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Sex Love Psychedelics

138: Psychedelics, Resurfacing Trauma, + Healing through Community with Lauren Taus

Mar 23, 2023
44:16

What happens when someone takes psychedelics + they experience painful memories or an overload of emotion + thoughts that they aren’t equipped to handle by themselves?

Lauren Taus, psychedelics assisted therapist, educator, advocate + founder of In-bodied life, joins me to dive into the relationship of psychedelics + trauma. 

We get deep into some conversations about how psychedelics effect on our brain + body, which substances do we see as having a greater effect in working with trauma, what resources help support someone going through the healing work + much more. 


In this episode, you’ll hear:

  • The clinical perspective on “trauma” - (What happens to a person after the happening)

  • Layers + variations of forms of trauma that exist (Individual, generational + systemic)

  • How psychedelics heal trauma stored in the body

  • The impact of psychedelics on our nervous system

  • Navigating “bad trips” + reframing to ultimately be generative for our growth

  • The potency of preparation, supportive relationships + love

  • How can someone support themselves when trauma spontaneously resurfaces?

  • What does integration look like for individuals who experience new memories or traumas unlocked by the psychedelics? 

  • Spiritually bypassing versus doing “the work” from a spiritual lens

  • Honoring our traditions, ritual + ceremony from a place of authenticity 

  • Navigating the cultural appropriation of indigenous practices + healing our ancestral shame

  • Systemic trauma for the communities of color + how to become stronger allies


THE SKINNY ON OUR SEXY GUESTS

Lauren Taus is a psychedelic assisted therapist, educator and activist. Lauren is the Founder of INbodied Life, the co-Founder of the Psychedelic Coalition for Health, and a clinical advisor to Journey Clinical. Lauren runs a small group, psychotherapy practice in Los Angeles and leads immersive, experiential trainings for providers to learn psychedelic assisted therapy and integration. Lauren’s deepest wish is to see wake people up to the wonders of life, and in doing so, create more systems change agents. Personal liberation supports the needed collective shift. 

Training.INbodiedlife.com

@lauren.taus 

@inbodiedlifetherapy 

@psychedeliccoalitionforhealth




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We get into the pleasure mechanics around sex, how you can incorporate more playfulness in the bedroom, harm reduction practices for psychedelics, sexual rituals, + sensual journeys in sex. 

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