The Plant Medicine For PTSD Podcast
The Plant Medicine For PTSD Podcast is dedicated to bringing you real stories of real people getting real help to overcome their trauma through the use of intentional plant medicine and other spiritual practices.
Episodes
92 episodes
41. Bruno Moya - Iboga, Initiation, and What It Means to Become a Man
In this episode, I sit down with Bruno, a Marine veteran, social worker, jiu-jitsu guy, and family constellation facilitator who works with veterans, first responders, athletes, healthcare workers, and trauma survivors.This one goes a lo...
40. Clayton Law - Adult ADHD and Avoidance: Why Important Tasks Feel Impossible
Adult ADHD and procrastination can look a lot like laziness from the outside. But for a lot of high-achievers, entrepreneurs, parents, veterans, and first responders, it’s usually more complicated than that.In this episode, I sit down wi...
39. Parenting Made Me See My Own Programming
This episode is about parenting, affirmations, the stories we tell ourselves, and how the messages we hear over and over become the water we’re swimming in. Most of us have beliefs we never chose. We just absorbed them f...
38. Zappy Zapolin - The Future Of Psychedelic Integration
In this episode I sit down with Zappy Zapolin for a conversation on psychedelic integration, ayahuasca, ketamine, surrender, ego, and what happens when someone builds the career, makes the money, checks all the boxes, and still ends up feeling ...
37. Jeremy Hudec - PTSD, Identity Loss, and Purpose After RCMP
First responder PTSD doesn’t always look dramatic. Very often it's bad sleep, isolation, snapping at the people you love, and the feeling that something is wrong even when you can’t explain it.In this episode, I sit down with former RCMP...
35. Kat Courtney from Plant Medicine People - A Deep Dive On Ayahuasca, Dietas & Ibogaine
I am joined by Kat Courtney, founder of "Plant Medicine People" and this is a special one. Not just because Kat is one of the few people we follow in the Plant Medicine space and have a huge amount of respect and admiration for, but also becaus...
34. Scott Oikle - The Last Rotation: War Diaries, Moral Weight, and the Two-Year Therapy That Saved His Career
A lot of people think PTSD looks like bar fights, back-against-the-wall paranoia, punching holes in drywall. Sometimes it does.But a lot of the time it’s quieter and sneakier; like walking your kids downtown and realizing your body is still in ...
33. The Missing Piece in PTSD Healing: Someone Who Actually Gives a Shit
You don’t need another therapist who nods, takes notes, and sends you home with “coping skills” while your nervous system is still on fire. You don’t need another corporate “healing experience” that treats you like a chart number.&...
32. Ryan Carey - Why Veterans Get Misread + How Plant Medicine & Integration Actually Help
Most people don’t have a “drinking problem” or an “anger problem.” They’ve got a coping solution… and it’s the only one they’ve got. And when you rip that away without building anything better? Then you just mad...
31. Healing PTSD in a Relationship: Why Your Partner Has to Be In the Loop
“Hey honey… I met a stranger online and I’m gonna pay them lots of money to help me learn about drugs.” If that’s how you’re planning to tell your spouse you’re exploring plant medicine for PTSD/CPTSD, please don’t. In this epis...
30. Dr. Eugene Lipov - The “God Shot”: Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) for PTSD / PTSI
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Eugene Lipov (the doc who pioneered using Stellate Ganglion Block for trauma) to talk about a wildly practical idea: what if we can turn the alarm system down so healing actually becomes possible?We ...
29. How to Make Mushroom/Ibogaine/Ayahuasca Insights Actually Change Your Life
In this episode of the Plant Medicine for PTSD podcast, I’m explaining what I mean when I say integration ... because I talk about integration basically every single time I talk, and it’s worth taking a minute to define it in plain language.&nb...
28. John Davis - Escaping the U.S. Stress Machine: A Veteran’s Guide to Living Abroad
What if your anxiety isn’t just you … it’s your environment? In this episode of “The Plant Medicine For PTSD Podcast”, I sat down with John Davis; an army combat veteran, Harvard graduate and writer who has lived across Thailand and...
27. Plant Medicine Made Me A Better Dad
Using plant medicine, using psychedelics, makes you a better parent.In this episode of the Plant Medicine for PTSD podcast, I walk through six reasons why I truly believe psychedelics (and especially a Mindful Microdosing process) can m...
26. David Romero - Sound Healing + Trauma Recovery: A Veteran’s Path into Psychedelic Coaching
In this episode, I’m joined by David Romero — retired U.S. Air Force Captain, lifelong musician, yoga philosophy nerd (the real kind, not the “mediocre calisthenics” kind), and a psychedelic integration + health & wellness coach. <...
25. “My Wife Found Her Husband Again” : 4 Days Microdosing for PTSD
“I finally found my husband again… after seven years.” That’s what the wife of an RCMP officer told him after just four days of microdosing. And if you know PTSD, you know how insane that is to hear. In this episode, I...
24. Journey Less. Integrate More
Retreats are sexy. Integration is not. And that’s exactly why most people keep chasing ceremonies, five-gram mushroom trips, and “one more breakthrough”… while their real life stays the same (or gets worse). Psychedeli...
23. 4 Lies You’ve Been Told About Psychedelics
In this episode, I break down the four biggest myths that keep people stuck, especially folks dealing with PTSD, CPTSD, anxiety, depression, and the heavy “I’ve tried everything” fatigue.We’re talking straight: plant medicine isn’t just...
22. Psychedelics for Trauma Healing: Plant Medicine Fundamentals (Microdosing, Safety, Intention)
In this episode, I break down what we mean when we say medicine (not just “drugs”), who this work is for, and why jumping straight into a massive dose or booking an ayahuasca/ibogaine retreat with zero preparation can be a terrible idea for mos...
21. Billy Evans, Part 2: Addiction Recovery Through Psychedelic Integration & Identity Change
Psychedelic integration raises a bigger question than most people are ready to ask: what if substance abuse isn’t the real problem?There’s plenty of research around neuroplasticity, brain chemistry, and “resetting” systems - and t...
20. Alice's Story Of Healing While Life Is Still (Sort Of) Falling Apart
Healing from trauma isn’t about fixing the past - it’s about learning how to stay present while you heal in real time.In this episode, Alice shares her story from the middle, not the finish line. She grew up in Russia in an abusiv...
19. Allen Heaton - Operation: Flowstate & Healing While Still On The Job
This episode was never actually meant to see the light of day as a regular podcast, but it turned out to be too good to keep under wraps. I’m joined by active-duty police officer Allen Heaton, who originally hopped...
18. Expectations, Leadership & Healing with Tim "Chachi" Pachasa
How much time have you spent reflecting on a single word? Tim Pachasa—aka “Chachi”—has spent 13 years on one: expectations.Expectations shape how we communicate, how we lead, and how we naviga...
17. Overheard In Healing #1 A Tale of Two Dads
This is the first installment in a new series we're testing out where we highlight stories and inspirational (or painful) snippets we hear from our clients and mentors inside of our coaching program. This one brings you a...
16. Why Dr. Charlie Powell Sold His Thriving Medical Practice To Make A Documentary About Veterans Healing With Ibogaine
This episode dives into psychedelic retreats & psychedelic integration through the story of Dr. Charlie Powell—a veteran and physician with multiple board certifications and medical patents. He appeared to be c...