52: Helping the helpers w/ Christi Myers, Ketamine Practitioner

This conversation has been a long-time coming. And we're excited to push this out to the airwaves. Kari and Tory bring on Christi Myers, the Founder and CEO of Flow Integrative, a ketamine psychotherapy practice that helps clients deal with mood disorders and substance abuse. Launched in 2020, Flow Integrative is currently a pilot clinic for the first psychedelic insurance company.  Now before you think this episode isn't for you, please give it ten minutes. We promise if you start this episode, you will have to finish it. Christi addresses the uncomfortableness with the word psychedelic. She explains why humans are drugs and how we can do drugs better from a practitioner's perspective. Christi talks about her passion for helping the help and offers something that you will contemplate for the rest of your life. Also, have you ever met your nervous system? This episode is a great starting point. Connect with Christi on Instagram.  In this episode, Kari and Tory explore: What ketamine is and who it's suitable for. How ketamine is being used to treat severe depression, PTSD, and even suicidal thoughts. The difference between psychotherapy and ketamine therapy. How the legalization of more psychedelics will make better treatment options available for conditions such as depression, PTSD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and \ fibromyalgia. How ketamine allows you to shift perspective by disengaging from the limbic brain (the part of the brain involved in our behavioral and emotional responses). Why she believes ketamine is one of the greatest gifts to humans. Favorite testimonials/stories of transformation. Kari and Tory also want to hear from you! So join the This Feels Important text community at 1-619-566-7722. ABOUT CHRISTI Christi Myers holds a Bachelor of Science degree in public safety and a Master of Science degree in leadership. Her career began in 1999 and includes serving several agencies from the Department of Defense, American Medical Response, Life Flights, San Bernardino County Fire and Sheriff Department, and the Department of Justice. Throughout her early career as a paramedic, she concurrently taught as an adjunct faculty member for the emergency medical services program at Victor Valley College. She was elevated to assistant professor of emergency medicine, earning tenure in 2019, and is the assistant director of emergency medical services. In her role with the Paramedic/EMS Advisory Committee, she has developed programs such as an accelerated hybrid paramedic program that incorporates the shift-based needs of full-time working firefighters to the successful completion of the paramedic program; creation of EMS high fidelity simulation; creation of distance education online paramedic program and virtual skills. She understands firsthand the unique, invisible, and cumulative toll of witnessing indirect human trauma as demanded of emergency response personnel daily and the few methods of support available for the well-being of these professionals. ABOUT THIS FEELS IMPORTANT This Feels Important explores the hairy, scary, weird, and sometimes orgasmic journey of navigating our ever-evolving relationships with self, others, and the world around us. Your hosts, Kari Keating and Tory Dube - along with a lineup of epic guests - open the floor for honest discussions about the taboo feels (sex! money!), the painful feels (miscarriages! divorce! grief!), and the fun feels (psychedelics! sex again!) that are inevitable, necessary and freaking vital as we all navigate the highs, lows and in-betweens of the human experience.  #thisfeelsimportant SHARE YOUR FEELS WITH KARI AND TORY Find the show on Instagram Share with Kari Share with Tory CREDITS Podcast edited and mixed by 51 features. Connect at andrew {at} 51features {dot} com.