In this episode, Nadia interviews her former therapist and mentor, Clare Johnson, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who is evolving her practice to include psychedelic assisted therapy, or the use of mind-altering substances and subsequent integration to incite deeper therapeutic healing and catharsis for individuals and groups. "Psychedelic” literally means to make your soul visible. Derived from the Greek psyche ("soul"), and deloun ("to make visible").

In this episode, Clare discusses how the use of psychedelic medicine can reconnect you with the parts of yourself that you do your best to avoid in daily life, ultimately bringing you into greater wholeness and wellbeing.

We cover a lot of ground in this episode including:

The current state of legalized psychedelic therapy in the US and where we’re headed over the next few years
Clare’s own experience with psychedelic plant medicine on her personal healing journey
How journeying inward with a trained guide mitigates having a “bad trip”
What it was like to be a therapist during the global upheaval of 2020 Clare’s own connection to spirituality and an energy beyond each of us that connects us all

Mentioned by Clare:

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan

Learn more about Clare and her work at http://clarejohnsontherapy.com or email her at clarejohnsonmft@gmail.com. Follow her journey on Instagram @clareapy.

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