Major depressive disorder. Treatment-resistant depression. Bipolar disorder. Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder. Attention deficit disorder. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Panic disorder. Premenstrual dysphoric disorder. These are all diagnoses I received at some point in my life and they are all things that I’ve had no symptoms of for the last six…

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the process of healing and transformation, and how it seems like there are different ideas about what is possible or what it looks like. Some people seem to think healing is a neverending process. Like you always get closer and closer but never…

Fear can crush or strengthen you. Here’s how to use it to your advantage. — As a person who grew up in a religion that preached the end of the world, I’ve spent most of my life grappling with fears similar to those we’re experiencing right now. When I began using psychedelics therapeutically, I found significant relief for the first time in my life. After…

I thought she was way off. It turned out I just didn’t know the full story. — I wasn’t always open to the idea of going to a healer. When I left the doomsday cult I was raised in, the greatest relief I felt was falling into the warm, rational embrace of atheism where nothing existed outside of what science could prove and no one could consider…

Ayahuasca gave me back my will to live when nothing else worked — A couple of weeks ago, on World Mental Health Day, I posted a tweet briefly describing the lifelong anxiety I have experienced after being raised in a cult. I also shared that I’ve found a lot of relief using psychedelics.