The Psychedelic Integration Podcast

It's been about a month since I mic dropped myself off the show and went on an indefinite hiatus. Since then, I have been finding clarity and restoring my creativity in beautiful ways. As Anne Lamott says so eloquently, "Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you."While I am happily unplugged from the show, my work is alive and kicking. My NEST Group Membership is open for new members through the Summer Solstice. We have 3 spots open for new members this cohort, and we start June 22nd.Join us: https://clients.sinclairfleetwood.com/products/courses/view/1157672/?action=signupResonance Retreats have two more dates this year, and September is almost sold out. You can learn more and book your discovery call here: https://sinclairfleetwood.com/retreatsHope you're having a lazy, delicious, easy summer. See you sometime soon!

We love to fight with ourselves. To micromanage every aspect of our awakening. To make healing a thankless, soul sucking job that dangles perfection in front of us like a moldy, gross carrot we can never reach.This is resistance. Resistance isn't you doing it wrong. It's a normal human response to change. Change is uncertain. It's destabilizing. It threatens the identity you've worked hard to maintain.Eventually, your system cracks. The body says no. Your intuition gets louder. And you find yourself at the crossroads, where you're ready to change your relationship to challenges and contractions and see them as portals to change that are inevitable. What if you could skip the part where you struggle and fight? If you could be in flow with what is arriving to help you? When you see resistance as the signal that change is already happening, you stop spiraling and start collaborating with what Life is trying to teach you. WORK WITH SINCLAIR:https://sinclairfleetwood.com

You know that voice in your head that tells you you're not good enough? The one that picks apart everything you do? Most people think once they notice it, they can just turn it off. But that's just not how it works.A savage inner critic is not just painful to live with, being super hard on yourself can manifest in the body as illness. So many of our most prevalent and mysterious health problems have roots in the mind-body connection. Many people suffering from chronic pain, stress illnesses, fibromyalgia, depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and more, all have something in common... a brutal self-critical voice, perfectionistic thoughts and needing to be seen as a good person. It's no wonder putting all this pressure on yourself to be perfect is taking a toll. In this episode, I talk about how to identify your inner critic and come into relationship with it, and what actually has to happen so you can stop being so hard on yourself.WORK WITH SINCLAIR: https://calendly.com/sinclairfleetwood/clarity-session

It's no secret that I am a fangirl of plant medicine retreats. The power of stepping way outside your comfort zone, immersing into nature, coming into community, and letting go of the roles you play in your everyday life can offer you an experience of seeing yourself more clearly than ever. To find answers, we often need silence and to unbury ourselves from the distractions of modern life. And to do so in the presence of others. And, these gatherings aren't going to solve everything in a weekend. They aren't meant to. In this episode, I share what actually happens inside plant medicine retreats, what shifts when you step out of your habits, remove the noise, and come into deep relationship with what's been simmering inside. I talk about the role of ceremony, the power of being held in a container that’s there to uncover your purpose, and why these environments can accelerate transformation in a way that everyday life often can’t.The goal is to come out of retreat with motivation and willingness to change, even when it's uncomfortable. I'll also touch on why not everyone is ready to do this work in this way, why there's no rush, and no need to force it. WORK WITH SINCLAIR⁠⁠https://sinclairfleetwood.com/work-with-me⁠⁠Resonance Retreats - ⁠⁠https://sinclairfleetwood.com/retreats⁠⁠The Medicine Path Masterclass - ⁠⁠⁠https://clients.sinclairfleetwood.com/products/courses/view/1189266⁠⁠⁠Subscribe on Substack: https://wearestandingontheedge.substack.com

You've heard about the research. Maybe even studied the science. Everyone and their Mom is talking about how psychedelics are the new hot thing that is going to revolutionize mental health care. That they are showing promising outcomes in treating depression, Alzheimer's, and everything in between. The thing it... this isn't new. Western medicine is claiming invention on what indigenous peoples and medicine carriers have known and been practicing for thousands of years. Plant medicines heal and cure. But what's missing from the mainstream conversation is the biggest and most important component of what's possible with psychedelics – the part that isn't being studied in clinical trials or touted by credentialed experts. On today's episode, I'm sharing about what psychedelics actually do, and why it's not what you think. And how we get it wrong by only looking to science and treating our plant teachers like just another pill to pop. If you're ready to go deeper and learn the real power of what psychedelics can do in your life, this episode is for you.WORK WITH SINCLAIR⁠⁠https://sinclairfleetwood.com/work-with-me⁠⁠Resonance Retreats - ⁠⁠https://sinclairfleetwood.com/retreats⁠⁠The Medicine Path Masterclass - ⁠⁠⁠https://clients.sinclairfleetwood.com/products/courses/view/1189266⁠⁠⁠Subscribe on Substack: https://wearestandingontheedge.substack.com

We spend most of our lives living in the mind, bouncing between stories and regret about the past, and worry about the future. The mind can understand everything and still not be free. This is why endless searching and processing doesn't actually change anything. Because true integration happens in the body.In this episode, I explore why the most intelligent, spiritually sophisticated seekers are often the most skilled at living entirely in their heads — and why that makes so much sense from a nervous system perspective. Drawing on my own experience of chronic illness, nervous system activation, and overcoming multiple layers of addiction, I trace the path from endless solving back to the one place the answers have always lived: the intelligence of the body itself. WORK WITH SINCLAIR⁠⁠https://sinclairfleetwood.com/work-with-me⁠⁠Resonance Retreats - ⁠⁠https://sinclairfleetwood.com/retreats⁠⁠The Medicine Path Masterclass - ⁠⁠⁠https://clients.sinclairfleetwood.com/products/courses/view/1189266⁠⁠⁠Subscribe on Substack: https://wearestandingontheedge.substack.com

Underneath all the seeking and solving and fixing and symptoms lies a fear-based belief: That there is something wrong with you that needs to be solved. That there is a normal, optimized life that everyone else is having (except you). And that you are always doing it wrong. Because you are wrong.Healing becomes your whole life, when it was just meant to be a guide back home. Instead it became a way to try to outrun the fear pervading the worldview you carry. You look out and feel afraid, and you look inward and feel afraid. Reaction from fear starts driving you toward seeking, psychedelics, integration, and finding answers for your brokenness. What if the work isn't to keep solving, but to stop believing fear? To learn how to hold bliss inside chaos? To build a spiritual practice capable of holding the paradox of being alive as a human in these times? What if every challenge is an opportunity to choose love over fear? If you're ready to face fear and choose something more beneficial instead, this episode is for you.WORK WITH SINCLAIR⁠https://sinclairfleetwood.com/work-with-me⁠Resonance Retreats - ⁠https://sinclairfleetwood.com/retreats⁠The Medicine Path Masterclass - ⁠⁠https://clients.sinclairfleetwood.com/products/courses/view/1189266⁠⁠Subscribe on Substack: https://wearestandingontheedge.substack.com

From supporting your mitochondrial function to healing your liver to dialing in your ideal gut balancing protocol, the digital age has sold us hard on there being a “right way” to feel, look, have sex, do romance, eat, work, and be. Oh, and you’re doing it wrong. The truth is, following the white rabbit of optimal wellness is making people sick. Really sick. Chronically ill with multiple tiers of mystery symptoms with seemingly no end and no discernible root cause. Only an endless downward spiral that steals your time, energy, money, and health. Day by pain filled day. This is especially prevalent in healing professions. Guides, coaches, wellness practitioners, facilitators, doctors, nurses, and therapists all holding space for the collective while drowning in their own crusade to cope with the myriad of issues happening inside their own bodies and hearts and minds. This week on the show, we're getting into why trying harder is making your symptoms stronger. And uncovering the limiting belief lying at the core of it all. If this resonates and you want off the merry-go-round, this threshold is where our work together begins. WORK WITH SINCLAIRhttps://sinclairfleetwood.com/work-with-meThe Medicine Path Masterclass - https://clients.sinclairfleetwood.com/products/courses/view/1189266Use coupon LAUNCHCODE at checkout for 33% off through March 13Resonance Retreats - https://sinclairfleetwood.com/events

Leadership. What a snooze. This is a word that feels stuffy and boring to a lot of wild-hearted, spiritually minded explorers. But strong, confident leadership – rooted in values and beliefs that center the well-being of all beings – is exactly what we need right now. There comes a point on the spiritual path where healing stops being expansion and starts being the place you hide so you can stay small.In this episode of We Are Standing on the Edge, I’m speaking directly to the high-functioning, spiritually seasoned leaders (the therapists, facilitators, healers, entrepreneurs, caregivers, and professionals who have been doing the work) holding it down for everyone else... And yet in your own life things have stalled out. Maybe you're battling health issues, or ping-ponging back and forth between depression and anxiety so fast your head is spinning. Endless self-development, plant medicine journeys, certifications, shadow work, and integration cycles have become a sophisticated form of spiritual perfectionism that's stealing the very thing we claim to treasure most. Our presence.Awareness is necessary, but that alone will never initiate you into embodied leadership. The real question isn’t whether you still need healing. It’s whether you are willing to step into the realm of leadership your soul came here for.WORK WITH SINCLAIRThreshold 1:1 Private Coaching - ⁠https://sinclairfleetwood.com/coaching⁠Resonance Retreats: https://sinclairfleetwood.com/eventsNEST Community Membership - ⁠https://sinclairfleetwood.com/nest⁠Subscribe on Substack - ⁠⁠https://wearestandingontheedge.substack.com

The era of endless healing is over. Are you an awakened, spiritual straight-A-student, and stuck in a never ending spiral of self-doubt and healing? In this inaugural episode of We Are Standing on the Edge (formerly The Psychedelic Integration Podcast), we dive into why “doing the work” (modalities, breathwork, meditation, journaling, reflecting, seeking insight, and even plant medicine) often doesn’t move the needle.I share the revelation that much of our healing comes from the belief that we are broken, and why that belief keeps us trapped in endless mental loops and overwhelm. You’ll hear acknowledgment of the paradox of our current human experience... where suffering, solving, and disconnection from Nature keep us stuck. And why the true path is coming into present relationship with what's here to grow you.Resonance Retreats, 1: 1 Coaching, + Community Membership: https://sinclairfleetwood.com/work-with-me