EFR 621: The Healing Power of Downtime, Six Gram Psilocybin Journey, and Being a Psychedelic Sitter with May Yazdi Chewning
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
Chase Chewning
5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Maybe you have seen the new Netflix documentary "How to Change Your Mind" with Michael Pollen? Maybe you are becoming interested in learning more about psychedelic healing? May Yazdi, Chase’s wife and psychedelic assisted psychotherapy Family Nurse Practitioner, is back for a summertime chat and recap of a very special trip they took to the desert of Southern California – one that involved lots of love, connection, grounding, and psilocybin.
In this candid discussion, Chase and May talk about the incredibly healing power of downtime as well as intentional alternative medicine therapies such as psilocybin and ketamine assisted psychotherapy. Chase dives deep into what his recent six gram psilocybin experience was like and May reflects on what it’s like to be a professional “trip sitter”. Then, the duo sheds light on how to choose your trip sitter along with tips for holding space for someone in altered states of consciousness.
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Key Highlights
- Chase reflects on his decision to have a very high dose (6 grams) psilocybin experience and what he gained from the trip.
- May shares her experience as a professional “trip sitter”, as well as her experience being present during Chase’s big trip. She speaks on her strategy for holding space for people taking psychedelics and why it can be harmful to trip sit somebody when you’re not trained.
- Next time you travel, when you get to your destination, try grounding yourself for a few minutes. Take your socks and shoes off, go to an area where you can stand on earth (if possible), and just soak in the presence. It’s the first thing May does anytime she travels! Listen in as she describes the first time she ever did this.
- Set and Setting: May explains why it’s so important to create a safe space and to be a neutral, unbiased trip sitter during someone else’s psychedelic journey. Remember the phrase “your feelings are valid.”
- Choosing your trip sitter is a very important, intentional decision and there are many benefits to working with a trained Psychotherapist. May also shares why your best friend, partner, or family member might not be the best person to trip sit for you.
- Chase addresses his recent decision to revisit his mental and emotional health through at-home Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is an Operation Podcast Production. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to the show everybody. This is your July 2022 relationship health episode where we go deep. |
| 0:10.0 | We talk about my recent six-gram Silasibbon journey in the desert of Southern California with my |
| 0:17.7 | wife, what it was like for me, but what it was like for her to be a sitter in that experience. And we go into what it's like to be a sitter and how to hold space for someone who's either |
| 0:27.8 | going through a psychedelic journey or any state of altered consciousness. |
| 0:35.6 | Welcome back everyone. |
| 0:41.8 | This is your number one source for inspiring content from people who are putting a purpose to their passion and truly living a life ever |
| 0:45.2 | forward. Conversations and messages that will take your fitness, nutrition, and mindset to the |
| 0:52.3 | next level. |
| 0:53.0 | I am your host Chase Chuning. |
| 0:55.0 | This is ever forward radio. Hey guys what's going on? Welcome to the show. Now before we get into the meat and potatoes of this episode, |
| 1:15.7 | or should I say the meat and the mushrooms of this episode, we had a phenomenal little vacation kicking off summer right here recently and in doing so you know we brought the sunscreen we bought the beach towels we brought the Kilbasa |
| 1:32.4 | Limericko basa do they call brought worse? There we go. |
| 1:35.5 | We know we stocked up the fridge, right? And we had fun and sometimes if you're having a little |
| 1:40.6 | fun like that out in the sun, maybe having some adult beverages, |
| 1:44.1 | there are a couple things that we have found that really help take the edge off, keep you hydrated |
| 1:48.9 | and improve your recovery. |
| 1:50.4 | Brought morning recovery from more labs. This stuff, |
| 1:54.0 | honestly, everybody was kind of skeptical about, but I told them, I said, |
| 1:57.0 | look, no, no, trust me. Take some if you're drinking alcohol, drink it during, |
| 2:02.0 | and make sure to take it before you go into bed and or, and tell them, |
| 2:06.0 | babe, were they not all blown away? |
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