Vanessa is a major social justice and cannabis activist and founder of the holistic cannabis organisation Neked in Clarens. Vanessa has struggled throughout her life with various mental health issues and cancers and has used a combination of psilocybin, cannabis, sound medicine and art therapy to heal herself. 

Thank you so much to Vanessa for being on this podcast and for your advocacy and courage in the plant medicine sphere. 

Here’s what we cover in this episode: 

* The havoc that the pharmaceutical industry wreaked on Vanessa’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing 

* How psilocybin mushrooms helped Vanessa completely wean herself off of pharmaceutical drugs and heal from her trauma

* Traumatisation during the pandemic and the increasingly imperative role of plant medicine 

* The magic mushroom as the most forgiving, understanding and all-encompassing mother

* How Vanessa healed her cervical cancer using cannabis and psilocybin mushrooms

* Intuitive dosing and the importance of dosage

* How mushrooms can change your life - the importance of intention

* Acknowledging, respecting and embracing the spiritual experience of plant medicines 

* How plant medicine facilitates deeper connection in partnerships

* Official announcement of South Africa’s first full cannabis experience hosted by Neked on the weekend of Human Right’s Day 2022

Find out more about Neked here - https://neked.co.za