Goalden Girls Podcast Episode #45 - Magic Mushrooms & The Modern World: A Healing Revolution with Jennifer Pereira

Depending on your age, you probably grew up hearing that drugs are bad.

Personally, I grew up during the 80’s and 90’s campaign “The War on Drugs” and saw images like an egg being scrambled - and being told that was my brain on drugs.

Now whether me sharing that conjured up your own memories - or you’re listening to this thinking “How OLD are YOU Lisa” (the answer is 34), chances are you probably still never associated drugs with anything positive.

Truthfully, growing up, and definitely to some extent today, I’m pretty straight-laced. I never smoked. Even though I’m from BC, I’m probably one of the only people who doesn’t smoke marijuana. I’ve never tried any recreational drugs - and have never been interested in it.

But a few years ago, I started hearing murmurs about healing through drugs. I heard stories from friends on trips to South America who tried ayahuasca and raved about the experience, the healing and powerful insights.

While I was definitely skeptical, I was instantly intrigued. The older I get, the more I realize how little I know and that everything is worth exploring.

And that’s what has got me curious about psychedelics - watching documentaries about people healing from addiction…hearing personal stories from friends who have healed from trauma…and even some of my 6-7-8 figure entrepreneur friends who have done year-round business retreats, using psychedelics to access new creative business ideas and help them grow their businesses. In fact, dosing has become mainstream in certain communities, including Silicon Valley.

Let’s be real here too - people are clearly USING psychedelics, but there’s still a lot of stigma - and LEGAL issues - and as with anything, there are positive and negative ways to use them.

One other thing I noticed is that there’s not a lot of information out there - and where it is, is often on podcasts for men.

Obviously, today’s episode is going to change ALL that.

This is probably as good a time as any to mention this is probably not the episode to listen to with kids around… so if you’ve got little ones around, make sure you download and save this episode for later because trust me you don’t want to miss it!!

Now, this topic is new to me but one I’m curious about - and I know a lot of you are too, so I brought in my lovely friend Jennifer Pereira from The Bloom Institute to chat ALL things psychedelics and answer your questions.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

  • What kinds of modern day challenges psychedelics can actually help with - from mental and body health, to trauma.

  • What pscillocibin is.

  • How therapeutic psychedelics - and specifically plant medicine - can be used for healing purposes and allow you to turn from surviving into thriving AND vitality.

  • How being present with trauma is possible in a way that isn’t traumatizing

  • What the difference is between ceremony and microdosing, and even a guide versus a tripsitter (concepts I knew NOTHING about!).

  • Most importantly - we’ll talk about if this is something you should consider, what the reasons people work with these medicines are, and what’s possible on the other side.

  • We also talk about integration and the importance of integration for true healing… and,

  • WHY having a safe container for this healing is so essential for you.

This is an incredibly open and deeply spiritual episode where we as women with our lived experiences…and those we work with…often see certain patterns. You’ll hear us talk about women and our often broken relationships with food, the prevalence of anxiety and depression in today’s society, and burnout (and how it goes far beyond just being tired).

We talk about self care and honouring yourself beyond the Instagram narrative of bubble baths. We touch on self worth and the tie to how we measure our self worth based on productivity and the DOING - and that’s where we get our validation from…and how that leads to a whole lot of other issues… and is a relationship we can work to heal as we reconnect with our self worth.

Our goal here is to provide information that is accessible and shared in a way that is uniquely feminine.

Of course, my lawyer wants me to tell you drugs are still illegal: that we are not encouraging you to do it NOR are we selling any drugs. MOM - DAD - everyone - we’re NOT selling or encouraging you to do drugs.

This is an open conversation, and talking and witnessing is legal and ok.

As with anything, do your own research: consult a medical professional. And remember, you’re always your own best expert.

Thank you for coming to this episode with an open heart and open mind. I hope you enjoy it!

Here are the juicy bits you can look forward to:

  • Who is Jennifer Pereira? (6:00)

  • What are psychedelics and specifically, magic mushrooms? (7:00)

  • Where the stigma around psychedelics comes from and how Jennifer moves through that. (10:30)

  • Some of the data behind the medicinal use of psychedelics, and why Jennifer doesn’t just focus on the data. (16:00)

  • The types of problems that psychedelics can help with. (25:40)

  • What it’s like working with Jennifer. (32:00)

  • How Jennifer can help specifically with burnout and her personal experience with it. (40:00)

  • How to know whether psychedelics are right for you. (48:25)

  • All about microdosing. (54:50)

  • Whether a certain time of day is better for microdosing, the risks associated with it, and what you can expect. (1:02:10)

  • What the process of microdosing looks like. (1:09:30)

  • Where you can find, and work with, Jennifer. (1:16:20)

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“There is so much that colours our perspective and individual stigmas we hold against certain topics.” - Jennifer Pereira

“I am working with intuition and intention and being an advocate for women’s whole health and the holistic view of the entire person.” - Jennifer Pereira 

“Psychedelics are for everyone, but they are not for anyone.” - Jennifer Pereira

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