Our guest is Karen Oneel, who credits her full recovery from a decades-long struggle with severe bulimia to Iboga. She now works at the Serenity Beach Center in Mexico, assisting other people with using this plant medicine to overcome addiction and eating disorders. She is passionate about removing the stigma around bulimia as well so that people can feel more comfortable discussing their struggles and ultimately discover this cure.In this fascinating episode:* Karen talks about her iboga journey and the fascinating visions and insights she received that cured her of bulimia during life-changing plant medicine work* We delve into, who is this grandfather iboga plant spirit and what are its teachings?* We explore some interesting theories on eating disorders and addiction: Tara suggests that perhaps drug addictions result from distorted attempts to receive healing from plant medicine in adulterated form and that overeating might really be a way of putting more Earth energy into our bodies so we can nurture ourselves, while the purging of bulimia is similar to the emetic action of some healing plants — could these be attempts at healing?* Karen talks about what she has witnessed at the clinic she works at in Mexico and shares that iboga’s success rate in treating drug addiction is 60% (compared to 5% in 12 step groups)!* Karen explains integration and aftercare and talks about what is required to maintain a transformation after iboga ceremonyVisit your host Tara at http://PeaceLoveTara.com and Karen at https://serenitybeachibogaine.com