In this episode of Ayahuasca Podcast, host Sam Believ (founder of http://www.lawayra.com) has a conversation with , a clinical psychologist, licensed alcohol and drug counselor, and co-founder of the Psychedelic Society of Vermont. With decades of experience in addiction, anxiety, and depression treatment, Rick bridges traditional recovery models with modern psychedelic-assisted therapy, drawing from both […]
In this episode of Ayahuasca Podcast, host Sam Believ (founder of http://www.lawayra.com) has a conversation with , the creator of the Adeptus Psychonautica YouTube channel. Rob is known for his grounded, humorous, and skeptical approach to altered states, sharing honest self-experiments, retreat reviews, and long-form reflections as “an ordinary person having extraordinary experiences.” We touch […]
In this episode of Ayahuasca Podcast, host Sam Believ (founder of http://www.lawayra.com) has a conversation with , a Colombian-American family physician, curandero, and author who bridges Western medicine with Amazonian spiritual healing. Trained at UCLA and UCSD, Joe spent six years in the Peruvian Amazon studying Shipibo curanderismo and is the author of . We […]
In this episode of Ayahuasca Podcast, host Sam Believ (founder of http://www.lawayra.com) has a conversation with Marc Aixalà, a Barcelona-based psychologist, psychotherapist, and former engineer who has become a leading figure in psychedelic integration. Marc is trained in integrative and strategic therapy, is a certified holotropic breathwork facilitator, has worked on MDMA and psilocybin clinical […]
In a compelling discussion on the Ayahuasca Podcast, facilitator Rick de Villiers sits down with host Sam Believ to explore what often gets left out of the narrative around ayahuasca: integration — the slow, difficult, messy process of bringing medicine-insights back into everyday life. From a Dark Moment to a New Path Rick shares how […]
After decades of service, the war doesn’t always end when the uniform comes off. For some soldiers, the deepest wounds linger long after the fighting — in memories, in sleep, in the nervous system. In a moving episode of the Ayahuasca Podcast, Matthew Butler, a retired lieutenant colonel and former Green Beret, shares how the […]
Depression can feel like a locked door — one that doesn’t respond to reason, therapy, or time. For some people, no matter how many approaches they try, the weight remains. In a revealing episode of the Ayahuasca Podcast, guest Scott Gray shares how his depression — persistent, numbing, and soul-wearying — began to soften after […]
In this episode of Ayahuasca Podcast, host Sam Believ (founder of http://www.lawayra.com) has a conversation with Bia Labate, a Brazilian anthropologist, activist, and one of the most influential voices in the global psychedelic movement. She is the executive director of the Chacruna Institute, editor of 28 books, and a champion of Indigenous rights, equity, and […]
In a compelling conversation on the Ayahuasca Podcast, guest Ryan Nurse explores a deep and often misunderstood phenomenon: the out-of-body experience (OBE), and how this can surface under the influence of Ayahuasca. The episode delves into what it feels like when consciousness seems to detach from the physical body — and how such experiences, strange […]
For many veterans, the deepest battles begin long after they’ve left the frontlines. What they bring home is often invisible: memories that don’t fade, hyper-vigilance that never turns off, a lingering sense of danger, guilt, and emotional numbness. In the podcast episode “Ayahuasca for Veterans and PTSD,” the conversation explores how ayahuasca – a traditional […]