Integrating Your Experience: Why You May Question Your Sexuality After Using Psychedelics
Before I first experienced psychedelics, I considered myself bi-curious and had a healthy sexual appetite. But even with my openness to alternative sexualities, I was unprepared for the way psychedelics made me question my own sexuality and the common sexual...
The Different Approaches to Appropriate Dosage Amounts In Psychedelic Therapy
When taking psychedelics, the amount you consume is just as important as your mindset and the environment in which you take them. A slight change in dose can be the difference between a mild, sensory-enhancing experience and a mind-shattering journey. And just as each...
DMT and the Soul of Prophecy: Interview with Rick Strassman
Of all psychedelics, DMT may be the most mysterious, most profound, and the most important in our understanding of human consciousness, altered states, and spiritual experiences. The single most powerful psychedelic known to man, DMT is actually found and produced...
Couples and the Love Drug: Integration Therapy With Your Partner After a Difficult MDMA Experience
I remember taking MDMA with a long-term boyfriend of mine. We were deeply in love and, since he had never taken MDMA before, I wanted to be the one to guide him through his first experience. Unfortunately, the experience was not as thrilling as we had hoped, and my...
From Rapé to Mapacho: Uncovering the Ceremonial and Medicinal Benefits of Sacred Tobacco
Earlier this year, I had my first experience with sacred tobacco while attending a ceremonial sweat lodge headed by a Lakota medicine woman. Before we entered the blazing hot tent where we would sit for several hours sweating out toxins, she gathered the fifteen or so...
Marijuana Was Legalized In Your State? 5 Ways to Support Responsible Cannabis Usage
In the recent elections, several states opted to loosen the rules regarding possession and usage of marijuana, bringing the total number of states allowing the legal recreational use of marijuana to seven: Alaska, California, Colorado, Oregon, Massachusetts, Nevada,...
Setting Up a Rapé Ceremony: Honoring Intention and Ritual in Sacred Tobacco
When blowing a pea-sized pellet of tobacco up someone’s nose, the key is to be measured and powerful with your breath. Shamans say the breath—and the intention behind it—is the crux to the proper administration of the Amazonian snuff called rapé in a ceremony which is...
Should Teens Be Eligible for Psychedelic Therapy?
If you’ve ever brought up psychedelics in a social setting, you know they can be a polarizing topic. People often think of them as illicit drugs, so psychedelics can be especially controversial if you’re talking about them in terms of how they might benefit...
How MDMA Therapy Could Promote Healing and Bonding After a Difficult Birthing Experience
With my first child, I labored for 4.5 hours after an induction. Due to the fast labor, I required an epidural and fundal pressure during pushing. Despite understanding the necessity of the medical interventions, I had not planned for them, and the negative impact of...
Teaching Happiness: How MDMA Can Help Those With Depression Identify and Mimic Physical Pleasure
Some people say the worst part of depression is the hopelessness; others say it is the mental fog that settles over you. For me, the worst part was feeling like I had never known anything except my depression. I spent most of my adolescence and early adult life...
