PT577 – Taking the Leap: Skydiving, Psychedelics, and Unlocking Personal Potential, with Melanie Curtis
Psychedelics Today
Psychedelics Today, LLC
4.6 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Joe interviews Melanie Curtis: world record professional skydiver, keynote speaker, coach, co-host of the Trust the Journey podcast, and author of How to Fly: Life Lessons From a Professional Skydiver.
Curtis shares her journey from taking her first transformative leap out of an airplane to becoming a leader in skydiving, public speaking, and now, the integration of psychedelics into personal growth. She discusses the parallels between skydiving and working with psychedelics – most notably in the idea of leaping into the unknown, trusting the universe, and in the potential that can be unlocked after you've come back down to earth. While relatively new to the psychedelic space, she stresses the importance of sharing your story and opening up dialogues, no matter how small you think your voice may be.
She talks about:
- Her early psilocybin journeys and recent ayahuasca experiences
- How she came out of the psychedelic closet to her Mother, and learning of the power of small steps and trusting the universe
- Realizing how her Father's behavior affected her, and how it has made her more connected to her femininity and other women
- The power of confidence and how much better we'd all be if the fear of humiliation wasn't so prominent in our lives
and more!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody and welcome back to psychedelics today. |
| 0:14.5 | Joe Moore here. |
| 0:15.6 | Today on the show, we have Melanie Curtis, who's a friend and colleague out of New Jersey. |
| 0:21.4 | We got to meet at a fun event in New York, but a mutual friend connected us a bunch earlier |
| 0:26.6 | and really excited to help her share her story. |
| 0:30.3 | It's a very different perspective because there's some sports and women's empowerment stuff |
| 0:35.4 | here, a lot of really great conversations about how we can show up different in the world and |
| 0:41.5 | be really great advocates for psychedelics, even if this is not our full-time job. |
| 0:46.6 | So I think that's it for the intro. |
| 0:48.9 | Enjoy this episode with Melanie Curtis, and we'll see you on the other side. |
| 0:54.8 | Here we go. Psychedelics today, joined by Melanie Curtis. How are you today? |
| 0:59.0 | Hey, I'm so happy we're finally here together doing this. This is so cool. |
| 1:03.6 | In person, in Colorado, not on the road. Where was our first time meeting? Was that that cannabis |
| 1:09.2 | event in New York? Yes. What was the name of that? Trailblazers. Trailblazers. Yes, it was. It was |
| 1:14.7 | trailblazers. I remember because I busted out the 0.5 selfie that we took together in order to |
| 1:20.5 | share about me coming to do this interview. I was like, we've come a long way. |
| 1:25.5 | Yeah, that was fun. I totally forget what the panel was about, but it was a good one. |
| 1:29.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:30.3 | Interesting, really high-paced kind of speaking event and gorgeous building. |
| 1:34.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:35.4 | You know, that was a perfect example of, I don't know, I feel like one of the things that matters to me is to continue to show up |
| 1:46.8 | in spaces, meet people, humbly put yourself out there, bravely put yourself out there. |
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