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Feb 13, 2022

Psychedelic Orgs & Resources

As a psychedelic facilitator, I get a lot of requests for resources in the field, so here’s a compilation of orgs and resources I recommend checking out: The Ancestor Project Mission: “We integrate ancestral Sacred Earth Medicine wisdom into the modern journeyers’ experience to reduce harm and expand consciousness. We…

Psychedelics

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Psychedelic Orgs & Resources
Psychedelic Orgs & Resources
Psychedelics

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May 24, 2021

Mental Health Resource Guide

A compilation of recommended resources for mental health crises & more General Resources for Support with Mental Health, Depression, and Suicide A note for people experiencing crisis outside of the US: If you reach out to a hotline/crisis line and ask for international resources, they can usually give them to you Befrienders Worldwide Lists all the known hotlines in every…

Depression

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Mental Health Resource Guide
Mental Health Resource Guide
Depression

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May 15, 2020

Israel Isn’t a Leader in Psychedelic Healing — It’s an Apartheid State

72 years after the Nakba, the psychedelic community must stand up for human rights Israel has recently been featured in the news, heralded as a leader for its investment in psychedelic clinical trials for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Israel is the first national government to approve MDMA…

Palestine

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Israel Isn’t a Leader in Psychedelic Healing — It’s an Apartheid State
Israel Isn’t a Leader in Psychedelic Healing — It’s an Apartheid State
Palestine

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Mar 10, 2020

How I Ease my OCD and Anxiety with Psychedelics

I have struggled with OCD and anxiety for about 25 years. My OCD has shapeshifted over time, camouflaging into each phase of my life, but the themes have remained pretty consistent through the years. At this point in my life, my OCD could perhaps best be described as primarily obsessional…

Ocd

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How I Ease my OCD and Anxiety with Psychedelics
How I Ease my OCD and Anxiety with Psychedelics
Ocd

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Feb 28, 2020

8 Songs for Transformational Psychedelic Mushroom Experiences

While the impact of music on psychedelic sessions is currently an ongoing topic of research, music has been a powerful component of psychedelic journeying for centuries, rooted in indigenous, ceremonial practice with plant medicine. In the context of psychedelic mushroom journeying outside of a shamanistic practice, musical considerations are personal…

Psychedelics

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8 Songs for Transformational Psychedelic Mushroom Experiences
8 Songs for Transformational Psychedelic Mushroom Experiences
Psychedelics

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Feb 24, 2020

How Psychedelic Mushrooms Support Me

This piece is my contribution to the #ThankYouPlantMedicine campaign to de-stigmatize and decriminalize psychedelic plant medicine. From microdosing to full dose experiences, psilocybin “magic” mushrooms have supported me tremendously me over the years. I also work intentionally with cannabis, which continues to bring me healing and positive transformation. For context…

Psychedelics

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How Psychedelic Mushrooms Support Me
How Psychedelic Mushrooms Support Me
Psychedelics

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May 31, 2017

7 Things People with Mental Health Challenges Need

My relationship with medication is ever-changing. I have been on dozens of psychiatric medications in different combinations. I have also spent time in recent years completely off of medication. Currently, I’m on an anti-depressant and an anxiety medication in addition to a host of other non-pharmaceutical ways I work to…

Mental Health

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7 Things People with Mental Health Challenges Need
7 Things People with Mental Health Challenges Need
Mental Health

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Invisible Illness

·Jan 27, 2017

What is Mental Wellness Under Trump?

I don’t know anyone who is doing “well” right now. Have we entered an era of perpetual anxiety and deep uncertainty? Is this the beginnings of what some historians are calling the rise of an authoritarian regime in the US? Having been in power for only one week, Trump has…

Mental Health

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What is Mental Wellness Under Trump?
What is Mental Wellness Under Trump?
Mental Health

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Anxy Magazine

·May 31, 2016

Doctors put me on 40 different meds for bipolar and depression. It almost killed me.

Does our mental health system do more to harm patients than to help them? —

Mental Health

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Doctors put me on 40 different meds for bipolar and depression. It almost killed me.
Doctors put me on 40 different meds for bipolar and depression. It almost killed me.
Mental Health

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Invisible Illness

·Apr 11, 2016

15 Reasons I Appreciate My Depression

I identify as neurodivergent. I choose to identify this way because I consider my mental health challenges “dangerous gifts” meaning that they are both sources of extreme challenge and of tremendous power and capability. …

Mental Health

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15 Reasons I Appreciate My Depression
15 Reasons I Appreciate My Depression
Mental Health

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Amanda Gelender

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🔮 Jewish queer anti-zionist 🇵🇸 Abolitionist, writer, & psychedelic facilitator 🍄 linktr.ee/agelender

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