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John is helping people to safely and effectively use psychedelics for insight, healing, and growth.
Hi Reader, ☀️ Happy Summer Solstice! Have a wonderful longest day of the year! 🍄 The Set That Saved The Trip Last weekend I went to Manchester for Outbreak Festival; an independent music festival built on hardcore punk and chaos. While Outbreak started as a hardcore punk festival, it’s grown over the years and now there's all kinds of other genres too. Even still, pretty much at any given time, there’s still a hardcore band on stage somewhere and someone swinging fists in a pit. On the...
🍄 Your ears are a portal Hi Reader, Have you ever considered that one of the keys to unlocking deeper psychedelic experiences might simply be… listening? Listening goes beyond just hearing. It's an intentional, mindful act that can transform your psychedelic journeys. It can bring you back to the present moment and amplify the depth of your experiences. When we truly tune in, we can can change the level of our awareness. This can result in making emotions clearer, insights sharper, and...
🍄 Self-care or self-sabotage? Hi Reader, I was recently looking at a model of psychedelic integration from the MAPS Integration Station, and one thing caught my eye, this idea of self-care vs self-challenging. Synthesized Model of Integration- Bathje, Majeski, & Kudowor (2022) We know self-care is important. We know that we need gentleness with ourselves. Especially right after intense journeys. But sometimes the idea of 'self-care' can also be a mask. A way to justify laziness. A way to...