When did you start to lose yourself? To forget your native language of intuition? To misunderstand the signals of your body and start looking outside for answers? This episode is about finding home within yourself, remembering your native tongue, learning to trust yourself again, and how plant medicine and psychedelic integration are your best allies on this spiritual warrior path. 

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." This is one of my favorite quotes by Arthur Ashe, the great African-American tennis player turned AIDS activist who was the first Black man to win Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Australian Open. In this episode, I'm sharing about how the simple steps in this inspiring life mantra can guide you on your psychedelic path to wholeness, holistic healing, and finding home within yourself. 

Leo van Veenendaal is an Australian environmental engineer, adventurer, author, and apprentice of plant medicines. Early in his adult life he suffered from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and treatment resistant depression. At a point of desperation, he began working with indigenous plant medicines in 2016 to heal IBS, his gut, and his brain. It worked. In 2018 Leo was initiated into Fang Dissumba Bwiti at Ebando in Gabon where he took part in an iboga ceremony. He has continued working with and learning about plant medicines since, moving to South America in 2020 to continue his studies. Leo is passionate about helping ensure plant medicine's thriving, longevity, respectful use and conservation. His first book "The Iboga Experience" was released in February 2023. His second book "Mind Engineering" will be released in late 2024.

When I think of Leo, I think of a big hearted dude who loves learning from and conventing with plants in the jungle. I think of deep conversation with a thoughtful and open hearted man. And of a spirit brother who has a magical connection with sacred tobacco and mapacho. Leo is a humble soul traveler who has dedicated his life to learning about the power of plants in a respectful way. In this episode, he shares about how he came to meet plant medicines, his plant companions in the jungle, and offers solid guidance about iboga, one of the most powerful psychoactive plants in the world. 

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Stuck. Paralyzed. Trapped. Overwhelmed. Confused. Lost. This is the crisis state that I meet people in when they are seeking support for their integration path. Getting stuck is a common and necessary part of the spiritual path. Without the contrast of things not moving or working out how you like, you would never know how to truly be in flow and balance. No mud, no lotus. In this episode, find out how you get stuck, learn how to investigate what's holding you hostage, and discover the spiritual warrior path to get things moving again. Learn how to get unstuck by walking into the resistance. Facing the music. Surrendering your attachment to the outcome. And being willing to fuck around and find out.

Justin “Cos” Moore is a native Appalachian, psychedelic nerd, father, partner, and more. He is of mixed heritage including Irish, Scottish, and Yuchi. Cos is a former high school athlete. He is an initiate of Q’ero and Paqo lineages of modern day Peru. He has worked as a youth wilderness mentor, yoga teacher, music producer & vocalist. He is currently in grad school for marriage and family therapy and is forming his own practice. He co-founded the Appalachian Association for the study of Psychedelic Experiences (AAPEX) which is set to host its first event called Psychedelic South Conference in 2024.

In this episode, Justin shares about his own personal soul centered liberation journey with plant medicine. He shares about healing his relationship with his father and embracing the masculine, discovering Pachakuti Mesa Peruvian shamanism, finding deep sexual healing through tantra, and following his own path of growth and expansion to become a healer and psychedelic leader in his native home of Appalachia. 

I used to think that “conscious uncoupling” was a lame term made up by rich people with enough lawyers to handle their messy breakup. Now, my almost 5 year relationship with someone I love very much is ending. I am conscious. I am present. My heart is broken. And it is messy and hard, but not mean, spiteful, or ugly.

This time I get to choose to be loving instead of angry. I get to choose to be wise hearted instead of blaming and judging. I can choose to see that I am not being abandoned. That this is me choosing myself and you choosing yourself and that is beautiful. That we get to love each other forever because that’s what real love looks like. Allowing someone to be held and free at once.

Relationships don’t become failures because they don’t last forever. I am so grateful to have spent these last years loving and being loved by my person. I am so proud of him and how he moves in the world. I am praying for his path, that he finds peace, happiness, and does whatever it takes to share his medicine with the world. I am so grateful for it all. Thank you for being my most favorite teacher and sacred mirror and lover and best friend. And it hurts. And it’s hard. And I’m not able to show up in my work pretending I am above it all. I am here. In grief. In love. Walking through the portal of death into a new beginning.

Dr. Sarah Campbell specializes in using naturopathic mind-body medicine to heal autoimmune and chronic illnesses. You may know her as MedicineMami on Instagram, where she has gained a devoted following due to her insightful, resonant, and spiritually focused healing content.

Sarah has devoted her entire existence to learning about all of the different expressions and modalities of medicine. After completing her Bachelor's of Science in Nutrition, she went on to pursue a Master's degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture and a Doctorate degree in Naturopathic Medicine.

She is a primary care physician in the state of Washington with special interests and external training in mind-body medicine, holistic psychology, women's health, rheumatology, gastroenterology and helping people to understand the deeper inner communications between body and Spirit.

In today's episode, Sarah and I discuss root cause healing, the timeless wisdom of getting back to basics, how Spirit is the ultimate guide we all need, and more.

Do you feel like no matter what you do or what practices you implement or how hard you try, you never REALLY feel satisfied? Does it always feel like there is some problem to fix or dragon to slay? Have you ever considered that you might be oriented toward suffering because that's what feels safe? What if you could learn the cure for perpetual dissatisfaction and finally give yourself permission to thrive and be free?

Welcome to the party, friends. The thing is, modern society is designed to make it impossible for you to feel good.

You are constantly being bombarded with messages of lack, planting a forest of confusion inside your mind that tells you no matter what you do, what you have, or how much you accomplish... it's just not THE THING THAT WILL FINALLY MAKE YOU HAPPY.

You can check all the "supposed to" boxes and still feel like nothing is ever actually okay. (Because the programmed path isn't cutting the mustard for people who are waking up. We know materialism, hustling, and looking outside ourselves for meaning is a soulless pursuit that leads to catastrophic emptiness.)

In this episode, I'm digging into this ultra-common and ever prevalent feeling of impending doom that has so many highly sensitive and gifted spiritual people feeling hopeless and ready to give up. And I'll share what you can do instead of hiding your beautiful weirdness so no one can make you feel bad about being you.

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Erin Doumert is a Religious Trauma Recovery Guide and a Psychedelic Integration Specialist based in Phoenix, Arizona. She helps women in overcoming religious trauma so that they can live fulfilling lives free from the limitations of their past. With her guidance and the aid of psychedelics and somatic experiencing, women can release the pain, discover their true selves, and live with confidence and joy.

Erin started exploring psychedelics in 2008 in her early 20s, developing a deep relationship with psychedelic medicines, and began having profound healing experiences. As someone who has experienced religious trauma firsthand, she understands just how painful and complex the healing process can be. For many people who have experienced religious trauma, the journey towards healing can be a long and challenging one. But with the right tools and support, it is possible to move past the hurt and begin to rebuild a sense of trust and connection with yourself and with others. As a Psychedelic Integration Specialist and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Erin provides a compassionate, non-judgmental space where you can explore your inner world, confront your pain, and ultimately find a path towards healing and growth.

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I don't know about y'all, but I'm bored with the whole struggle, suffer, cowering in fear, stagnation thing. The thing is, we aren't meant to stay stuck in our patterns and past forever. We have the power to choose something much more radical and beneficial. So how do you trust fall into the arms of the Universe? What if the answer to the problem is inside the problem, rather than in resisting it or seeking to solve it? Today I am sharing more about the restorative integration path, and how you can choose to lean into your biggest challenges. We're going to meander through thought patterns, values systems, and beliefs and start asking, "How can I trust the Universe here? How can I let go? How can I be still and listen?"

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My medicine brother Ale Abregú is a plant-based chef and retreat facilitator, and expert in nutrition and how to let your food be medicine. Born in Argentina, he learned the art of food preparation in his family, connecting to his indigenous roots in Paraguay, and working as a chef in restaurants. There he learned that intention, care, and presence were missing in the process of modern food creation. The food was overcharged with stress, tension, and hurry. 

Ale then received training in Hygienist Nutrition in Argentina and Spain, and embarked on a journey to promote mindful and nourishing culinary practices. He currently facilitates his magic in healing retreats, workshops on healthy cooking, and offering detoxification programs as a nutrition mentor. As a male birth doula, he supports partners in understanding nutrition and detoxification during the conception process. Ale's mission is to deconstruct false beliefs about food and health, fostering a balanced and nourishing connection to support personal well-being.