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Debbie talks with Dr. Bree Johnston, a geriatrician and palliative care physician in practice for 35 years who is also certified in psychedelic therapies. This is a re-airing of an episode published one year ago.

The topic of psychedelic therapy has gone mainstream in the past several years and especially in the past year. In the year since Debbie and Dr. Bree spoke, the use of psilocybin, MDMA and other psychedelics as therapy for addiction, depression and to ease fear of death has been increasingly in the news. The use of psilocybin is now legal or decriminalized in a handful of states in addition to Oregon.

Dr. Bree is an especially clear speaker and talks openly about the benefits of her own psilocybin trips. She tells us she wishes she could prescribe them for her elderly patients who are anxious about dying.

She explains everything you might want to know about different psychedelics, what their effects are, what to be wary of and more.

As to how this topic fits into aging and reinvention, Debbie says were she to receive a fatal diagnosis from cancer or another disease, she's pretty sure she would seek a guided psilocybin trip to ease fear of dying.  

UPDATE on legal status of psychedelics

• As Evidence For Treatment Potential Grows, So Has Psychedelic Legality (VeryWellMind.com, Nov. 18, 2022)
• Where are psychedelics legal in the U.S.? (Hearst Newspaper Blogger Network, Nov. 25, 2022)
• U.S. could soon approve MDMA therapy, opening an era of psychedelic medicine (Nature, April 19, 2023)

RECENTLY IN THE NEWS:

• A Psychedelic Pioneer (Dr. Roland Griffiths) Takes the Ultimate Trip by David Marchese ((The New York Times, April 7, 2023).

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In our first (of many!) guest interview episodes, co-hosts Megan Lund and Ryan Marquardt sit down with one of the most multifaceted, wildly talented and unendingly knowledgable spiritual badasses in the game: Anna Toonk. 

Anna guides us into the world of tarot, dancing between topics including the history of tarot, why it's appealing to clients, the importance of understanding the traditional meaning of the cards, finding your own interpretative style as a reader, whether astrology and tarot should be as interconnected as they've become, and much more. We discuss some of our annoyances about tarot and the larger spiritual community as well, from receiving requests for free readings to the horrors of dating as a spiritual professional.

Based in New York City, Anna has been a professional tarot reader for many years, but her prowess transcends the boundaries of most tarot practitioners. She's an intuitive healer, Akashic records reader, and a resilient entrepreneur. Anna is carving an evolving legacy for herself, currently broadcasting her distinct voce and curious mind via her illustrious podcast, "How to Be Human." (Not Sponsored: Anna legitimately runs one of the best podcasts available right now.) Every week, "How to Be Human" explores the common and often confusing themes of humanness including spirituality, connection, wellness, self-acceptance, and more. Anna uses her humor, honesty and intuition to discuss unanswerable questions we all share. She speaks with many brilliant guests as she searches for clarity in the most human way possible; together. 

As our first guest, Anna sets the bar high. Stay tuned for many more guest episodes coming soon with fascinating, well-vetted people who help us shed light on all corners of the spiritual world, from tarot to human design, past lives to the paranormal, and beyond.

Key Takeaways in this Episode

• Meet Anna, who transitioned from a successful 15+ year career in television to spiritual work
• Acquire seasoned advice and insights about what tarot is (and isn't!), how it's used, why it's appealing, plus some tarot tips and tricks
• Hear our unfiltered annoyances, hilarious tangents and overdue vents about tarot and spirituality

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What do people undergo when they have a mystical experience, and why would a mystical experience help us to un-muddle our minds? 

In this episode I explain how mysticism is an expression of what I call hemispheric gelassenheit. I use first person accounts of mystical experiences from neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor, the philosopher jiddu Krishnamurti and the primatologist Jane Goodall to explore the common characteristics of a mystical experience and to speculate how it reflects an adjustment of the way the two hemispheres of our brain interact with each other. 

Take a look at the chapter headings. 

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Sarah Elkhaldy is a mystic, spiritual teacher and author. She is widely known as a leader in the field of Spirituality and the Esoteric Arts. She uses her intuitive abilities as well as her extensive background in esoteric knowledge to help humanity gracefully tap into our evolutionary potential. She considers it her life's work to connect the higher with the lower; the outer world with the inner world. Her spiritual teachings and deep insights into the nature of reality create energetic transmissions that activate her audience on a soul level. Her videos are well known for needing to be watched several times in order to fully extract the profound wisdom in each episode. With an online community consisting of hundreds of thousands of awakening souls, it is her highest honor to assist humanity's evolution.

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In this extra material for episode 13 of Psychology & The Cross Donald Carveth and Sean McGrath discusses:

* How it's possible to believe in God although he does not exist
* Examines the Buddhist concept of provisional names
* Offers a critique of religious hubris
* Agrees that mystical or numinous psychedelic experiences are necessarily not what is needed in order for religion to become a sustainable "Erfahrung" (not "Erlebnis") and pattern in ones life.

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Thank you Michele for being such a great guest, and sharing your personal story of transformation.  I am excited to hear how your affirmations with music impact my listeners! It was an honour and pleasure to have you on my show!

Meet Michele

Michele Blood is a successful, multi-talented lady. Michele was a rock singer in Australia and after a near-fatal car accident, she created positive Affirmation Songs which not only healed her body but also took her to worldwide success. These Affirmation songs affect the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Lyrics, the left hemisphere, and melody and music, the right hemisphere so the new, positive messages go straight to the subconscious mind. This is why millions of people worldwide have downloaded her Affirmation Power songs. These songs cover healing, success, money, joy, and confidence and they uplift the person immediately. In addition to creating Magnet To SuccessTM products and seminars worldwide, her public Mystical Success Events have been held in over 26 countries. Michele has co-written and created over 80 books, music CDs, audio programs, TV shows, and videos on positive thought, mind transformation, and meditation.

Michele has appeared in hundreds of podcasts, radio shows, and magazines globally. After many years of meditation Michele’s Kundalini awakened and transformed her consciousness. Michele now teaches others how to live a Successful Life and experience Divine Oneness. Her Mystical Experience webinars and live streams have assisted people globally to transform their lives for the positive. Through her Teachings, Prayers and Light Transmissions people awaken and experience what they say is the impossible. They awaken to their true purpose and begin their path to Enlightenment. She has shared the stage and worked with Bob Proctor, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Jack Canfield and many other transformational Authors and Teachers. Her latest book is The Magic Of Affirmation Power and her latest album is Create Miracles: Positive Affirmation Songs To harmonize your Mind and Life.

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Today, Debbie talks with Dr. Bree Johnston, a geriatrician and a palliative care physician who is also certified in psychedelic therapies.

In case you haven't noticed, the topic of psychedelic therapy has gone mainstream in the past several years. Taking a guided psilocybin trip is now viewed as a highly effective way to ease fear of dying. But it's complicated. It took Debbie several months to find just the right person to interview about the therapeutic benefits of psychedelics. 

Her research led her to Dr. Bree Johnston who is perfectly credentialed for this topic as well as being a notably clear and wise teacher for [B]OLDER podcast listeners. She's been a practicing physician for 35 years and recently became certified in Psychedelic Therapies and Research through the California Institute of Integral Studies.

They talk about:

- The problem of legality (she predicts psilocybin therapy will be legal in a few years)
- Why psychedelic therapy is especially useful for older, dying patients
- Her own psychonaut experiences
- The dissolution of "self" and becoming part of a whole (a common experience on a psychedelic trip)
- The current studies being done at Johns Hopkins and NYU
- Microdosing
- And her evaluation of which psychedelic therapies are currently most useful: psilocybin, MDMA (aka ecstasy), ketamine (not illegal but results can vary widely).

They also explore the complexity that comes with medicalizing psychedelics as well as the ethics surrounding legalization.  This is a highly informative conversation with a knowledgeable physician. 

Mentioned in this episode or useful:

• Dr. Bree Johnston on LinkedIn
• The Trip Treatment by Michael Pollan (The New Yorker; February 5, 2015)
• How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press; 2018)
• The Pied Piper of Psychedelic Toads by Kimon de Greef (The New Yorker; March 21, 2022)
• Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
• Psychedelic Therapy Training Certificate | California Institute of Integral Studies
• The Microdose Newsletter
• New York Magazine Investigative Podcast: Cover Story: Power Trip
• Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research
• Center for Psychedelic Medicine | NYU
• A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life by Ayelet Waldman (Knopf; 2017)
• Brian Anderson - Studies at UCSF
• Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences by William Richards (Columbia University Press; 2015)
• Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies - MAPS
• MAPS Newsletter
• Handbook of Medical Hallucinogens by Charles Grob and Jim Grigsby (The Guilford Press; 2021)

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Can psychedelics, and more specifically, ceremonial ayahuasca really spur lasting positive personality changes? Have psychedelics been wrongly vilified? I chat this and more with 2nd time Self Discovery guest and psychologist, Dr. W. Keith Campbell, as he shares the scientific research he and his team have done around shamanic based ayahuasca.

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Paul’s second interview with Anissa Zucker, an adult educator.  She holds a Master’s degree in literacy education and a bachelor’s degree in psychology and elementary education.  Her life-long interest in writing drew her towards various related memberships & groups which provide more inspiration and encouragement.  She has written a poetry book titled, “Fearless Expressions: A Time for Us” and  "The True Story of Santa Claus,"  a juvenile novel about the true meaning of Christmas in the spirit of giving. It was inspired by a friend of Anissa’s, the clown doctor, Patch Adams.

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Paul interviews Anissa Zucker, an adult educator.  She holds a Master’s degree in literacy education and a bachelor’s degree in psychology and elementary education.  Her life-long interest in writing drew her towards various related memberships & groups which provide more inspiration and encouragement.  She has written a poetry book titled, “Fearless Expressions: A Time for Us” and  "The True Story of Santa Claus,"  a juvenile novel about the true meaning of Christmas in the spirit of giving. It was inspired by a friend of Anissa’s, the clown doctor, Patch Adams.

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What's crack-a-lackin? This episode it's my absolute pleasure to introduce y'all to an amazing yoga instructor, healer, shamaness, friend, and person- the fantabulous Dani Solomon. I met Dani through taking her dynamic, fun and deeply healing hot yoga classes in Phoenix, and ever since that first class I've wanted to interview her for the pod. So this was a really fun and exciting conversation for me, and I'm so glad I can share it with the world.

Dani now teaches hot yoga in N. Scottsdale, and is the creator of Hot Yoga Euphoria (http://hotyogaeuphoria.com/), a periodic donation-based hot yoga extravaganza fundraiser benefitting The Celiac Disease Foundation and The University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center. Stay tuned for the next event, which Dani will post on the website.

In this episode, Dani and I riff about yoga (of course), her journey to becoming an instructor, mystical experiences, kundalini spine tingles (yummm), parenting in the modern age and more. Dani also opens up about her three(!) near death experiences and how they've informed her evolution as a person, mystic, Yogini and teacher.

Hope you all enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Dani is a light in the world and it's an honor to have her on Barbarian Noetics. So jump in and enjoy!

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In this episode Jim Pfeiffer shares with us about parenting his 4 adult children and the joys of grandparenting.  He shares about his expanding worldview and mystical encounters.    After having lived in Africa for 11 years, Jim talks about how their time in Namibia impacted family, worldview, and spiritual life.  

In this MonoCrisp episode (Crispin solo) Crispin discusses podcasting, mass shootings and how one ancient story speaks wisdom to these tragedies. Crispin also discusses Michael Pollan's new book How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression and Transcendence.