Grief & Liberation Through the Lens of Addiction & Neurodivergence With Brody

Matti (host) welcomes Brody (any/no pronouns), an agender Naropa University graduate focused on drug psychology, addiction science, and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Brody describes how unconditional love from Brody's wife, friends, and family helped Brody survive severe depression, suicidality, and childhood LSD addiction. Matti and Brody discuss transactional relationships, capitalism, compulsory aliveness, and how neurodivergence can shape grief, including guilt and shame waves after loss. Brody shares patterns of addiction, memory loss, risky behavior, and later learning about psychotic symptoms and a childhood concussion. The conversation explores grief, shame, self-forgiveness, safe psychedelic use with preparation and integration, and ends with joy found in graduating, community, and daily routines, emphasizing that people heal through care.