Sep 9, 2019
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)