Shownotes

• How to use pain to carve out space for more joy

• The key to re-establishing beautiful orgasmic experiences

• Layla’s experience training terror into safety in her nervous system

• The tools that allowed Layla to love greater than her relational trauma

• Why some of our earliest imprints of whether pleasure is safe happen in infancy

• How to heal trauma from a resource perspective so it becomes a gift

Bio

Emily Fletcher is the founder of Ziva Meditation and has taught over 50,000 people. Her best-selling book, Stress Less, Accomplish More, debuted at #7 out of all books on Amazon and has been translated into 12 languages.

Her work has been featured by The New York Times, Good Morning America, The Today Show, Vogue and ABC. She’s been named one of the top 100 women in wellness to watch and has taught at Apple, Google and Harvard Business School.

A formerly stressed Broadway performer who was going gray at 27, Emily discovered a powerful practice that cured her insomnia and improved her health on the first day. Her transformation was so dramatic that she felt inspired to share it with others.

It’s Emily’s mission to help as many people as possible achieve extraordinary benefits – like dramatically reduced stress, anxiety relief and deep, restful sleep.

Learn more about Emily and her work on her website.

Timestamps

00:01:00 - Guest introduction

00:02:00 - Emily shares her experience inside VITA Coaching

00:02:43 - What surprised Emily about VITA Coaching

00:04:24 - Emily shares about the death portal she’s been experiencing

00:06:26- The pain carves out space for more joy

00:07:05 - What inspired Layla to create VITA Coaching

00:10:39 - How to re-establish beautiful orgasmic experiences

00:13:33 - The answer to women being fractured in their power

00:13:48 - Sign up for Layla’s newsletter at LaylaMartin.com

00:18:49 - VITA Coaching is an understanding of women’s evolution of power

00:19:55 - The reactivation and reunion of sex, heart and spirit

00:21:45 - What has helped Emily remember her own divinity

00:25:29 - Discover the VITA™ Sex, Love and Relationship Coaching Certification 

00:27:52 - Layla shares her experience training terror into safety in her nervous system

00:30:09 - How the VITA tools allowed Layla to love greater than her relational trauma

00:32:10 - We have organic pleasure chemicals already in our body

00:33:31 - One of the things Layla is most proud of

00:35:59 - Some of our earliest imprints of whether pleasure is safe happen in infancy

00:39:31 - You heal your trauma at the level of consciousness it occurred

00:39:39 - Discover MOOD SEX MAGIC

00:42:08 - If you love who you are, you can love what shaped you into it

00:45:43 - When you heal trauma from a resource perspective, it becomes a gift

00:46:22 - Enhance your sensitivity and pleasure inside Crystal Pleasure

00:47:26 - Layla shares the most touching thing VITA Coaching grads share with her

00:49:51 - Where to find the most outrageous amount of healing and self-practice

00:53:00 - Save your seat for Your Future is Erotic LIVE Event

00:54:12 - You don’t need to be perfect to be a powerful coach

00:57:02 - Why Layla considers it her responsibility to support your success as a coach

00:57:32 - VITA Coaching niche specializations to scale your impact and income

00:58:54 - Join the VITA Coaching Waitlist and unlock the maximum number of bonuses

00:59:56 - Conclusion

Shownotes

• Nisha’s core components of leadership and why they’re so important

• The internal narrative Layla used to carry around leadership

• How to be both soft and gentle and ferocious and fiery as a woman

• Why we are exhausted from hypervigilance

• Steps you can take right now to build your own sanctuary

• Why the world represses mothers from their eroticism

Bio

Nisha Moodley is a Devotional Leadership guide, founder of Global Sisterhood Day, host of Devotion Podcast and a mother. As a biracial woman with training in health and executive coaching, ancestral healing work and community building, she has a unique relationship to the ecology of leadership and a profound ability to catalyze growth for her clients. Her work centers around the path of matriarchal leadership as an expression of our devotional care. For 18 years, Nisha has guided intimate councils and online courses and taught 65+ live retreats, supporting women in liberating their leadership and weaving their gifts in service of a more beautiful world.

Learn more about Nisha and her work on her website.

Timestamps

00:00:42 - Guest introduction

00:03:59 - Layla reads the email love letter she sent to Nisha in 2014

00:10:58 - You never know what might happen when you take a chance

00:12:03 - Nisha’s core components of leadership and why they’re so important

00:15:16 - Sign up for Layla’s newsletter at LaylaMartin.com

00:16:00 - Layla shares the internal narrative she used to carry around leadership

00:21:04 - The world teaches women that in order to be powerful, they must remain frozen

00:27:06 - How savoring life begins to naturally start shifting your attention outward

00:29:36 - Discover the VITA™ Sex, Love and Relationship Coaching Certification 

00:30:34 - Layla and Nisha drink MOOD SEX MAGIC™

00:32:54 - You can be both soft and gentle and ferocious and fiery as a woman

00:37:28 - We are exhausted from hypervigilance

00:44:47 - Steps you can take right now to build your own sanctuary

00:51:42 - How to be engaged in the sensual experience of life

00:54:08 - Enhance your sensitivity and pleasure inside Crystal Pleasure

00:57:12 - Nisha’s advice  to people who believe in their erotic power but don’t feel it yet

01:04:03 - Why the most real sense of power comes from trusting your body

01:08:44 - Why the world represses mothers from the knowledge that they are erotic beings

01:11:34 - Reach your full pleasure capacity with Men’s Sexual Mastery

01:13:19 - Nisha shares a powerful moment from her journey to erotic reclamation

01:18:27 - Nisha explains what she calls the “great trick” of midlife for women

01:21:04 - Conclusion

Shownotes

• Why relational work has the ability to heal things that solo work can’t

• How to be fully present with what’s true in the moment

• Why deeper inquiry into yourself is at the heart of the spiritual journey

• The beautiful thing about disintegration and why it’s so important

• Why hiding your power creates disarray

• Tom’s top advice for connecting with yourself on a deeper level

Bio

From a young age, Tom Slater sought to learn through direct experience, a path that has taken him across the globe, immersing himself in many traditional and indigenous cultures. His quest to understand himself and the life he was experiencing led him to explore the very nature of his existence, often guiding him down challenging paths, including struggles with addiction and depression.

Through this deep exploration, Tom gradually opened up to a more profound connection with his own humanity, confronting the limitations that prevented him from fully feeling and embracing it. His personal journey has taught him invaluable lessons, enabling him to be present with others in a spontaneous and creative way, facilitating their own process of discovery.

Tom’s work, particularly through The Sapience Retreat, focuses on helping individuals integrate all aspects of their being – mental, emotional, physical, social, and spiritual – in a way that fosters a true sense of homecoming, both within themselves and in connection with others. At the heart of his approach is cultivating an open awareness and a deep sense of choice, empowering people to show up more fully and authentically in life.

Learn more about Tom and The Sapience Retreat on his website.

Timestamps

00:00:54 - Guest introduction

00:05:46 - Tom describes what a “meeting” is in his work

00:09:54 - A meeting can be any flavor of energy

00:13:36 - The heart of this work is to have less and less resistance to what’s happening

00:14:07 - Sign up for Layla’s newsletter at LaylaMartin.com

00:16:59 - Relational work has the ability to heal things that solo work can’t

00:18:44 - The various traps humans get caught in

00:20:19 - Why deeper inquiry into yourself is at the heart of the spiritual journey

00:23:01 - Layla summarizes spiral dynamics 

00:26:41 - The beautiful thing about disintegration and why it’s so important

00:29:27 - Discover the VITA™ Sex, Love and Relationship Coaching Certification 

00:31:20 - Layla describes her experience with the beige stage

00:35:10 - Trust and safety only exist in this moment

00:39:51 - The power of unconditional somatic connection

00:40:40 - Layla and Tom drink MOOD SEX MAGIC™

00:43:20 - Layla talks about her “Reclamation in the Red Stage”

00:51:30 - When we hide our power, it can become a force that creates disarray

00:55:23 - Discover MOOD SEX MAGIC

00:58:35 - How to be present with what’s true in the moment

01:01:09 - Layla shares about her entity removal at The Sapience Retreat

01:08:08 - What Tom whispered to Layla’s inner little girl

01:10:55 - Enhance your sensitivity and pleasure inside Crystal Pleasure

01:11:46 - Reach your full pleasure capacity with Men’s Sexual Mastery

01:13:40 - We don’t have to become cosmic starchildren to touch magic

01:17:39 - Just meeting each other as humans is the most advanced thing we can do

01:21:48 - Tom’s top advice for connecting with yourself on a deeper level

01:25:42 - Layla shares about the stuffed animal she used to carry

01:27:46 - Conclusion

Shownotes

• The best and worst sex ideas of 2025

• The one piece of advice Layla would give to everyone

• Why safety is the #1 ingredient for being orgasmic

• The biggest sexual problems people face

• Dr. Emily’s take on why people cheat

• How sex is a multi-layered experience

Bio

Emily Morse is a doctor of human sexuality and host of the award-winning #1 sexuality podcast, “Sex With Emily,” which has been on air for two decades. She’s a MasterClass instructor on sex and communication and the bestselling author of Smart Sex: How to Boost Your Sex IQ & Own Your Pleasure. Emily has been profiled in The New York Times, Forbes and Men’s Health and has been featured by The Today Show, Conan, Entertainment Tonight, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Bustle and others.

Dr. Emily’s mission is to liberate the conversation about sex and pleasure. Her candid conversations challenge cultural taboos, misinformation and awkward sex talks to create a future where people can deeply connect and embrace pleasure-filled lives.

Learn more about Dr. Emily and find her work on her website.

Timestamps

00:00:41 - Guest introduction

00:02:20 - What made you so good at talking about sex

00:04:43 - If you can’t talk about something, then you can’t have an empowering relationship to it

00:10:31 - Sign up for Layla’s newsletter at LaylaMartin.com

00:11:28 - Layla sexts with ChatGPT

00:14:31 - The worst sex ideas of 2025

00:17:42 - Every human is a magical universe

00:20:50 - Layla talks about her dating journey as a single woman

00:26:14 - The one piece of advice Layla would give to everyone

00:26:56 - The key to how Layla healed her unworthiness

00:31:57 - Even the experts are still human

00:33:41 - Discover the VITA™ Sex, Love and Relationship Coaching Certification 

00:36:53 - Layla and Dr. Emily drink MOOD SEX MAGIC™

00:41:36 - Why Layla created MOOD Sexy Supplements

00:43:30 - Dr. Emily shares about her journey with somatic therapy

00:47:28 - Safety is the #1 ingredient for being orgasmic

00:48:20 - Discover MOOD SEX MAGIC

00:49:09 - What are the biggest sexual problems people face 00:54:56 - Do people who don’t practice sacred sexuality experience spirituality during sex? 00:57:30 - The divine is there in every moment, winking at you 00:58:27 - Enhance your sensitivity and pleasure inside ⁠Crystal Pleasure⁠ 00:59:30 - Dr. Emily talks about why people cheat 01:08:31 - Sex is a multi-layered experience 01:13:40 - How ecstasy amplifies your manifesting powers 01:20:07 - Conclusion

Shownotes

• The difference between secure attachment and secure functioning

• Why a deep desire for love is underneath all attachment styles

• How shared purpose in your relationship brings you closer

• Why you have to become a whisperer for your partner

• One of Dr. Tatkin’s top ways to create safety for your partner

• The biggest mistake people make in modern dating

Bio

Dr. Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT is a clinician, author, researcher, PACT developer, co-founder of the PACT Institute and an assistant clinical professor at UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine. He also teaches and supervises family medicine residents at Kaiser Permanente, Woodland Hills, CA.

He maintains a private practice in Southern California and leads PACT programs in

the US and internationally. Dr Tatkin is the author of In Each Other’s Care, We Do, Wired for Love, Your Brain on Love, Relationship Rx, Wired for Dating, What Every Therapist Ought to Know, co-author of Love and War in Intimate Relationships and co-author of Baby Bomb.

Dr. Tatkin received his early training in developmental self and object relations (Masterson Institute), Gestalt, psychodrama, and family systems theory. His private practice specialized for some time in treating adolescents and adults with personality disorders. More recently, his interests turned to psycho-neurobiological theories of human relationship and applying principles of early mother-infant attachment to adult romantic relationships.

Dr. Tatkin was clinical director of Charter Hospital’s intensive outpatient drug and alcohol program and is a former president of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, Ventura County chapter. 

He is a veteran member of Allan N. Schore’s study group. He also trained in the Adult Attachment Interview by way of Mary Main and Erik Hesse’s program through UC Berkeley.

Timestamps

00:00:43 - Guest introduction

00:03:58 - The difference between secure attachment and secure functioning

00:06:00 - How to find compassion for an anxious or avoidant

00:09:59 - Sign up for Layla’s newsletter at ⁠LaylaMartin.com⁠

00:11:49 - Layla describes an avoidant’s experience as a baby

00:13:19 - Why a deep desire for love is underneath all attachment styles

00:16:17 - Attachment isn’t personality, it’s memory

00:21:49 - Plan for your devils, not your angels

00:25:43 - How shared purpose in your relationship brings you closer

00:26:54 - Discover the ⁠VITA™ Sex, Love and Relationship Coaching Certification⁠ 

00:33:32 - Dr. Tatkin’s advice for the moments you see your partner as an enemy

00:37:27 - Discover ⁠MOOD™ Sex Magic⁠

00:38:20 - What do you secretly put in front of your relationship?

00:45:48 - Why you have to become a whisperer for your partner

00:46:53 - How to learn to take care of your partner’s nervous system

00:49:14 - Fall in love with your body and unlock outrageous orgasms with ⁠Obliss⁠

00:50:50 - One of Dr. Tatkin’s top ways to create safety for your partner

00:54:05 - Why apologizing can subconsciously feel like weakness

00:57:11 - Dr. Tatkin explains the details of “The Couple Bubble”

01:00:34 - What Dr. Tatkin sees that the happiest long term couples do

01:03:50 - Insecures don’t believe there’s such a thing as fairness and justice

01:05:44 - The biggest mistake people make in modern dating

01:08:07 - Dr. Tatkin celebrates his wife and his relationship

01:11:55 - Secure functioning is very hard but it’s worth it

01:12:00 - Conclusion

Free Guide Shownotes

• Layla’s most powerful manifestation ritual

• Why you have to grieve to step onto a new timeline

• The key to digesting a negative or heavy experience

• How to do Sex Magic in 10-15 minutes

Bio

Layla Martin is a visionary and thought leader who teaches on sexuality, relationships and self-love to people across the globe. 

Her devoted study of Tantra for 20+ years along with her sexuality, neuroscience and human biology studies at Stanford University have informed her unique teaching process and the creation of her proprietary VITA™ Methodology. 

Layla’s programs have taught over 12,500 women, men and non-binary people her method of using breath, sound, movement, meditation and energy awareness to awaken their sexuality and reclaim their power and worthiness.

Layla has shared her work with over 150 million people and 500,000+ subscribers through her YouTube channel and has a weekly email audience of 375,000+ people. Her top-rated podcast, This Tantric Life, has reached over 1.6 million downloads. 

Timestamps

00:00:36 - Introduction

00:01:39 - Why Layla created this manifestation ritual

00:02:44 - What you can use this manifestation ritual for

00:04:39 - Why you have to grieve to step onto a new timeline

00:06:00 - What supercharges this manifestation

00:06:07 - Sign up for Layla’s newsletter at LaylaMartin.com

00:07:25 - To create a new timeline, you have to shift your nervous system

00:10:02 - The grieving ritual

00:12:34 - The key to digesting a negative or heavy experience

00:12:56 - Layla drinks MOOD SEX MAGIC™ Elixir

00:13:24 - The grieving ritual recap

00:13:38 - Layla’s grief ritual music playlist

00:14:40 - Discover the VITA™ Sex, Love and Relationship Coaching Certification 

00:15:39 - The Sex Magic ritual

00:17:19 - Make your Sex Magic as sensorial as possible

00:19:21 - How to do Sex Magic in 10-15 minutes

00:22:45 - Sex Magic is not just magic, it’s working with your erotic power

00:24:22 - Conclusion

Shownotes

• Why the archetype of successful women is often unsuccessful in love

• The hardest thing about keeping things sexy as a mother

• Why rewiring ourselves for healthy love means being available to be chosen

• How the feminine archetypes impact dating and relationships

• Why we choose the love that feels comfortable to us, even if it hurts us

• Mel’s best advice for anyone who is worried about dying alone

Bio

Mel Wells is a world-renowned 7-figure love and leadership mentor for successful female entrepreneurs. She empowers women to create the love lives and intimacy they deeply crave by fully understanding and embodying their feminine power, unlocking their wild magnetism and irresistible energy. Mel also mentors ambitious, spiritually driven women to scale their businesses by harnessing the power of their feminine energy and unique superpowers. Through her work, Mel helps women thrive in both love and leadership, embodying their most authentic and radiant selves.

Timestamps

00:01:33 - Guest introduction

00:04:29 - The archetype of successful women is often unsuccessful in love

00:07:34 - Why we think of feminine energy as less powerful

00:08:04 - Sign up for Layla’s newsletter at LaylaMartin.com

00:09:56 - Mel shares about the relationship that sent her into a deep portal of reflection

00:13:22 - If his energy isn’t pursuing you, he’s disqualified

00:16:32 - Discover MOOD™ Sex Magic

00:17:16 - Mel and Layla drink MOOD SEX MAGIC

00:20:25 - Men go after what they want

00:21:38 - If he’s not moving towards you, it’s not your job to figure it out

00:25:47 - Rewiring ourselves for healthy love means being available to be chosen

00:26:02 - Unlock your deepest passion inside The Tantric Mastermind for Couples

00:28:34 - We choose the love that feels comfortable to us, even if it hurts us

00:31:40 - Mel explains the feminine archetypes and how they impact dating

00:35:33 - Why it’s important to listen deeply to your universal path

00:39:23 - Fall in love with your body and unlock outrageous orgasms with Obliss

00:43:04 - Finding delight in wherever you are on your dating journey

00:46:40 - Never discount the possibility of being fully chosen at every stage in your life

00:48:19 - You can be a female entrepreneur AND be filled with life and magic

00:51:10 - Discover the VITA™ Sex, Love and Relationship Coaching Certification 

00:54:18 - When you mother your partner, he will show up as a child

00:54:54 - The hardest thing about keeping things sexy as a mother

00:57:46 - Mel’s advice for anyone who is worried about dying alone

01:00:47 - A practice for switching from the Huntress archetype to the Queen

01:02:01 - A practice for shifting from the Mother archetype to the Lover

01:03:27 - Conclusion

Shownotes

• The story behind the quasi-cheating incident that ended the relationship

• Why Ryan and Layla’s first kiss went horribly wrong

• How to take full responsibility for your actions and impact on others

• Why Ryan showed up at the Stanford campus in a full-on chicken costume

• How radical love is different than self-sacrificing

• What Ryan and Layla learned from opening their relationship

Bio

Ryan Cheney is a therapist, seeker, and guide devoted to the process of inner transformation. Based in Austin, TX, he works with individuals and couples to uncover what stands in the way of lasting change – and how to meet those blocks with presence, compassion, and courage. His work is deeply rooted in Internal Family Systems and a profound curiosity about how people evolve.

Before turning his focus inward, Ryan was the founder of Raaka Chocolate, a Brooklyn-based bean-to-bar company built on transparency and ethical sourcing. But his truest calling lies in the inner landscapes: the quiet, tender spaces where real healing happens. His path has been shaped by deep inquiry, spiritual practice, and a love for the moments when people reconnect with the truth of who they are.

Ryan believes transformation doesn’t have to be a battle – it can be a remembering. He’s most alive when exploring the alchemy of change, the courage it requires, and the unexpected grace that can come when we stop striving and start listening.

Timestamps

00:01:16 - Guest introduction

00:06:02 - Ryan shares how he and Layla met

00:07:35 - Going from small and scared to big and free

00:07:59 - Where Layla was at in her life when she met Ryan

00:11:48 - Where Ryan was at in his life when he met Layla

00:12:31 - Sign up for Layla’s newsletter at LaylaMartin.com

00:13:11 - Friendship turns into strong attraction

00:13:47 - Ryan describes he and Layla’s first kiss

00:16:20 - Why the sex didn’t initially work for Ryan

00:19:33 - Ryan learned to hold all parts of Layla

00:21:11 - Layla’s first experience with somatic therapy

00:23:00 - Layla credits Ryan for being deeply present for her healing journey

00:24:33 - Unlock your deepest passion inside The Tantric Mastermind for Couples

00:26:00 - Layla’s desire to find the real Tantra

00:27:19 - Ryan and Layla gave each other spiritual names

00:34:05 - Layla and Ryan discuss their experience with sexual healing

00:39:01 - Why we have to take full responsibility for our actions and impact on others

00:41:48 - How to be present with intensity and pain

00:41:57 - Discover MOOD™ Sex Magic

00:42:55 - Ryan and Layla drink MOOD SEX MAGIC

00:45:57 - The feedback Layla gave Ryan as their relationship ended

00:48:17 - Layla healed and opened her sexuality before healing and opening her heart

00:51:15 - Ryan shares what he learned from the end of the relationship

00:54:55 - Layla shares one of her favorite stories about Ryan

00:56:08 - How radical love is different than self-sacrificing

01:02:18 - Discover your most masculine confidence and presence with Men’s Sexual Mastery

01:03:59 - Layla and Ryan share their experience with an open relationship

01:09:10 - Ryan shares what signaled the end for him

01:17:38 - What Layla learned from the end of the relationship

01:19:20 - What Ryan learned from the relationship

01:21:08 - One of the saddest parts of trauma

01:24:32 - Ryan’s favorite parts of Layla from their relationship

01:27:41 - Conclusion

Shownotes

• What Eva learned through menopause that she wishes she had known

• The science behind body changes in perimenopause and menopause

• Some of the key practices Eva recommends for midlife

• How meditation supports perimenopause and menopause

• How Eva’s needs with men and relationships changed through menopause

• Why Eva calls Kali the Patron Goddess of Menopause

Bio

Eva Clay is an acclaimed sexologist, psychotherapist and professional troublemaker whose mission is to illuminate the ménage-a-trois of soul, sex and science.  She's helped thousands of people unlock their innate potential for pleasure, and as a former professor of neuroscience, she bodaciously reminds us that smart is sexy.  As a practitioner of sexual tantra for 13 years, her work is an elegant marriage of the profound and the playful - and she has a particular passion for elevating women in their midlife portal to enjoy the most wildly succulent phase of their lives.

See www.EvaClay.com 

Timestamps

00:01:00 - Guest introduction

00:04:02 - Eva shares the story of her first hot flash

00:06:20 - The medical model around perimenopause and menopause

00:07:59 - What Eva learned through menopause that she wishes she had known

00:09:19 - Sign up for Layla’s newsletter at LaylaMartin.com

00:11:00 - What we offer the world when we’re in menopause fundamentally shifts

00:14:49 - The science behind body changes in perimenopause and menopause

00:17:38 - Why women who prioritize pleasure have a more easeful menopausal process

00:19:44 - The mindset that allowed Eva to have lovers in perimenopause

00:21:47 - Some of the key practices Eva recommends for midlife

00:24:46 - How meditation supports perimenopause and menopause

00:25:56 - Discover MOOD™ Sex Magic

00:26:39 - Unlock your deepest passion inside The Tantric Mastermind for Couples

00:29:03 - Eva shares her love story

00:32:21 - Eva and Layla drink MOOD SEX MAGIC

00:33:52 - How ketamine helped Eva move into a deeper state of body acceptance

00:35:38 - How Eva’s needs with men and relationships changed through menopause

00:38:23 - Eva’s experience with hormones

00:39:34 - Why Eva calls Kali the Patron Goddess of Menopause

00:40:31 - Fall in love with your body and unlock outrageous orgasms with Obliss

00:42:15 - Why it’s never too late to start these practices

00:46:00 - Menopause isn’t about how you look, it’s about how you feel

00:47:28 - Enhance your sensitivity and pleasure inside Crystal Pleasure

00:50:16 - Menopause: you are in full bloom

00:51:03 - Conclusion

Shownotes

• Exactly what Internal Family Systems therapy is

• The actual mechanism that creates the most profound level of healing

• Psychedelics as a loving catalyst to know ourselves more

• The truth about psychedelic stigma

• Why it’s important to prepare your set and setting with psychedelics

• The difference between doses of psilocybin

Bio

Nick Brüss, EdD, LMFT, is a leading licensed psychedelic therapist, researcher and educator who is passionate about inspiring and helping people heal, grow and live creative lives. He’s pioneering treatments and programs that harness the synergistic power of combining psychedelic medicine with cutting edge therapy and coaching. 

Dr. Brüss was a clinical researcher and supervisor on the ground breaking FDA Phase III clinical trial of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD sponsored by MAPS, and is currently a lead therapist on the Phase III Psilocybin therapy study for Treatment Resistant Depression sponsored by Compass Pathways. 

In private practice, he specializes in concierge ketamine-assisted and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy. He trains nationally and speaks internationally on psychedelic-assisted therapy safety and efficacy, and is a co-founder of the Psychedelic Coalition for Health, a psychedelic medicine education and training platform. 

Dr. Brüss is also a Certified Mindfulness Facilitator through UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, and a certified teacher of both Mindful Self-Compassion, and the Compassion Cultivation Training through the Center for Compassion, Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University School of Medicine.

Find more about Dr. Brüss’ work at www.apracticeoffreedom.com and connect with him on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Timestamps

00:01:14 - Guest introduction

00:02:20 - How Layla and Dr. Brüss originally connected

00:04:51 - Sign up for Layla’s newsletter at LaylaMartin.com

00:06:51 - The first time Layla experienced her own somatic avoidance

00:11:14 - Humans are so beautiful when they don’t have so much pain

00:13:52 - Dr. Brüss explains what Internal Family Systems therapy is

00:19:24 - Unlock your deepest passion inside The Tantric Mastermind for Couples

00:20:06 - Discover your most masculine confidence and presence with Men’s Sexual Mastery

00:21:12 - Dr. Brüss introduces listeners to MAPS

00:24:36 - The actual mechanism that creates this profound level of healing

00:27:19 - Layla shares about her experiences with MDMA

00:30:43 - How IFS integrates with felt-sense experience

00:32:30 - How intellectually “getting” something isn’t the same as being “in” it

00:36:33 - We don’t realize how much power we actually have

00:38:44 - Discover MOOD™ Sex Magic

00:42:48 - How psychedelics can be a loving catalyst to know ourselves more

00:44:28 - Layla shares her experience with psychedelics

00:47:22 - Dr. Brüss and Layla drink MOOD Sex Magic

00:55:28 - Psychedelic stigma was intentionally created

00:57:02 - The war on disconnection

00:57:27 - Enhance your sensitivity and pleasure inside Crystal Pleasure

00:59:15 - Why it’s important to prepare your set and setting with psychedelics

01:04:33 - Dr. Brüss shares about his first psychedelic experience

01:07:24 - The difference between doses of psilocybin

01:12:06 - How different psychedelics work on different situations

01:19:53 - Conclusion