What does it mean to lead with radical faith in the face of devastation?
In this moving episode, Joey shares the unfiltered truth of parenting through the unimaginable: their child Jameson’s diagnosis with a rare and aggressive brain cancer. More than a story of medical trauma, this is a conversation about energy, embodiment, and the healing power of music, movement, and soul-aligned community.
You’ll hear how Joey’s personal transformation through crisis reveals a blueprint for nervous system resilience, emotional integrity, and spiritual integration, far beyond what traditional medicine could ever offer.
What You’ll Learn:
How navigating a child's cancer journey redefines personal values, identity, and purpose
Why somatic expression (dance, music, joy) can be a lifeline for children undergoing treatment
What it's like to integrate spiritual awakening while living in a medical system that prioritizes protocol over intuition
The emotional and financial toll of caregiving, and how community healing becomes essential
How to hold both grief and gratitude simultaneously, without spiritually bypassing either
Episode Highlights:
00:00 – Why grief doesn’t follow a clean timeline
03:12 – How trauma lives in the body long after the trigger
06:37 – The difference between “processing” and “repatterning”
09:24 – Why agency is essential to healing
12:31 – From invisible pain to embodied wholeness
Meet the Guest:
Joey is a devoted single parent, spiritual practitioner, and member of the SoulQuest integration community. Their story is not just about surviving a child’s cancer diagnosis, it’s about reimagining what embodied healing, resilience, and soul alignment can look like in the modern world.
Tools, Frameworks, and Modalities Mentioned:
Energy frequency and source connection
Spiritual integration post-trauma
Dance and somatic healing for children
Navigating medical side effects vs. soul-aligned recovery
Closing Insight:
“This is just a temporary experience. But love, the frequency of love, is what gets us through.”
Whether you're a caregiver, healer, or someone navigating the unknown, this episode will meet you where you are, and remind you that wholeness is never out of reach.
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What if the 12 steps helped save your life, but eventually, you outgrew them? In this moving episode, Gillian Lepisto shares her bold journey beyond traditional recovery frameworks and into the world of sacred medicine, intuitive healing, and spiritual integration.
Listeners will explore the deeper layers of trauma, embodiment, and devotion that unfold after sobriety, and how tools like Kambo, microdosing, and ceremony are opening new frontiers in post-recovery healing.
What You’ll Learn:
Why Gillian transitioned from AA to psychedelic healing work
How sacred plant medicines helped her wean off psychiatric prescriptions
The emotional and spiritual process of shedding old identities after addiction
What Kambo is, how it works, and why it’s becoming a sought-after energetic cleanse
The role of ceremony, intuition, and mentorship in trauma-informed recovery
Episode Highlights:
04:01 – From underground parties to profound loss: Gillian’s early journey
09:40 – The “grand sponsor” who introduced psychedelics to the recovery community
13:22 – Gillian’s DMT initiation and awakening in a crystal city
19:48 – Tapering medication with the help of psilocybin and intuitive listening
25:39 – Why Gillian left AA: spiritual expansion, not rebellion
33:15 – Kambo explained: frog medicine for energetic detox and shadow release
38:42 – Honoring grief, identity death, and sacred service
44:19 – Reclaiming trust in yourself after the structure of recovery dissolves
Meet the Guest:
Gillian Lepisto is a medicine woman, mentor, and mother whose personal journey from addiction to sovereignty bridges traditional sobriety and sacred psychedelics. Her work is rooted in trauma healing, intuitive development, and community-led ceremonial integration.
Tools, Frameworks, and Strategies Mentioned:
Sacred Integration Circles
Cambo (frog medicine)
Mama Dose™ Microdosing Protocol
Ceremony-based Fourth and Fifth Step
Devotional mentorship models
Closing Insight:
“I’m not afraid of myself anymore. I trust myself. And I know the medicine lives in me now.” – Gillian Lepisto
This episode is an invitation for anyone who’s ever asked, “What comes after sobriety?” to explore a deeper path of spiritual and cellular healing.
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What happens when a certified sex educator and feminist wellness coach unpacks the body’s wisdom after trauma?
In this episode of Medicine With The Medals, Suzannah Weiss dives into somatic intimacy, nervous system regulation, and the myths that keep people disconnected from their own pleasure and healing.
From dismantling sex-negative conditioning to reconnecting with the body’s innate intelligence, this conversation is a masterclass in embodied healing and post-traumatic reclamation.
What You’ll Learn:
Why traditional sex education fails to address the trauma-informed body
How nervous system regulation is essential for intimacy and pleasure
The role of feminist frameworks in reclaiming bodily autonomy
How Suzannah helps clients unravel shame and access deeper embodiment
Practical ways to work with somatic cues during intimacy and healing
Episode Highlights:
02:47 – Why embodiment is foundational to sex-positive healing
07:55 – How trauma interrupts pleasure and connection
13:21 – Debunking the myth of “fixing” your libido
19:12 – The neuroscience behind somatic consent and nervous system states
27:38 – Suzannah’s tools for emotional regulation during intimacy
35:46 – How feminist coaching reframes shame and sexuality
42:03 – Integrating mindfulness, movement, and intuition into sex therapy
50:12 – Closing insights on sovereignty, safety, and self-trust
Meet the Guest:
Suzannah Weiss is a certified sex educator, trauma-informed coach, and feminist writer who helps people reclaim their bodies, pleasure, and self-trust. She blends somatic tools, spiritual guidance, and neuroscience to support holistic sexual healing.
Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Mentioned:
Somatic Consent Mapping
Polyvagal Theory for Intimacy
Feminist Embodiment Coaching
Neuroplasticity and Sexual Healing
Closing Insight:
“The body is not broken; it’s always been trying to protect you. Healing begins when we listen.” – Suzannah Weiss
If you've ever felt disconnected from your body, your pleasure, or your story, this episode is your invitation to return home.
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What if every rebirth begins with a creative act?
In this episode of My Psychedelic Story, we meet psychedelic mentor and alchemy coach Liz Chernett, who explores how psychedelics, motherhood, and mythic storytelling shape the modern path to integration.
Through her deeply personal journey, from Ivy League creative director to soul-led healer, Liz shares how grief, ritual, and imagination converge to reawaken our “kaleidoscopic selves.”
What You'll Learn:
Chapters:
02:14 – What it means to be a psychedelic mentor and alchemy coach
07:40 – Early encounters with grief, mushrooms, and the “call to healing”
15:28 – How travel and ayahuasca shattered her corporate identity
21:09 – Motherhood as initiation and spiritual rebirth
28:43 – The marriage of parts work and psychedelics for holistic integration
33:12 – Why integration is more about being than doing
Meet The Guest:
Liz Chernett is a Psychedelic Mentor and Alchemy Coach known for guiding others through life’s endings, beginnings, and openings where the soul expands and creativity flows. She specializes in bespoke 1:1 medicine work + integration—using parts work and Jungian coaching to help clients harvest symbols, archetypes, and the voices of their inner team to re-author their lives.
She co-hosts In Right Relationship, a podcast exploring psychedelics and the sacred. Before this chapter, Liz spent two decades as a creative & art director, stylist, and futurist—shaping campaigns and translating culture into visual stories.
Tools, Frameworks, and Concepts Mentioned:
Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Inner Team Dialogue
Kaleidoscope Eye: Liz’s integration coaching practice
The Oracle Within: A mythopoetic collage and writing experience
Ceremonial Integration and “Reparenting the Psyche” framework
Closing Insight:
“Integration isn’t about doing more. It’s about being more, and doing less.” – Liz Chernett
This conversation is a love letter to seekers, creators, and space-holders ready to turn their medicine journeys into living art.
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The Oracle Within is a 9-week experiential group program designed for coaches, therapists, and team leaders blending Jungian teachings, mythic stories, and mixed-media expressive arts to make integration playful and embodied. We don't just learn—we create.
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What happens when a decorated trauma surgeon, military veteran, and healthcare CEO walks away from it all?
Dr. Charles “Charlie” Powell shares his astonishing path from success to surrender, and how plant medicine and purpose-driven healing gave him a second life.
In this raw and revelatory episode, Charlie reveals the invisible wounds behind high-performance careers, the crisis of meaning plaguing veterans and executives alike, and the paradigm-shifting power of Iboga. This is a masterclass in unlearning Western conditioning and reclaiming your nervous system, soul, and mission.
What You’ll Learn:
Why the American Dream nearly cost Dr. Powell his life, and what finally saved it
How Iboga helped him reset 15+ years of opioid dependence, PTSD, and spiritual despair
Why integration is more essential than the medicine itself
How trauma hides in high-functioning success (and how to spot the signs)
The missing mental health tools that veterans, first responders, and executives urgently need
What makes Healing Heroes the most important psychedelic documentary for this generation
Episode Highlights:
02:48 – Why “Dr. Charlie Powell” no longer exists (and why that matters)
10:41 – The cost of being a high-functioning trauma survivor
17:22 – Sleep paralysis, soul-level nightmares, and the limits of Western psychiatry
25:10 – How Iboga transformed his nervous system and ended opioid dependency overnight
30:34 – Why veterans and first responders need their own psychedelic frameworks
39:50 – The Healing Heroes documentary: a 10-day Iboga transformation on film
45:02 – Rebuilding a new identity after shedding success, status, and false security
53:15 – How real community (and purpose) heals what medicine can’t
Meet the Guest:
Dr. Charles “Charlie” Powell is a triple-boarded trauma surgeon, Navy veteran, and former CEO of a multimillion-dollar healthcare system. After selling his company for $250M, Charlie hit rock bottom, and found his rebirth in plant medicine. Today, he’s the founder of Healing Heroes and St. Charlie Resorts, offering trauma-informed healing experiences for veterans, special needs families, and seekers of deep transformation.
Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Mentioned:
Healing Heroes: A feature documentary tracking the real-time Iboga journeys of six veterans
St. Charlie Resorts: The first-ever resort system designed for special needs families and trauma recovery
Psychedelic Integration: Emphasized as the essential 90% of healing post-medicine
Veteran-to-Visionary Framework: Charlie’s model for moving from military trauma to soul-aligned leadership
Closing Insight:
“The medicine is only 10%. Integration is 90. If you don't teach people how to live differently, they’ll fall right back into the life that broke them.
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What if your healing wasn’t something to hustle toward, but something to slow down and receive?
In this grounded and honest conversation, Chase Healey, host of The Chasing Healing Podcast, shares her path from startup burnout to embodied healing, one microdose and nervous system shift at a time. This episode redefines what it means to integrate plant medicine into everyday life.
What You’ll Learn:
The real reason microdosing works, and when it doesn’t
How food, light, and water function as essential healing inputs
Why regulating your nervous system is more important than chasing peak experiences
What ethical plant sourcing looks like in a commodified psychedelic world
How Chase approaches integration as a lifelong practice, not a checkbox
Episode Highlights:
04:02 – How Chase stepped away from hustle culture and into embodied healing
10:56 – What nervous system regulation really feels like
17:44 – The dark side of mainstream microdosing trends
25:09 – Why food, water, and light are her “primary medicine stack”
33:47 – Chase’s personal plant medicine protocols and clean sourcing practices
41:30 – The difference between taking psychedelics and working with them
47:55 – Integration as a lifestyle: redefining “success” in healing
55:40 – Final reflections: choosing self-trust over strategy
Meet the Guest:
Chase Healey is a conscious living guide, educator, and host of The Chasing Healing Podcast. She supports individuals in plant medicine integration, nervous system healing, and holistic lifestyle transformation from her home base in Costa Rica.
Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Mentioned:
Functional mushroom stacks (e.g., Lion’s Mane, Reishi)
Microdosing protocols and intuition-led dosing
Nervous system attunement as a healing lens
Light, hydration, and food as regulatory tools
Ethical sourcing in the psychedelic space
Closing Insight:
“Healing isn’t something you arrive at, it’s something you live.” – Chase Healey
This episode is an invitation to slow down, soften, and stop outsourcing your wellness. Tune in to explore what it really means to chase healing, without losing yourself along the way.
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What if burnout wasn’t a breakdown, but a breadcrumb?
In this soul-expanding episode of Medicine With The Medals, Dr. Hector Rodriguez invites us into the quiet brilliance of curiosity-driven healing and functional psychiatry. Drawing from his cross-disciplinary background in neuroscience, trauma therapy, and theology, Dr. Rodriguez offers a radically integrative approach to high-performance emotional health, one that views pressure not as pathology, but as a portal.
Listeners will gain powerful insights into how “sacred outcasts” can regulate their nervous systems, reframe burnout, and finally feel seen in the spaces where traditional psychiatry falls short.
What You’ll Learn:
Why burnout among high achievers is often misdiagnosed, and what’s really happening in the brain
How functional psychiatry uncovers root causes missed by conventional models
The role of trauma-informed imaging (like SPECT scans) in revealing hidden neurobiological patterns
What it means to be a “sacred outcast,” and why this identity holds both pain and power
A practical reframing of curiosity as a clinical intervention tool for overwhelm and dysregulation
Episode Highlights:
Meet the Guest:
Dr. Hector Rodriguez is a board-certified psychiatrist, trauma-informed coach, and founder of The White Butterfly Healing Society. His practice weaves together neuroscience, spirituality, and root-cause psychiatry to support high-performing, emotionally attuned individuals in transforming inner pressure into purpose.
Known for his “clinical ear and soulful eye,” he works with physicians, entrepreneurs, and creative professionals navigating burnout, identity, and trauma integration.
Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Mentioned
Functional Psychiatry
Curiosity Protocols
SPECT Brain Imaging
The White Butterfly Healing Society
Trauma-informed forensic evaluations
Closing Insight:
“Curiosity is not just a mindset, it’s a medicine. When we ask brave questions about our overwhelm, we open the door to transformation.”
If you’ve ever felt like your sensitivity was a liability in a high-performance world, this episode is your permission slip to lead with depth.
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What happens when a classroom teacher becomes one of the most influential voices in psychedelic entrepreneurship?
In this episode of Medicine With The Medals, we sit down with Luna Stower, educator, legacy operator, and cannabis industry leader, for an unfiltered conversation on safe access, policy advocacy, and why real healing starts with real sovereignty.
Luna shares how her experience growing up in the Bay Area during the early days of cannabis activism shaped her lifelong mission to decriminalize and decentralize plant medicine, and how she’s translating those lessons from cannabis into the psychedelic movement today.
What You’ll Learn:
Why the “legalization” vs. “decriminalization” debate is more than semantics, and how policy language shapes lives
How Luna’s background in public education makes her a uniquely effective advocate in entheogenic medicine
The biggest commercial traps and ethical blind spots facing psychedelic startups today
Episode Highlights:
03:11 – Luna’s early roots in cannabis and Prop 215's lasting impact
07:39 – The hard-earned lessons from working with legacy brands
13:58 – What safe access actually means and why community comes first
20:25 – The difference between decriminalization and legalization, explained
27:44 – Transparency in testing: Luna unpacks a recent COA scandal
34:11 – Feminist leadership in the psychedelic space
41:06 – Luna’s call to action for the future of medicine
Meet the Guest:
Luna Stower is a Bay Area native, legacy operator, and award-winning educator who has helped build some of the most recognized cannabis and entheogen brands in the world, including Jetty Extracts, Ispire, and her own consultancy, Luna Stower Marketing.
A vocal advocate for safe access, decriminalization, and feminist leadership in plant medicine, Luna sits at the intersection of movement-building and business strategy, paving a path for ethical scale in psychedelic entrepreneurship.
Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Mentioned:
Safe Access – Luna’s principle-driven approach to entheogenic medicine distribution
COA Verification – Certificate of Analysis integrity in mushrooms and cannabis
Legacy Operator Ethos – Cultural preservation through ethical entrepreneurship
Decriminalize vs. Legalize Framework – Language as legislation, impact as intent
Closing Insight:
“Safe access isn't just about lab results. It’s about trust. It’s about community. And it’s about sovereignty.” – Luna Stower
This episode is a wake-up call for entrepreneurs, educators, and activists: the plant medicine movement must root itself in integrity, not hype, to survive the pressures of commercialization.
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What happens when a veteran firefighter confronts the emotional cost of a career spent saving others and discovers healing in plant medicine?
In this powerful episode, we sit down with Paul Walton, a Bernalillo County firefighter and co-founder of Firefighters for Plant Medicine, to explore his deeply personal journey through trauma, cannabis reform, and psychedelic-assisted healing. This is a conversation about emotional truth, systemic change, and how psychedelic advocacy is reshaping mental health for first responders.
What You’ll Learn:
Why traditional trauma treatment often fails frontline workers
How Paul helped change county policy to allow off-duty medical cannabis use
The profound impact of psilocybin-assisted therapy on PTSD and depression
How microdosing can serve as a “soft entry point” for resistant populations
A grassroots blueprint for bringing psychedelic access to first responders nationwide
Episode Highlights:
Meet the Guest:
Paul Walton is a 17-year veteran of the Bernalillo County Fire Department and co-founder of Firefighters for Plant Medicine, a grassroots movement advocating for psychedelic access and cannabis rights for first responders. His work is paving the way for trauma-informed legislation and integrative healing protocols across the U.S.
Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Mentioned:
“After years of suppressing my own trauma, plant medicine didn’t just help me heal, it gave me purpose. Now, I’m using that purpose to make sure no firefighter has to suffer in silence.”
This is more than a podcast. It’s a frontline report from the heart of psychedelic reform.
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What happens when a rational man surrenders to the unknown and discovers a deeper version of masculinity?
In this potent episode of Medicine With The Medals, Expanded States Guide Michael Tierno shares how plant medicine and sacred container work transformed his relationship with emotional repression, leadership, and identity.
This conversation uncovers what true integration looks like for men, and why rewriting internal stories may be the most powerful medicine of all.
What You’ll Learn:
How early masculine conditioning blocks emotional access and creates “provider fatigue”
Why integration is the unsung hero of healing journeys
What happens in a Men of Integrity retreat and why it’s more than a “men’s circle”
How language, metaphor, and ceremony intersect for embodied transformation
The neuroscience behind personalized storytelling and expanded states
Episode Highlights:
04:11 – Michael’s first journey to Peru and the unmaking of his worldview
11:03 – “We’ll be eating fruit in four hours”: trusting the process of surrender
18:19 – Understanding the nervous system’s role in emotional shutdown
25:06 – Inside the Men of Integrity retreat: from resistance to reclamation
30:44 – The power of 1:1 recorded ceremonies for narrative re-authoring
38:05 – Why men need containment, not control
43:52 – “The ceremony begins when the ceremony ends”: making integration real
Meet the Guest:
Michael Tierno is the founder of Men of Integrity and co-lead of Heart Sanctuary in Peru. He blends systems thinking with ceremony, somatic language, and story structure to help men heal from trauma, reclaim their voice, and embody emotional integrity.
Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Mentioned:
Expanded States Integration
Three-Phase Retreat Model: Preparation, Ceremony, and Integration
Narrative Re-Authoring through recorded sessions
Containment vs. Control model for relational clarity
Somatic Language + Emotion Mapping
Closing Insight:
“If you're making exceptions for yourself just to live with yourself, you're not in integrity.” – Michael Tierno
This episode is a blueprint for what happens when men return to themselves, not as warriors, but as integrated leaders rooted in truth, softness, and clarity.
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Is cannabis really just about getting high, or is it a misunderstood gateway to holistic healing?
In this insightful conversation, Elevate Holistics CEO Aspen Noonan shares how cannabis helped her reclaim her health, build a purpose-driven company, and serve over 150,000 patients across the U.S. From personal healing to public education, Aspen’s mission is to de-stigmatize plant medicine and expand compassionate, telehealth-powered access to medical marijuana.
What You’ll Learn:
The real story behind how cannabis helped Aspen get off pharmaceuticals
What “non-euphoric cannabis” is and why it matters for anxiety, trauma, and inflammation
Why women and veterans are leading new conversations around cannabis and holistic care
How Elevate Holistics is transforming access through state-by-state telemedicine
Why cryotherapy, community, and emotional resilience matter in executive wellness
Episode Highlights:
Meet the Guest:
Aspen Noonan is the CEO of Elevate Holistics, a national telemedicine platform dedicated to expanding safe, affordable access to medical marijuana. A mother, advocate, and speaker featured in Business Insider and Leafly, Aspen has led the company to serve over 150,000 patients while championing holistic, non-judgmental care rooted in science and compassion.
Tools, Frameworks, and Terms Mentioned:
Endocannabinoid system
Telemedicine cannabis certification
CBN, CBG, THCA (non-euphoric cannabinoids)
Cryotherapy
Cannabis tax advantages for medical users
WOM-led cannabis entrepreneurship
Closing Insight:
“It’s not about getting high—it’s about healing in a system that’s broken.” – Aspen Noonan
This episode is a reminder that plant-based healing isn't fringe—it's foundational. Whether you’re a patient, practitioner, or policymaker, the future of medicine must include access, empathy, and ecosystem care.
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What does it mean to reclaim your identity through ceremony, not therapy?
In this powerful episode of Medicine with the Medals, Indigenous spiritual leader Shane Norte invites us into his world of earth-based sacraments, decolonized healing, and ancestral reconnection.
As founder of the Church of the People for Creator and Mother Earth, Shane offers a rare window into Native-led psilocybin ceremonies, sacred land defense, and what it means to heal in communion with the Earth, not in isolation.
Listeners will discover a radical, rooted alternative to clinical psychedelics, and learn why community, sweat lodges, and spiritual responsibility matter just as much as the medicine itself.
What You’ll Learn:
Why psilocybin mushrooms are sacred, not psychedelic, and how they support ancestral memory
How the Native American Religious Freedom Act protects Indigenous ceremonial medicine
What the Wamkish ceremony is and how it integrates land, prayer, sweat lodges, and community
Why over-commercialization of sacred plants risks severing people from their spiritual responsibility
How Shane guides non-Native people to reconnect with their own earth-based identities and practices
Episode Highlights:
Meet the Guest:
Shane Norte is a spiritual leader, land defender, and founder of the Church of the People for Creator and Mother Earth, a Native-led ceremonial nonprofit located on the La Jolla Indian Reservation in Southern California.
As a board member of Decriminalize Nature and appointee to Maryland’s psychedelic policy task force, Shane bridges grassroots ceremony with national advocacy—all while offering free, community-based healing rooted in the wisdom of his Payómkawichum, Paiute, Lakota, and Serrano ancestors.
Tools, Frameworks, and Strategies Mentioned:
Wamkish Ceremony – Shane’s immersive healing practice blending psilocybin, sweat lodges, and sacred plants
Native American Religious Freedom Act – Federal law protecting ceremonial use of sacred medicine
Decriminalize Nature – Advocacy framework for culturally rooted plant medicine access
Sweat Lodge Integration – A spiritual framework for post-journey embodiment and prayer
Earth-Based Healing – Reconnection with land, ancestors, and the divine through non-clinical models
Closing Insight
“How we treat the Earth is not far from how we treat ourselves.” – Shane Norte
This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking a deeper, decolonized path to healing, one that honors sacred plants, spiritual responsibility, and the wisdom of the land.
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Could psilocybin become a cornerstone of mental health care?
In this episode of Medicine with the Medals, we explore how Colorado is building a state-regulated framework for psychedelic therapy, centered on accessibility, safety, and long-term healing.
What You’ll Learn:
Why the “medicine-only” approach to psychedelics is incomplete without community-centered integration.
How Colorado’s psilocybin therapy program differs from Oregon’s, especially for licensed mental health providers.
Which conditions and medications affect psilocybin safety, and what SSRIs really do to your neuroreceptors.
How psilocybin opens a doorway to healing generational trauma, addiction, and unworthiness through somatic and psychological integration.
The future of plant-based care, decriminalized healing, and Indigenous reciprocity in the evolving psychedelic landscape.
Episode Highlights:
Meet the Guest:
Tasia is the Colorado Director of the Healing Advocacy Fund (HAF), a nonprofit advancing safe, affordable, and state-regulated access to psychedelic therapy. A political strategist turned plant-medicine advocate, Tasia brings both personal experience and public policy acumen to the front lines of psilocybin healing in Colorado.Tools, Frameworks, and Concepts Mentioned:
Healing Advocacy Fund (HAF) – nonprofit championing psychedelic policy and education
State-Regulated Psilocybin Therapy Programs – Colorado vs. Oregon comparison
Facilitated Integration – post-journey support framework for trauma-informed healing
Microdosing Access Models – therapeutic and community integration applications
Indigenous Reciprocity Model – ethics-first approach to medicine sourcing and stewardship
Closing Insight:
“We need care at every level, care for ourselves, for the plants, and for the people who’ve carried these medicines for generations.” – Tasia Poinsatte
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What if the key to unlocking deep emotional healing lies not in escaping your body, but in truly coming home to it?
In this episode of Medicine with the Medals, hosts Mark and Michelle sit down with somatic psychedelic integration coach Amber Helgeson to explore the transformative synergy between psilocybin and the lineage medicine Tepezcohite (Abuelito).
From reactivating dormant neural pathways to releasing trauma stored in the body, Amber reveals how plant medicines, when paired with intentional integration, can catalyze lasting mental, emotional, and spiritual breakthroughs.
What You’ll Learn:
How somatic psychedelic integration bridges body, mind, and spirit for lasting transformation.
The neuroscience behind psilocybin’s “great connector” effect on neural pathways and emotional regulation.
What makes Tepezcohite a unique “love medicine” and how it works in ceremony.
Why integration, before and after the ceremony, is more important than the medicine session itself.
Real-world results from MS research involving psilocybin strains like Golden Teachers and Blue Meanies.
Episode Highlights:
Meet the Guest:
Amber Helgeson is a somatic psychedelic integration coach, medicine woman, and shamanic practitioner with over seven years of plant medicine facilitation experience. Drawing from studies with Lakota, Navajo, Cree, and Apache traditions, she created the Amber Helgeson Method, a body-centered approach to psychedelic integration that bridges ancient wisdom and modern science.
Tools, Frameworks, and Strategies Mentioned:
Amber Helgeson Method – Somatic Psychedelic Coaching Model
Sacred Rage Release – Structured emotional expression
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) integrated with shamanic practices
Somatic Emotional Scales for trauma release
Embodied Feminine Program for women’s multidimensional self-connection
Closing Insight:
“Plant medicine is just a tool; the real work happens before and after the ceremony.” – Amber Helgeson
When we integrate the lessons of psilocybin, Tepezcohite, and other sacred medicines into daily life, we step into our fullest humanity, connected, grounded, and free.
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While Mark & Michele take time to deepen their own work in the Brazilian rainforest, we're bringing you some of our most beloved conversations from the vault.
This week, we revisit an unforgettable episode with Durga Magnetta, a plant medicine integration coach and intuitive healer, who offers rare insight into what really matters after the ceremony. If you've experienced entheogens like ayahuasca, iboga, or psilocybin, and you're still asking “What now?”, this is the conversation you didn’t know you needed.
What You’ll Learn:
Why integration is more important than the medicine itself
How to work with your body’s energy and cellular memory for deep trauma release
The difference between healing from your lineage (DNA) and from your soul (karmic path)
How to set meaningful intentions, even if you don’t know where to begin
Why intuitive readings are about empowerment, not prediction
This episode reflects the core concepts of lived experience as medical knowledge, embodied healing, and trauma integration beyond talk therapy, all rooted in survivor-led frameworks and energy-first healing paradigms.
Episode Highlights:
👤 Meet the Guest
Durga Magnetta is a psychedelic integration coach, intuitive reader, and energy healer who helps individuals bridge mystical insight with daily embodiment. She specializes in trauma recovery using energy movement, intuitive downloads, and post-ceremony support.
Her work centers on empowerment through presence, energy as evidence, and healing beyond the clinical model. Learn more at Free to Be Authentic.
Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Mentioned:
Cellular Trauma Mapping
Karmic Integration through Conscious Witnessing
DNA vs. Soul Lineage Healing Model
Conscious Intention Framework for plant medicine
Intuitive Empowerment Readings
Closing Insight:
“Integration is where you turn transformation into truth. It’s not just about what you saw, it’s how you live it.” – Durga Magnetta
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While Mark and Michele are deep in sabbatical retreat in the Brazilian rainforest, we're revisiting some of our most-loved conversations from the archives.
And this one is legendary!
In this featured favorite episode of Medicine With the Medals, renowned ethnopharmacologist Dennis McKenna shares the origin story of his psychedelic path, the accidental mushroom awakening that reshaped his worldview, and his take on the future of plant medicine.
This conversation bridges the scientific, the spiritual, and the deeply personal, offering a masterclass in sacred medicine, integration, and inner ecology.
Whether you're plant-curious or walking the ceremonial path, this episode is your compass.
What You’ll Learn:
Why psilocybin was the real “teacher” that emerged from a failed search for the Amazonian ukuhe
How set and setting shapes the healing of psychedelics, and why “the set is you”
The key differences between ayahuasca, iboga, psilocybin, and 5-MeO-DMT
A cautious but grounded approach to microdosing for anxiety, energy, and integration
How psychedelics act as perceptual instruments, revealing sacred geometry and nature’s hidden design
Episode Highlights:
👤 Meet the Guest
Dennis McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist, co-founder of the McKenna Academy, and one of the world’s most respected voices in entheogenic science and Indigenous plant medicine research.
Tools, Frameworks, or Concepts Mentioned:
Psychoecology: Understanding how mind and environment co-create perception
Default Mode Network (DMN): How psychedelics disrupt mental conditioning
Neural Gating: The brain’s mechanism for filtering sensory overload
LDO Integration Loop (implied): Awareness → Surrender → Meaning-making → Action
Closing Insight:
“Psychedelics are tools we can use to become better lovers of ourselves, others, nature, and reality.” – Dennis McKenna
This timeless episode reminds us that plant medicine is more than a trend; it's a path of remembering, reconnection, and responsibility. Whether you’re listening from ceremony, city, or solitude, may this wisdom meet you where you are.
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What if cancer wasn’t a punishment, but an invitation to transformation?
In this deeply personal and paradigm-shifting episode, cancer survivor and Healing Cancer Journeys founder Dan Callahan opens up about his 21-year battle with multiple cancers and how psychedelic medicines helped him confront fear, reduce suffering, and find meaning in the face of mortality.
Dan’s story isn’t just about surviving cancer; it's about learning to live with it. Through therapeutic psilocybin journeys, guided breathwork, and a return to childlike curiosity, Dan reshaped his relationship with illness, death, and healing itself.
This episode breaks open the triple stigma surrounding cancer, psychedelics, and mortality while offering hope, community, and a new framework for integrative healing.
What You’ll Learn:
Why psychedelic medicine can transform how cancer patients process trauma, fear, and grief
How microdosing psilocybin + breathwork became part of Dan’s emotional recovery protocol
A new perspective on “talking to cancer” during a guided therapeutic journey
How Healing Cancer Journeys is building digital community and storytelling platforms for survivors
The practical and legal challenges of accessing psychedelic care for cancer patients
Episode Highlights:
👤 Meet the Guest:
Dan Callahan is a two-time cancer survivor and founder of Healing Cancer Journeys, a nonprofit building community and education for people exploring psychedelic medicine as part of their cancer journey. He is an advocate for de-stigmatizing both psychedelics and mortality in public discourse.
Tools, Frameworks & Strategies:
Therapeutic Psilocybin Journeys – High-dose, guided sessions for confronting trauma
Microdosing + Breathwork Protocol – Low-dose psilocybin paired with intense breathwork
Healing Cancer Voices – A StoryCorps-style project for cancer patients using psychedelics
Digital Community Outreach – Leveraging Instagram, TikTok, and podcasting to reduce stigma
Closing Insight:
“Cancer doesn’t have to be cosmic punishment. Sometimes, it’s just random. And sometimes, that randomness is your path to meaning.”
Dan’s story is a courageous testament to the power of vulnerability, storytelling, and non-traditional healing. If you or someone you love is exploring psychedelics on a cancer journey, let this episode be a signpost: you are not alone.
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What if the root of your trauma isn’t just emotional but parasitic?
In this extraordinary episode, plant medicine facilitator Jules Rivers (aka Julio Rivera) reveals how he blends high-dose psilocybin therapy with spiritual parasite extraction to catalyze breakthroughs in trauma release, addiction recovery, and identity transformation. His method, SHAPE (Spiritual Healing by Astral Parasite Extraction), invites a bold new paradigm in the healing arts, one that bridges neuroscience, epigenetics, and the metaphysics of consciousness.
Whether you're exploring psychedelic medicine for the first time or guiding others through non-ordinary states of consciousness, this conversation will challenge your assumptions and expand your healing vocabulary.
What You’ll Learn:
The hidden role of “astral parasites” in chronic trauma loops and emotional relapse
Why high-dose psilocybin sessions may reach deeper than ayahuasca for some types of healing
How to differentiate between trauma-based identity and true self
A new model of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy built around energetic extraction
Why SHAPE attracts CEOs, clinicians, and spiritual seekers seeking permanent breakthroughs
Episode Highlights:
04:15 – The double life of a bank executive and underground healer
09:02 – The moment that led Jules to drink ayahuasca for the first time
14:37 – What SHAPE really is and why mushrooms revealed what ayahuasca couldn’t
21:50 – “Astral parasites”: a new paradigm for trauma-based identity
28:04 – How deep healing requires voluntary ego death and entity separation
36:40 – SHAPE retreat protocols: why consecutive heroic doses are essential
44:00 – The neuroscience behind ego dissolution and default mode deactivation
51:12 – When integration becomes transformation and the truth behind relapse
Meet the Guest:
Jules Rivers, a retired banking executive turned entheogenic healer, is the founder of SHAPE (Spiritual Healing by Astral Parasite Extraction). With over 27 years of experience in plant medicine, he’s facilitated thousands of ayahuasca ceremonies and now guides high-dose psilocybin retreats in Jamaica designed for deep trauma release and multidimensional healing.
Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Mentioned
SHAPE: Spiritual Healing by Astral Parasite Extraction
Heroic Dose Protocol: 4-day consecutive high-dose psilocybin journeys (7–12g)
Lemon Tek Method: Enhanced psilocybin absorption and onset acceleration
Quantum Model of the Psyche: Multiplicity-based inner architecture
Egregore Theory & Jungian Shadow Integration: Spiritual and psychological entity work
Closing Insight:
“Your entity is not your identity. True healing begins when you learn to separate the two.”
If you’ve tried everything and still feel stuck in a trauma loop, this episode offers a radically new path forward. Tap into the transformative power of psilocybin, entity extraction, and integrative soul work.
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Quick Summary:
What happens when a Silicon Valley-raised anthropologist gives his life back to spirit and becomes the first Western-trained Amazonian shaman?
In this transformative episode of Medicine With the Medals, Maestro Hamilton Souther shares his path from modern disillusionment to sacred mastery. We explore the intersection of plant medicine, digital sovereignty, and the psychedelic renaissance while unpacking frameworks that support safe, integrative, and culturally respectful psychedelic practice.
What You’ll Learn:
Why integration is more important than the ceremony itself
The true nature of Amazonian apprenticeship and how it builds spiritual and psychological resilience
How Gaia Labs bridges Web3 infrastructure with sacred economies
Why Blue Morpho Academy trains facilitators in ethical psychedelic practices
How to create safe containers for plant medicine without relying solely on clinical systems
Episode Highlights:
Meet the Guest:
Maestro Hamilton Souther is a master shaman, founder of Blue Morpho Retreats and Blue Morpho Academy, and co-founder of Gaia Labs. He is among the first Westerners to be fully trained and initiated into Amazonian plant medicine lineages.
Tools, Frameworks, and Concepts Mentioned:
Blue Morpho Academy – Online training in plant medicine facilitation
Sacred Container Design – Practices for safe solo or group psychedelic work
Gaia Labs – Web3 venture linking blockchain with spiritual technology
Ethical Psychedelic Facilitation – Value-based model inspired by indigenous rites
Psychedelic Neurointegration – How integration supports long-term brain healing
Closing Insight:
"The time on the mat is only a few hours, it's the integration that shapes the rest of your life." — Maestro Hamilton Souther
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What if your next breakthrough in mental health came not from a lab, but from the forest floor?
In this powerful episode of Medicine With the Medals, hosts Michele and Mark Medal sit down with mushroom cultivation expert Adrian to explore the healing intelligence of psychedelic and functional fungi.
From the legendary Golden Teacher to high-performance cordyceps, Adrian breaks down the science, spirit, and semantics of mushroom medicine.
Whether you're microdosing for mental clarity or navigating a deep journey, this episode reframes fungi as frequency medicine—bridging ancient mycology and modern neurobiology.
What You'll Learn:
Why Golden Teacher remains the “OG” mushroom for healing and introspection
How alkaloid synergy may be more important than psilocybin percentage
The truth about strain potency vs. dosage in microdosing protocols
How functional mushrooms like lion’s mane and cordyceps impact brain health and athletic performance
Why mushroom medicine is about recalibration, not recreation
Chapters & Timestamps:
04:11 – Adrian’s origin story: from tech entrepreneur to ethical mycologist
11:02 – What makes mushroom growing closer to science than farming
14:45 – Golden Teacher as the archetypal psychedelic strain
21:20 – Are alkaloids the missing link in mental health medicine?
28:55 – Comparing Mamados’ four new strains: GT, Bluey Vuitton, Mechilogorilla, Albino Penis Envy
36:07 – The vibrational frequency theory of mushroom healing
41:33 – Functional fungi decoded: lion’s mane, cordyceps, chaga, and reishi
48:10 – Why sourcing, testing, and trust matter in the mushroom supply chain
About the Guest:
Adrian is a mushroom cultivator with 12+ years of experience in cannabis and mycology. Based in Los Angeles, he specializes in both psychedelic and functional mushrooms—partnering with researchers and growers to uncover the healing potential of fungi.
Tools, Frameworks & Strategies Mentioned:
“Alkaloid Synergy”: the idea that multiple compounds—not just psilocybin—create therapeutic effects
The Three Pillars of Use: medicinal, recreational, and mental/spiritual healing
Resonance-Based Healing: a perspective that treats alkaloids as vibrational agents of recalibration
Closing Insight:
“You are your own guru. These medicines just help you see what's already inside.” — Michele Medal
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