454: Plant Medicine Part 3: Finding Radical Compassion and Healing PTSD with Former Police Officer Nick Motycka
Food Heals
Allison Melody
4.8 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 4 December 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
How might psychedelics, also known as plant medicine, revolutionize our approach to mental health by offering swift healing for lifelong trauma and PTSD for people in traumatic jobs such as police officers without the need for prolonged traditional therapy? What are the legal ramifications of growing and consuming plant medicine?
Asking questions like these is what led to this three part series on Food Heals where we are discussing how plant medicine can help us heal. In this series you are hearing brand new interviews with leading experts in the field of psychedelics who share their personal healing journey as well as how you can access the power of plants to heal yourself as well - Maybe you heard out last episode with Derek the founder Pachamama Sanctuary, and you are ready for your own Ayahuasca retreat or perhaps you want to grow plant medicine at home like Paul taught us in the first episode in the series. Or perhaps you'll be inspired by today's guest current clothing designer and former police officer Nick Motycka who healed 15 years worth of job-related trauma.
Nick Motycka was a police officer who was suffering from job related trauma and PTSD. Traditional therapies didn't work, so he explored plant medicine. In a breakthrough session, he processed 15 years of trauma in one day, shifting from severe PTSD to no longer meeting the criteria for a diagnosis. His mind was blown. Now free from trauma's effects, Nick resigned from law enforcement, aligning his life with his values, and founded a clothing company, Flow State Designs.
Flow State Designs isn't just about clothes; it's a lifestyle. Nick focuses on using the best textiles, made by workers earning fair wages in Canada, minimizing environmental impact. His hope is that the brand enhances well-being and helps individuals find their unique flow in life.
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| 0:25.1 | tell your Facebook friends immediately. All right, welcome Food Heels Nation. Thanks for joining me. |
| 0:31.5 | I'm Alison Melody. How might psychedelics, also known as plant medicine, revolutionize our approach to mental health |
| 0:39.0 | by offering swift healing for lifetime trauma and PTSD for people in traumatic jobs, such as police |
| 0:46.3 | officers and first responders, without the need for prolonged traditional therapy? And what are |
| 0:52.7 | the legal ramifications of growing and consuming plant |
| 0:56.7 | medicine? Asking questions like these is what led to this three-part series on food heels |
| 1:02.9 | where we're covering how plant medicine can help us all heal. In this series, you're hearing |
| 1:08.8 | brand new interviews with leading experts in the field of |
| 1:11.4 | psychedelics who all share their personal healing journey, as well as how you can access the power |
| 1:17.1 | of plants to heal yourself as well. Maybe you heard our last interview with Derek, the founder of |
| 1:22.7 | Pachamama Sanctuary, and you are ready to try your own ayahuasca retreat or perhaps you want to grow plant |
| 1:29.8 | medicine at home like Paul taught us how to do in the first episode in this series or perhaps |
| 1:35.4 | you'll be inspired by today's guest current clothing designer and former police officer |
| 1:40.7 | Nick Motica who healed himself of 15 years of job-related trauma in one plant |
| 1:48.1 | medicine healing session. Nick Motica was a police officer who was suffering from trauma and PTSD. |
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