What's happening in my fellow earth travelers?

This is a bonus re-broadcast episode of my recent appearance on the quite frankly podcast

with former lifestyleist show guest and my friend Frank Ellaredi.

The main themes here are healing trauma, addiction recovery, and the intentional use of psychedelics

and plant medicines.

I'm going to warn you here, this is a pretty spicy and vulnerable dialogue.

Frank really has a knack for getting down to the nitty-gritty of someone's experience,

so you can expect the raw and real talk on this one.

A few of the topics covered are as follows.

Why took psychedelics after 22 years of sobriety?

The paradox of being an addiction recovery and using mind-altering substances.

And then convenient truth.

AA's co-founder Bill Wilson's White Light Experience with the Plant Medicine Beladonna

and his later experiences with LSD therapy.

The importance of ego dissolution in the recovery process.

Plant medicine integration and taking action, post ceremony.

Why psychedelics should be used with extreme caution, especially by those in recovery?

The potential for creating a modern recovery model integrating psychedelics with 12 step work.

The universal principles codified in 12 step programs, making amends without expectations of results.

Identifying and facing painful feelings of loss, regret, and remorse.

Re-contextualizing our mistakes by seeing the value of learning by trial and error.

We also discuss the work of Byron Katie and choosing not to suffer.

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