Plant Medicine and the Spiritual Path - A Conversation with Spring Washam

This week we’re going to explore what we can do as individuals and as a community when we feel ungrounded during uncertain times. I’ll give you an important first step toward healing and action, lessons from 4000+ year-old trees, and reminders that help keep the spark of hope alive and well. We’ll zoom in and out to make current events more manageable within our hearts, minds, and spirits. You will learn:// Why it’s so important to mourn when dealing with challenges in our lives// How to focus on our communities and become leaders of action// What happens when we forget our inherent lovability and interconnection with all that is// Where our personal path and practice play into all of this// How to stay tapped into hopeResources:// Episode 66: Cultivating Radiant Inner Confidence - Ziji// Episode 179 - Medicine for These Times// Episode 233 - The Indomitable Human Spirit - You’ve Got it in You// If you’re new to the squad, grab the Rebel Buddhist Toolkit I created at RebelBuddhist.com. It has all you need to start creating a life of more freedom, adventure, and purpose. You’ll also get access to the Rebel Buddhist private group, and tune in every Wednesday as I go live with new inspiration and topics. // Have you benefited from even one episode of the Rebel Buddhist Podcast? I’d love it if you could leave a 5-star review on iTunes by clicking here.

This week, we dive into those unforgettable moments when we realized, “Holy shit—I have it in me!” Together, we’ll explore the times life called for a strength we didn’t know we had, and how reconnecting with these hidden resources can empower us for whatever comes next. Through reflection, storytelling, and a bit of awe, we’ll uncover the courage and resilience that have always been a part of us, ready to rise to any challenge.You Will Learn:// The importance of remembering times when we surprised ourselves with our capacity// Why it can be so hard to acknowledge our resilience// What ziji is, and how we can use it to survive the unsurvivable// Some ways I’ve managed to find ziji - an inner radiant confidence - in the most unlikely moments// Practices you can start today to help connect to your own zijiResources:// Episode 39 - The 4-Step Visualization Technique for Any Situation// Episode 44 - The Power of the Pause// Episode 64 - Cultivating Radiant Inner Confidence - Ziji// Check out my Free Unshakeable Confidence Training// If you’re new to the squad, grab the Rebel Buddhist Toolkit I created at RebelBuddhist.com. It has all you need to start creating a life of more freedom, adventure, and purpose. You’ll also get access to the Rebel Buddhist private group, and tune in every Wednesday as I go live with new inspiration and topics. // Have you benefited from even one episode of the Rebel Buddhist Podcast? I’d love it if you could leave a 5-star review on iTunes by clicking here.

This week is all about why we ALL belong… no matter how different we might feel from the world around us. I’ll break down why we often feel out of place with the world around us when we’re on our spiritual path and why that can actually be a GOOD thing. Plus we’ll jam on some great ways you can help to remember and feel connected with your inherent belonging in the world, and how the very thing that might have you feeling isolated is the very thing that will connect you to all that is.You Will Learn:// Why we often feel we don’t belong while on our spiritual path… and why that means we’re headed in the right direction!// How our perceived differences that seem to isolate us are the exact gifts that we need to bring to our people// How modern society teaches us that we’re separate, when the reality is we are deeply interconnected// Why YOU are absolutely needed to help our society evolve and expand.Resources:// Episode 115: Making Quality New Friends// Episode 124: “Who Am I?” Loneliness and Our Self-Concept// Episode 210: Spiritual Friends and How to Make Them// It’s not too late to join the No Regrets course! Our first virtual retreat is NEXT week, so you’ve got time to snag your spot and the awesome bonuses - a NEW bonus is access to the most popular Freedom School module - on RELATIONSHIPS - where we explore the most common barriers to a healthy relationship. We also dive into people pleasing and boundaries and how to not need others to act a certain way so we can feel better. It’s a GAME CHANGER and opens up so much more freedom in all our relationships: romantic, intimate, friendships, work relationships, challenges with family members…trust me. Head over to TheNoRegretsCourse.com and join us NOW so you can dive into the course material with instant access, and hang out with us on the virtual retreat next week!// If you’re new to the squad, grab the Rebel Buddhist Toolkit I created at RebelBuddhist.com. It has all you need to start creating a life of more freedom, adventure, and purpose. You’ll also get access to the Rebel Buddhist private group, and tune in every Wednesday as I go live with new inspiration and topics. // Have you benefited from even one episode of the Rebel Buddhist Podcast? I’d love it if you could leave a 5-star review on iTunes by clicking here.

This week is all about the power of a self-generated ceremony. I’ll open up about my own recent experiences while on a 4-day, 4-night wilderness solo fast and how I created ceremonies right there for the major moments throughout my life. I also share how my heart was cracked open, and jam on some ways you can create your own ceremonies, including questions you can use to get started.You will learn:// How ceremony can help us get unstuck// What a self-generated ceremony is and why it can be more potent than ones that are taught to us // How to counteract the tendency that modern industrialized society has to keep us from the support we need when experiencing major life changes// My recent experiences and epiphanies in the desert and the self-generated ceremonies I created to mark each of them// Prompts you can use to begin creating your own ceremoniesResources:// Episode 116: The Importance of Rites of Passage// Episode 184: The Power of Intention, Ritual, and Ceremony// Come join me and a group of like-minded souls in living the next 9 months as if they are our last. Remembering our limited time here on Earth creates clarity and inspires action like nothing else. Dive more deeply into practices that help create a life of inner and outer freedom – come join me in my NEWEST program, called No Regrets. It’s an exploration into our own life legacy, the gift of impermanence, intimacy with death + life, and living a life of no regrets. Be sure to snag our discounts and bonuses before doors close!// If you’re new to the squad, grab the Rebel Buddhist Toolkit I created at RebelBuddhist.com. It has all you need to start creating a life of more freedom, adventure, and purpose. You’ll also get access to the Rebel Buddhist private group, and tune in every Wednesday as I go live with new inspiration and topics. // Have you benefited from even one episode of the Rebel Buddhist Podcast? I’d love it if you could leave a 5-star review on iTunes by clicking here.

This week I talk about my recent wilderness solo fast and all of the clarifying moments I had about living a life of no BS and no regrets. We’ll jam on the top 5 regrets of the dying that Bonnie Ware wrote about, and what we can do to work on preventing them. Plus I’ll give you sometools for overcoming the fear and doubt that’s keeping us from making changes right now. You will learn:// How my wilderness solo fast helped me come to terms with my regrets BEFORE it was too late// How to prevent the 5 top regrets of the dying, and how we can face each of them so we can live a life more honestly and freely.// Why it can be so hard to let go of our regrets and fears, and some practices we can begin now to help overcome the hesitation// The importance of forgiveness, ziji, and self-compassion as we navigate and overcome our regrets// Why we want to think about living with no regrets now - and now then the end seems more near Resources:// Episode 34: How to Forgive// Episode 53: How to Forgive Yourself// Episode 116: The Importance of Rites of Passage// Episode 184: The Power of Intention, Ritual, and Ceremony// Episode 222: Struggling with When Things End// Check out my FREE Clarity + Courage Training// Come join me and a group of like-minded souls in living the next 9 months as if they are our last. Remembering our limited time here on Earth creates clarity and inspires action like nothing else. Dive more deeply into practices that help create a life of inner and outer freedom - come join me in my NEWEST program, called No Regrets. It’s an exploration into our own life legacy, the gift of impermanence, intimacy with death + life, and living a life of no regrets. Be sure to snag our discounts and bonuses before doors close for those on SUNDAY.// If you’re new to the squad, grab the Rebel Buddhist Toolkit I created at RebelBuddhist.com. It has all you need to start creating a life of more freedom, adventure, and purpose. You’ll also get access to the Rebel Buddhist private group, and tune in every Wednesday as I go live with new inspiration and topics. // Have you benefited from even one episode of the Rebel Buddhist Podcast? I’d love it if you could leave a 5-star review on iTunes by clicking here.

In this week’s episode, I share my story of when I got diagnosed with kidney cancer and what it was like having to face the reality that we all will die, and we NEVER know when. I’ll also give you some ways we can stop putting off the things that give our life meaning and a sense of integrity, and start living a life of no regrets, making the most of whatever time we have. For some this means more adventure. For some it means forgiving (including ourselves). There are so many ways this can look. But for all of us, it means more freedom. In this Episode you will learn:// The one thing I need the world to know before I die (hint: it’s to wake the f*ck up!) – and why // Why you shouldn’t wait for something like the Big C (cancer, or an accident or severe illness etc.) before doing the soul work. // Why knowing we are only here for an undetermined amount of time is not scary – it’s enlivening. // How my cancer diagnosis taught me to let go of the sh*t that doesn’t matter // How you can wake the f*ck up… and why you need to do it RIGHT NOW Resources:// Episode 9: Impermanence, Death, and Other Sexy Things// If you’re ready to wake the f*ck up and stop putting off what really matters - and get more clear about what really matters to YOU - come join me and a group of like-minded souls in living the next 9 months as if they are our last. Remembering our limited time here on Earth creates clarity and inspires action like nothing else. Dive more deeply into practices that help create a life of inner and outer freedom - come join me in my NEWEST program, called No Regrets. It’s an exploration into our own life legacy, the gift of impermanence, intimacy with death + life, and living a life of no regrets.// If you’re new to the squad, grab the Rebel Buddhist Toolkit I created at RebelBuddhist.com. It has all you need to start creating a life of more freedom, adventure, and purpose. You’ll also get access to the Rebel Buddhist private group, and tune in every Wednesday as I go live with new inspiration and topics.// Have you benefited from even one episode of the Rebel Buddhist Podcast? I’d love it if you could leave a 5-star review on iTunes by clicking here.

This week I sit down with Cathy Raven Toldi, an instinctive meditation teacher, Zen priest, and sacred Eros guide. We jammed about expanding our concepts of Eros and sex and how that connects us with our own deep spiritual practice and the wild world around us. Plus, Raven shares one practice that we can all try right now to tap into our own Eros energy from a more wholistic perspective.In this special Episode, you will learn:// How Cathy became so connected - and dedicated - to reshaping concepts of Eros and sex// How a limited view of Eros and sexuality leads to unnecessary suffering // Myriad ways to connect to the sensual world around us// How society has perverted the concepts of Eros, sex, and intimacy and how we can choose to be more healthy  about it instead (this does not mean boring;)// ALL the ways Eros can be deeply connected to our spiritual path (and there’s a lot ;)// Where masculine and feminine energies can come into play// One practice you can start with today to connect with your own experience of Eros Resources:// Episode 139: Nature and Reconnecting// Episode 143: The South + Wounded Children// Episode 195: Going Beyond Our 5 Senses// If you want to stop putting off what really matters - and get more clear about what really matters to YOU - come join me and a group of like-minded souls in living the next 9 months as if they are our last. Remembering our limited time here on Earth creates clarity and inspires action like nothing else. Dive more deeply into practices that help create a life of inner and outer freedom - come join me in my NEWEST program, called No Regrets. It’s a deep dive into exploring our own life legacy, the gift of impermanence, intimacy with death + life, and living a life of no regrets.// If you’re new to the squad, grab the Rebel Buddhist Toolkit I created at RebelBuddhist.com. It has all you need to start creating a life of more freedom, adventure, and purpose. You’ll also get access to the Rebel Buddhist private group, and tune in every Wednesday as I go live with new inspiration and topics.// Have you benefited from even one episode of the Rebel Buddhist Podcast? I’d love it if you could leave a 5-star review on iTunes by clicking here.

Welcome to a VERY special episode of the podcast… this week I interviewed my first ever GUEST, Spring Washam. Spring is one of my beloved Buddhist teachers, but also a real pioneer in terms of offering entheogens, along with the Buddhist spiritual path. And she’s been an inspiration for me in many ways.In this interview, Spring and I talked all about what she’s learned about plant medicine and altered state experiences in the jungles of South America and how that’s translated to her work here in the United States. We also talked about where all that fits into her own Buddhist beliefs and how she faces opposing views from other Buddhist practitioners.In this special Episode, we jammed on:// How we both began working with plant medicine & ayahuasca// Why we find exploring the medicine’s place in Indigenous culture so important to its uses in Western society// Why there’s an absence of integration and post-journey support in our industrialized, western society// The importance of ceremony and community in our healing journey// Whether altered-state experiences ACTUALLY go against the teachings of Buddhism (and if that even matters)// Our advice for those who are considering plant medicine on the spiritual path// Death and the possibility of rebirth, and the implications in journey workResources:// Learn more about Spring Washam (and stay tuned for her 2025 event schedule)// Follow Spring on Instagram or Facebook//  Check out my previous Episodes on psychedelics and entheogens:Episode 97: Psychedelics and Spiritual PracticeEpisode 153: Psychedelic ExceptionalismEpisode 225: How to Choose a Psychedelic Guide// Episode 122: Come See for Yourself - Ehipassiko// If you want to dive more deeply into practices that help create a life of inner and outer freedom, come join me in my NEWEST program, called No Regrets. It’s a deep dive into exploring our own life legacy, the gift of impermanence, intimacy with death + life, and living a life of no regrets. To get on the waitlist, head over to AdventureMastermind.com. You’ll be the first to know when early registration opens in a few days, with special early bird rates, extra bonuses, and first dibs on the limited-capacity in-person retreat on the Big Island of Hawai’i…and more.  // If you want to dive deeper into this Soul-level work and create a strong foundation for self-coaching, consciousness exploration, and creating a life of freedom, adventure, and purpose, head over to JoinFreedomSchool.com. It’s got everything you need in one place. // If you’re new to the squad, grab the Rebel Buddhist Toolkit I created at RebelBuddhist.com. It has all you need to start creating a life of more freedom, adventure, and purpose. You’ll also get access to the Rebel Buddhist private group, and tune in every Wednesday as I go live with new inspiration and topics. // Have you benefited from even one episode of the Rebel Buddhist Podcast? I’d love it if you could leave a 5-star review on iTunes by clicking here.

You know how sometimes you feel tired for no apparent reason, or maybe you want to check the f*ck out, or run away from it all?  Me too. Thing is, these things are all signs that we might be at a personal “growth edge.” This week we’re going to jam on how to know you’re at an edge, and why it’s SO important to identify what your “edge behaviors” are.You will learn:// What a growth edge is - and how knowing how we react to one helps us more effectively move through them.// How to identify our growth edge behaviors and why learning this is THE place to start// How to know the difference between a growth edge and burnout or fatigue// Common growth edge behaviors you might see in yourself and others// What to do once we identify our growth edge behaviorsResources:// Episode 44: The Power of the Pause// Episode 199: What Is Liminality? The Space Between Transitions// Episode 211: Navigating Our Edges // If you want to dive more deeply into practices that help create a life of inner and outer freedom, come join me in my NEWEST program, called No Regrets. It’s a deep dive into exploring our own life legacy, the gift of impermanence, intimacy with death + life, and living a life of no regrets.To get on the waitlist head over to adventuremastermind.com. You’ll be the first to know when early registration opens later this month, with special early bird rates, extra bonuses, and first dibs on the limited-capacity in-person retreat on the Big Island of Hawai’i…and more.// If you want to dive deeper into this Soul-level work and create a strong foundation for self-coaching, consciousness exploration, and creating a life of freedom, adventure, and purpose, head over to JoinFreedomSchool.com. It’s got everything you need in one place.// If you’re new to the squad, grab the Rebel Buddhist Toolkit I created at RebelBuddhist.com. It has all you need to start creating a life of more freedom, adventure, and purpose. You’ll also get access to the Rebel Buddhist private group, and tune in every Wednesday as I go live with new inspiration and topics.// Have you benefited from even one episode of the Rebel Buddhist Podcast? I’d love it if you could leave a 5-star review on iTunes by clicking here.

This week we explore ideal things to look for when choosing a psychedelic sitter - facilitator - guide, or professional psychedelic-assisted therapist. We consider the different needs that arise around journeys for consciousness exploration and personal growth vs therapy, as well as things to think about if there is a significant medical or psychiatric history.You will learn:// Specific questions to ask when interviewing a potential guide// Why it’s important for a guide to have both a technical skill set for the safety of the mind and body AND the capacity to hold sacred space// What I - and others - believe a skilled guide offers, and why a fancy degree or training doesn’t mean someone is good…or ethical// How a great guide has many parallels to a great midwife// LOTS of great tips and questions to help you find the best psychedelic facilitator/guide/therapist for YOU// Why these tips and questions might change depending on where you are in your journey… and where you want to goResources:// FREE course on Mental Health First Aid through Johns Hopkins University// Episode 161: Healing vs Curing// Episode 73: How to Be Your Own Guru// Episode 97: Psychedelics and Spiritual Practice// Episode 153: Psychedelic Exceptionalism// Gratitude to Michelle Janikian for her suggestions and research around this - check out her book Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion  // If you want to dive more deeply into practices that help create a life of inner and outer freedom, come join me in my NEWEST program, called No Regrets. It’s a deep dive into exploring our own life legacy, the gift of impermanence, intimacy with death + life, and living a life of no regrets.To get on the waitlist head over to adventuremastermind.com. You’ll be the first to know when early registration opens later this month, with special early bird rates, extra bonuses, and first dibs on the limited-capacity in-person retreat on the Big Island of Hawai’i…and more.// If you want to dive deeper into this Soul-level work and create a strong foundation for self-coaching, consciousness exploration, and creating a life of freedom, adventure, and purpose, head over to JoinFreedomSchool.com. It’s got everything you need in one place.// If you’re new to the squad, grab the Rebel Buddhist Toolkit I created at RebelBuddhist.com. It has all you need to start creating a life of more freedom, adventure, and purpose. You’ll also get access to the Rebel Buddhist private group, and tune in every Wednesday as I go live with new inspiration and topics.// Have you benefited from even one episode of the Rebel Buddhist Podcast? I’d love it if you could leave a 5-star review on iTunes by clicking here