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How To Feel Nothing | Processing Psychedelics From The Inside Out
by Todd Brossart
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 i
Episodes
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The Feel Good Agenda
How much of life do we postpone while waiting to feel better? Drawing from Russ Harris's idea of the "feel-good agenda," this episode examines what happens when relief becomes the primary measure of whether a coping response helped. Feeling better tells us what happened to the discomfort. It does...
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Unlocking Emotional Healing: The Power Of Felt Sense | Why Getting Over Trauma Isn't Enough
Trauma shapes how we live—organizing our lives as if the past is still happening. The body holds onto these experiences, leaving us disconnected from our most powerful resource: our felt sense. In this episode, we will go through the profound connection between your body and mind. We'll explore…
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Exploring Somatic Healing and Psychedelic Therapy: A Path to Trauma Resolution | This Is Somacology
We're going through a psychedelic therapy revival. Join psychotherapist Todd Brossart as he introduces the Somacology channel and discusses some of his personal journey following a near-death injury and the innovative practices that helped him reconnect with his body and mind. Gain insights into:...
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Owning My Naivete
If you could have a conversation with yourself back when you started your career in healthcare, what would you say? What does that person need to know in order to sustain their mental health over the arch of their career? Would you talk to them about naivete? Or how to approach one's naivete as…
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In Memoriam | Honoring Rachel
If you've listened to this podcast for a while, you'll know that I hold a belief that there's still someone out there who I haven't met yet, that will change my life in profound ways. This episode is an attempt to honor someone who left a lasting impact on my life. In April 2019 during my lengthy...
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Getting to Live | A Mindful Reframe
We all have to do things. Some things we are excited about. Other things, not as much. Rarely do we consider what we get to do in our lives, taking it for granted. In this episode I offer a quick mindfulness reframe to help you shift your perspective to living with more presence and gratitude....
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Subtracting Self-Care | Moving Toward What Matters
Should self-care always mean you get to feel calm? Should self-care be limited to feeling good? Let's reimagine self-care for a moment. Instead of adding things to your life in the name of self-care, consider what you could subtract in order to practice better self-care. Continually adding...
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Post-traumatic Growth: Celebrating Year Two with Gratitude and Joy
What doesn't kill us, can make us stronger! On the two-year anniversary of a near death experience, I invite a friend of the podcast, John Evans to sit down for an extended conversation about post-traumatic growth. Post-traumatic growth refers to the positive psychological changes that a person…
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After Violence: Reflections on Boulder
So often we feel hopeless and powerless after tragedy and trauma. I know I've felt that way recently with the tragedies in Atlanta and Boulder. Both events serve as reminders of how violence can devastate community, trust, and desecrate the ideals, values, and freedoms we hold as sacred. In this...
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Healthy and Unhealthy Discomfort
Life serves up discomfort to us in many ways. At times we've all avoided challenges in order to escape the stress that goes with feeling uncomfortable. This week's episode examines how our struggle against discomfort can cause additional suffering in our lives. . Think of unhealthy discomfort as...
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Box Breathing
"Just breathe." Depending on how stressed you might be, hearing those words may not be well received. Enter box breathing! It's a proactive breathing exercise aimed to help you regulate your nervous system. . Box breathing is a common breathing technique used by Navy Seals, mindfulness...
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The Just World Belief
Do good things only happen to good people? Do bad things only happen to bad people? And are all honorable actions eventually rewarded? The Just World Belief states that your actions are inclined to bring morally fair and just consequences to you, or others. But what happens when something...
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Natural and Manufactured Emotion
There are two kinds of emotions. The first kind of emotions are those that happen naturally. We often experience natural emotions as they unfold after something happens. The second kind of emotions are the manufactured type. They're not based on the facts of an event, but on your interpretations…
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Being with Less Self | Remembering Mindfulness
Our human lives are inundated with the needs of the Self. The self (I/me/my) has many preferences, needs, biases, desires, and conditioned habits. While we're often unaware of how we are being controlled by the causes and conditions of our needs and wants, remembering mindfulness offers a path to...
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Setting Expectations for the New Year
New Year's tends to bring about a newfound motivation for change. After a taxing 2020, I think we're all ready to turn the page! When making New Years resolutions we tend to hope for the best. Behind our desire for change there's a hope for the quick fix. Unfortunately, (myself included) we set...
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2020 in a word
What word would you use to describe the past year? I asked 70 people that very question and received many different responses. But I also asked a second question. What did you learn to value about the experience from the pandemic? Tune in to hear how the two questions elicited different…
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The Ready-to-Experience Mind | Paying Attention with Perspective
You have the ability to focus your attention on just about anything! Yet sometimes we become so close to our worries that we struggle to see what's beyond the thinking mind. This week I talk about our ready-to-experience mind, and three simple ways to pay attention more mindfully. . Looking to...
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Giving Presence
One of the greatest gifts we can offer anyone is our true presence. Unfortunately this year, many of us won't be able to congregate for the holidays. Does this mean we won't be able to be present or thankful in other ways? Of course not. Tune in for this week's episode and learn how to practice...
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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...
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Our Core Human Yearnings & The Impact of Trauma
We all have core yearnings that make us human. In today's episode I'll introduce you to six core human yearnings that stem out of the therapeutic approach of acceptance and commitment therapy, and how trauma can impact these essential core yearnings. Coherence Feeling Orientation Belonging...
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The Long Hike | Committing to What Matters
I recently summited my 21st different 14er mountain (14,000 ft.) in my home state of Colorado. The 12 mile trek was a grueling experience that lasted over 8 hours. It was a commitment. If I wasn't clear about my values, it's safe to say I likely would have never gone! In this episode I introduce...
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Will I Remember This?
To practice mindfulness means to bring a direct awareness to what you are experiencing as you experience it. It's purposely tuning into what's going on with your mind and body, and the outside world, without trying to change whatever is present. In this episode I share a mindfulness practice…
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Bonus Time | A Stoic Mindset
Assuming today was your last day, what would you do to live now, while you still had time? Today's episode dips into the stoic mindset of living our life as if it were bonus time. "We are not given a short life but we make it short, and we are not ill-supplied but wasteful of it." Seneca Looking…
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Trauma & Recovery
A friend once told me that trauma is like a shape-shifter. I couldn't agree more. In this episode I share a few insights that I recently stumbled up on in my ongoing recovery from a near-death experience. Looking to further your mindfulness practice? Check out the Mental Events mindfulness…
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Saying No to Say Yes to What Matters
It goes without saying moving is both time consuming and exhausting. This weeks episode is a quick one. I talk about the importance of saying No, in order to say Yes to what matters. Looking to further your mindfulness practice? Check out the Mental Events mindfulness journal. It's dedicated to...
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Catastrophic Thinking | Stepping Back from Thought
Catastrophic thinking is more common than you might realize! In this episode I talk about what catastrophizing is, and seven ways to step back from distorted thinking. . Looking to further your mindfulness practice? Check out the Mental Events mindfulness journal. It's dedicated to examining the...
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Fatherly Love
Happy belated Father's Day to all the dad's out there. It's extra special for me with the recent birth of our son. This week I share a note to my son and reflect on the current state of the podcast. . Looking to further your mindfulness practice? Check out the Mental Events mindfulness journal....
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For Mike
It was another difficult week. Unfortunately there's further need to hit the pause button. A family member of mine passed from COVID-19. See you next week! . Looking to further your mindfulness practice? Check out the Mental Events mindfulness journal. It's dedicated to examining the workability…
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Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter. A note to self. . Looking to further your mindfulness practice? Check out the Mental Events mindfulness journal. 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...
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Time for Pause
Like you, this past week I saw images and videos of the senseless killing of George Floyd. This week, putting a podcast out there didn't feel right. So I'm taking a break from regularly scheduled programming to do the right thing, pause, reflect, and honor George. Stay safe, and take care. ....
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In Remembrance Of | Honoring Those We've Lost
Memorial Day is a special day! It's a day of remembrance for all the men and women who died while serving in the military. Today's episode is about the power of remembrance and how important people from our lives not only shape us, but can continue to guide us. In this episode I'll take you…
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The Problem with Toxic Positivity
Good Vibes Only - is a saying and a belief that, "life can only be lived well by having good feelings." Unfortunately, living by this strategy makes people feel worse off in the long run. What if the problem of painful emotions and difficult thoughts you experience isn't actually the problem?…
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Quarantine Questions | 25 Prompts for Self Reflection
May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Sometimes we don't know what questions we should be asking ourselves. We leave it to the mind to help us get by. And when has that ever gone awry? Jokes aside, slowing down to ask ourselves the larger questions is often avoided. Considering the "bigger...
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At Ease Mindfulness Framework
To honor Mental Health Awareness Month, I'll be sharing different insights and approaches to help you cultivate greater mental and emotional awareness. Because it's not what we think and feel that's necessarily troublesome, it's how we relate to what we think and feel. In this week's episode I…
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Little Did He Know | A Different Kind of Hope
Often we think of hope as having a specific outcome in mind. But when our hopes don't come to fruition, our dreams are dashed. We may feel helpless - and hopeless - and potentially give up on what matters. . In this episode I share a few thoughts on how to re-orient yourself to a more expansive,...
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Seeing From the Heart | A Love Letter
What gets in the way of seeing and speaking from your heart? What keeps you from saying what you need? Throughout our lifetimes, we're repeatedly confronted with solving the problem of how to overcome our loneliness. Going inward to solve the problem of feeling alone, we may find ourselves...
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What's Essential is Invisible to the Eye | A Life-Saving Mindfulness Practice
Most of our lives we pay attention to what's physically present in front of us. But there's something essential that's invisible to the eye that we forget about. In this episode I take you through a life-saving mindfulness practice that I used one year ago while in the hospital. By the end of…
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One Year To Live | Recovering From Trauma
One Year Later! Recovering from a traumatic, near-death experience feels like a long and winding road. In this episode I speak from my experience of what it feels like to grieve a near fatal accident one year ago, and the physical and emotional difficulties of a one month hospitalization. I share...
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The Value of Acceptance | Opening Up to Life
Often we don't see the value in acceptance. We think of acceptance as giving up, or giving in to the things we don't like. But that's not the case! . Think of acceptance as a skill that'll help you keep your feet moving through life's difficulties. You don't have to like what's upsetting you, but...
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Finding Hope in Uncertain Times | 7 Ideas to Manage Your Stress
Feeling uncertain? Not sure what to do about it? Remember that in times like these we have to live our way into a new way of thinking and being. We don't think our way into a new way of living. . Uncertainty is the only certainty guaranteed in our lives! "Making friends with uncertainty," is...
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Coping with Emotional Contagion | Staying Present During a Crisis
During times like these we need to slow down and check in with what matters. In this podcast I share five thoughts on how to cope with emotional contagion from a mindfulness perspective: 1. Welcome everything, reject nothing. 2. There is always more than one way to see a situation. 3. Everything...
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Your Mind is Not Your Friend | F.E.A.R.
Your Mind is Not Your Friend! It's not your enemy either. Think of it as a constant companion. It's something you live with. There are plenty of benefits of having a mind. It problem solves, makes plans, and uses logic and judgment to help you navigate your world. But the mind also judges us...
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Identify Your Values | The Hero Within
Values are extremely important. They help us make choices among many alternatives. When we feel lost, disconnected, or confused, values can reorient us back to what matters. By clarifying our core values, we have a clearer sense of who we truly want to be, and what we want to stand for. Values…
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It's Not the Reason that Chooses, it's You!
For many of us, managing our emotions (anxiety, depression, fear, doubt, shame, anger) is rarely viewed as a choice; we jump right into giving reasons to justify why we need to avoid them without realizing we have other options. . For many of us, the choice to change our lives for the better is...
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Automatic Pilot Mode | From Mindless to Mindful
What might happen if you believed each thought you had over the course of one day to be true? . Automatic Pilot Mode is the human experience of being lost in thought, and not realizing that you're in the process of thinking about thoughts. While on Automatic Pilot Mode, our lives become narrow…
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Contacting The Present Moment
How present were you with yourself and surroundings yesterday? When we purposely choose to make contact with the present moment, we offer ourselves a way to be fluid with the world and with ourselves, versus nailing ourselves down to the contents of our thoughts and feelings. Building a…
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Getting Started
Thoughts aren't facts, they're MENTAL EVENTS! Here one moment, and gone the next. . If you've ever found yourself caught up in unpleasant thoughts and feel powerless then you've come to the right place. This podcast is dedicated to helping you reshape your relationship to how you relate to your...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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 i
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