The Medicine Spoke
he Medicine Spoke is a soul-baring podcast exploring healing at its root—from the womb to the wild unknown. Hosted by a mother of five and nurse turned spiritual seeker, this show dives into the raw, often unspoken layers of trauma, emotional inheritance, psychedelics, and rebirth.
Each episode is a blend of storytelling, reflection, and remembrance—sometimes solo, sometimes with guides, therapists, or fellow travelers on the path. From a life-altering Ibogaine journey in Mexico to breathwork, rage release, motherhood, and the echoes of what we felt before we had language—this is a space for the ones who never felt quite at home in the surface world.
Whether you’ve sat with plant medicine, cried in a therapist’s office, or screamed into a pillow at 2 a.m., you’ll feel seen here.
Episodes
20 episodes
Peeling Back the Layers – The Medicine Was Me All Along
This is the Season 1 finale of The Medicine Spoke… and it is a full-circle moment.In this episode, I reflect on the journey that started with recording Episode 1 and re-recording it over and over again because I couldn’t stand the sound ...
Nothing Meant for You Will Ever Miss You
This episode was not planned — it found me.After a chaotic weekend, an argument with my daughter, and a long drive to a small church I didn’t even want to attend, I walked in dysregulated and overwhelmed.Well into the service, som...
The Boring Side of Healing
We don’t talk enough about what happens after the breakthroughs.After the big realizations.After the emotional releases.After the moments that change everything.Because eventually, healing gets quiet.In this e...
How I Stopped Letting Ego Run My Life
For most of my life, I thought ego was confidence.I didn’t realize it was fear quietly running everything.In this episode, I share how my healing journey — especially through ibogaine and DMT — helped me finally see the difference...
Forgiveness Starts With You
In this episode of The Medicine Spoke, I talk about why true healing begins with self-forgiveness — and why letting go of the past isn’t possible if we’re still punishing ourselves for who we were.I share parts of my story that I carried...
Why Loving Yourself Is Essential (And Why I Say “I Am Happy, I Love Myself” Every Day)
What does it actually mean to love yourself — beyond affirmations and self-care trends?In this episode, I share why I intentionally say “I am happy, I love myself” every single day, and how self-love has become the foundation for nervous...
The Ordinary Moments Are the Medicine
In a world that feels loud, divided, and overwhelming, it can be hard to know where to place your attention — especially when your own life feels just as chaotic. Between nonstop schedules, kids’ sports, co-parenting, work, relationships, and p...
Happiness Is a Choice: Practicing It in Real Life
In this honest and heartfelt episode of The Medicine Spoke, Ashton unpacks her 2026 mantra: “Happiness is a choice.” What began as a simple phrase on a piece of home décor in her first apartment has become a powerful daily practice for regulati...
The Medicine Within — Starting the New Year with Intention
What happens after the journey ends?After the medicine quiets…after you feel changed on the inside…but the world around you looks exactly the same.In this episode of The Medicine Spoke, we talk about integration — th...
Between Death and Peace: My 5-MeO-DMT Story
There’s a part of the healing journey nobody really talks about —the quiet after… the Gray Day… the place between fear and surrender.In this episode, I share my Gray Day after ibogaine and my 5-MeO-DMT experience — the fear, the l...
My Ibogaine Journey
In this episode, I finally open up and share something deeply personal — my Ibogaine journey, from the moment the day began through the night that changed everything.I take you with me into the nerves, the prayers, the intentions, and th...
The Arrival — Crossing the Line Before the Medicine
There’s a moment right before something changes your life — not when it happens, but when you realize there’s no turning back.In Episode 9 of The Medicine Spoke, I take you with me through the quiet, sacred threshold before Ib...
Why I Chose Ibogaine & How I Prepared for the Journey
In this episode, I’m finally sharing the part of my ibogaine story that no one really talks about — the calling, the curiosity, the preparation, and the unraveling that happened long before I ever stepped foot in Mexico.It all began in J...
What Is Ibogaine?
In this episode, I break down the truth about one of the most powerful plant medicines on the planet—something most people have never heard of, especially if you grew up in a small town like I did. This is the episode I wish someone had made fo...
Grief and Gratitude
“This is the Thanksgiving story that broke me open… and the gratitude that rebuilt me.”Episode 6 is a deeply personal conversation about grief, healing, and the complicated emotions the holidays often bring. Thanksgiving was t...
Reparenting Yourself
Reparenting yourself isn’t about blaming your childhood — it’s about finally giving yourself the safety, validation, and love you never received consistently.In this episode, Ashton dives into her own inner-child work, the visions that c...
Why Healing Feels Lonely
In this episode, I open up about the hidden side of healing — the part no one prepares you for. The silence. The fear. The free fall that happens when you finally choose yourself after years of living for everyone else.I share the deeper...
The Fear of Judgement
In this episode, I’m peeling back the wound so many of us carry but rarely name: the fear of judgment.From shame projected onto me in the womb, to growing up in a small town, to being the “affair child,” to becoming a teen mom who was to...
The Breaking Point
There comes a moment when you can’t fake it anymore. When the smile feels heavy and your body starts whispering what your soul’s been screaming — I can’t live like this anymore.In this episode, I open up about the slow ...
The Medicine Spoke: Now I’m Listening
This first episode is a raw introduction to who I am and why I started The Medicine Spoke.I’m Ashton Daugherty — a mama of five and former nurse of nearly 15 years who walked away from the medical world to explore what true healing reall...