The Mushroom Mamasita Podcast

Bijou Finney
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Welcome to the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, where ordinary people share extraordinary insights and intimate details of their healing journeys. In each episode, we dive into the world of psychedelic-assisted therapy through the voices of anonymous guests, recounting their transformative, mind-bending, and often enlightening experiences. No experts, no agendas—just raw and unfiltered stories from real people, offering a juicy window into altered states of consciousness. Whether you're a curious first-timer or a seasoned psychonaut, these trip reports might just stir up a new perspective.

  1. 3h ago

    Episode 79: The Life of a Death Walker

    Are death and mushrooms similar medicine? My fellow witch and long time bestie seems to think so, and she would know. She has been sitting at bedsides for years, holding space as people transition, witnessing their final moments, and honoring their departure from this world. Her conclusion? We're doing death all wrong. We save our kindest words for eulogies that the dead can't hear. We celebrate artists only after they're gone. We wait until someone is leaving this earth to tell them how much they mattered. She suggests a different prescription. She talks about writing your own eulogy while you're alive and revising it as you change. We explore how death isn't a tragedy to hide from, it's a ceremony to honor, just like birth, marriage, and graduation. The real medicine in this conversation? Both psychedelics and death teach you the same lesson: how to live deeper, think bigger, experience more. And the only real job you have on this planet is to figure out what your life is supposed to look like, then commit to it completely, without compromise. This episode is for anyone who's wondered if there's more to life than the script they were given. And for everyone who needs to hear: don't forget to live. 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. Connect with Bijou IG: ⁠@mushroommamasita⁠ Website: ⁠mushroommamasita.com

  2. 4d ago

    Episode 78: Sovereign Medicine

    My guest Rebekah spent years in Western medicine oncology watching two patients with identical diagnoses have wildly different outcomes. The difference? Mindset. Fear versus hope. That realization sent her down a path to reclaim what medicine actually means: knowing yourself as your own healer. Now she's calling out both sides of the industry: allopathic and holistic for selling the same thing: dependency and fear disguised as solutions. In this passion forward conversation we reveal what we believe sovereign health actually looks like: when you stop outsourcing your power and start understanding that your mind, your choices, and your community are the real medicine. No 100 step processes. No crutches. Just you, reclaimed. 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. Connect with Rebekah APRN, PMHNP IG: @notyouraverageNP Website: www.rulinip.com Connect with Bijou IG: ⁠@mushroommamasita⁠ Website: ⁠mushroommamasita.com

  3. Aug 8

    Episode 77: Getting Back Into Your Body

    In this warm and revealing episode, I welcome my friend Chad Swiatecki, a journalist and writer I've known for over a decade. What makes this conversation compelling is Chad's thoughtful introduction to mushroom medicine. Unlike many psychonauts with dramatic awakenings, Chad's journey started small: microdosing while moving intentionally and slowly toward understanding what these medicines can teach him about himself. He found that getting back into your body doesn't require an apocalyptic vision, it just requires the willingness to feel more deeply, ask better questions about yourself, and listen to that quiet voice that says, "I think I should be feeling a bit more than I am." This is the conversation for people new to medicine who are unsure where to start, and for anyone who wants to understand what actually being in your body might feel like. Chad's newsletter: The Sound of Our Town https://thesoundofourtown.beehiiv.com/ Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics related to 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. Connect with Bijou IG: ⁠@mushroommamasita⁠ Website: ⁠mushroommamasita.com

  4. Jul 31

    Episode 76: 500 Miles on Mushrooms

    In this mind-bending episode, I chatted with Dante Liberato, a former professional fighter turned endurance athlete, to discuss his epic 500-mile run while he took multiple psychedelics and what he learned about ego, achievement, and why the finish line almost broke him. After working with a sports psychologist for years, Dante realized he was becoming a great fighter but not a great human. His head and heart weren't connected. So he sought out an earth-based therapist, and during his first intentional psilocybin journey he had a profound realization: he didn't want to be a professional athlete anymore. He wanted to help people find what he was finding in that moment. Fast forward to the 500-mile run. Dante decided to take multiple medicines throughout his adventure to explore the intersection of psychedelics, athletics, and human potential. He used the medicine to access flow states, manage pain, and process the emotional intensity of extreme endurance. A documentary crew followed him. The project was meant to be inspirational, proof of human capability, of what we can achieve when we push beyond our perceived limits. But here's where it gets real: as Dante approached the finish line, he felt something that you might be surprised to hear. Now Dante wants to be a voice for a different kind of athlete, not someone chasing records or relevance, but someone moving together with community, caring more about the people you bring together than the destination you reach. His dopamine isn't chasing the next big project anymore. It's finding peace with what is. This episode is about the paradox that psychedelics teach us: you are both infinitely special and completely ordinary. You are badass and you are nothing. And the duality of holding both simultaneously is where real wisdom lives. A documentary about this journey is coming. But more importantly, a man who learned that the victory isn't in crossing the finish line, it's in who you become and who you gather along the way. Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics, which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners.  I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation. Connect with Bijou IG: ⁠@mushroommamasita⁠ Website: ⁠mushroommamasita.com Connect with Dante IG: @buffalowarrior Website: www.Dante500.com

  5. Jul 24

    Episode 75: Heartbreak is Heaven Sent

    I bought back Sam Morris for a personally vulnerable conversation that goes so much deeper than the last time we talked. We explored what conscious dating actually requires, and what happens when you meet someone who makes you want to evolve without having to be asked. The episode starts with a core truth: a relationship isn't just between two people. It's between two higher selves, two inner children, two past programs, two nervous systems, two future visions. When you're serious about love and your partner, that's a lot of work. That's a lot of devotion. That's a lot of intention. We discuss the real work: allowing your partner to be fully expressed, fully free, fully there, while also not needing to change them. To see and hold space for their highest expression but not try to rush or force it into being. It's a paradox that most conscious people struggle to hold. We also explore one of the most important distinctions: the difference between a man who only changes when you nag him versus a man who has intrinsic motivation to evolve. Sam shares his lived experience: he met his wife and something locked into place. He didn't decide to want more or be more. He didn't need her to tell him. His desire to provide everything she's ever needed, to support her feminine expression in the world, to build a life and family together. It was organic, effortless, and absolutely massive all at the same time. We discuss the trap women fall into: trying to inspire or create change in a man who doesn't have that intrinsic fire. They also explore the nuance of accepting your partner as they are right now while also expecting them to grow. Love says "I see you and I love you exactly as you are, and I expect more from you." Not because you're pushing or nagging, but because real love creates the container for both of you to evolve. The conversation gets into the real nitty-gritty of conscious dating: how do you tell the difference between someone who's worth the work and someone who's just not aligned? How do you balance allowing your partner freedom with also holding them accountable to growth? What does it look like when two people are genuinely rowing the boat in the same direction? The fact is that psychedelics don't make relationships easier, they make them more conscious, which paradoxically makes them at times more challenging. You can't unsee what you've seen. You can't go back to unconscious patterns. You have to show up, tell the truth, feel your feelings, and do the work day after day. This episode is for anyone navigating conscious dating, anyone trying to figure out if their partner is worth the work, anyone wondering why relationships feel so much harder when you're awake. It's also for anyone who's experienced that rare alchemy of meeting someone and suddenly becoming more of who you're meant to be. Nearly two hours of medicine. Bring a journal. 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. Connect with Bijou IG: ⁠@mushroommamasita⁠ Website: ⁠mushroommamasita.com Connect with Sam: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/sam.g.morris?igsh=ZGJraXZ1M25ubXFl&utm_source=qr Website: www.samgmorris.com

  6. Jul 17

    Episode 74: Women's Retreat Magic

    I chatted with Megan now known as The Hype Witch to talk about one of the most transformative weekends of her life. Four years ago, Megan was hustling in one of the hottest real estate markets ever, making consistent money for the first time in her life. She was fully committed to her career, her clients, her five-and-a-half-year relationship. She was busy, successful, and completely isolated, her entire life orbiting one relationship, with a handful of friends and not much else. Then she saw our retreat on Instagram and felt a strange pull. We discussed the power of being held by the women of that retreat during vulnerability, the difference between intellectual healing (journaling, reading books) and embodied healing (having someone witness your shadow and love you anyway), and what it means to answer the universe's call even when you're terrified. The safety zone is becoming increasingly uncomfortable by design because we're all supposed to leap into the abyss. How the universe keeps knocking, and if you don't answer, the knock gets louder. How saying yes to the medicine, yes to the retreat, yes to the vulnerability changed everything. This is the story of a heroine's journey. Heartbreak as the doorway. Medicine as the mirror. Community as the catalyst. And a woman who said yes to the abyss and found everything on the other side. Listener discretion is advised: This podcast discusses sensitive topics which may be sensitive or triggering for some listeners.  I encourage listeners to engage mindfully and take care of themselves throughout the conversation. Connect with Bijou IG: ⁠@mushroommamasita⁠ Website: ⁠mushroommamasita.com Connect with Megan: IG: @theultimatehypewitch

  7. Jul 10

    Episode 73: Pleasure as Medicine

    In this sensual, liberating episode I chatted with Leola, a pleasure priestess, and bestselling author of Sacred Sex Ed, to explore how pleasure is actually the gateway to your personal power and collective evolution. Leola now facilitates Tantra retreats and teaches women to reclaim their feminine and step into orgasmic leadership but she wasn't always on this path. A significant part of her becoming story includes a turning point that came through medicine work. Leola accidentally discovered her life's work through a few chance happenings that she shares all about. We also discuss how sexuality and the willingness to be vulnerable, naked, and vocal about your desires is the ultimate training ground for boundaries and self-advocacy everywhere else in your life. If you can ask your lover for exactly what you want while completely exposed and vulnerable, you can ask your boss for a raise. You can set boundaries with anyone. You can reclaim your power. The conversation touches on the practical magic of this work: how money is just energy and flow, how the universe mirrors back to you what you're ready to embody, how coming to your lover with "queen energy" matters infinitely more than perfect lingerie or a perfect body. Seduction is a vibe. Power is a vibe. And both are available to you right now. This isn't just about better sex (though that's a beautiful side effect). This is about reclaiming the feminine power that patriarchal systems have tried to bury. It's about stepping into your full radiance in the bedroom, in the boardroom, and beyond. If you grew up with shame around your body. If you've been told pleasure is selfish or sinful. If you're ready to reclaim your power through the portal of your own aliveness: this conversation is for you. Bless this holy life. Your pleasure is not an accident. It's your birthright. 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. Connect with Bijou IG: ⁠@mushroommamasita⁠ Website: ⁠mushroommamasita.com Connect with Leola IG: https://www.instagram.com/leolatalkstantra Website: https://www.talktantratome.com/links

  8. Jul 4

    Episode 72: Jesus was a Mushroom

    In this profound and nuanced episode, I chatted with Brian Recker, a former pastor turned spiritual guide, to explore the intersection of Christianity and psychedelics and whether Jesus would mind if you took mushrooms. Brian's story starts with a hard line: until 2020, he didn't use any "drugs". He was too indoctrinated, too convinced that substances were evil portals to demonic spirits. What Brian has spent the last few years unwinding is the fear-based Christianity he was raised in, the version where God is an authoritarian punisher, where you're born worthy of damnation, where hell is real and God could choose to torture you for eternity. He's written a book about it called Hellbent: How the Fear of Hell Holds Christians Back from a Spirituality of Love. And he's using his platform to help others deconstruct from the shame-based theology that has kept Christianity in the hands of authoritarians and Christian nationalists for far too long. We explored the difference between Jesus's actual teaching (which was radical, boundary-breaking, table-flipping love) and what's been done to his message by people wielding religion as a tool of control. We discussed how mushrooms have helped Brian recover a vision of God as connection itself as love, as described in the Bible, rather than as a distant authority figure keeping a ledger of your sins. He talks about how psilocybin strips away the shallow layers of daily life and forces you into depths you normally avoid, making it almost impossible to maintain fear-based beliefs about God. And his message to anyone afraid that God will punish them for exploring consciousness? There's no biblical basis for that fear. The prohibition on drugs is a way of controlling and demonizing otherness, a mechanism to keep people within the bounds of what religious structures enforce. This episode is for Christians wrestling with their faith, for people who love Jesus but hate what Christianity has become, for those wondering if spirituality and psychedelics can coexist, and for anyone who needs to hear that deconstruction isn't failure, it's often the pathway to a faith that's actually rooted in love instead of terror. The overwhelming sense that emerges from Brian's work with mushrooms, and the gnosis he wants to leave you with: it's all going to be okay. And maybe we need that reminder now more than ever. 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. Connect with Bijou IG:⁠ ⁠@mushroommamasita⁠⁠ Website:⁠ ⁠mushroommamasita.com⁠ Connect with Brian: https://www.brianrecker.com/ https://www.instagram.com/berecker Get his book https://www.brianrecker.com/home#hellbent

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Welcome to the Mushroom Mamasita Podcast, where ordinary people share extraordinary insights and intimate details of their healing journeys. In each episode, we dive into the world of psychedelic-assisted therapy through the voices of anonymous guests, recounting their transformative, mind-bending, and often enlightening experiences. No experts, no agendas—just raw and unfiltered stories from real people, offering a juicy window into altered states of consciousness. Whether you're a curious first-timer or a seasoned psychonaut, these trip reports might just stir up a new perspective.

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