Cultivating Connections Ryan Van Tuinen

This was our second interview with Dr. Rick Strassman Author of DMT; The Spirit Molecule and The Psychedelic Handbook.

We interviewed DR. Rick Strassman again following his recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Podcast and his release of his new book 'The Psychedelic Handbook'

Check out our YouTube page for video clips from this interview! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZvApgMamf1wtfZo4Wmxmxw/videos

In this episode I talk about my best friend Hunter’s suicide and the guilt from my inability to act on the warning signs he exhibited before his suicide. I also talk about an experience when/where I overdose and with no one home but my brother, I left my life into his hands to deal with. But after all the shame and guilt I love this community here and I’m so grateful for everything that has transpired in the past to get me here today.

This episode is really important to us. We discuss drug education reform, alternate perspectives catalyzed by altered states of consciousness, the importance of one’s relationship to substances, and holding a reverence for sacred substances.

Today we talk with Matthew Simpson author of the book, Worth The Fight: Acting for a Better World, A Guide to Spirituality, Psychedelic Medicines and Overcoming Trauma, and host of the podcast Worth The Fight. Matthew has done work for Veterans for entheogenic Therapy INC. Matt has been an advocate for proper integration of psychedelic experiences. Some topics we discuss include psychedelic integration, pre frontal cortex, and drug reform. Hope you enjoy!

In this episode we talk with  Tom Morano, he's a very close friend and the third member of our little ritual we do on Sundays, we talk about our experiences with him and his own life experience and his relationship to psychedelics and other substances. 

We interview Sam, a very close family friend, about her past drug addiction and her ayahuasca experience that ultimately helped her get clean from opiates and cocaine similar to Rory’s story.