102. Why Isn’t Everyone Tripping With Their Family? | Lauren Taus

Why Isn't Everyone Doing This? with Emily Fletcher

Emily Fletcher

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4.9 • 529 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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What if healing didn’t have to be solitary?What if family — messy, imperfect, deeply conditioned family — could actually be part of the medicine? In this episode of Why Isn’t Everyone Doing This?, I sit down with Lauren Tauss, psychedelic facilitator, teacher, and one of the clearest communicators I know in this space. Lauren has a rare ability to bring humor, rigor, compassion, and responsibility into conversations that are often either sensationalized or sanitized. We talk about why “life itself is psychedelic,” how healing is inherently relational, and what becomes possible when we stop treating transformation as something that happens in isolation. Lauren shares her own deeply personal journey — from anorexia and control to surrender, embodiment, and trust — and how psychedelic-assisted therapy helped rewire her relationship with her body, her family, and life itself. This conversation isn’t about glorifying substances or breaking taboos for shock value. It’s about maturity. Integration. And learning how to say hello to yourself — instead of checking out. If you’ve ever been curious, cautious, skeptical, or quietly fascinated by psychedelic healing… this episode will meet you with intelligence and heart. In this episode, we explore: • Why Lauren says “life is the biggest psychedelic” • The difference between using medicine to say hello vs. goodbye • How relational healing changes family systems • Why shame, addiction, and “drug” culture need a language upgrade • The connection between meditation, surrender, and psychedelic work • Healing body image, control, and fear at the root• What integration actually means (and why it matters more than the experience) Key Moments: 00:00:00 — Why isn’t everyone tripping with their family? 00:03:35 — “Life is the ceremony”: redefining what psychedelic really means 00:06:26 — Hello vs. goodbye: the two reasons people partner with substances 00:07:47 — Compassion over judgment in addiction and numbing 00:09:15 — Lauren’s first ayahuasca experience and healing anorexia 00:12:27 — “It’s time to retire your extra-small life” 00:14:41 — Body as gift: remembering the blessing of being alive 00:15:49 — Why meditation is surrender school (and prepares you for life) Where This Work Continues If this conversation stirred something in you, especially around integration, relationship, or embodiment, you may feel drawn to Level 3. Level 3 is where we focus on building the inner stability, nervous system resilience, and daily practices that allow deep experiences (psychedelic or otherwise) to actually change how you live. Learn more about Level 3 here: 👉 https://zivameditation.com/pages/nextlevel MORE FROM EMILY & ZIVA: More from Emily & Ziva: •Join Ziva Magic: zivameditation.com/pages/zivamagic •Learn Ziva Meditation: preview.zivameditation.com •Free masterclass: learn.zivameditation.com •Get 15% off with promo code WHYTHIS: whythis.zivameditation.com •Follow us on Instagram: @zivameditation •Visit upgradedformulas.com/emily and use code EMILY for 20% off everything at UpgradedFormulas.com These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Products are not intended to, diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult your healthcare provider if pregnant/nursing, on medication, or have a medical condition.

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0:00.0	This episode of Whyas and everyone doing this is one of my favorite conversations. It's with Lauren
0:05.3	Taus, who's an incredible psychedelic facilitator. She trains medical professionals and individuals alike
0:11.9	on how to support people in this journey. She believes that life is psychedelic and that healing is
0:17.1	relational and she is brilliant and passionate. This is truly one of my most favorite
0:22.2	conversations and it highlights one of the reasons why we're going to Greece for our next
0:27.5	pilgrimage for Ziva. I'm taking a group of people in April to Elusis, Delphi, and Euphoria in Greece.
0:34.7	And Elusis specifically is where people were serving medicine for thousands
0:39.0	of years, 3,000 years leaders all over Europe came to Illusis to experience initiations
0:44.8	through working with plant medicines. So if you're interested in learning about the ancient
0:50.5	rituals of working with medicines to guide and shape culture. Keep listening for details
0:55.7	on how you can join me for Ziva's upcoming mastermind and pilgrimage to Greece.
1:00.1	I read in your bio that you said that life is psychedelic. And even though you're not wearing
1:05.9	like, you know, tie-died clothes, you read sort of more like a like legit academic doctor. I love that about myself.
1:13.2	And yet your energy is in fact psychedelic. Like I feel like I'm on mushrooms right now.
1:17.9	I was just being in your presence. Like everything feels giddy and laughy and beautiful and
1:22.7	hopeful. And I know that that's your prayer of what people leave this episode feeling.
1:28.1	So I just want to share with people listening that I've been following your work for a very long time. I think the first time I heard of you was in 2020. You were working with a few of my friends. Like I guess I'm hearing your name, Lauren Touse, Lauren Touse. That's how you say that's name, right, Touse, Lauren Touse. And today's the first day we're ever meeting in person. but I've been following me on Instagram for years,
1:45.4	and I think you're such an extraordinary teacher and communication. Lauren Touse. And today's the first day we're ever meeting in person. But I've been following me on Instagram for years.
1:45.6	And I think you're such an extraordinary teacher and communicator.
1:48.9	And you have something that I really admire about myself.
1:53.2	And, you know, when you like something about yourself and you see it in someone else,
1:56.3	you're just like, yes.
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