When most people imagine a plant-medicine journey, they picture intense visuals — fractals, shifting colors, symbolic landscapes. But what happens when someone without sight sits with a visionary medicine like ayahuasca? Can the experience still be vivid, healing, and transformative? In this conversation, guest Ashley Townsend, a blind psychotherapist, shares her ten-day retreat experience and […]
Relationships — romantic, intimate, long-term — can be some of the richest and most rewarding parts of life. But they can also be mirrors for our deepest wounds: attachment wounds, fear of abandonment, old family patterns, projection, communication blocks, and unhealed emotional responses. In a thoughtful episode of the Ayahuasca Podcast, guest Lily Eggers, a […]
Death is a universal experience — yet most of us live as if it’s a distant event, something to be feared or denied. In a thoughtful and compassionate conversation, host Sam Believ speaks with Mary Telliano, a therapist, intuitive and guide, about how psychedelics — and ayahuasca in particular — can change the way we […]
Walking into an ayahuasca ceremony without preparation is like showing up to a marathon without training – it can feel overwhelming, disorienting, or even harmful. In a grounded and insightful conversation, host Sam Believ and guest Derek Dodds break down what real preparation for an ayahuasca retreat actually looks like: not just logistics, but mindset, […]
In a thoughtful episode of the Ayahuasca Podcast, host Sam Believ speaks with health practitioner and integrative-health coach JoQueta Handy about an often overlooked but deeply important topic: how the traditional plant medicine Ayahuasca may interact with gut health, digestion, microbiome balance — and by extension, overall wellness and even neuro-immune function. The Gut, the […]
In a deep conversation with host Sam Believ, Hamilton Souther — a longtime practitioner and master-level shaman — lays out what it truly means to walk the path of shamanism: the calling, the apprenticeship, the responsibilities, and the inner work that goes far beyond drinking plant medicine. A Call to the Jungle: How the Journey […]
In a frank conversation on the podcast, hosts discuss with facilitator Oliver Glozik how the plant-medicine Ayahuasca has surged in popularity across the West. They explore why so many people are drawn to it — and also warn about the emerging pitfalls of this rapid expansion. The Context: Mental-Health Crisis + Psychedelic Renaissance According to […]
The idea of drinking Ayahuasca with family can stir many feelings — hope, curiosity, fear, longing. In the podcast episode “Drinking Ayahuasca with Your Family,” the participants dive into what it means to bring ayahuasca into a shared family space: the potential benefits, the challenges, and the deep dynamics that can surface when lineage, love, […]
In a revealing conversation on the Ayahuasca Podcast, host Sam Believ welcomes Doron Yitzchak Gibor — a coach and spiritual practitioner — to explore how the sacred brew of ayahuasca can serve not only as a healing tool, but as a portal to deep inner work: confronting the “shadow self,” uncovering unconscious patterns, and transforming […]
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 […]