This episode is part of a show swap with the podcast Back From The Abyss. BFTA is a series about psychiatric healing hosted by Dr. Craig Heacock. There are a lot of parallels with Inside Eyes and this episode is an incredible interview with tra

Anniversary Episode: Practicing Ritual with Shanna Butler

Jul 29th, 2020 1h 9m

For the one year anniversary of Inside Eyes Laura interviews Dr. Shanna Butler, a psychologist, professor, and ketamine therapist about the creation of ritual and ways to practice ritual within one's own cultural lineage. You can find more info

Dynamics of Sexual Harm in Psychedelic & Entheogenic Spaces

Nov 11th, 2019 44m 23s

Community that forms around the healing use of entheogens and psychedelics is not without it's own instances of sexual harm. In the final episode of the season, Laura Mae Northrup, MFT talks about psychological dynamics that underlie sexual ha

Harm Reduction for Entheogens & Psychedelics with Kufikiri Imara

Nov 4th, 2019 46m 36s

For the second to last episode of the season, Laura interviews Kufikiri Imara of Decriminalize Nature Oakland. The episode explores harm reduction from practical and philosophical perspectives and takes an expanded view that includes not only

James – MDMA & Questions of Sexual Abuse

Oct 28th, 2019 34m 33s

James has heard about the amazing breakthroughs that trauma survivors are having with MDMA. Determined to explore an ongoing question of if she was sexually abused as a child, she embarks on two guided journeys. This show is all about going

Lena – MDMA, Child Sexual Abuse, & Lasting Altered State

Oct 21st, 2019 35m 26s

Lena is a survivor of long-term child sexual abuse and decided to try healing with guided MDMA journeys. She had an unexpected outcome from her journey work that resulted in a lasting altered state of consciousness. In this episode we talk ab

Jonathon – Mushrooms, LSD, Child Sexual Abuse, DIY Healing, & Suicidality

Oct 14th, 2019 34m 24s

Jonathon shares about his experience of child sexual abuse & healing with LSD and mushrooms. He takes a DIY approach to his medicine work, while also seeing a therapist and doing EMDR. If you would like to support the show, please share this

Kate – Ayahuasca, Mushrooms, Child Sexual Abuse, & Repressed Memories

Oct 7th, 2019 1h 2m

For most of Kate's life she didn't remembered the sexual abuse she experienced as a child. She shares about using Ayahuasca & psilocybin-containing mushrooms in her long process of remembering the sexual abuse and healing from complex trauma.

Tonya – Mushrooms, Child Sexual Abuse, Complex Trauma, & DIY Healing

Sep 30th, 2019 30m 57s

In episode 10 of the season Laura interviews Tonya about DIY healing with psilocybin-containing mushrooms. Tonya has a complex trauma history and shares about how she set up her solo journey and her process in working on self-esteem issues and

Ajesh – Ayahuasca, Repressed Memories, Child Sexual Abuse, & Forgiveness

Sep 23rd, 2019 29m 52s

In episode 9 of the season Laura interviews Ajesh about his experiences using Ayahuasca to heal from child sexual abuse. Ajesh spent most of his life not remembering the sexual trauma from his childhood. He talks about confronting shame, the c

Rosa – MDMA, Child Sexual Abuse, Dissociation, Migraines, & Body Image

Sep 16th, 2019 43m 38s

In episode 8 of the season Laura interviews Rosa about using MDMA to heal from child sexual abuse. Rosa says she now thinks of her life as "before MDMA & after MDMA." Her MDMA experiences provided unexpected healing around migraines and body

Melissa – MDMA, LSD, Sexuality, DIY Healing, & Grief

Sep 9th, 2019 38m 19s

In episode 7 of the season Laura interviews Melissa about her DIY healing with MDMA & LSD. Unlike other episodes in this season, Melissa doesn't identify as having a specific sexual trauma, but rather describes a more elusive general wound aro

Jennifer Patterson - Breathwork Facilitator & Herbalist speaking on Iboga, LSD, College Rape, Queerness, Child Abuse, & Trichotiliomania

Sep 2nd, 2019 1h 4m

In episode 6, Laura interviews Jennifer Patterson, a breathwork facilitator and trauma-informed herbalist. She is a grief worker who uses plants, breath, & words to explore survivorhood, body(ies), and healing. In this interview, Jennifer talks

Jaime – MDMA, Psilocybin, Child Sexual Abuse, Suicidality, & Transgender Identity

Aug 26th, 2019 35m 28s

In episode 5 of the season Laura interviews Jaime, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Jaime shares about how using MDMA & Mushrooms helped to heal around many symptoms, including suicidality. Jaime also talks about how MDMA supported them

Gloria – Ketamine, Psilocybin, Date Rape, Suicidality, & Queer Life

Aug 19th, 2019 48m 57s

In episode 4 of the season Laura interviews Gloria, an astrology-loving, queer black femme. Gloria talks about a sexual assault she experienced in her 20s and the healing she found using Ketamine and Mushrooms. She shares about her experience b

Shan – Ayahuasca, Child Sexual Abuse, & Rheumatoid Arthritis

Aug 12th, 2019 42m 52s

In episode 3 of the season Laura interviews Shan, a tattoo artist and survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Shan talks about her experience healing with Ayahuasca and the unexpected effect that the medicine had on her Rheumatoid Arthritis. You

Ismail Ali & Jag Davies on Entheogens & Psychedelics – Legalization, Decriminalization, & Medicalization

Aug 5th, 2019 1h 12m

People all over the United States are talking about access to entheogens and psychedelics, such as Ayahuasca, LSD, Psilocybin, & MDMA, as forms of medicinal healing. How people gain access to these (mostly) illegal medicines is the big questio

Intro & Spring Washam – Spirituality, Sexual Trauma, Ayahuasca, & Accessibility

Jul 19th, 2019 34m 57s

Welcome to the first episode of Inside Eyes. In this episode Laura lays out the purpose behind this season with thoughts on the political and spiritual significance of sexual trauma, followed by an interview with Spring Washam, renowned medita

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