Empaths are trending right now; let’s dig beneath the surface into what it really means to be empathic and/or to have a highly sensitive nervous system, and then talk about the plant and fungal allies that can help us to relax, recalibrate, and ground.
IN THE INTRO:
The difference between empathic and highly sensitive people
High sensitivity is an evolutionary adaptation
Ritual is remembering
IN THE INTERVIEW:
Part I, Lola interviews me:
How I came to walk the plant path
My experience as a vegan postpartum woman
What fat does for our bodies- resilience and deep nourishment- and why it’s extra important for Highly Sensitive People
Remembering the intelligence that is woven throughout every cell in our body (not just the brain)
Overcoming the empathic tendency to shut everything out
Healing the legacy of highly sensitive/empathic ancestors making harmful decisions in an endeavor to self medicate
How psychedelics can help heal and empower HSPs
Reishi as an ally
The importance of touching something before ingesting it
Practicing the felt sense of our food
Making a game of tuning into and experimenting with changing the aperture of your sensory gating channels
Knowing your strength as an empathic person
Part II, I interview Lola:
How Lola came into relationship with psilocybin mushrooms
Time is the most persistent illusion
Knowing that all is well, not as a bypass, but as the deeper reality of nature
The stark difference between altering your consciousness recreationally and doing so ceremonially
Tracing the motherline to find the medicine that belongs to you
Being deep in an ancient cave with the bones of your ancestors
Psychedelics, neurogenesis, and healing trauma
LINKS:
Lola’s website
Empath to Power podcast
Foundations of Ritual online course with Daniel Foor
The Highly Sensitive Person by Dr. Elaine Aron
How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
The Long Trip: A Prehistory of Psychedelia by Paul Devereaux
Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses!)
My website MythicMedicine.love
Take my fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? Quiz
Medicine Stories Facebook group
Mythic Medicine on Instagram
Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)
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