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MINDBEND with Matthew Dunehoo
by Operation Podcast
I am not a psychonaut, but I know one, and chances are you do too. Just what exactly are we talking about when talking about psychedelics and "plant medicine?" What's meant by "non-ordinary states of consciousness." What is "flow state?" What about breathwork, meditation, and energy medicine? Join me in seeking answers to some of the questions you yourself might have for individuals who experience altered states of consciousness through vast and varied substances and practices.I'm passionate about destigmatizing the conversation around matters of mental wellness, mood disorder, and addiction. Whether seeking to improve the quality of your own life, or merely curious about the rapidly emerging psychedelic landscape, MINDBEND presents candid conversations with colorful characters for your cranial consumption!
Episodes
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Ep. 58 - Sacredness is an Attitude: Ibogaine, Mortality & Integration with Kat Courtney
In this episode of MINDBEND, psychedelic integration specialist, shamanic practitioner and death doula/afterlife coach Kat Courtney explores the healing potential and profound responsibilities of working with medicines such as ibogaine and ayahuasca. Kat discusses ibogaine's emerging role in...
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Ep. 57 - The Guru, The Cult, & The Search for Self with Blair Glaser
In this episode of MINDBEND, psychotherapist turned leadership consultant and author Blair Glaser reflects on her formative years inside a Siddha Yoga ashram and the complicated intersection of spiritual awakening, belonging, power and personal identity. Drawing from her memoir, This Incredible...
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Ep. 56 - Ancestral Medicine & New Masculine Paradigms with Tristan V. Esquivez
In an era when every awakening can immediately become content, Tristan V. Esquivez offers a harder and more honest path: deepen the practice before building the identity around it. In our conversation, he reflects on scarcity, the desire to be seen, and the teachers who challenged him to stop...
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Ep. 55 - Nervous System Mastery, Ritual & Somatics with Anahita Anais
Anahita Anais joins the MINDBEND podcast to discuss her work in nervous system health and psychedelics, sharing an integrative, highly individualized approach to regulation and healing. She explains that while the nervous system has a common physiological structure, each person expresses it...
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Ep. 54 - Bio Emotional Healing & Brain Reprogramming with Ashleigh Di Lello
Ashleigh Di Lello joins the MINDBEND podcast to discuss the system she developed called Bio-Emotional Healing, a framework designed to help people recognize and change deeply conditioned emotional and neurological patterns. She teaches how to gain awareness of the hardwired thoughts and emotions...
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Ep. 53 - A Psychologist's Psychedelic Transformation with Dr. Jeff McNairy
I'm grateful to welcome in Dr. Jeff McNairy to this episode of the Mindbend Podcast! Our discussion explores his path into clinical mental health and the experiences that shaped his approach to treating trauma and complex psychological struggles. Early in his career he worked in clinical and...
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Ep. 52 - Empowering People on the Medicine Journey with Atara Oven
I met the microdosing coach Atara Oven at the Awakening of Consciousness conference in Los Angeles, and I'm proud to be hosting her podcast premiere! Our conversation begins with a discussion about the growing reality of people microdosing while also navigating prescription medications such as...
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Ep.51 - Rematriating Our Psychedelic World with Mikaela de la Myco
On EP.51 of the MindBend podcast, Mikaela de la Myco discusses how her early personal encounters with death and loss became the foundation for her spiritual worldview . She shares the significance of honoring ancestors through traditions like the ofrenda and storytelling, emphasizing that we keep...
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Ep.50 - Your Guide To The Trip Of A Lifetime with Benjamin Forest
For this our fiftieth episode milestone of the MINDBEND podcast, we're joined by Benjamin Forest, who has written a stunning psychedelic guidebook of sorts called Trip Of A Lifetime, Ben is a retired military officer turned psychedelic author, speaker, and coach. His transformation began with a...
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Ep.49 - Psychology & Psychedelic Exploration with Dr. Bianca Hur
In this episode of MINDBEND, Dr. Bianca Hur speaks with clarity and compassion about the relationship between identity, power, and emotional safety, through the eyes of a psychologist. Bianca shares her thoughts on the therapeutic process as a practice of co-regulation, naming the limits of...
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Ep.48 - Relationship Educator, Passport 2 Pleasure with Ally Iseman
In this episode of MINDBEND, relationship coach Ally Iseman joins to explore the layered concept of pleasure — not as a fleeting indulgence, but as a navigational tool for embodied presence, healing, and human connection. Ally reflects on how modern culture distorts the meaning of pleasure…
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Ep.47 - Honoring Place-Based Wisdom with Stephanie Michael Stewart, MD
Dr. Stephanie Michael Stewart is a psychiatrist working at the intersection of mental health and ecological consciousness. I am grateful that she sat down with us to share her evolving understanding of trauma, embodiment, and healing on the Mindbend Podcast. Drawing from her clinical background,...
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Ep.46 - Tantrika Cvnnabis Healer & Spiritual Guide with Zipporah
Mindbend EP. 46 TANTRIKA CVNNABIS HEALER & SPIRITUAL GUIDE with ZIPPORAH premiers this Wednesday, Feb 12th! In this cosmically pleasurable episode of MINDBEND, I sit down with Tantrika, Cvnnabis Healer, and Spiritual Guide Zipporah to explore the profound intersection of tantric healing,...
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Ep.45 - Meditation, SSRI Cessation and Liberation with Andrea Monier
MINDBEND EPISODE 45 - MEDITATION, SSRI CESSATION, LIBERATION with ANDREA MONIER I am honored to welcome my dear friend Andrea Monier to the Mindbend podcast. Together, we dive into the transformative journey of meditation as Andrea shares how her personal experiences with anxiety led her to…
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Ep.44 - Diego Ugalde - Warriorside - Connection Is Medicine
Diego Ugalde is a repeat guest on Mindbend. The founder of The Trident Approach, and author of the book LEADING FROM THE DEEP, the last time on the show Diego discussed more of his own journey and integration of medicine work, and how lessons learned from the SEAL Teams translate into leadership...
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Ep.43 - Shane Norte - The Church of the People for Creator and Mother Earth
Our guest on EP.43 of MINDBEND is Shane Norte, founder of Church of the People for Creator and Mother Earth. Shane is someone I've wanted to visit with for some time now. It's not every day that I meet a native person who has opened their home on tribal land to facilitate medicine ceremonies for...
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Ep.42 - Dr. Sarah Abedi - Healing Paradigms Beyond the Hospital
Dr. Sarah Abedi shares her incredible journey from emergency medicine to psychedelic advocacy in this episode of the MINDBEND podcast. Reflecting on her time in one of the country's busiest emergency rooms during the pandemic, Dr. Abedi unpacks the systemic failures that inspired her to rethink…
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Ep. 41 - Mendeleev - Psychedelic Songwriting & Mushroomy Rearing
On EP.41 of MINDBEND, singer/songwriter and psychedelic journeyman Mendeleyev takes us on a trip through his unique upbringing, marked by family-bonding experiences with psychedelics and he details the profound ways they, and his circle of family friends have influenced his artistry. Lev was…
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Ep. 40 - The Mystery Temple - Taboo To Transformation - with Yossef Sagi
Thank you so much to Yossef Sagi for coming through the studio to share his story. Yossef, among many other things, is the founder of The Mystery Temple, an organization that curates intentional events for exploration of the psyche through recognition and affirmation of desire, kink, and things...
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Ep. 39 - Psychedelic Magicians with The Cosmic Romantics
It may be cheap to refer to the amazingly talented duo known as The Cosmic Romantics as "Psychedelic Magicians," but I certainly found their routine to be "mindbending" when I first caught them at the Black Rabbit Rose, unexpectedly, in Los Angeles. And when I approached them about being on a...
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Ep. 38 - The Therapeutic Use of Salvia Divinorum with Salvia Healings
Christopher Solomon aka "Salvia Healings" on Instagram, is a somatic Salvia guide, teacher, and inventor of a pipe that aids in the mindful exploration of Salvia Divinorum. He has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Texas at Dallas, and received his training in somatic psychotherapy from...
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Ep. 37 - Sexuality, Pleasure & Identity in Health with Tia Lynn
We're very excited to welcome onto the show, the Sexy Biz Babe herself, Ms. Tian Lynn. She joins the ranks of fellow Mindbenders as someone who has made it her life to explore the non-ordinary states of consciousness encountered when our sexual energy and desires are awakened and engaged. A TED...
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Ep. 36 - Signals, Resources and Quantum Queries with Jason Estes
I'll lead this introduction to our episode with Jason Estes with this quote from an article published in New York Weekly: "At the heart of Jason's teachings is the concept of Self-Mastery—a journey that requires authenticity, integrity, and ownership of responsibility. MTVO's mission revolves...
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Ep. 35 - Afghanistan, Anxiety, Epigenetics, Empathy with Amina Zamani
Amina Zamani an executive coach and speaker, with 15 years of experience, guiding high potential executives and teams to achieve peak performance productivity, healthier communications, and emotional/spiritual well-being. Through her expertise in neuroscience and biohacking, she has developed an...
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Ep. 34 - Your Sensual Liberation Journey Awaits with Gina Joseph
Gina Joseph is a sensualist, intimacy guide and yoga teacher based in Miami, Florida. Her goal is to facilitate profound sensory experiences for individuals seeking to embrace their physical senses without the burden of shame, guilt, or societal stigmas associated with pleasure. This, from Gina's...
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Ep. 33 - Race, Psyche & Psychedelic Medicine with Stephanie Michael Stewart
Dr. Stephanie Michael Stewart is a holistic psychiatrist who brings a spiritual, environmental, and social justice perspective to her work. We met at a gathering in LA, and I knew I wanted to have her on the show to talk about her experience and insights into the challenges faced as we negotiated...
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Ep. 32 - Ecstasy As Medicine with Jonathan Robinson
Jonathan Robinson is a psychotherapist, multiple-time best-selling author, and professional speaker from Northern California. His practical methods have reached over 250 million people worldwide, and his work has been translated into over 46 languages. Articles about Jonathan have been in USA...
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Ep. 31 - Somatic Psychotherapy with a Ketamine Modality with Hilary Sparrow
Hilary Sparrow is a state of Colorado licensed professional counselor (Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies) and a national board-certified counselor (National Board of Certified Counselors). She is the founder, clinical director, and director of business development for Denver…
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Ep. 30 - Divinely Doula, Birth Ceremony to Plant Ceremony with Haize Hawke
Birth is a trip! A few years back I interviewed a psychotherapist working with ketamine assisted psychotherapy who had written on the psychedelic nature of childbirth, the parallels drawn between that ceremony, and plan medicine ceremonies that she had participated in. Some of the key figures on...
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Ep. 29 - Leading from the Deep: Navy Seals & Psychedelic Medicine with Diego Ugalde
Diego Ugalde is the founder of The Trident Approach, where retired Navy Seals lead instructional programs for corporations, athletes and performance-minded civilians on how to emulate the efficiency and results-driven approach embodied by the ethos of the Seal Teams. Diego has been influenced...
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Ep. 28 - Mind Coaching & Mesmeric Healing with Cheyenne Kai Harding
The idea of being hypnotized has always fascinated me. What's actually taking place when one is under hypnosis? Where does your mind...go? And can modalities like past life regression hypnotherapy really help a person, much less be scientific proof for the phenomenon of reincarnation and…
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Ep. 27 - Magick Psyches, Curious Seekers with Kerstin Hern
Kerstin Hern (she/her), is a Los Angeles-based registered Associate Marriage & Family Therapist (AMFT #139178) supervised by Gaea Woods (LMFT #117978). She earned my M.A. in Clinical Psychology with a specialization in Spiritual, Jungian & Depth Psychology from Antioch University, Los Angeles.…
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Ep. 26 - Mushee Medicinal with Cristianna Hougland
Cristianna Hougland is the founder of Mushee Medicinal, which is a functional mushroom elixir company, working to create the purest possible functional mushroom supplement product, for individuals to use in "elevating their wellness." What exactly are "functional mushrooms?" This is how she...
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Ep. 25 - Enter The Department of Consciousness
Jodi Green and Mike Goldfarb were two of the first people working within the greater "psychedelic community" that I met when I first moved to Los Angeles, a year and change ago at the time of this writing. I'm fortunate to say that I was at the inaugural gathering of the Department of…
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Ep. 24 - Amanita Muscaria Maven with Laughing Dragon
Laughing Dragon is a man who has dedicated his life to exploring consciousness and teaching the world about the power of Amanitas Muscaria. He and I connected at the Psychedelic Awakening conference in July, 2023 here in Los Angeles. Spending nine years in South America he learned from many…
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Ep. 23 - Being In Integrity With Yourself with MR. $NOW
Narrative-Shifting Artist, Leader, and CEO, Mr $now doesn't "rap" - he speaks to the soul from self-love, painting pictures with words, reconnecting the collective to our Higher Selves — introducing new ways to observe our experience and new ways to express the consciouness, viewing external...
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Ep. 22 - Sex, Psychics and Psychedelics with Jane Garnett
Banana Jane Garnett, MFT, is an Oxford Educated psychotherapist with a background in film. She and I met while checking into our hotel at the 2023 MAPS Psychedelic Science conference in Denver, and it was mirth at first sight! Producing in Hollywood Jane discovered a passion for psychology and...
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Ep. 21 - Grief, A One-Man Shitshow & Extraordinary Loss with Colin Campbell
Because I used to live in NYC I still get emails about theater performances from time to time. Fortunately, one of those recent mailers was promoting a one-man play called GRIEF: A ONE MAN SHITSHOW about a man, Colin Campbell, and his wife, whose two children, Ruby and Hart, were murdered when an...
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Ep. 20 - Yellowjackets, Sound Baths and Ponies, Oh My! with Craig Wedren
I first became aware of Craig Wedren in high school and discovering new bands that resonated with you was absolute magic. You had to work for it. You were lucky if you got tipped off by a knowledgeable friend, or read a review in the odd zine to serve as an access point into the psyche of a new...
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Ep. 19 - Yelawolf, Slumerican and Psychedelics with Edward Crowe
Everybody learns from everybody else. Sometimes, our friends can be our greatest teachers. And sometimes, mushrooms can be our greatest friends and teachers. For Edward Crowe, the relationships he values in his life are connected to and empowered by his experiences with psychedelic substances as...
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Ep. 18 - Ibogaine & Addiction Recovery PT.2 with Juan Aguilera
Juan and I needed to reconvene in order to bring this two-part episode to a sensible conclusion, and it just coincidentally fell on the week of his one-year anniversary clean from opioid addiction! Oftentimes for those suffering from substance use disorder, they might be able to break the…
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Ep. 17 - Ibogaine & Addiction Recovery PT.1 with Juan Aguilera
I met Juan at the book release event for Amanda Siebert's PSYCHED, here in Los Angeles. It's always good to try and take a chance by extending an introduction to a stranger, striking up a bit of chit-chat. Sometimes it's over quickly, sometimes something more is in store. I invited Juan onto the...
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Ep.16 - Stand Up 4 Your Power with Christian Cintron
Christian Cintron is a comedian with on a mission to teach people that the expression of pain, personality, and power through comedy can be an incredibly healing, if not altogether psychedelic experience. From his website: "Comedy comes from tension, pain, and discomfort. But on the other side of...
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Ep.15 - Zenchronicity with Megan and Nicole Michelena
Megan and Nicole Michelena are the creators of Zenchronicty, a comprehensive program for wellness that includes guidance in consideration of utilizing psychedelic healing modalities. Their mission statement is as follows... "Our mission at Zenchronicity is to take the fearful and hopeless on a...
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Ep. 14 - Plant Medicine in Yoga Practices with Hannah Mason
Hannah Mason is a yoga instructor and entrepreneur who, through her work, is intent on creating a bridge between the earthly, and the ethereal. I connected with Hannah at Light On Lotus yoga studio, here in Los Angeles. Hannah has made it a point to explore the integration of plant medicines,...
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Ep. 13 - The Psychedelic Nature of Language with Idahosa Ness
Idahosa Ness is the founder of The Mimic Method. The Mimic Method is the name of the unique approach he used to learn six foreign languages (and counting). The conventional approach starts with reading and writing and ends with hearing and pronunciation, but The Mimic Method goes in the opposite...
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Ep. 12 - Lifting The Veil with Kat Walsh
Kat Walsh is the Creator and Host of TRIP ON THIS, a psychedelic podcast with one common through line — trippy stories and expansive thinking. Prior to launching TRIP ON THIS in December 2020, Walsh worked behind the scenes in the entertainment industry working with talent at Creative Artist…
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Ep. 11 - Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles with Dr. Steven Mandel and CEO Sam Mandel
Dr. Steven Mandel and his son, CEO Sam Mandel, founded Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles in 2014, which in psychedelic awareness and acceptance years seems eons ago. That's where we began our discussion, with Dr. Mandel relating just how foreign and at times scary navigating this novel territory was.…
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Ep. 10 - The Music Hit Me and Everything Made Sense with Paul Nolan
Paul Nolan is an Artist, Audio Engineer, Producer and Sound Designer, as well as a qualified Sound Therapist and Yoga Teacher, who works at the intersection of Electronic Music, Artist Development and Immersive Audio Technology. Early on Paul was known to be an inspiration to friends on the…
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Ep. 9 - Biohacking in Brief with Nat Niddam
"Biohacking" is a term that brings any number of pictures to mind. For me, it was often images of the exclusively privileged, with time and resources to spare, hellbent on prolonging an already fabulous and exceptional lifestyle with tighter skin, longer lifespans, and unwavering virility. Then...
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I am not a psychonaut, but I know one, and chances are you do too. Just what exactly are we talking about when talking about psychedelics and "plant medicine?" What's meant by "non-ordinary states of consciousness." What is "flow state?" What about breathwork, meditation, and energy medicine? Join me in seeking answers to some of the questions you yourself might have for individuals who experience altered states of consciousness through vast and varied substances and practices.I'm passionate about destigmatizing the conversation around matters of mental wellness, mood disorder, and addiction. Whether seeking to improve the quality of your own life, or merely curious about the rapidly emerging psychedelic landscape, MINDBEND presents candid conversations with colorful characters for your cranial consumption!
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Operation Podcast
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