PT475 – Christine Caldwell & Mary Telliano – End-of-Life Care and Psychedelics: The Role of a Death Doula
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🗓️ 5 January 2024
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Vital Psychedelic Conversations, David interviews Christine Caldwell: graduate of the first cohort of Vital and Founder of End of Life Psychedelic Care (EOLPC); and Mary Telliano: end-of-life coach, psychedelic facilitator, and Founder of The Anam Cara Academy, which trains people in the art of end-of-life coaching.
Whether we're comfortable with it or not, we're all going to die. And research shows that psychedelic experiences can help tremendously with the anxiety and depression that surround that inevitable transition between realms. Caldwell and Telliano discuss the role of a death doula; how they found their way into end-of-life care; why the West's relationship with death changed during the Civil War; the role of families in the process; the legality of providing end-of-life psychedelics and the complications that arise when people are unable to leave their homes; and how different substances can be used based on each person's abilities and comfort level.
They talk about why the mystical experience of psychedelics can be so helpful during this process (and how the placebo effect can be a very real factor); tell a few stories of amazing things they've witnessed while doing this work; and drive the point home of how important it is for us to reintegrate death as a natural part of life – to have rites of passage around death, to learn from death, and, much like we need to remember our inner healing capacity, realize that we all have the capacity to play the role of a death doula for someone else.
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| 0:00.0 | Are you passionate about the power of psychedelics and eager to deepen your personal and professional knowledge? |
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| 0:27.6 | Hi, my name is Giles and I'm a vital graduate. After I completed the vital 12-month program, I went on to lead an expedition of 20 global leaders |
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| 2:09.5 | Hello, welcome to psychedelics today, especially you. Yes, you, the listener. We're talking about death today, and it's a pretty deep episode of our vital psychedelic conversation series. My name's |
| 2:16.8 | David Drapkin, and I'm having a conversation with |
| 2:19.5 | Christine Caldwell, one of our graduates from our first cohort of Vital and Mary Telliano. They both work |
| 2:26.5 | in the field of death, dying, end-of-life care, and the potential of psychics to help people |
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