Taking Psychedelics and Learning to Love Yourself Dr. Nick Brüss | 55
This Tantric Life with Layla Martin
Release Date: 03/23/2025
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How to Awaken Your Cervix and Experience Cosmic Pleasure
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Exactly what Internal Family Systems therapy is
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The actual mechanism that creates the most profound level of healing
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Psychedelics as a loving catalyst to know ourselves more
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The truth about psychedelic stigma
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Why it’s important to prepare your set and setting with psychedelics
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The difference between doses of psilocybin
Bio
Nick Brüss, EdD, LMFT, is a leading licensed psychedelic therapist, researcher and educator who is passionate about inspiring and helping people heal, grow and live creative lives. He’s pioneering treatments and programs that harness the synergistic power of combining psychedelic medicine with cutting edge therapy and coaching.
Dr. Brüss was a clinical researcher and supervisor on the ground breaking FDA Phase III clinical trial of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD sponsored by MAPS, and is currently a lead therapist on the Phase III Psilocybin therapy study for Treatment Resistant Depression sponsored by Compass Pathways.
In private practice, he specializes in concierge ketamine-assisted and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy. He trains nationally and speaks internationally on psychedelic-assisted therapy safety and efficacy, and is a co-founder of the Psychedelic Coalition for Health, a psychedelic medicine education and training platform.
Dr. Brüss is also a Certified Mindfulness Facilitator through UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, and a certified teacher of both Mindful Self-Compassion, and the Compassion Cultivation Training through the Center for Compassion, Altruism Research and Education at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Find more about Dr. Brüss’ work at www.apracticeoffreedom.com and connect with him on LinkedIn and Instagram.
Timestamps
00:01:14 - Guest introduction
00:02:20 - How Layla and Dr. Brüss originally connected
00:04:51 - Sign up for Layla’s newsletter at LaylaMartin.com
00:06:51 - The first time Layla experienced her own somatic avoidance
00:11:14 - Humans are so beautiful when they don’t have so much pain
00:13:52 - Dr. Brüss explains what Internal Family Systems therapy is
00:19:24 - Unlock your deepest passion inside The Tantric Mastermind for Couples
00:20:06 - Discover your most masculine confidence and presence with Men’s Sexual Mastery
00:21:12 - Dr. Brüss introduces listeners to MAPS
00:24:36 - The actual mechanism that creates this profound level of healing
00:27:19 - Layla shares about her experiences with MDMA
00:30:43 - How IFS integrates with felt-sense experience
00:32:30 - How intellectually “getting” something isn’t the same as being “in” it
00:36:33 - We don’t realize how much power we actually have
00:38:44 - Discover MOOD™ Sex Magic
00:42:48 - How psychedelics can be a loving catalyst to know ourselves more
00:44:28 - Layla shares her experience with psychedelics
00:47:22 - Dr. Brüss and Layla drink MOOD Sex Magic
00:55:28 - Psychedelic stigma was intentionally created
00:57:02 - The war on disconnection
00:57:27 - Enhance your sensitivity and pleasure inside Crystal Pleasure
00:59:15 - Why it’s important to prepare your set and setting with psychedelics
01:04:33 - Dr. Brüss shares about his first psychedelic experience
01:07:24 - The difference between doses of psilocybin
01:12:06 - How different psychedelics work on different situations
01:19:53 - Conclusion