<p>This is a podcast talking about my recent life changing experience with Amazonian medicine Ayahuasca. The conversation is guided by one of my best friends Orla O’ Flaherty. Enjoy.</p>
<p>I also discuss my experience with Kambo and the terrifying 5-MeO-DMT trip in this episode.</p>
<p>Warning: this podcast is for informational purposes only and is not advice or a recommendation (medical or otherwise)</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Episode Outline</h2>
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<li><a href="#t=09:00">09:00</a> What was the “why” to do the retreat?</li>
<li><a href="#t=15:55">15:55</a> Did you find the process began to happen before you got there?</li>
<li><a href="#t=18:00">18:00</a> When you get there, what was the process?</li>
<li><a href="#t=24:18">24:18</a> Was I resisting letting it in?</li>
<li><a href="#t=29:30">29:30</a> Ayahuasca will only give you what you can handle</li>
<li><a href="#t=34:20">34:20</a> This is what happened, but here is what should have happened</li>
<li><a href="#t=39:44">39:44</a> The knowns, unknowns, or a combination of both?</li>
<li><a href="#t=42:40">42:40</a> It’s not a silver bullet, it’s a tool</li>
<li><a href="#t=51:00">51:00</a> The last trip on 5-MeO-DMT</li>
<li><a href="#t=57:40">57:40</a> The skepticism is real and it’s not a bad way to approach things</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Key Points</h2>
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<li>The best piece of advice I received prior to the retreat was “have your questions ready”.<br />If you decide this is something you want to explore, write down the questions you are looking for answers with. You should be asking “why am I here?”, “what do I want to get out of this?”, “What am I looking for?” and this will help with your experience</li>
<li>It was like ten years of therapy with a therapist that knew me better than myself. There isn’t much else to add.</li>
<li>This isn’t for everybody, if you go there and you haven’t done the work beforehand, you could have a very bad time.<br />If I had gone at 25, 26 or 27 &#8211; I would have had a horrible experience as I was willfully ignoring a lot of the things in my life. I think it’s important to take caution before exploring any plant medicine as the downsides are potentially endless.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Powerful Quotes by Brian</h2>
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<li>Your mind has the power to make your body sick if it doesn’t want to face something.</li>
<li>It allowed me to access every memory, every experience, everything that happened to me in my life up until that point, like I was watching something on Netflix.</li>
<li>It would take my painful memories and it gave me a new version of those stories.</li>
<li>I stopped feeling like a man experiencing the world and I started to feel like the world experiencing a man</li>
<li>The 5-MeO-DMT is like dying and being born at the same time, it was absolutely terrifying!</li>
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My Personal Experience on a Spiritual Ayahuasca Retreat (How The Medicine Works, Healing Trauma and Finally Facing My Own Demons)

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