What happens when grief becomes the doorway to growth?
In this episode of Medicine With The Medals, licensed marriage and family therapist Jacqueline Robertson explores how unprocessed trauma, inherited conditioning, and intergenerational pain shape who we become, and how true healing starts in the body, not the mind.
Through her work with somatic therapy, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, and grief integration, Jacqueline reveals a path toward emotional maturity, self-trust, and collective healing that transforms pain into purpose.
What You’ll Learn:
How unresolved childhood trauma shapes adult relationships and identity.
The deeper role of grief as the root beneath anger, anxiety, and disconnection.
Why somatic therapy helps reprogram the nervous system beyond talk therapy.
The emerging role of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in trauma resolution.
What it means to “mother yourself” through inner reparenting and compassion.
Episode Highlights:
02:03 – The story of how her father’s brain injury led her to become a therapist.
05:40 – Understanding intergenerational trauma and the myth of self-trust.
08:30 – Why women’s healing also depends on rehabilitating the masculine.
12:00 – How somatic therapy helps the body release trauma stored in the nervous system.
15:45 – A look inside EMDR and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for trauma recovery.
18:20 – Why grief is the hidden foundation beneath most emotional pain.
21:40 – Jacqueline’s reflections on resilience, forgiveness, and embodied compassion.
Meet the Guest:
Jacqueline Robertson is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California and Canada. She specializes in trauma, grief integration, and women’s midlife transitions, combining somatic therapy, attachment theory, and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy to help clients heal at the cellular level.
Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Mentioned:
Somatic therapy and EMDR
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy
Attachment theory and intergenerational trauma frameworks
Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey model for transformation
Closing Insight:
“Grief isn’t the end of love, it’s the proof that we were deeply alive.”
Healing begins when we stop running from our pain and start listening to what it’s trying to teach us.
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What happens when Western psychology meets ancient wisdom in the psychedelic renaissance?
In this transformative episode of Medicine With The Medals, licensed psychotherapist and founder of the Psychedelic Guide Network, Ashley Carmen, explores how consciousness work, trauma integration, and embodied ethics are reshaping the future of healing. From ego dissolution to the neuroscience of surrender, she reveals why true medicine begins within.
What You’ll Learn:
How psychedelic-assisted therapy bridges science, spirituality, and somatic healing
The deeper meaning of ego dissolution and how it reveals what’s real
Why practitioners need direct experience with psychedelics before guiding others
The role of community and mirrors in conscious integration and accountability
How “embodied virtues” are replacing rigid ethics in the new paradigm of facilitation
Episode Highlights:
03:11 – Ashley’s first ego-dissolving psilocybin journey and the truth about love
10:29 – Understanding ego dissolution as a healing process, not an identity crisis
19:02 – Bridging Western psychotherapy with ancestral plant medicine
27:45 – The missing wisdom in clinical psychedelic therapy
33:56 – Gut healing, energy clearing, and the link between serotonin and spirit
42:08 – Inside the Psychedelic Guide Network: community, accountability, and integration
49:23 – The rise of embodied virtues in conscious leadership
55:41 – Why the psychedelic movement is not a trend, it’s an ecosystem of awakening
Meet the Guest:
Ashley Carmen is a licensed psychotherapist, consciousness advocate, and founder of the Psychedelic Guide Network, a peer-based collective supporting guides, therapists, and facilitators bridging modern psychology with ancient healing intelligence.
Tools, Frameworks, or Concepts Mentioned:
Ego Dissolution
Embodied Virtues and Sovereignty
Nervous System Regulation and Trauma Integration
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
The Psychedelic Guide Network (PGN)
Closing Insight:
“Faith isn’t about escaping pain, it’s about transforming it.”
This episode is an invitation to trust your unfolding, embody your own medicine, and remember that healing is not a destination, it’s a vibration you learn to live in.
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What happens when the body becomes the messenger for a spiritual awakening?
In this episode of Medicine With The Medals, Heather Lee shares her extraordinary journey from physical collapse to emotional and energetic rebirth. Through her story of deep healing, surrender, and reconnection with her inner wisdom, we explore how the body speaks what the soul cannot, and how true medicine begins when we learn to listen.
What You’ll Learn:
How chronic illness can become the gateway to emotional and spiritual transformation
Why disconnection from intuition often manifests as physical imbalance
The power of somatic awareness in releasing stored trauma
How surrendering control leads to greater alignment, clarity, and purpose
The energetic relationship between the nervous system, intuition, and self-healing
Episode Highlights:
03:01 – The breaking point that became Heather’s awakening
08:47 – How years of self-reliance led to physical and emotional collapse
16:09 – The moment she realized her body wasn’t betraying her, it was guiding her
23:56 – Understanding illness as communication from the soul
35:22 – What somatic healing really looks like in practice
42:18 – How energy, intuition, and spiritual intelligence weave into physical recovery
50:34 – Reclaiming joy and creating a new identity after transformation
Meet the Guest:
Heather Lee is an energy practitioner, intuitive guide, and holistic wellness mentor who helps others integrate emotional healing through body awareness, frequency work, and spiritual embodiment.
Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Mentioned:
Somatic awareness and energy regulation techniques
Emotional release through breathwork and movement
The role of frequency medicine in nervous system restoration
Closing Insight:
“QUOTE: The body is not the enemy, it’s the most honest voice of the soul.”
Heather’s story reminds us that the deepest healing often begins when we stop fighting symptoms and start honoring the messages they carry.
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What happens when neuroscience, faith, and psychedelics meet recovery?
In this transformative episode of Medicine With The Medals, David Wade Pope, founder of BGD Ministries, shares his remarkable journey from battling depression and alcoholism to pioneering a bridge between medical science, spirituality, and conscious healing. His story reframes addiction recovery as a neurospiritual evolution, one rooted in both divine connection and neuroplastic change.
Listeners will learn how psilocybin research, neuromodulation, and the 12-step model can converge to redefine healing for those living with depression, PTSD, and chronic pain.
What You’ll Learn:
How a life-altering conscious contact with God transformed David’s understanding of addiction and healing
The intersection between neuroscience and spirituality, and how neuroplasticity plays a role in recovery
Why psilocybin and the 12 Steps might represent the next frontier of mental health integration
The inspiration behind The Antheos Project and BGD Ministries, uniting faith, medicine, and consciousness
A visionary look at transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) as a tool for healing treatment-resistant depression and pain
Episode Highlights:
03:10 – A young soldier’s struggle with depression and alcoholism
09:55 – The breaking point: discovering a “godless existence” through psychosis
14:22 – How the 12 Steps became a neurological and spiritual map to awakening
20:47 – From data to divine purpose: the making of The Antheos Project
25:31 – Why psilocybin research at Johns Hopkins redefined spiritual connection
30:05 – The science behind TMS and how it rewires the brain
36:58 – Bridging the church, the clinic, and the consciousness community
41:02 – A call for collaboration, faith-based psychedelics and the next era of recovery
Meet the Guest:
David Wade Pope is the founder of BGD Ministries and creator of The Antheos Project, dedicated to uniting medical innovation, recovery science, and Christian spirituality. With a professional background in neuromodulation and neuroplasticity, Wade brings a rare blend of clinical insight and divine perspective to the mental health and addiction recovery landscape.
Tools, Frameworks, and Strategies Mentioned:
The 12 Steps of AA as a neurospiritual model of transformation
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for depression and pain
The Antheos Project: an ecosystem bridging medicine, faith, and recovery
Center for Spiritual Wellness and Neuroplastic Change: Wade’s evolving vision for integrative healing
Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Studies on clergy and spirituality
Closing Insight:
“The 12 Steps aren’t about sobriety, they’re about a conscious contact with God. Sobriety is just the side effect.” – David Wade Pope
David’s story is a blueprint for the next era of healing, one that honors both neuroscience and spirit.
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What if the medicine you fear the most is the one that finally brings you home to yourself?
In this intimate story, visionary artist and medicine woman Aimee Peña shares how her decade-long path with ancestral medicines, rooted in Iboga, Ayahuasca, Bufo, Huachuma, and Kambo, turned addiction, shadow work, and personal awakening into a living spiritual curriculum.
With uncommon clarity and humility, Aimee explains how plant intelligence rewires the mind, stabilizes the nervous system, and restores personal sovereignty. This episode is a rare window into the reality of working with powerful earth medicines and the spiritual leadership they demand.
What You’ll Learn:
Why Iboga and Ibogaine are uniquely effective for trauma, PTSD, and addiction recovery
How ancestral medicines reveal subconscious patterns and support deep identity restructuring
What “rewiring the brain” actually means in the context of nervous system regulation
Why integration is the true medicine—and how leaky energy forms when it’s skipped
How ceremony, ritual, and lineage shape responsible facilitation in a modern world
Episode Highlights:
02:10 – What Iboga teaches about mental clarity and subconscious patterns
04:39 – The role of ancestral medicines in rewiring addictive behaviors
07:25 – How Ibogaine floods work and why aftercare changes everything
09:44 – Serving Kambo, Bufo, and Huachuma: the path of a medicine woman
12:01 – Working with veterans, PTSD, and nervous system reset protocols
14:18 – How ceremony, ritual, and lineage shape safe facilitation
Meet the Guest:
Aimee Peña is a medicine woman, visionary artist, and practitioner at multiple Iboga and Ibogaine treatment centers in Baja, Mexico. With ten years on the medicine path, Aimee facilitates Kambo, Bufo, Huachuma, and mushroom ceremonies, integrating ancestral modalities with trauma-informed presence and profound spiritual reverence.
Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Mentioned:
Iboga & Ibogaine Flood Protocol
Nervous System Reset & Pattern Rewiring
Temescal, Kambo, Bufo, Huachuma Rituals
Integration & Aftercare Pathways
Trauma-Informed Ceremony Design
Closing Insight:
"When the mind clears, the divine can finally speak. And when the heart opens, we can finally listen."
If you’re exploring plant medicine work, integration support, or the path of conscious healing, this conversation is a grounding place to begin.
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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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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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