In this vulnerable and truth-soaked episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, my guest shares her profound journey through spiritual awakening, and reclaiming her identity beyond roles, achievements, and trauma responses. What begins as a divorce becomes a portal, one that reveals hidden grief, the layers of programming, and ultimately, the soul’s demand for deeper alignment.
We dive into what it means to be radically honest with yourself even when it's inconvenient, even when it unravels everything you thought was true. She reflects on how plant medicine gave her the courage to be still, to question everything, and to listen to the voice beneath the noise.
This conversation is a must-listen for anyone navigating self actualization, spiritual deconstruction, or the quiet ache of “there has to be more than this.” Her insights on embodiment, discernment, and intuitive leadership are rich with resonance and power. Stick with us till the end to hear my favorite nugget of wisdom.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share The book of Women by Osho
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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In this week’s episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, I chat with a man who once viewed psychedelics, spirituality and “woo” with skepticism but found himself answering the call to do the “work” after his loving wife experienced a dramatic shift in her own mental health.
He takes us on a journey from deep resistance to radical remembrance. He shares how medicine retreats helped him release control, reconnect to his authentic self, and begin healing long-standing patterns of suppression, burnout, and people-pleasing. This episode is packed with insight on surrendering to the unknown, building trust with your intuition, and making space for a more soul-led way of living.
We talk about partnership, masculinity, fear, and the importance of feeling your feelings in a culture that tells you to numb them. His reflections are tender, wise, and deeply relatable for anyone especially men who are waking up to the truth that there’s more to life than the grind.
This is an episode about trusting the call, even when you don’t understand it. About letting the medicine do what it does best: help you remember who you are.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share The Honeymoon Effect by Bruce Lipton
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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In this illuminating episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, Iva shares the experience and insights gained from working with the mushrooms. Iva opens up about her expansive journey as a multidimensional woman navigating entrepreneurship, identity, and personal healing. This is a story for anyone who’s ever felt “too much” or “not enough” for traditional success pathways and who’s ready to step into a more soulful, self-defined version of leadership.
Together, we dive into how the medicine helped Iva feel safe enough to be her whole self no more fragmenting, shrinking, or playing small. She shares how mushrooms helped her reconnect to her intuition, embrace her sensitivity as a superpower, and trust the unique path her soul is here to walk.
We explore what it means to build a business from an authentic, regulated nervous system especially when you've grown up with ancestral trauma or high-achieving dissociation. From branding to burnout to bold reinvention, Iva’s story is a permission slip to integrate your healing and your hustle.
If you're a creative, coach, or visionary trying to balance your inner world with your outer mission, this conversation is medicine.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share The Radiance Sutras by Lorin Roche.
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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Connect with Iva
Insta/threads: @ivaoftheheart
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ivaoftheheart
1:1 support: https://cal.com/ivaoftheheart
In this beautifully vulnerable episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, I sit down with a real live witch who invites us into her deeply personal journey with healing, loss, and profound spiritual transformation through the lens of psychedelic and womb healing.
What unfolds is not just a conversation, but a ceremony of remembrance, resilience, and radical surrender. With raw honesty, Leslie opens up about her inner battles feeling like she wasn’t “doing it right,” fearing judgment, and learning how to trust her body, her spirit, and the timing of the divine.
We explore what it means to live in the space between the veils, how grief can be a portal to deeper connection with spirit, and the importance of integration, devotion, and learning to honor the whispers of the sacred feminine within. Leslie’s story is a moving testament to the ways that heartbreak can crack us open to love, beyond form, beyond fear.
This episode is a balm for anyone navigating loss, control, self-doubt, or spiritual initiation. Leslie’s grace, humility, and radiant truth will stay with you long after the episode ends.
Every episode, I share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share Womb Awakening by Azra Bertrand.
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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IG: @lesliedraffin
Website: www.lesliedraffin.com
In this episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, I sit down with an old friend. What unfolds is a rich, raw, and hilarious conversation that dances between personal storytelling, spiritual reclamation, and the power of plant medicine as a portal to wholeness.
She takes us through her evolution from growing up in a happy home to becoming a D1 athlete to the fast paced world of motorsport. She shares how her experiences with psilocybin opened the doors to meet herself, expand and self-actualize.
This episode is an invitation to unlearn the scripts you’ve inherited. To find the sacred in your own skin. Whether you’re on your first steps of spiritual exploration or knee-deep in your own rebirth, her story reminds us that healing doesn’t require perfection, it just asks for presence.
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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In this special solo cast of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, I go deep into the concept of self love. I reflect on my own self love journey and share the inner work that I believe must happen before real love can blossom within your life. Don't come after me for sharing a controversial take on the different types of support I think men and women need when it comes to healing.
I have to be honest, I pulled out my soap box for this one to share what it means to truly see and accept yourself, the importance of boundaries, the necessity of shadow work, and how play, forgiveness, and permission are essential ingredients in the journey to self-adoration. I also tease a juicy preview of the Lover Girl & Self Love Club, a new program designed to help women and men stop outsourcing their worth and start deeply loving themselves.
If you’ve ever struggled with shame, people-pleasing, or feeling not enough, this episode is your invitation to rewrite the script and fall head over heels in love with yourself.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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In this episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, a powerful, soul-baring conversation about breaking free from “good girl” conditioning and reclaiming the self.
From a childhood shaped by instability, silence, and shame, my guest shares how she learned to dissociate, self-soothe, and survive only to find herself later trapped in a "safe" marriage that looked perfect on paper but left her unfulfilled and unseen.
Through the healing power of plant medicine, dance, and fierce self-honesty, she began to unravel generational trauma, heal her nervous system, and reconnect with her daughters in new, profound ways. We dive into themes of people-pleasing, shame, sexuality, divorce, motherhood, and the lonely but liberating path of rewilding.
This is an episode for every woman who has ever felt too scared to take up space. This story is a reminder that you were born whole, lovable, and worthy of joy.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share The Magdalen Manuscript by Tom Kenyon
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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In this episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, I sit down with a good friend to recount her work with mushrooms over the past 3 years.
She vulnerably opens up about her evolution from overdrive to self-love. We dive into the beauty and difficulty of entrepreneurship, healing past wounds, and trusting the intelligence of the body. She shares how mushrooms taught her how to create safety, joy, and softness from within.
This episode is for anyone who has ever felt like they've had to hold it all together for everyone all of the time. Her story is a permission slip to finally let go, feel deeply, and come home to yourself.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share Radical Healership by Laura Mae Northrup
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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In this intimate solo episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, I take you behind the curtain and into my own journey with psychedelics, rebellion, and coming home to myself by following a path that is right for me. I share how mushrooms became my medicine, not just for trauma, but for soul remembrance.
This is the story of how and why I left the big city of Austin, Texas to live on a wild 80 acre property out in the middle of nowhere Virginia.
This is a true and vulnerable account of how I have forged my own path as a woman, mystic, and entrepreneur. No matter the pressure to settle down, have kids, get married and get that kush corporate job, I have decided to off road instead of taking the road often expected. This episode is me opening the kimono to expose the raw, unfiltered truth of who I am and why I take messages from the mushrooms seriously.
I talk about conscious rebellion, the call to serve, and how plant medicine helped me reclaim my voice, body, and the strength I need to set off on the new adventure that my soul is calling me to take.
If you’ve ever felt like you don’t quite fit the mold… this one’s for you.
Every episode I share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share The Heroine's Journey by Maureen Murdock (Make sure you read the 30th anniversary update)
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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BEWARE if you are easily triggered. This is one the realest, rawest episodes so far! We touch on things that most people won't. In this soul-activating episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, I sit down with Colleen— womb witch, intuitive, and truth-teller—for a raw and radiant conversation about embodiment, healing, and what it means to truly come alive.
Colleen shares her winding path from disconnection and overgiving to radical reclamation. We talk about energetic burnout, mother wounds, spiritual awakening, and how plant medicine helped her dissolve the masks and return to her body as sacred ground.
Together we explore the deep work of integrating all parts of the self: shadow, sensuality, rage, and radiance and how reclaiming your fire is an act of love. This is a conversation for anyone who’s ever felt like they’ve lost themselves in the noise of expectation, and are ready to remember the wild, worthy truth of who they are.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share Women Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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Connect With Colleen
IG: @thecolleenhallett
In this episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, I sit down with a multi-dimensional creatrix for a nourishing conversation about identity, witch wounds, plant medicine, and healing through the body.
She shares her journey of remembering who she truly is beyond the roles, expectations, and inherited stories. We talk about the messy, magical process of rewilding, the grief and confusion that can surface, and how Akashic and psychedelic medicine became sacred allies in reclaiming her voice, her authenticity, and her purpose.
Together, we explore what it means to come home to yourself, to trust your body’s wisdom, and to live a life rooted in truth, tenderness, and fierce love. This one is a balm for anyone who's ever felt lost in the noise and ready to find their way back to the heartbeat of their own soul.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share Spiritual Activator by Oliver Nino.
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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In this episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Cat Meyer a luminous being, sex therapist, and sacred space holder whose journey is equal parts fierce and tender. We explore what it means to truly know yourself, reclaim your voice, and walk through the fire of transformation with devotion and grace.
Cat shares her path of becoming—from learning how to say “no” with love, to healing internalized perfectionism and fear of visibility, to surrendering control and letting life guide her home. We talk about the power of holding duality, the sacredness of boundaries, and the difference between showing up authentically versus performing healing. We touch on all things juicy, sex, eros, and orgasam.
This is an episode for anyone learning to trust their inner wisdom, soften into self-love, and lead from embodied truth. Cat’s journey is a prayer in motion a reminder that your voice, your path, and your presence matter.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share The Medicine Bag by Don Jose Ruiz.
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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Connect with Dr. Cat
IG: @drcatmeyer
In this episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, I sit down with Spirit Bird—a radiant soul whose life has been a devotion to love, ceremony, and the healing power of music. With an open heart, she shares her journey of childhood trauma and spiritual seeking.
We explore the deep medicine of sound, the potency of ancestral connection, and what it means to walk the path of integrity when sharing sacred tools like plant medicine and prayer. Spirit Bird speaks candidly about grief, reclamation, and the moments of surrender that shaped her becoming. Whether she’s singing to the spirits, holding others through heartbreak, or guiding ceremony with fierce softness, her story is a reminder that our path is our prayer.
This episode is a soul song for anyone who’s ever felt like a misfit mystic, a spiritual orphan, or a voice in search of home.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share a podcast instead of a book. The Emerald Podcast by Josh Schrei is one of my absolute favs!
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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Connect with the guest via www.spiritbirdmedicine.com
In this week's episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, I sit down with a radiant soul who shares her courageous journey through depression, divorce, motherhood, and the reclamation of her essence, all through the lens of psychedelic healing and integration.
From her initial curiosity around microdosing to a challenging hero dose that didn’t go as expected, her story reveals what it truly means to trust the medicine, honor divine timing, and hold space for both shadow and light. She opens up about what it was like to not "blast off," the grief that surfaced, and how that became the portal to reclaiming her self-worth, feminine power, and embodied leadership.
We also dive into the importance of safe facilitation, group versus solo journeys, and the necessity of integration in navigating real transformation. This is a story of beauty, bravery, and becoming, a must-listen for anyone walking the path of healing, wholeness, and embodied expansion.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share On Our Best Behavior by Elise Loehnen
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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In this week’s episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, I sit down with an ex lawyer turned medicine woman, single mama, and living embodiment of courage and devotion. She shares her remarkable journey of leaving behind a prestigious law career, surviving toxic systems, healing an eating disorder, and stepping into her truth through the power of mushrooms and radical self-trust.
We explore the themes of spiritual awakening, feminine reclamation, motherhood, identity collapse, integration, and what it really means to exit the matrix and start living in full alignment. Her story is a permission slip for anyone standing on the edge of a big leap. Her path hasn’t been easy—but it’s been wildly worth it.
Whether you're feeling stuck in a life that looks good on paper, questioning your purpose, or craving more joy, this episode is packed with gold. Prepare to feel inspired, seen, and reminded that a life of pleasure, play, and purpose is absolutely possible.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share Shakti Woman by Vicki Noble.
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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In this week’s episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, a gentleman who went from being a skeptic of psychedelic therapy to experiencing a profound personal transformation. This guest shares his raw and honest journey from struggling with alcohol, divorce, and unresolved childhood wounds to exploring the healing power of mushrooms.
We dive into the complexities of trauma, the struggle of feeling lost even when life looks good on paper, and the pivotal moment when he chose to trust the process of healing. He opens up about his experience with microdosing, the emotional purge it brought up, and the life-changing tea experience that helped him release grief, gain compassion for his parents, and rediscover joy.
This is a deeply heartfelt and eye-opening conversation about what it means to truly heal, to rewrite your story, and to finally give yourself permission to live fully. If you’ve ever wondered how psychedelics can help you break free from old patterns and rediscover yourself, this episode is a must-listen.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share Untethered Soul by Michael Singer.
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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In this week’s episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, I sit down with Katherine Smailis—mystic, therapist, world traveler, and cosmic truth-seeker—for a wildly expansive conversation that weaves together medicine journeys, sacred sexuality, emotional intelligence, and the deep call to live in alignment with soul.
Kat shares her evolution from working in the Western medical system to answering the call of the mushrooms, teaching sacred sexuality in ancient Egyptian temples, and walking the path of global pilgrimage and remembrance. We explore themes like ego death, reclaiming feminine power, living outside the box, and the mystical intersections of science, spirit, and embodied truth.
If you’ve ever questioned the systems you were raised in, longed to feel more connected to Source, or wondered what happens when you surrender to your soul’s mission—this episode is for you. Warning: you may leave forever changed.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. Kat suggested I share 2150 AD by Thea Alexander
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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Connect with Kat:
IG: @kat_integrativetherapist
In this soul-stirring episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, I sit down with an earth angel and radiant storyteller—who shares her sacred journey through healing, embodiment, and plant medicine. From childhood dreams of the divine feminine to navigating ancestral trauma, near-death experiences, and motherhood, she takes us on a spiral path of descent and rebirth, shadow and light.
Together, we explore the slow and intentional unfolding of the soul’s journey, the importance of intuitive pacing with psychedelic work, and how healing ourselves ripples outward to our families and the world. This conversation is packed with powerful truths, sacred softness, and reminders that your path is uniquely yours—and worthy of deep devotion.
If you’ve ever felt like a spiritual seeker without a map, this episode is a guiding light.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I feel called to share The New Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz MD.
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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In this mind-expanding episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, I sit down with David Mersky—a former trial lawyer turned psychonaut and cosmic explorer. What starts as a conversation about plant medicine quickly launches into discussions of alien contact, ancient wisdom, past lives, and the mysterious bridges between psychedelics and higher consciousness.
David shares his powerful healing journey with ayahuasca, the trauma that led him to the medicine path, and the deep insights gained from his encounters with dragons, aliens, and other entities. He also opens up about starting the Starwalker Cafe with Ancient Aliens star William Henry, and his role in guiding others toward their own spiritual awakening including points about high tolerances, surrender and using MDMA with mushrooms.
This is an episode for anyone feeling the call to expand, remember, and reconnect—to self, to spirit, and to the stars. Buckle up and blast off into the cosmos with us.
Check out his projects at
Sibannac Inc- www.snncinc.com
The Meru Sky- YouTube
www.Starwalkercafe.com
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I mention the Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy Narby
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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In this episode of the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, we dive into a powerful conversation about overcoming trauma and complex PTSD. My guest’s story is one I truly wish every woman could hear—a journey of deep healing, radical self-expression, and the reclamation of feminine power.
We explore the tender terrain of sister wounds, the importance of speaking your truth, and what it means to cultivate a life that feels juicy, alive, and fully yours. This episode is raw, real, and a little bit spicy—so please take care if you're easily triggered. But if you're ready to feel seen, stirred, and inspired, this one is medicine for the soul.
Every episode I will share a book that I feel supports the message or theme of each show. I believe that the book Soul of Sex by Thomas Moore would be a great support if something in this episode piqued your interest.
Enjoy!
Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to trauma, abuse, addiction and psychedelic therapy, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners. I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation.
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IG: @mushroommamasita
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