

Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers
Numinus Network
The psychedelic renaissance is here! Join Dr. Steve Thayer, Dr. Reid Robison, and special guests as they explore the frontiers of psychedelic medicine and what it takes to cultivate a healthy mind, body, and spirit. Our hosts draw from their extensive knowledge and experience with psychedelic therapy research and treatment to discuss the science, practice, and art of psychedelic healing. If you are a helping professional, therapist, clinician, guide, healer, psychedelic enthusiast, or simply curious about mental, physical, and spiritual health, this is the podcast for you!
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Mar 25, 2025 • 52min
Finishing unfinished business
Send us a textIn today’s episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, we’re talking about unfinished business. Now I don’t mean “unfinished business” in the hyper-aggressive revenge film kind of way. No, we’re talking about unresolved emotions, memories, or conflicts from the past that intrude on the present causing us to wonder why we keep doing, thinking, and/or feeling things even though it doesn’t serve us. We explore why this happens and what to do about it from a variety of therapeutic perspectives including Gestalt, psychoanalytic, IFS, CBT, and psychedelic-assisted. For those of you who are new to the show, welcome! Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers is brought to you by Numinus Network and is hosted by Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison.Learn more about our podcast at https://numinusnetwork.com/learn/podcast/Learn more about psychedelic therapy training opportunities at https://numinusnetwork.com/training/Learn more about our clinical trials at https://www.numinusnetwork.com/researchLearn more about Numinus at https://numinusnetwork.com/Email us at ptfpodcast@numinus.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevethayer/https://www.instagram.com/innerspacedoctor/https://www.instagram.com/numinushealth/

Mar 18, 2025 • 43min
You are already free
Send us a textDo you ever feel like something is wrong with you? Like if you were just able to fix the way you think, feel, or behave then you would finally enjoy peace, connection, and freedom? Perhaps you’ve even gone to therapy with this intention and worked hard to heal traumas, challenge negative thinking, and establish healthier habits. But what if you aren’t actually broken? What if you are already whole and free? In today’s episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, we explore Eastern philosophies of non-dual awareness, resistance, attachment, surrender, and freedom and discuss how they can be integrated with modern Western psychotherapy. For those of you who are new to the show, welcome! Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers is brought to you by Numinus Network and is hosted by Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison.Learn more about our podcast at https://numinusnetwork.com/learn/podcast/Learn more about psychedelic therapy training opportunities at https://numinusnetwork.com/training/Learn more about our clinical trials at https://www.numinusnetwork.com/researchLearn more about Numinus at https://numinusnetwork.com/Email us at ptfpodcast@numinus.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevethayer/https://www.instagram.com/innerspacedoctor/https://www.instagram.com/numinushealth/

Mar 11, 2025 • 58min
Interpreting dreams, lucid dreaming, and psychedelics
Send us a textSigmund Freud said that dreams are the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind. In today’s episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, we explore this royal road as we discuss the nature of dreams, the neurophysiology of the dreaming brain, the therapeutic utility of dream interpretation, nightmare rescripting, lucid dreaming, and the parallels between dreams states and and the altered states occasioned by psychedelics.For those of you who are new to the show, welcome! Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers is brought to you by Numinus Network and is hosted by Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison.Learn more about our podcast at https://numinusnetwork.com/learn/podcast/Learn more about psychedelic therapy training opportunities at https://numinusnetwork.com/training/Learn more about our clinical trials at https://www.numinusnetwork.com/researchLearn more about Numinus at https://numinusnetwork.com/Email us at ptfpodcast@numinus.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevethayer/https://www.instagram.com/innerspacedoctor/https://www.instagram.com/numinushealth/

Mar 4, 2025 • 41min
Understanding insecurities and how to overcome them
Send us a textHave you ever been accused of being insecure? It’s something, if we’re being honest with ourselves, nearly all of us struggle with. I’m not smart enough, attractive enough, rich enough, successful enough. It seems like there are an infinite number of rulers that prove how poorly we measure up. But where do these insecurities come from? Why do we often feel so inadequate? And perhaps most importantly, how can we overcome our insecurities? In today’s episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, we try to answer these questions and more. For those of you who are new to the show, welcome! Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers is brought to you by Numinus Network and is hosted by Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison.Learn more about our podcast at https://numinusnetwork.com/learn/podcast/Learn more about psychedelic therapy training opportunities at https://numinusnetwork.com/training/Learn more about our clinical trials at https://www.numinusnetwork.com/researchLearn more about Numinus at https://numinusnetwork.com/Email us at ptfpodcast@numinus.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevethayer/https://www.instagram.com/innerspacedoctor/https://www.instagram.com/numinushealth/

Feb 25, 2025 • 49min
What is consciousness and what can psychedelics teach us about the nature of conscious awareness?
Send us a textWhat is consciousness? Is it unique to humans? Is a bat, a tree, or an AI agent conscious? What does it mean for something to be subconscious or unconscious? What does altering consciousness with psychedelic compounds teach us about its nature? How does understanding consciousness help us improve our mental health? In today’s episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, we discuss these questions and more as we explore the nature of conscious awareness.For those of you who are new to the show, welcome! Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers is brought to you by Numinus Network and is hosted by Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison.Learn more about our podcast at https://numinusnetwork.com/learn/podcast/Learn more about psychedelic therapy training opportunities at https://numinusnetwork.com/training/Learn more about our clinical trials at https://www.numinusnetwork.com/researchLearn more about Numinus at https://numinusnetwork.com/Email us at ptfpodcast@numinus.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevethayer/https://www.instagram.com/innerspacedoctor/https://www.instagram.com/numinushealth/

Feb 18, 2025 • 51min
How stories, self-narratives, and biases shape our mental health
Send us a textThe human mind is a meaning-making machine. It does its best to make sense out of the constant barrage of information flooding it moment to moment. One of the ways your mind does this is by creating and using filters. These filters go by many names: cognitive bias, heuristics, core beliefs, values, narratives, prejudice, etc. In today’s episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, we explore how these filters work for us and against us and discuss how you can become the author of your own internal story.For those of you who are new to the show, welcome! Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers is brought to you by Numinus Network and is hosted by Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison.Learn more about our podcast at https://numinusnetwork.com/learn/podcast/Learn more about psychedelic therapy training opportunities at https://numinusnetwork.com/training/Learn more about our clinical trials at https://www.numinusnetwork.com/researchLearn more about Numinus at https://numinusnetwork.com/Email us at ptfpodcast@numinus.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevethayer/https://www.instagram.com/innerspacedoctor/https://www.instagram.com/numinushealth/

Feb 11, 2025 • 1h 10min
Adult development | Waking up vs growing up, enlightenment, and the midlife crisis (Rebroadcast)
Send us a textIn this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss adult development. That’s right, folks. Developmental stages aren’t just for the kids. Reid and Steve explore different theories on adult development, particularly Ken Wilber’s integral theory and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. They talk a bit about their own approaches to personal development and how they help clients on this journey. They also discuss the phenomenon of the so-called midlife crisis, waking up vs growing up, how to zero in on your values and live life accordingly, and much more. *This episode originally aired 11/28/23Learn more about our podcast at https://numinusnetwork.com/learn/podcast/Learn more about psychedelic therapy training opportunities at https://numinusnetwork.com/training/Learn more about our clinical trials at https://www.numinusnetwork.com/researchLearn more about Numinus at https://numinusnetwork.com/Email us at ptfpodcast@numinus.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevethayer/https://www.instagram.com/innerspacedoctor/https://www.instagram.com/numinushealth/

Feb 4, 2025 • 1h 9min
Sleep apnea awareness, 5-MeO-DMT for heavy drinking, LSD for anxiety, and psychedelics for personality disorders
Send us a textDo you have one of those fancy wearable devices that tracks your sleep? How reliable are those things? Could they help detect a serious sleep disorder like sleep apnea? How detrimental is sleep apnea on physical and mental health? What are the latest treatment innovations for sleep apnea? Can psychedelics help people with personality disorders? Could 5-MeO-DMT help reduce excessive alcohol consumption? Could LSD be used to treat anxiety? What happens when you let people self-regulate a DMT dose through an IV? In today’s episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, we share data from a number of studies that seek to answer these questions. For those of you who are new to the show, welcome! Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers is brought to you by Numinus Network and is hosted by Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison.Learn more about our podcast at https://numinusnetwork.com/learn/podcast/Learn more about psychedelic therapy training opportunities at https://numinusnetwork.com/training/Learn more about our clinical trials at https://www.numinusnetwork.com/researchLearn more about Numinus at https://numinusnetwork.com/Email us at ptfpodcast@numinus.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevethayer/https://www.instagram.com/innerspacedoctor/https://www.instagram.com/numinushealth/

Jan 28, 2025 • 1h 1min
Compounding Growth: How to Invest in Yourself for Lifelong Transformation
Send us a textIf you take any beginner’s class in economics or finance you undoubtedly learn about how investments grow over time via compound interest. But what if we apply this concept of investment and compounding growth to personal development? In today’s episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, we discuss a variety of approaches to personal growth, healing, and development using the metaphor of investment and compounding growth. We cover the “imperfectionist” approach, treating the mind like a garden, how to think about failures, dealing with discomfort, the importance of rest, clarifying values, and much more. For those of you who are new to the show, welcome! Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers is brought to you by Numinus Network and is hosted by Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison.Learn more about our podcast at https://numinusnetwork.com/learn/podcast/Learn more about psychedelic therapy training opportunities at https://numinusnetwork.com/training/Learn more about our clinical trials at https://www.numinusnetwork.com/researchLearn more about Numinus at https://numinusnetwork.com/Email us at ptfpodcast@numinus.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevethayer/https://www.instagram.com/innerspacedoctor/https://www.instagram.com/numinushealth/

Jan 21, 2025 • 1h 8min
On creativity, forgiveness, and being an artist without a medium with Haymitch St. Stephen
Send us a textWhen we describe artists we typically describe them in terms of their medium: a musician, a scuplter, a painter, a poet, etc. But what does it really mean to be an artist or, for that matter, to be creative? Can you be an artist without a medium? How do we think about or describe the creative act? What might life look like if we were to view it as a work of art?In today’s episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, we discuss these questions and more with special guest, Haymitch St. Stephen. Haymitch is an artist and contemplative who is dedicated to helping others cultivate creativity as a spiritual practice. One of his recent creative projects that we discuss in this episode is his book, Friend of the Devil: A story of Mental Health, Mistakes, and Self-Forgiveness. If listening to this episode leaves you hungry for more Haymitch, you can find him at his website stillpoint.life where you can also check out the “Nature of Creation” retreat he’s running on Feb 15th.For those of you who are new to the show, welcome! Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers is brought to you by Numinus Network and is hosted by Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison.https://www.stillpoint.life/event-details/the-nature-of-creation-1Learn more about our podcast at https://numinusnetwork.com/learn/podcast/Learn more about psychedelic therapy training opportunities at https://numinusnetwork.com/training/Learn more about our clinical trials at https://www.numinusnetwork.com/researchLearn more about Numinus at https://numinusnetwork.com/Email us at ptfpodcast@numinus.com Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevethayer/https://www.instagram.com/innerspacedoctor/https://www.instagram.com/numinushealth/