Charley Wininger, author of Listening To Ecstacy: The Transformative Power of MDMA, joins us to talk about MDMA for couples, as well as MDMA for personal healing, spiritual awakening, and staying connected to the joy of being alive as we age into the winter years of our lives. Of course, MDMA comes with certain risks, and we talk about that too.

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MDMA for couples / MDMA in our aging time
How this interview came into existence
The history of MDMA, MDMA for couples, and MDMA's prohibition
Rediscovering MDMA at 50 years old
The benefits of MDMA for the individual
MDMA is the chemical of connection
Accessing profound self-love, and how it changes you
Transforming one’s relationship to their body with MDMA
The benefits of MDMA for romantic partnerships
Using MDMA for couples therapy
The power of deep love and safety in resolving long-standing relationships conflicts
We all have these little dark secrets that we’ll be rejected if known
The importance of being careful with who you take MDMA with
How a cult of two collapses a relationship
How our relationship fail when we forget generosity and gratitude within it - and how MDMA helps remind us
The profound value of touch
MDMA is sensual, not necessarily sexual (but cannabis helps)
How reconnecting with the loving vulnerability between you and your partner can reawaken sexual intimacy
WARNING: MDMA within abusive relationships might make things worst
Taking MDMA as a senior citizen
The danger of taking MDMA as an older person
Losing the magic – Can taking a lower dose of MDMA help to bring the magic back?
Integration: A different way of understanding the MDMA hangover
The pain of using MDMA to open your heart.
What does aging offer us; what does it take away; where does MDMA fit in the process
The disadvantages of aging vs internalized ageism
How MDMA has impacted Wininger’s relationship to death and dying
Bridging the age apartheid with MDMA and the rave scene
You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone; learning how important our relationships are before death ends them
The most important lesson MDMA has to teach us during the troubled times we are in

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