology. Dan shares powerful insights on how we can transform trauma into lasting strength and why our deepest struggles often hold the key to growth.

Instead of letting pain define us, Dan shows how we can use it as fuel to build resilience, purpose, and even joy.

🌟 Topics We Cover

- Why trauma can actually be a gateway to strength
- Practical steps to reframe painful experiences
- The science of positive psychology & post-traumatic growth
- How gratitude and hope reshape the brain after hardship
- Simple daily tools for healing and resilience

🎯 Who This Is For

This episode is for anyone who has faced challenges, loss, or trauma — and wants to learn how to not just survive, but thrive. Whether you’re on your own healing journey or supporting others, you’ll walk away with real strategies to turn pain into power.


✨ Trauma doesn’t have to break you, it can build the strongest version of you.

🔗 Connect With Dan Tomasulo

Website: https://www.dantomasulo.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/drdantomasulo/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dtomasulo
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drdantomasulo/?hl=en

After 15 marathons and a high-powered legal career, Jody Green thought she knew what grit meant — until she sat through 10 days of total silence at a Vipassana meditation retreat. In this deeply honest conversation, Jody shares the physical and emotional battles she faced, from crippling back pain to confronting years of stored grief, and the life-changing moment she finally asked for help.

We explore her journey from rebellious musician to burnt-out corporate lawyer, and how psychedelics, meditation, and authenticity helped her rebuild a life of purpose. Jody opens up about living with chronic pain, breaking free from perfectionism, and what it really takes to reconnect with yourself in a noisy world.

If you’ve ever felt stuck, disconnected, or trapped in a life that looks good on the outside but feels empty on the inside, this episode will speak to you.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction to Vipassana meditation experience
01:00 - Guest Jody Green's background and meditation retreat
02:03 - Physical and mental challenges of 10-day silence
04:31 - Listening to the body and releasing pain
08:00 - Jody's reflections on mental health and meditation
10:21 - Asking for help and coping with chronic pain
15:11 - Integrating Vipassana lessons into daily life
19:03 - Jody's psychedelic interest and law career path
23:10 - Music passion and transition to law career
27:10 - Challenges and burnout in corporate law
31:50 - Life changes after realizing unhappiness
34:13 - Shift to cannabis and psychedelic law practice
36:36 - Meaning behind Antithesis Law firm name
41:13 - Authenticity, vulnerability, and leadership
43:25 - Embracing imperfection and being real


Life has a way of testing us, but it also has a way of teaching us exactly what we need to grow. Jodi’s journey is a reminder that it’s never too late to turn pain into purpose.

Connect with Jodi Green:
🌐 Website: [https://antithesis.law/]
📸 Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/therealjodigreen/]
🔗 LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodisgreen/]


👤 About Marpa Minds

Marpa Minds is a next-generation mental health network offering Spravato® and Ketamine treatments for depression, trauma, and emotional numbness. We combine science, therapy, and compassion to help you feel again.

👉 Learn more about Marpa Minds: www.marpaminds.com

What if the chaos in your life was actually the key to your freedom?

In this raw and powerful episode, we sit down with world-renowned executive coach Rob Calvaroski a man who faced suicidal thoughts, left behind a high-paying career, and completely rebuilt his life through mindset transformation, Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, and ketamine-assisted healing.

🌿 From the peaceful jungles of Costa Rica to the darkest corners of mental health battles, Rob shares how pain can be the doorway to purpose. Whether you're stuck in a job you hate, dealing with burnout, or feeling like success still leaves you empty — this episode will hit home.

🧠 Topics We Cover:

Rob’s journey through depression and suicidal thoughts
What ketamine therapy really feels like
Why your “inner chaos” is not your enemy
How IFS can help you lead yourself (and others)
Escaping the trap of success without fulfillment
Real-life stories of coaching leaders, athletes, and founders
The 4-step path to transformation from Rob’s upcoming book, Capitalizing on Chaos

If you’ve ever felt like you’re high-achieving but deeply unfulfilled, this is your invitation to pause, reflect, and reconnect with your true self.

📘 Connect with guest Rob Calvaroski:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-kalwarowsky 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ExecutiveCoachRobK 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bosscoachrobk/
Website: https://www.robkalwarowsky.com/

👤 About Marpa Minds

Marpa Minds is a next-generation mental health network offering Spravato® and Ketamine treatments for depression, trauma, and emotional numbness. We combine science, therapy, and compassion to help you feel again.

Connect with us:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marpaminds/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/marpa-minds/

👉 Learn more about Marpa Minds: www.marpaminds.com

Can integration heal more than just your psychedelic experience?
Psychedelic therapist Marc Aixalà joins us to explore the deeper meaning of integration, healing, trauma, and wholeness. Whether you’ve taken psychedelics, experienced deep personal loss, or are simply trying to make peace with your past, this episode speaks directly to the human experience.

Marc has helped thousands of people integrate powerful emotional journeys and build resilience through therapy, breathwork, and psychedelic support. In this honest and warm conversation, we unpack what it truly means to heal, not just temporarily, but in a way that transforms how you live.

In this real, deep-dive episode, we talk about:
🧠 Integration: Why it's the missing piece in most healing journeys
🌪️ Riding the Storm: What it means to “weather life” instead of avoid it
👨‍👦‍👦 Parenting as Healing: How becoming a father changed Marc’s life
💔 Trauma vs Post-Traumatic Growth: The truth about inner storms
📖 Emotional vs Factual Truth: What’s real in therapy?
😶‍🌫️ Non-Ordinary States: Breathwork, psychedelics, and their role in transformation
🏠 Safety: Why deep healing only happens in safe environments
🌍 Collective Healing: From “me” to “we” — how community affects personal growth
🛟 Harm Reduction at Boom Festival: 40,000 people, chaos, and finding peace
🧘 Wholeness Over Happiness: The real goal of therapy

✨ Whether you’ve been through trauma, are curious about psychedelics, or just want to live a more meaningful life, this is the episode you didn’t know you needed.

✅ About Marc Aixalà
Marc is a psychotherapist, breathwork facilitator, and author of Psychedelic Integration: Psychotherapy for Non-Ordinary States. He’s trained with MAPS, helped lead harm reduction teams at major festivals, and worked extensively in both clinical and underground psychedelic settings.

Connect with the guest:

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/marc_aixala/?hl=en


👤 About Marpa Minds
Marpa Minds is a next-generation mental health network offering Spravato® and Ketamine treatments for depression, trauma, and emotional numbness. We combine science, therapy, and compassion to help you feel again.

👉 Learn more about Marpa Minds: www.marpaminds.com

Can psychedelics really help heal depression, trauma, and addiction? Neuroscientist Dr. Manesh Girn joins us to break down exactly how substances like psilocybin, DMT, ketamine, and 5-MeO-DMT change your brain, and why they’re giving hope to millions who feel stuck in rigid, negative mind patterns.

In this deep yet easy-to-understand episode, we talk about:

Depression: Why your mind gets stuck, symptoms, and why low mood isn’t just “low serotonin.”

- Mind Flexibility: Why a healthy brain is flexible, not rigid, and how psychedelics open it up.
- Neuroplasticity: How your brain rewires itself, for better or worse.
- Ketamine & SSRIs: How they really work to lift you out of dark mental loops.
- Striatum & Addiction: Why old brain regions make habits so hard to break.
- Brain Networks: Neurons, default mode network, and the science of complex thoughts.
- Consciousness: Is it more than just the brain? Dr. Manesh shares his own beliefs.
- Inner Healing Intelligence: How psychedelics unlock your mind’s built-in wisdom to heal.
- Lifestyle & Integration: Why sleep, food, exercise, and intention matter more than you think.
- Future of Psychedelics: Challenges, research at UCSF, and how society can make this safe for all.

✨ Whether you’re curious about mental health, fascinated by neuroscience, or wondering if these substances can really transform lives, this is the clearest, most real conversation you’ll hear.

✅ About Dr. Manesh Girn

Dr. Manesh Girn is a neuroscientist at UCSF, a top researcher exploring psychedelics, the brain, and mental health. He’s published 20+ peer-reviewed studies, teaches thousands through The Psychedelic Scientist, and runs the Center for Minds, which studies how psychedelics, meditation, and creativity shape our lives.

👤 About Marpa Minds

Marpa Minds is a next-generation mental health network offering Spravato and Ketamine treatments for depression, trauma, and emotional numbness. We combine science, therapy, and compassion to help you feel again.

👉 Learn more about Marpa Minds: www.marpaminds.com

🔗 Follow Us:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marpaminds/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/marp...

✅ 🔗 CONNECT
🎓 LinkedIn Dr. Girn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manesh-girn
📚 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePsychedelicScientist
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepsychedelicscientist/?hl=en

If you found this valuable, hit LIKE & SUBSCRIBE, let’s break mental chains together. 💪🧠
#Neuroscience #MentalHealth #Psychedelics #MaraMinds

Are you feeling emotionally flat? Like you’re going through the motions of life but nothing really hits anymore?

In this episode of the Marpa Minds Podcast, we dive deep into emotional numbness, dissociation, and what it really means to feel disconnected from yourself and your surroundings. 🧠

Whether you’re high-functioning but internally exhausted, or stuck in a haze of “nothingness,” this episode offers real insights, grounding techniques, and a look at cutting-edge treatments like Spravato that are helping people reconnect with themselves.

🎧 What We Cover in This Episode:

What is emotional numbness?
Why numbness isn’t the same as laziness or depression
Dissociation vs depression: how to tell the difference
Signs you're emotionally disconnected
Grounding exercises to feel safe in your body again
Real patient stories: “I felt nothing until I tried…”
How Spravato (esketamine) helps with emotional re-engagement
The stigma around feeling flat: “You look fine” doesn’t mean you are
Small steps to start feeling again

🎯 Who This Podcast Is For:

- People who feel emotionally numb, stuck, or disconnected
- High-functioning individuals dealing with hidden burnout
- Those experiencing anxiety, dissociation, or flat affect
- Anyone curious about ketamine therapy or Spravato as treatment
- Mental health professionals, therapists, and caregivers

💡 Key Takeaways:

- Emotional numbness is not weakness — it’s a symptom.
- You can feel again. There are tools and treatments that work.
- Spravato offers new hope for those who haven’t responded to traditional therapy.
- Grounding techniques are your first step back to the present.

👤 Connect with guest – David Aftergood
📘 Book: [Healing Into Wholeness] – [https://www.amazon.in/Healing-Into-Wholeness-Professional-Psychiatrist-ebook/dp/B0CW1HM26C]
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-g-aftergood-md-53ab99318

👤 About Marpa Minds

Marpa Minds is a next-generation mental health network offering Spravato and Ketamine treatments for depression, trauma, and emotional numbness. We combine science, therapy, and compassion to help you feel again.

👉 Learn more about Marpa Minds : www.marpaminds.com

🔗 Follow Us:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marpaminds
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/marpa-minds/posts/?feedView=all

What if everything you’ve been told about mental health… is wrong?

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Katie Walker, ICU nurse turned CEO of Revitalist, one of America’s leading ketamine clinic networks, to talk about what’s really going on in the mental health world.

Katie has worked on the front lines of trauma and psychiatric care for decades. What she saw pushed her to challenge everything, from overprescribed antidepressants to outdated models of "managing" mental illness.

🔍 We cover:

• Why psychiatry is failing millions of people
• How ketamine therapy works (and what it does to your brain)
• The difference between control vs. empowerment in healing
• What true trauma healing actually looks like
• Her visits to Richard Branson’s island & global mental health summits
• Why our brains don’t need “fixing”, they need realignment
• The broken insurance system and why innovation gets blocked

This episode is for anyone who:

• Feels stuck in traditional mental health care
• Wants real healing, not symptom suppression
• Is curious about psychedelics, ketamine, and alternative approaches
• Feels like the system isn’t working, and wants to know what’s next

🎧 Listen if you're tired of being told to “just take the meds.”

 🔗 Learn more about Katie’s work: https://revitalist.com

👩‍⚕️ Sponsored by Marpa Minds – Ketamine & Spravato clinics helping people heal when nothing else works.
👉 Visit: https://marpaminds.com

Trauma. PTSD. Healing.

 In this fascinating conversation with Dr. Rachel Yehuda, we dive deep into how psychedelic-assisted therapy is revolutionizing the treatment of PTSD and trauma recovery. From MDMA to ketamine, this episode explores the powerful potential of psychedelics in helping people process trauma, open up emotional wounds, and experience long-term healing.

Rachel, a world-renowned neuroscientist and expert in PTSD, discusses her journey into psychedelic therapy, the critical role somatic practices play in trauma recovery, and why traditional therapies are often falling short for people with complex trauma.

This is a must-watch for anyone interested in psychedelic medicine, mental health, and holistic trauma healing.

🔍 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

🔸 The science behind MDMA, ketamine, and psilocybin in PTSD treatment
 🔸 How psychedelic therapy opens the door to trauma healing
🔸 Personal insights from veterans and civilians working through trauma
🔸 The importance of integration after psychedelic therapy
🔸 The challenges of blending psychotherapy with psychedelics
🔸 Why psychedelic-assisted therapy could be the future of mental health care

👩‍⚕️ Sponsored by Marpa Minds – Ketamine & Spravato clinics helping people heal when nothing else works.
👉 Visit: https://marpaminds.com

⏱️ Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
02:00 – Rachel Yehuda’s Journey into Psychedelic Therapy
05:30 – The Science Behind MDMA & Ketamine for PTSD
10:00 – What Makes Psychedelics So Effective for Trauma Healing
15:30 – The Role of Somatic Practices in Therapy
20:00 – Comparing Traditional PTSD Therapies to Psychedelic Treatments
25:00 – Rachel’s Experience at Mount Sinai and Work with Veterans
30:00 – Challenges in Research and FDA Approval for Psychedelic Therapy
35:00 – The Future of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
40:00 – Integration After Psychedelic Therapy: Key to Lasting Change
45:00 – Final Thoughts on Healing and Psychedelic Medicine

🔔 Subscribe for more on the transformative power of psychedelic therapy, mental health, and groundbreaking treatments in PTSD and trauma recovery.

#PsychedelicTherapy #PTSD #MDMA #Ketamine #TraumaHealing #MentalHealthRevolution #RachelYehuda #MarpaMinds

From unresolved grief to groundbreaking healing, Angie Leek shares her powerful journey through depression, psychedelic therapy, and the transformative potential of ketamine.

This is more than just a conversation. It’s a deep exploration of what it means to heal in today’s world, through science, somatics, and soul.

Angie is a therapist, researcher, and somatic practitioner who’s not only lived through the darkness, but also helped countless others navigate theirs.

Whether you're a clinician, seeker, or just someone curious about psychedelics and healing, this one’s for you. 🌿

🔍 Topics We Cover:

🔸 Psychedelics & healing unresolved grief
 🔸 Ketamine therapy for depression & trauma
 🔸 Somatic practices and nervous system healing
 🔸 Depression as a messenger, not a flaw
 🔸 Clinical trials, 5-MeO-DMT, and the future of psychedelic medicine
 🔸 What it means to truly “integrate” therapy and psychedelics

🎙️ Presented by: Marpa Minds
Insurance-covered Spravato® & ketamine therapy for depression.

🔔 Subscribe for more real conversations on healing, psychedelics, and mental health transformation.

#PsychedelicTherapy #KetamineHealing #AngieLeek #DepressionHealing #MarpaMinds #MentalHealthAwareness #SomaticHealing #Spravato #GriefSupport #InnerWork