Medicine With The Medals
by Medicine with The Medals
Join us as we dive into the fascinating realm of plant medicines, covering a wide range of topics from herbs and botanicals to psychedelic substances. Our expert hosts and guest speakers will take you on a captivating journey, sharing insights, research, and personal stories that shed light on the potential of these powerful remedies.We believe in the holistic approach to healing and the wisdom of traditional practices. Our episodes provide valuable knowledge on psychedelic plant medicines like ayahuasca and psilocybin mushrooms, which offer potential breakthroughs in mental health treatment.
Episodes
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Are Psychedelics Legal Where You Live? A Lawyer Explains
In this episode, Mark and Michele sit down with Sean T. McAllister, a psychedelic attorney and their own lawyer in Colorado, to answer the question so many people are asking: are psychedelics legal where I live? Sean has spent 30 years in drug policy reform, from defending people facing prison…
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We Met at an Ayahuasca Retreat. Here’s What Happened Next
In this episode, Mark and Michele turn the mics on each other to share the story behind Medicine with The Medals: how each of them found plant medicine, how they met at an ayahuasca retreat, and everything that happened next. Mark was stuck in depression, anxiety and a constant feeling of never...
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Army Veteran: Psychedelics Saved My Life When Nothing Else Worked with Amy Charlesworth
In this episode, Mark and Michele sit down with Amy Charlesworth, a 16-year Army veteran and licensed Oregon psilocybin facilitator, for a powerful conversation about healing, access and the future of psychedelic medicine. After years of trying talk therapy, the VA and medications with no relief,...
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Psychedelic Integration: What Ayahuasca Can't Do for You
In this episode, Mark and Michele kick off the new season with Heather Schwarz, founder of Elevating Perspectives, for a heartfelt conversation about what really happens after a psychedelic journey. After nearly 20 years building a successful career in banking, finance and real estate in Miami,...
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My Psychedelic Story: Alan Romano
What happens when trauma, medical wounding, and decades of psychedelic exploration converge into a life of healing and service? In this deeply reflective episode of My Psychedelic Story, licensed clinical social worker Alan Romano shares his remarkable personal and professional journey from...
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My Psychedelic Story: Stephanie
What happens when consciousness expands so far that your identity has to rebuild itself from the ground up? In this deeply personal episode of My Psychedelic Story, Stephanie shares how a powerful Golden Teacher mushroom experience reshaped her understanding of autism, ADHD, mental health…
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My Psychedelic Story: Micah Stover
What does it really mean to say yes to psychedelic healing? In this powerful episode of My Psychedelic Story, therapist Micah Stover explores trauma-informed psychedelic therapy, somatic healing, and the ethical responsibility behind working with psilocybin, ketamine, MDMA, and cannabis. She…
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My Psychedelic Story: Lauren Pounds
What happens when food as medicine becomes a doorway to ayahuasca ministry? In this episode of My Psychedelic Story (12:37), Lauren Pounds shares her evolution from off-grid organic farming and gut health research to founding Seraphaya Spiritual Center, a trauma-informed ayahuasca church. Her...
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My Psychedelic Story: Pat Miller
What does it mean to walk between worlds as both healer and student? In this powerful episode of My Psychedelic Story, Pat Miller, a massage therapist and sound healer, shares her decades-long journey through shamanic apprenticeship, energetic medicine, and the sacred art of guiding others…
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My Psychedelic Story: Dr. Maria Clara Restrepo
What happens when the medicine that saves your life also rewrites your understanding of it? In this episode of My Psychedelic Story, Dr. Maria Clara Restrepo, a medical doctor and psychiatry nurse practitioner, shares her extraordinary journey through near-death, cancer, and the healing power of...
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My Psychedelic Story: Anthony Palacin
What if the secret to healing isn’t just physical, but deeply spiritual? In this deeply reflective episode of Medicine With The Medals, Anthony Palacin shares his extraordinary journey of recovery, spiritual awakening, and rediscovery of purpose after years of battling chronic pain and inner...
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My Psychedelic Story: Teri Olson
What happens when chronic illness becomes a teacher instead of a life sentence? In this powerful episode of Medicine With The Medals, herbalist and functional medicine advocate Teri Olson shares her story of transformation, from battling multiple autoimmune conditions and cancer to reclaiming...
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My Psychedelic Story: Alix Kirshner
What if your deepest pain was the key to your greatest healing? In this transformative episode of Medicine With The Medals, grief coach and psychedelic guide Alix Kirshner shares how loss, addiction, and illness became the catalysts for her awakening, and how she now helps others move through…
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My Psychedelic Story: Emily Johnson
What happens when modern medicine runs out of answers? In this transformative episode of Medicine With The Medals, Emily “Lovey” Johnson shares how her journey through chronic illness, surgeries, and pharmaceuticals led her to rediscover healing through Kambo and plant medicine. From pain and...
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My Psychedelic Story: Jacqueline Robertson
What happens when grief becomes the doorway to growth? In this episode of Medicine With The Medals, licensed marriage and family therapist Jacqueline Robertson explores how unprocessed trauma, inherited conditioning, and intergenerational pain shape who we become, and how true healing starts in…
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Ashley Carmen on the New Paradigm of Psychedelic Healing
What happens when Western psychology meets ancient wisdom in the psychedelic renaissance? In this transformative episode of Medicine With The Medals, licensed psychotherapist and founder of the Psychedelic Guide Network, Ashley Carmen, explores how consciousness work, trauma integration, and...
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The Spiritual Science of Self-Healing with Heather Lee
What happens when the body becomes the messenger for a spiritual awakening? In this episode of Medicine With The Medals, Heather Lee shares her extraordinary journey from physical collapse to emotional and energetic rebirth. Through her story of deep healing, surrender, and reconnection with her...
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From Alcoholism to Awakening: David Wade Pope on the Neuroscience of Faith
What happens when neuroscience, faith, and psychedelics meet recovery? In this transformative episode of Medicine With The Medals, David Wade Pope, founder of BGD Ministries, shares his remarkable journey from battling depression and alcoholism to pioneering a bridge between medical science,...
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My Psychedelic Story: Aimee Pena
What if the medicine you fear the most is the one that finally brings you home to yourself? In this intimate story, visionary artist and medicine woman Aimee Peña shares how her decade-long path with ancestral medicines, rooted in Iboga, Ayahuasca, Bufo, Huachuma, and Kambo, turned addiction,...
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My Psychedelic Story: Joey
What does it mean to lead with radical faith in the face of devastation? In this moving episode, Joey shares the unfiltered truth of parenting through the unimaginable: their child Jameson’s diagnosis with a rare and aggressive brain cancer. More than a story of medical trauma, this is a...
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How Psychedelics Can Move Beyond 12-Step Programs For Addiction
What if the 12 steps helped save your life, but eventually, you outgrew them? In this moving episode, Gillian Lepisto shares her bold journey beyond traditional recovery frameworks and into the world of sacred medicine, intuitive healing, and spiritual integration. Listeners will explore the…
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Suzannah Weiss on Sex, Psilocybin, and Somatic Healing
What happens when a certified sex educator and feminist wellness coach unpacks the body’s wisdom after trauma? In this episode of Medicine With The Medals, Suzannah Weiss dives into somatic intimacy, nervous system regulation, and the myths that keep people disconnected from their own pleasure…
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My Psychedelic Story: Liz Chernett
What if every rebirth begins with a creative act? In this episode of My Psychedelic Story, we meet psychedelic mentor and alchemy coach Liz Chernett, who explores how psychedelics, motherhood, and mythic storytelling shape the modern path to integration. Through her deeply personal journey, from...
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From Trauma Surgeon To Soul Seeker: The Incredible Journey of Dr. Charlie Powell
What happens when a decorated trauma surgeon, military veteran, and healthcare CEO walks away from it all? Dr. Charles “Charlie” Powell shares his astonishing path from success to surrender, and how plant medicine and purpose-driven healing gave him a second life. In this raw and revelatory...
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How To Live More In Tune With Nature with guest Chase Healey
What if your healing wasn’t something to hustle toward, but something to slow down and receive? In this grounded and honest conversation, Chase Healey, host of The Chasing Healing Podcast, shares her path from startup burnout to embodied healing, one microdose and nervous system shift at a time....
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What Brain Scans Reveal About Trauma & High Achievement
What if burnout wasn’t a breakdown, but a breadcrumb? In this soul-expanding episode of Medicine With The Medals, Dr. Hector Rodriguez invites us into the quiet brilliance of curiosity-driven healing and functional psychiatry. Drawing from his cross-disciplinary background in neuroscience, trauma...
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Why Decriminalization Matters More Than Legalization
What happens when a classroom teacher becomes one of the most influential voices in psychedelic entrepreneurship? In this episode of Medicine With The Medals, we sit down with Luna Stower, educator, legacy operator, and cannabis industry leader, for an unfiltered conversation on safe access…
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A Firefighter's Story: How First Responders Are Turning to Psychedelics for Mental Health
What happens when a veteran firefighter confronts the emotional cost of a career spent saving others and discovers healing in plant medicine? In this powerful episode, we sit down with Paul Walton, a Bernalillo County firefighter and co-founder of Firefighters for Plant Medicine, to explore his...
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How Men Heal: Inside the Men of Integrity Retreat with Michael Tierno
What happens when a rational man surrenders to the unknown and discovers a deeper version of masculinity? In this potent episode of Medicine With The Medals, Expanded States Guide Michael Tierno shares how plant medicine and sacred container work transformed his relationship with emotional...
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The New Era For Women In Cannabis, with Aspen Noonan, CEO of Elevate Holistics
Is cannabis really just about getting high, or is it a misunderstood gateway to holistic healing? In this insightful conversation, Elevate Holistics CEO Aspen Noonan shares how cannabis helped her reclaim her health, build a purpose-driven company, and serve over 150,000 patients across the U.S....
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The Real Story Behind Legal Ceremony: Wamkish, Sweat Lodges & Ancestral Medicine With Guest Shane Norte
What does it mean to reclaim your identity through ceremony, not therapy? In this powerful episode of Medicine with the Medals, Indigenous spiritual leader Shane Norte invites us into his world of earth-based sacraments, decolonized healing, and ancestral reconnection. As founder of the Church of...
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Inside Colorado’s Psilocybin Law: A New Model for Mental Wellness
Could psilocybin become a cornerstone of mental health care? In this episode of Medicine with the Medals, we explore how Colorado is building a state-regulated framework for psychedelic therapy, centered on accessibility, safety, and long-term healing. What You’ll Learn: Why the “medicine-only”...
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How Psilocybin and Tepezcohite Rewire the Mind and Body
What if the key to unlocking deep emotional healing lies not in escaping your body, but in truly coming home to it? In this episode of Medicine with the Medals, hosts Mark and Michelle sit down with somatic psychedelic integration coach Amber Helgeson to explore the transformative synergy between...
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The Real Work After the Journey: Why Psychedelic Integration Matters
While Mark & Michele take time to deepen their own work in the Brazilian rainforest, we're bringing you some of our most beloved conversations from the vault. This week, we revisit an unforgettable episode with Durga Magnetta, a plant medicine integration coach and intuitive healer, who offers…
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The Future of Psychedelic Healing: A Journey With Dennis McKenna
While Mark and Michele are deep in sabbatical retreat in the Brazilian rainforest, we're revisiting some of our most-loved conversations from the archives. And this one is legendary! In this featured favorite episode of Medicine With the Medals, renowned ethnopharmacologist Dennis McKenna shares...
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Healing Cancer Through Psychedelics: Dan Callahan’s 21-Year Journey
What if cancer wasn’t a punishment, but an invitation to transformation? In this deeply personal and paradigm-shifting episode, cancer survivor and Healing Cancer Journeys founder Dan Callahan opens up about his 21-year battle with multiple cancers and how psychedelic medicines helped him…
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Jules Rivers on Identity, Addiction, Ayahuasca, and Healing Entities
What if the root of your trauma isn’t just emotional but parasitic? In this extraordinary episode, plant medicine facilitator Jules Rivers (aka Julio Rivera) reveals how he blends high-dose psilocybin therapy with spiritual parasite extraction to catalyze breakthroughs in trauma release…
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From Silicon Valley to Shamanism: Maestro Hamilton Souther on Awakening, Gaia Labs, and the Psychedelic Renaissance
Quick Summary: What happens when a Silicon Valley-raised anthropologist gives his life back to spirit and becomes the first Western-trained Amazonian shaman? In this transformative episode of Medicine With the Medals, Maestro Hamilton Souther shares his path from modern disillusionment to sacred...
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Alkaloids, Strains & Truth-Telling Fungi: A Masterclass in Mushroom Healing
What if your next breakthrough in mental health came not from a lab, but from the forest floor? In this powerful episode of Medicine With the Medals, hosts Michele and Mark Medal sit down with mushroom cultivation expert Adrian to explore the healing intelligence of psychedelic and functional...
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My Psychedelic Story: Vinaya
What happens when a seeker turns decades of psychedelic experimentation into a disciplined spiritual path? In this episode, Vinaya shares his 50-year journey from spontaneous LSD use in 1970s Germany to intentional ceremonies with ayahuasca, mushrooms, and 5-MeO-DMT in Peru. But the real…
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Rethinking Mental Health Through Survivor-Led Integrated Psychiatry, With Guest Keith Kurlander
What happens when trauma meets transformation? In this episode of Medicine With The Medals, Keith Kurlander—co-founder of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute—shares the powerful story of how a psychedelic experience at age 19 altered the course of his life. This isn’t a conversation about trends...
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My Psychedelic Story: Paula Bianco
Quick Summary What happens when decades of trauma meet the healing power of plant medicine? In this moving episode, Paula Bianco—a mother, grandmother, and survivor of unthinkable loss—shares her raw and transformative journey through depression, grief, chronic pain, and addiction into deep...
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Using Psychedelics to Die with Dignity, with Guest Christine Caldwell
What if psychedelics could help people face death without fear—and even with peace, connection, and spiritual insight? In this transformative episode of Medicine with the Metals, host Michelle welcomes back Christine Caldwell, founder of End of Life Psychedelic Care (EOLPC), for a wide-ranging...
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Escaping The Matrix: The Truth About Kambo & Bufo With Karina and Niko of Plugin Mind
Is Bufo the key to "Escaping The Matrix?" In this powerful episode, Karina and Niko, co-founders of Plug In Mind, share their personal transformation from conventional life in Canada to becoming facilitators of deep psychedelic healing work in Costa Rica. Through plant medicine, trauma…
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How The Hope Project Uses Psychedelics To Empower Veteran Spouses
What happens when healing the warrior isn’t enough, and we need to heal the entire family? In this powerful episode, Allison Wilson, founder of The HOPE Project and spouse of a Navy SEAL, shares her transformative journey into psychedelics and how it sparked a mission to support the...
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How Microdosing Is Changing Motherhood: An Interview With Moms On Mushrooms Founder Tracy Tee
In this powerful and heartfelt episode of Medicine With The Medals, host Michele Medal sits down with Tracey Tee, founder of the internationally recognized community Moms on Mushrooms (M.O.M.). Tracey shares her deeply personal journey from conservative roots and career loss to spiritual…
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Functional Mushrooms: An Entirely New Way of Looking At Mushrooms, with guest Matt Mazzuckelli
Join us for a powerful conversation with mushroom expert and herbalist Matt Mazzuckelli as we explore the incredible world of functional mushrooms. In this episode of Medicine with the Medals, Matt shares his personal journey from traumatic injury recovery to becoming a passionate advocate for...
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"You Are A Mushroom Having A Human Experience," a Conversation With Darren Le Baron
Maybe we're looking at psychedelics in the exact opposite way we should be? Medicine With The Medals welcomes teacher, cultivator, and global mycological educator Darren Le Baron. With decades of experience in both functional and psychedelic mushrooms, Darren unpacks the science, spirit, and...
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My Psychedelic Story: Alex Abraham
In this deeply personal episode of My Psychedelic Story, Alex Abraham shares his powerful journey through trauma, discovery, and healing. At just 31, Alex has already navigated the unthinkable: unresolved childhood trauma, chronic physical pain, and a long search for meaning. But what began as a...
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From ER to Ayahuasca: Dr. Seth Mehr’s Path to Psychedelic Medicine
In this illuminating episode of Medicine With The Medals, host Mark Medal welcomes Dr. Seth Mehr, a former ER physician who now practices full-time psychedelic medicine as founder of Cascade Psychedelic Medicine in Portland, Oregon. From the chaos of the ER to the transformational space of...
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Join us as we dive into the fascinating realm of plant medicines, covering a wide range of topics from herbs and botanicals to psychedelic substances. Our expert hosts and guest speakers will take you on a captivating journey, sharing insights, research, and personal stories that shed light on the potential of these powerful remedies.We believe in the holistic approach to healing and the wisdom of traditional practices. Our episodes provide valuable knowledge on psychedelic plant medicines like ayahuasca and psilocybin mushrooms, which offer potential breakthroughs in mental health treatment.
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