How To Feel Nothing | Processing Psychedelics From The Inside Out

How to Feel Nothing is a podcast about psychedelic integration, trauma, and the nervous system—told from inside the process. You don’t need another map of your mind. You need a way back into your body. How to Feel Nothing is for anyone who's touched something real—through psychedelics, grief, crisis, or revelation—and now finds themselves caught between insight and action. Hosted by a clinician who survived a near-death injury and got tired of watching the field chase transcendence while ignoring perception, this show invites you into the messy, relational, and often uncomfortable terrain of integration. We cut through spiritual bypass, Cartesian embodiment, and psychedelic ego cosplay to ask harder questions: What does it mean to process experience, not just interpret it? What happens when feeling nothing is the most honest place to begin? What if healing isn’t coherence—but contrast? Equal parts clinical reflection, philosophical excavation, and unsentimental presence, this podcast is not about finding your higher self. It’s about learning to stay with what’s already here. Hosted by Todd Brossart, LCSW, BCD, founder of Somacology (psychedelic somatic therapy) and the Daily Mindfulness Lab, as well as an instructor candidate with the Psychedelic Somatic Institute, this podcast draws from Todd’s 17 years of clinical experience working in mental health, including his 12 years of service at the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient mental health clinic. Todd’s approach is deeply informed by his own transformative journey following a near-death experience and lengthy hospitalization, which reshaped his understanding of trauma, healing, and resilience. Combining professional expertise with personal insight, Todd dives into evidence-based strategies for mindfulness, psychological flexibility, and trauma recovery. Tune in to explore how to reconnect with your body’s innate wisdom and achieve lasting well-being.

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Owning My Naivete 05/11/2022

In Memoriam | Honoring Rachel 06/21/2021

Getting to Live | A Mindful Reframe 06/01/2021

Subtracting Self-Care | Moving Toward What Matters 04/26/2021

Post-traumatic Growth: Celebrating Year Two with Gratitude and Joy 04/12/2021

After Violence: Reflections on Boulder 03/29/2021

Healthy and Unhealthy Discomfort 03/14/2021

Box Breathing 02/27/2021

The Just World Belief 02/15/2021

Natural and Manufactured Emotion 02/01/2021

Being with Less Self | Remembering Mindfulness 01/18/2021

Setting Expectations for the New Year 01/04/2021

2020 in a word 12/14/2020

The Ready-to-Experience Mind | Paying Attention with Perspective 12/08/2020

Giving Presence 11/23/2020

Committing to a Mindful Recovery and Breaking Patterns of Suffering |A Conversation with John Evans 10/26/2020

Committing to a Mindful Recovery and Breaking Patterns of Suffering |A Conversation with John Evans “Don’t talk. Don’t trust. Don’t feel.” Rules that were taught early and often to my guest in this week’s episode. In this special interview, I connect with friend and colleague, John Evans, peer support specialist, musician, and Army Veteran. Looking inward and breaking the patterns of suffering was a path John fully committed to in July of 2007. John experienced many adverse events in his childhood, including the loss of his mother, and addiction in his family. After joining the Army in high school, John worked diligently to reintegrate back into civilian life when he returned home from two tours in Iraq as a medic. Thirteen years into his recovery, John intimately shares how his best days have come since committing to sobriety and working on his trauma. John explains, “Recovery means fearlessly attempting to unlock my potential, and being willing to reach for the life that my trauma would say, ‘don’t do that.’” An introduction to John – 3:09 What’s a hero? – 5:03 Quoting the book, “A Year to Live” by Steven Levine – 15:29 Recognizing resistance – 18:38 The pain of losing a parent – 22:46 Experience as a combat medic – 34:05 Impermanence and healing – 38:07 Waking up to thought forms during deployment – 42:10 Identity formation w/ trauma – 44:41 Victim role and attachment to pain – 48:00 Every day is a gift – 57:25 Trauma comparison – 1:01:21 Accepting wounds leads to empowerment – 1:07:45 What does recovery mean? – 1:11:20 Life after substance, 13 years into recovery – 1:15:02 Cultivating gratitude – 1:23:50 Adhering to a spiritual practice – 1:29:12 Looking to further your mindfulness practice? Check out the Mental Events . It’s dedicated to examining the workability of the mind’s proposed solutions to problems, and offers an opportunity to step back from giving over your life to negative thoughts. . Wanting to integrate mindfulness into your life? Sign up to receive my six-day . . . As always, we’d like to hear from you. Send your questions via email - . Connect with Mental Events on social media and share your comments about the show on Instagram , and on Facebook . /episode/index/show/mentalevents/id/16542596