Using Sex and Psychedelics to Heal with Dr. Cat Meyer | EP 16
Why Isn't Everyone Doing This? with Emily Fletcher
Release Date: 08/29/2023
Why Isn't Everyone Doing This? with Emily Fletcher
A gift from us to you! While we're busy prepping season 2 of Why Isn't Everyone Doing This? we're thrilled to share our most popular and powerful guided meditations & visualizations with you. And today’s guided meditation will instantly reduce your stress and anxiety so you can quickly reclaim the most amazing version of YOU. Give it a listen and then use it the next time you feel panic or anxiety rising, or any time you need to prepare for a big event like a presentation at work, interview or even a first date. In this exercise, Emily will walk you through a...
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info_outlineIn this episode of Why Isn’t Everyone Doing This? Emily sits down with Dr. Cat Meyer, a licensed psychotherapist who specializes in sex, trauma and ketamine assisted therapy, three things that are very buzzy these days. Plus, she is an EMDR and Kambo facilitator and master Reiki practitioner.
They discuss how to heal through sex and psychedelics, and the power of reclaiming your own pleasure instead of outsourcing it to others. Cat and Emily discuss how shame and disconnection from your body can create challenges with feeling and embracing your own desires.
They also explore how somatic experiences can be used to reconnect your brain and body, and how this can help you discover not only what you want sexually, but also in your daily life. Plus, they delve deep into the benefits of various psychedelics, their ability to alter consciousness and how they can facilitate emotional healing and trauma processing.
Get ready for a wild ride.
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Have you listened to our previous episode with Candice Horbacz? Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/consciously-crafting-your-relationships-with-candice
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 - Intro & Rethinking Sex and Pleasure
00:04:08 - Normalizing Not Feeling
00:06:07 - Healing from Sexual Trauma and Expanding the Mind
00:10:11 - Exploring the Fringe of BDSM
00:12:28 - The Integration of Tantra, BDSM, Energetics, and Psychedelics in Healing
00:16:32 - What is Anti-Intimacy?
00:22:48 - Shame and Disconnection from the Body
00:24:47 - The Power of Connecting with the Body
00:31:19 - Understanding Psychedelics, Empathogens, Altered States of Consciousness
00:35:48 - Expanding Perspectives through Psychedelics and Meditation
00:37:50 - The Power of Ketamine Therapy
00:44:03 - Integration and Consciousness Shifting
00:45:56 - Preparation for Psychedelic Therapy
00:50:21 - The distinction between numbing addiction and pleasurable experiences
00:54:45 - The Potential of Pleasure Practices and Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
00:56:52 - Vetting Trauma-Informed Facilitators
01:03:02 - Conclusion & Where to Find Dr. Cat
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Dr. Cat Meyer, PsyD, LMFT is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in sex, trauma, and ketamine-assisted therapy, author, yoga teacher, and international speaker dedicated to evolving the relationship we have surrounding sexuality and our bodies. She is the host of podcast Sex Love Psychedelics and the founder of SexLoveYoga.com an online platform for education and programs on relationships, sexuality, and embodiment.
Please enjoy this free guide from Dr. Cat on how to find the right facilitator in sex, psychedelics or plant medicine: https://learn.sexloveyoga.com/Vetting%20Your%20Guide
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