Katabasis - A Ketamine Therapy Journey

Karri Kennedy
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KatabasisStories are how we make sense of life.The ancient Greeks had a word for the journey of descending into the unknown with intention — and returning changed by what they found there:ka · TA · ba · sis.It was a deliberate choice to go deeper when nothing on the surface was working anymore.3½ years ago I had a nervous breakdown; CPTSD had been building for years, and when it broke the surface, 4 of my 6 kids chose to estrange themselves from me. Now our 30-year marriage is looking like it’s ending in divorce.I have not found clarity or peace in my grief and suffering.So I’m doing what the ancients did. I’m going in with intention.This podcast documents my ketamine-assisted therapy experience at the Within Center at AWKN Ranch in Austin — a first-person account of going deeper when nothing else has worked.I invite you to join me on the journey.This is ka · TA · ba · sis. #Katabasis #KarriKennedy #KetamineRetreat #HealingOutLoud #CPTSD #TraumaRecovery #FamilyEstrangement #DivorceAndHealing #WomensWellness #MentalHealthMatters #PsychedelicTherapy #WithinRetreat #RawAndReal #MyStory #HopeAfterPain

  1. Jul 25

    Katabasis- Episode 24

    Send us Fan Mail It’s been a month since my last episode, and life has moved fast. I’m giving you an update on where I’m at with the divorce, the mediation, and the reality of starting over after 31 years of marriage. I talk about the clarity I’ve gained, a hard call with my daughter, an unexpected conversation with a rideshare passenger, and why I’m finally thinking about what I want instead of what everyone else wants from me. This one is raw honesty about grief, growth, and what it looks like to choose yourself again. #Divorce #StartingOver #DivorceJourney #MidlifeReinvention #EmotionalHealing #MentalHealthJourney #GriefAndGrowth #NewChapter #SingleAt55 #EstrangedFamily #TraumaRecovery #FaithAndHealing #SelfDiscovery #PodcastLife #KarriKennedy

  2. Jul 25

    Katabasis- Episode 22

    Send us Fan Mail Two hours in the backyard, a hawk that wouldn’t budge, and a lot of quiet realizations. I’m noticing real shifts since coming home — less anxious, less quick to chase people down for reassurance, more okay with just sitting still. I talk about where things stand with Mark, why I’m stepping back from my church, and what it feels like to finally stop giving my energy away for free. #KarriKennedy #Katabasis #CPTSD #Boundaries #Codependency #ChristianWoman #FaithJourney #Healing #SelfDiscovery #NervousSystemRegulation #TrustGod #Grounding #InnerWork #Marriage #Peace

  3. Jul 25

    Katabasis - -Episode 23

    Send us Fan Mail 4am and I can’t sleep. This one is about coming home, the silence in my own house, and finally saying out loud that I’m done giving and giving with nothing coming back. I talk about the fight that wasn’t a fight, the text I sent with a deadline, and why I’m choosing myself even though I don’t know what happens next. #KarriKennedy #Katabasis #CPTSD #Boundaries #SelfAbandonment #ChristianWoman #FaithJourney #Healing #MarriageStruggles #SelfDiscovery #TrustGod #InnerWork #Recovery #Peace

  4. Jul 25

    Katabasis- Episode 21

    Send us Fan Mail This one gets into codependency, the story I’ve been telling myself about why I chose my husband, and the hard math of what happens if he can’t meet me where I am. I talk about faith, control, forgiveness, and what it actually means to stop carrying everyone else’s weight. No neat conclusions here — just me sitting in it and telling you the truth. #KarriKennedy #Katabasis #CPTSD #Codependency #ChristianWoman #FaithJourney #MarriageStruggles #Healing #SelfDiscovery #Boundaries #TrustGod #MentalHealthJourney #WomenOfFaith #Recovery #InnerWork

  5. Jul 18

    Closing Ceremony - Episode 20

    Send us Fan Mail It’s my last day here, and my closing ceremony turned into one of the most meaningful goodbyes of my life. I sit with the people who walked this journey with me as they reflect back what they saw in me, and I share the lessons I’m carrying home: how two truths can exist at once, how I’ve spent my life pouring into everyone else while forgetting to receive love myself, and why saying what I want instead of what I don’t want is changing everything. I talk through my caretaker patterns, the moment I finally spoke up for myself, and a synchronicity with a stone that felt like confirmation I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be. #Katabasis #HealingJourney #CPTSD #Authenticity #Boundaries #SelfDiscovery #Reframing #FaithAndHealing #InnerWork #NewBeginnings #KarriKennedy

  6. Jul 18

    Reframing What I Want - Episode 19

    Send us Fan Mail It’s my last day, and I’m sitting with everything this stay has stirred up. I talk through the biggest lessons I’m taking home: choosing to look for the good instead of dwelling on what’s wrong, learning to say what I want instead of what I don’t want, and facing the hard truth that I can’t control how my husband or my kids respond to me. I share the moment that changed how I see my own people-pleasing, the text exchange with my husband that triggered old CPTSD patterns, and why I’m done pulling an empty bucket from a dry well. #Katabasis #HealingJourney #CPTSD #Reframing #MarriageJourney #FamilyEstrangement #BoundariesMatter #SelfDiscovery #FaithAndHealing #InnerWork #KarriKennedy

  7. Jul 18

    Vision of My Family as Souls - Episode 18

    Send us Fan Mail On my fifth ketamine session, I set an intention for clarity, direction, and peace. What I got instead was a vision I’m still sitting with. My family appeared to me not as the people I know day to day, but as souls and spirits, my husband as a warrior leading a chant around a table, my children and grandchildren all moving together in one purpose. I share what that experience looked and felt like, what it stirred up about how I see my role in my family, and the conversations that followed once I came back to myself. #KetamineTherapy #PTSDHealing #CPTSD #FamilyHealing #MarriageJourney #SpiritualRetreat #InnerWork #HealingJourney #FaithAndHealing #Katabasis #KarriKennedy

  8. Jul 8

    Getting Ready to go Home - Episode 17

    Send us Fan Mail Two days before I leave the retreat, I catch you up on everything — cold plunges that felt like a thousand needles, an afternoon at Barton Springs, and a long talk with one of the guys who runs the place. I’m honest about where I’m really at with the ketamine so far, and about the nerves creeping in as I think about walking back into my house, my marriage, my teenage boys. One more ketamine session tomorrow, then I head home. #KarriKennedy #Katabasis #KetamineTherapy #NervousSystemHealing #TraumaRecovery #MentalHealthJourney #WellnessJourney #CPTSDRecovery #HealingJourney #ContrastTherapy #MomOfSix

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KatabasisStories are how we make sense of life.The ancient Greeks had a word for the journey of descending into the unknown with intention — and returning changed by what they found there:ka · TA · ba · sis.It was a deliberate choice to go deeper when nothing on the surface was working anymore.3½ years ago I had a nervous breakdown; CPTSD had been building for years, and when it broke the surface, 4 of my 6 kids chose to estrange themselves from me. Now our 30-year marriage is looking like it’s ending in divorce.I have not found clarity or peace in my grief and suffering.So I’m doing what the ancients did. I’m going in with intention.This podcast documents my ketamine-assisted therapy experience at the Within Center at AWKN Ranch in Austin — a first-person account of going deeper when nothing else has worked.I invite you to join me on the journey.This is ka · TA · ba · sis. #Katabasis #KarriKennedy #KetamineRetreat #HealingOutLoud #CPTSD #TraumaRecovery #FamilyEstrangement #DivorceAndHealing #WomensWellness #MentalHealthMatters #PsychedelicTherapy #WithinRetreat #RawAndReal #MyStory #HopeAfterPain

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