023 - Melanie Lauren Weinberger on True Wellness, Resilience, and Rewriting Your Personal Story
Release Date: 03/14/2022
042 - Elissa Gross on Psychedelic Healing, Understanding Suicidality, and Emotional Transformation
Mind State Podcast
In this episode, I sit down with Elissa Gross, a licensed professional counselor and graduate of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute, to delve into the world of psychedelic-assisted therapy. Elissa shares the beginnings of her career in counseling and her transformative journey into the use of psychedelics for therapeutic purposes. Throughout our discussion, we explore the critical role of vulnerability in therapy, alongside the emerging potential of psychedelics in treating chronic pain and suicidality. With a blend of professional insights and personal experiences, Elissa provides a deep...
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041 - Abe La Montagne on Rapid Mastery in Jiu-Jitsu, Mental Health in Martial Arts, and Personal Experiences with Psychedelics
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Abraham La Montagne joins the podcast to share his perspective built from a diverse background in biochemistry research, military service, Latin dancing, and of course jiu-jitsu. Abe has carved out a notable niche as a rapidly progressing Jiu-Jitsu athlete under the guidance of John Danaher. Through our discussion, Abe shares insights into his accelerated learning approach in Jiu-Jitsu, grappling’s yin and yang, and the mindset behind his success. His unique views on the dance-like push and pull of jiu-jitsu and its mental challenges shed light on an often-overlooked aspect of the sport -...
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040 - Matt Mormello on his path to Ayahuasca, overcoming addiction, and finding peace
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Matt Mormello joins the show to share his own path with the medicine and practice of Ayahuasca. We start out with Matt sharing his chance encounter with the power of plant medicines after watching a documentary about them. In that moment he knew with clarity that he had to pursue deeper investigation. Part of Matt's personal story is one of overcoming an extremely rare cancer at an young age of 19 years old followed by years of opiate addiction. Early in his plant medecine journey he met a kindred spirit in his now wife, Jeanae, who is an integral component of what they have built with...
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038 - Caitlin Riley on Ayahuasca, Iboga, and the Psychedelic Society of Texas
Mind State Podcast
Caitlin joins the podcast in this episode to share her extensive experience with plant medicine including over 50 ayahuasca ceremonies and seven iboga experiences. She first turned to psychedelic medicine seeking relief from chronic undiagnosed illness. It's not the typical story of one and done, transcendence and healing all in a single session. It's been a long road and hard work. That's not to say progress has not been made though. Armed with deep insight and intermittent physical relief, Caitlin forges onward and shares her story. These days her focus remains strongly tied to the...
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037 - Derek DuChesne on Ketamine for Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
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Derek DuChesne (dew-shane) is the co-founder of Better U Care, a psychedelic-assisted therapy company currently specializing in ketamine treatment with both at-home and in-clinic models. We start out with Derek sharing his own story of encountering ketamine after a bout of depression and suicidal ideation. Experiencing the transformation firsthand led to a deepening interest in the power of these medicines. This experience unfolded into an eventual collaboration with clinicians from Stanford’s Psychedelic Science Center and Depression Research Clinic to explore ways to increase...
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036 - Massy Almubidin on Ayahuasca and Incubate.X, a women led and mission driven NFT launchpad
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Massy comes to the show to share her personal experience with Ayahuasca. She talks about how she and her husband serendipitously discovered the medicine in the aftermath of a hurricane and the profound effects it has had on her life. She provides a beautiful narration of her first encounter as well as her life afterwards. We wrap up by spending some time talking about her latest venture, Incubate.X, which is a women led and mission driven NFT launchpad. Their first project, Onanya, is focused on building an Ayahuasca center in Peru that will incorporate the shamans that led her through her own...
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035 - David O'Connor on MDMA Assisted Therapy
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David has a razor sharp mind and a powerful story to share. We warm things up by discussing his early life experience as a professional poker player and I attempt to draw some correlations between success in the game and a background of trauma. David convinces me that ultimately poker is about having a sound strategy and sticking to it over the longterm. After this introduction we dig into the primary focus of the episode which is David's experience with MDMA assisted therapy and how he handled the discovery of a deep pattern of childhood sexual abuse. Despite the difficult nature of...
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034 - Tatyana Gustafson on Ketamine Treatment for Depression, Anxiety, Suicidality, and Optimization
Mind State Podcast
Tatyana is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner on Faculty at UT Austin with the Psych Nurse Practitioner program. She also has a private practice where she treats mental health using a combination of meds and psychotherapy. She has recently added ketamine treatment to her private practice and came to the show to share her insights and thoughts on the subject. She comes to the table with a wealth of knowledge, experience, and skill for explaining the current state of mental health treatment, spending nearly two hours digging into the benefits and ways that ketamine can be used in conjunction with...
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033 - Derrick Garza - Round 2
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In this impromptu episode Derrick and I catch up on what we've been working on lately and then meander into some touchy subjects like pronouns, gun control, and polyamory. Despite coming to the table with different ideas and experiences I think we both learned a bit from each other. Check it out and let me know your thoughts on this stuff!
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032 - Podcast Update - May 2022
Mind State Podcast
I have a quick solo episode for you this week! Just some quick updates on the direction I'm headed with the podcast and what I've been up to lately in my personal life. Hint: Lots of upcoming content on psychedelic therapy and things of that nature!
info_outlineMelanie is a cofounder at Mindlight, an emotional training company based in Austin, TX. She is also a trainer, coach, entrepreneur, public speaker, and astute commenter on the many topics we covered.
In this episode you'll learn how you can identify the stories that rule your life and begin the work towards rescripting the narrative to be more in alignment with your true nature and purpose.