031 | Dr. Rachel Harris Contrasts Psychedelic Research and the Psychedelic Underground

In today's episode we speak with the incredible Dr. Rachel Harris who you may recognize as the Author of "Listening to Ayahuasca: New Hope for Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Anxiety." Rachel Harris, PhD is a Psychologist with both a research and a clinical background. She was in the 1968 Residential Program at Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA and remained on the staff for a number of years. During the decade she worked in academic research, Rachel received a New Investigator’s Award from the National Institutes of Health and published over forty scientific studies in peer-reviewed journals. She also worked as a psychological consultant to Fortune 500 companies including the UN. Rachel was in private psychotherapy practice for thirty-five years specializing in people interested in psycho-spiritual development. In this episode we dive deep into the life-changing magic of Ayahuasca and how this medicine has changed Rachel's life in profound ways.  What we talked about:Shared death experiences & near death experiencesHow Rachel found Ayahuasca later in lifeInterviewing underground elders for Rachel’s new bookThe role Ayahuasca played in making sense of the the death and the passing of Rachel’s fatherHow Ayahuasca changed Rachel’s life and promoted her research Ayahuasca for 3 yearsRelationships with the spirit of Ayhauasca, can “co-writing” a book with the spirit of Grandmother AyahuascaSwimming in the sacred realms and Maria SabinaWomen devoted to their psychological healing and spiritual developmentHow relationships with plant medicines help with integrationHow Ayahuasca is used in the Santo Diam traditionRachel’s concerns about the integration of Ayahuasca into Modern Western societyThe future of the Psychedelic Psychotherapy fieldHow to known when you are receiving the callKick-start your integration process with the Modern Psychedelics Integration JournalMentioned in the episode:Listening to AyahuascaEslan InstituteMaria SabinaPsychedelic Psychotherapy [book]
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