The Psychedelic Scene Podcast

What if different psilocybin strains create completely different emotional and therapeutic experiences?

In this episode of Psychedelic Scene, Jill Sitnick sits down with Rhonda DeSantis, founder of Psylutions and one of Colorado’s first licensed psilocybin cultivators, manufacturers, and distributors.

Together, they explore:

•  Why different mushroom strains matter 
•  The role of alkaloid profiles and the “entourage effect” 
•  Trauma-informed facilitation 
•  Why standardized dosing matters 
•  The risks of gray-market products 
•  How Colorado’s regulated psilocybin system works 
•  Supporting veterans, PTSD survivors, and domestic violence survivors 
•  The future of legal psychedelic care 

This conversation focuses on education, safety, consistency, and the evolving future of regulated natural medicine.

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n this episode of the Psychedelic Scene Podcast, Jill Sitnick sits down with Magdalena Grace, founder of Lotus Throne Coaching and Healing Sanctuary, to talk candidly about safety in the psychedelic space.

As interest in psychedelic-assisted work grows, so do risks. Not every facilitator is equally trained. Not every ceremony includes proper preparation or integration. And not every powerful experience leads to lasting change.

In this conversation, we explore:

*Red flags to watch for when choosing a facilitator
*The importance of intake forms and screening
*Why integration is essential
*The risks of overusing medicine
*Group vs one-on-one settings
*How to set your own pace
*The difference between transformation and chasing experiences

This episode is educational in nature and focused on awareness and harm reduction. It is not medical advice.

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This episode explores the history, safety considerations, and personal growth aspects associated with iboga and ibogaine. We discuss traditional ceremonial contexts, clinical settings for addiction interruption, and the importance of preparation, screening, and integration for meaningful outcomes.

Key Topics

• Origins of iboga traditions
• Root bark vs alkaloid extraction
• Safety screening and harm reduction
• Differences from other psychedelic experiences
• Integration practices
• Intention vs expectation

Find Mark: www.soulreflections.net

In this episode, Jill Sitnick speaks with former psychotherapist and author Jonathan Robinson about MDMA-assisted therapy and how remote sessions are expanding access. They explore how MDMA reduces fear, why conversation matters in therapy, and how couples use MDMA to reconnect or gain clarity.

This episode focuses on education and real-world application, not hype or speculation.

Find Jonathan: https://ecstasyasmedicine.com/

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Scene Podcast, Jill Sitnick talks with author and speaker Stuart Preston about grief, loss, and the role psychedelics played in his healing journey. After losing his son to suicide, Stuart turned to careful, intentional psychedelic use. The conversation explores grief as an ongoing process, how Western culture avoids it, and why altered states may offer space for deeper understanding and connection.

Find Stuart at: www.stonedapecomedy.com

In this episode, Jill Sitnick speaks with Will Burkhart, a former Marine Corps intelligence officer and psychedelic coach, about trauma, PTSD, and healing among veterans.

They discuss moral injury, agency, dosing, and why psychedelic work must be approached carefully and responsibly. This conversation focuses on education, lived experience, and long-term integration rather than quick fixes.

Find Will: https://www.badass-coaching.net/

Powerful experiences can change how we see ourselves. The real work is what happens afterward.

In this episode of the Psychedelic Scene Podcast, Jill Sitnick speaks with psychotherapist Curt Kearney about healing through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS). They explore why insight alone is rarely enough, how IFS helps people build lasting change, and what real integration looks like in everyday life.

This is a grounded, educational conversation about mental health, self-understanding, and long-term growth.

Find Curt's Book: Psychedelics and Internal Family Systems: A partnership in relational healing https://www.amazon.com/Psychedelics-Internal-Family-Systems-partnership/dp/B0F8PZCZRK

In this episode of The Psychedelic Scene Podcast, Jill Sitnick speaks with Holly Crawford, lead editor of Reality Sandwich, about community, creativity, and conscious exploration.

Reality Sandwich is an independent platform dedicated to storytelling, music, art, and shared experiences at the intersection of psychedelics, culture, and consciousness. Holly shares her journey from the cannabis industry into psychedelic media, how Reality Sandwich was rebuilt as a community-first platform, and why real connection is at the heart of their work.

They discuss what “waking up” really means, how integration happens through storytelling, and how creativity can serve as a doorway into awareness.

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Scene Podcast, host Jill Sitnick speaks with Alex Detmering, founder of the Parable Foundation, about the parts of psychedelic therapy that rarely get talked about.

Rather than focusing on peak moments or simplified success stories, this conversation explores what happens in the middle: confusion, fear, identity disruption, and the long process of integration that follows insight.

Alex shares how his own therapeutic experiences led him to create an anonymous storytelling project focused on honesty, nuance, and lived experience. Together, Jill and Alex discuss why ambiguity is not a failure, why integration often takes years, and why hearing real stories can help people feel less alone in their own process.

This episode is educational in nature and intended to support thoughtful understanding of therapeutic experiences, not to promote or prescribe any treatment.

Topics covered include:

• Why psychedelic therapy is rarely a one-time event
• The emotional and psychological “messy middle”
• What people misunderstand about integration
• The role of fear, uncertainty, and openness in change
• Why honest storytelling matters in mental health conversations

🎧 This conversation discusses challenging emotional experiences in a reflective, non-graphic way.

 Alex Detmering is the founder of the Parable Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to sharing honest, long-form accounts of therapeutic experiences. Find Alex at: https://parablefoundation.substack.com/

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Scene Podcast, host Jill Sitnick speaks with Carlos Tanner, Director of the Ayahuasca Foundation, about how PTSD outcomes are often misunderstood, especially when statistics are shared without context.

Carlos discusses follow-up data from a retreat program for veterans and explains what it actually means when someone no longer meets the diagnostic criteria for PTSD. Rather than framing this as a cure or transformation, the conversation focuses on severity, functional impact, and why diagnosis is about thresholds, not the absence of struggle.

Jill adds personal perspective, describing how her own PTSD diagnosis was tied to suicidality, and why reducing symptoms to a non-debilitating level can still represent meaningful change.

This episode emphasizes clarity over hype and explores the importance of careful language when discussing mental health outcomes.

Disclaimer:
This conversation is shared for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as medical, psychological, or therapeutic advice.