Human Journeys Podcast, by States of Mind
Human Journeys is a podcast from States of Mind exploring the personal stories of growth, healing, and change with psychedelics.
Hosted by Jason Najum, each episode features candid conversations with researchers, clinicians, advocates, and everyday people whose lives have been touched by psychedelic therapies. From depression and anxiety to grief, trauma, and major life transitions, guests share the experiences that challenged them, changed them, and helped them move forward.
From experts to everyday people, people turn to psychedelics for many reasons, but often with the same hope: to heal, to grow, and to find a new way forward.
These are their stories.
Human Journeys Podcast, by States of Mind
Latest Episodes
"The Mushroom Saved My Life" with Edward Crowe
Today's guest is Edward Crowe, a music business executive and entrepreneur. His journey with psychedelics began with a chance encounter with mushrooms and turned into a lifelong journey of h...
Getting Real About Anxiety, Addiction, and Psychedelics with Our Hosts Jason Najum & Max de Rosnay
What happens when two podcast hosts trade the mic and interview each other?In this special double-feature episode, Human Journeys host Jason Najum sits down with fellow host Max de Rosnay to share the stories they usually draw out of oth...
How Psychedelics Helped Save a Veteran's Life with Lisa Tamez
After years of untreated PTSD from her time as a US Army military police officer, layered on top of childhood trauma and an unspoken struggle with her sexuality, Lisa Tamez found herself in the darkest depression of her life. Isolated in her ap...
Ayahuasca and 12 Steps Saved My Life: A New Path to Sobriety with Todd Youngs
After 20 years of severe intravenous cocaine and heroin addiction, multiple prison stints, and failing every traditional treatment center imaginable, Todd Youngs finally found continuous sobriety.In a candid look at raw psychedelic inte...
Microdosing for Paralysis | Self-experimenting with Kacia Julius
Can microdosing actually rewire a paralyzed body? After a car accident left Kacia Julius paralyzed from the chest down, she began self-experimenting with low-dose psychedelics to activate her muscles and stimulate neuroplasticity. ...