Courage to Heal shares candid conversations exploring various mental health issues with the people that live with them. Join your host Anna Khandrueva, a psychotherapist and a mental health advocate, as she delves into interesting discussions around mental health and wellness while providing listeners with actionable steps and tools to encourage self-love and recovery. Listen each week as Anna dives into raw, honest conversations with guests about their mental health journey, sharing their experiences, where to seek help, and how to navigate through difficult times. Dedicated to leading thought-provoking discussions with an expert view to provide insight and knowledge, this is a resource you can use to understand more about mental well-being while learning how to move forward and stop recycling old patterns. Exploring the battles we wage within ourselves, listen today to discover a new perspective.
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Courage to Heal shares candid conversations exploring various mental health issues with the people that live with them. Join your host Anna Khandrueva, a psychotherapist and a mental health advocate, as she delves into interesting discussions around mental health and wellness while providing listeners with actionable steps and tools to encourage self-love and recovery. Listen each week as Anna dives into raw, honest conversations with guests about their mental health journey, sharing their experiences, where to seek help, and how to navigate through difficult times. Dedicated to leading thought-provoking discussions with an expert view to provide insight and knowledge, this is a resource you can use to understand more about mental well-being while learning how to move forward and stop recycling old patterns. Exploring the battles we wage within ourselves, listen today to discover a new perspective.
The Wisdom Within: Accessing Expanded Consciousness for Healing
Courage to Heal
48 minutes
7 months ago
The Wisdom Within: Accessing Expanded Consciousness for Healing
In this powerful episode of "Courage to Heal," host Anna welcomes Jonathan Schechter, founder of Blue Magic Alchemy. Jonathan shares his remarkable personal journey from a challenging marriage to discovering the transformative power of breathwork, somatic experiencing, and psychedelic integration.
Jonathan candidly discusses how recreational psychedelic use evolved into intentional healing work, revealing how these expanded states of consciousness repeatedly guided him toward important life changes. Listeners will learn about:
*The difference between active and passive psychedelic integration
*How breathwork serves as a gentle, self-controlled alternative to plant medicine
*Why somatic experiencing creates powerful pathways for processing trauma
*The importance of creating safety in the nervous system for true healing to occur
Whether you're curious about alternative healing modalities or searching for tools to process your own trauma, this episode offers practical insights into combining ancient wisdom with modern neuroscience for genuine transformation. Jonathan's story demonstrates how facing our discomfort with compassion can lead to profound healing and personal growth.
[00:48] Jonathan's Journey into Breathwork
[04:45] The Role of Psychedelics in Healing
[12:17] The Concept of Psychedelic Integration
[25:40] Exploring Somatic Experiencing
[31:46] The Power of Breathwork
[45:36] Resources and Recommendations
LINKS:
Jonathan’s Skool Community: skool.com/bluemagicalchemy
Courage to Heal
Courage to Heal shares candid conversations exploring various mental health issues with the people that live with them. Join your host Anna Khandrueva, a psychotherapist and a mental health advocate, as she delves into interesting discussions around mental health and wellness while providing listeners with actionable steps and tools to encourage self-love and recovery. Listen each week as Anna dives into raw, honest conversations with guests about their mental health journey, sharing their experiences, where to seek help, and how to navigate through difficult times. Dedicated to leading thought-provoking discussions with an expert view to provide insight and knowledge, this is a resource you can use to understand more about mental well-being while learning how to move forward and stop recycling old patterns. Exploring the battles we wage within ourselves, listen today to discover a new perspective.
