Adventures Through The Mind

We welcome Gay Dillingham to the April full moon edition of ATTMind Radio. Gay is an award-winning filmmaker and the director of Dying To Know: Timothy Leary and Ram Das. We have her on the show to talk about Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert (no known as Baba Ram Dass), who they were on the surface of history but also who they were as people, friends, and members of a larger community. For full show notes, head to http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp45 We also talk about the process of making this film and why she felt telling the story of these two men was so important that she was willing to invest 19 years of her life into making it. (Also, how it was she got Robert Redford to narrate this film about counter-cultural heroes!) Personally, watching this film was perspective altering for me, which I talk about in the episode. Having been exposed to an intimate revealing of people whom I had only known as the legends that had come before me, was deeply meaningful. If you do, or don't know who these men are it's still a worthy listen, as, like Gay proclaims in the film, "whether you know them or not, chances are they changed your life". Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

Emanuel Sferios is an activist, educator and harm reduction advocate. Founding DanceSafe in 1998 and starting the first laboratory pill analysis program for ecstasy users that same year, Emanuel pioneered MDMA harm reduction services in the United States. He is currently producing a documentary on MDMA highlighting its use in therapy as well as harm reduction as a practical, rational alternative to three decades of failed efforts at prohibition. For the March new moon episode of Adventures Through The Mind Radio, Emanuel and I sat down to talk about MDMA: The Movie. However, our conversation rolled on rather quickly into unexpected waters as we discussed prohibition and the war on drugs. Increasingly more so it has become obvious that the so-called Drug War is only making things worse and that prohibition may very well be the cause of the fatal drug problems we see in the modern world. It was great to get Emanual's thoughts on this as a 20-year advocate for harm reduction. We also talk about: the early 90s rave scene, the use of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for the resolution of PTSD, the early days of the DanceSafe harm reduction movement, the fatal consequences of prohibition functional heroin dependence, MDMA safety: tips and practices, Pharmacological hacks for ending MDMA hangover, mainstream media's manipulation of drug reporting to manufacture consent for a failing prohibition program AND MORE! Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp44 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

MDMA is on the front lines of the psychedelic renaissance, shining a light of hope into the lives of those suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). On this episode, we feature Melanie and Thomas Heath. These two incredible humans have been putting themselves in the public eye to speak about the therapeutic power of MDMA. They come onto the show to share their experiences working with MDMA to assist in the treatment (and even resolution) of deeply debilitating PTSD. This episode goes deep into their personal experiences with PTSD, mental illness, and what pushed them to break the hard social conventions they were raised in and "used illegal drugs". In deep transparency and vulnerability, these two incredible people are standing outside the psychedelic closet and speaking openly about how MDMA changed their lives for the better. ***A word of warning: the audio in this episode is rough, but I choose to release it anyways as the content is so beautiful and honest that I didn't want to loose it. Thanks for your forgiveness in advance. Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp43 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

This week's episode features an interview with Mark Wolynn. Mark is a leading expert on inherited family trauma. He is also the director of the Family Constellation Institute in San Francisco where he trains clinicians and treats people struggling with depression, anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive thoughts, self-injury, chronic pain, and persistent symptoms and conditions. He is also the author of It Didn't Start With You: how inherited family trauma shapes who we are and how to end the cycle. Topics covered include: Emotional Trauma Intergenerational / inherited family trauma Epigenetics Family Constellations The Core Language Approach Cultural trauma: e.g. Syrian War and Refugee Crisis, American Slavery and Canadian Residential Schools Neurological development Memory consolidation Implicit vs explicit memory The root of Chronic Psychopathology The Four Unconscious Themes and the importance of a healthy connection with our parents Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp42 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

We welcome mycologist and author Robert Rogers to the show for this episode of ATTMind Radio. He is the author of over 40 books on medicinal plants and fungi of the boreal forest, including The Fungal Pharmacy: The Complete Guide to Medicinal Mushrooms and Lichens of North America and his most recent book, Mushroom Essences: Vibrational Healing from the Kingdom Fungi. We have him on the show to talk about the science behind medicinal mushrooms, how to work with them, and how to do so without getting ripped off by hype marketing in the natural health product industry. We also get deep into the discussion on vibrational medicine and how mushroom essences can help us unearth and heal the dark wounds of the soul. Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp41 (and to watch in video) Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

The first episode of 2017! Number 40, featuring Nicole Bradford, Tarzie McLean, and James W. Jesso (yes me)... Anyways! Episode number 40, featuring Nicole Bradford, Tarzie McClean, and James W. Jesso (yes me). This episode is actually the audio of an event held in Calgary. AB on December 2, 2016, titled Pathways Through The Darkness - Psychedelics & Trauma Healing. The event was put on by the Calgary Psychedelic Society and featured the two amazing women whose bios I am about to present to, and myself. The event sold out really fast and so we recorded it in order to make sure this one-off gathering of us three could be shared beyond the few fast enough to get their tickets. Part 1 of the episode the lectures, Part 2, the Q&A. Full Show Notes and to listen to PART 2: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp40 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin) ***Featured image courtesy of and copyright to Heather McLean (whose art, if you don't know it, you should)

Welcome to the show, Sobey Wing. I left it to Sobey, by his request, to introduce himself during this show and so I will leave the same here in regards to the content of the show: "We will examine moving from complicit behaviors in systemic racism, environmental racism that could be examined and confronted with consciousness and heart-centered accountability, particularly in the above cultures. Ultimately we will look at how to center and support indigenous-led front lines that need us to stand together for the water and future generations in Standing Rock and all lands and waters threatened by corporate greed and governments." This show was the first, and likely only, live episode of the podcast. I say "only" because the video quality does not meet the standards of this show. However, the audio is fairly good, so no loss on the gems Sobey offers us in this one. Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp39 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

For the November Edition of ATTMind Radio, I am happy to introduce Malcolm Saunders to the show. He is a prolific food educator, chocolate maker, and the owner and visionary behind The Light Cellar, which is considered to be one of the premier superfood stores in North America. I have known Malcolm for many years now and his work has had an important impact on my own life, it is an honour to have him on the show. Topics Discussed: "foodSCOPE" Malcolm's model for creating a personally meaningful diet. Raw Foods and diet diversity. Saturated Fats and the history of Canola. Problems with Standard American. Craving for junk fulfillment of internal, psychic Emptiness. Slowing down. Fasting. Simplifying and training yourself for intuitive eating. Aredveda and diet's effects on subjective consciousness. Superfoods in general. Problems with the 1st world's role at the top of the globalized food economy hierarchy. How to seek 'good' and high-integrity sources of rare or medicinal foods. CHOCOLATE - the problems with the so-called "raw" movement, mycotoxins, and the experiential potentials of chocolate as a ceremonial substance. Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp38 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

This episode welcomes TEDx alumni Erica Wohldmann. She is is a scientist and a passionate environmentalist with a joint Ph.D. in cognitive psychology and cognitive science from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is also currently a Professor of Psychology at California State University, Northridge. We have her on the show today to talk ReWilding. If you have heard of reWilding yet, here is a great place to start. We talk not only about what reWilding is but also dip into the human cognitive relationship to nature, the role immersion to nature plays in our psychological and physiological health, and some tips to get yourself started. We also touch on agriculture, playing in the dirt, talking to plants, and the church of the forest. Of course, no talk on reWilding would be complete without discussing the broken food shed in North America and its influence on degenerative diseases and obesity! Enjoy. Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp37 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)

I am happy to introduce, Daniel Waterman. He is a philosopher, artist, writer, and Ayahuasca provider based in the Netherlands. He is also the author of Entheogens, Society & Law. Daniel and I met up in the Netherlands to record this conversation in his living room. The recording taps into the conversation just as Daniel begins to speak about the implications of a major turning point in his journey with Ayahuasca just after 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001. Daniel carries the conversation in poignant and poetic forms from there as we touch on the larger context around his book Entheogens, Society & Law, death and rebirth, religious morals and ethics and their place in law, DMT entities and 'Meaning', E-Prime, and what it means to find relevant questions. This is a beautiful journey with a very well-spoken and insightful man who has a lot to offer us. Enjoy. (ep. originally titled "Entheogens, Society & Law") Full Show Notes: http://bit.ly/ATTMindRadioEp36 Support The Podcast PayPal Donation Patreon Other Options (including bitcoin)