Episode Five: How to Avoid a Bad Trip

In this episode I will be answering some questions I received via my community on social media. If you have any questions please send me a message as I’d love to support you.  You can also join our Telegram community here and just hit the button that says Telegram channel. If you don’t have the app it will probably prompt you to download it. Access the Have a Good Trip resources: alexanderwaters.com/haveagoodtrip Connect with Alex  Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@alexanderwaters⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderWaters⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linkedin: ⁠⁠alexander-waters/⁠⁠ Sign up to my ⁠newsletter⁠  Infinite Potential Retreat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply To Join⁠⁠⁠⁠  Coaching with Alex: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply Now⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Welcome back, fellow journeyers! In this episode, we'll delve into the aftermath of a psilocybin journey. What can you expect to feel, and more importantly, how do you integrate the profound insights gained during your journey into your everyday life? Let's embark on this crucial phase of the psychedelic experience. This is super important and is the part that is usually missed, and because of that I’ve seen many people have hugely profound and awakening experiences with psilocybin only to fall back into the same old patterns just a few months later and feel “stuck” again. Access the Have a Good Trip resources: alexanderwaters.com/haveagoodtrip Connect with Alex  Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@alexanderwaters⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderWaters⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linkedin: ⁠⁠alexander-waters/⁠⁠ Sign up to my ⁠newsletter⁠  Infinite Potential Retreat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply To Join⁠⁠⁠⁠  Coaching with Alex: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply Now⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Welcome back, fellow journeyers!  In this episode, we're focusing on an essential aspect of your psilocybin journey: how to navigate safely and prevent the occurrence of a "bad trip." A bad trip can be challenging, but with the right knowledge and strategies, you can minimize the risks and maximize the potential for a positive experience. Access the Have a Good Trip resources: alexanderwaters.com/haveagoodtrip Connect with Alex  Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@alexanderwaters⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderWaters⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linkedin: ⁠⁠alexander-waters/⁠⁠ Sign up to my ⁠newsletter⁠  Infinite Potential Retreat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply To Join⁠⁠⁠⁠  Coaching with Alex: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply Now⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Welcome back, fellow journeyers!  In this episode, we're embarking on a guided tour through the diverse and sometimes enigmatic landscapes of the psychedelic experience.  When you journey with psilocybin, a multitude of inner worlds and states of consciousness can unfold. Let's explore what can happen during a trip and how to navigate this terrain. Access the Have a Good Trip resources: alexanderwaters.com/haveagoodtrip Connect with Alex  Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@alexanderwaters⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderWaters⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linkedin: ⁠⁠alexander-waters/⁠⁠ Sign up to my ⁠newsletter⁠  Infinite Potential Retreat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply To Join⁠⁠⁠⁠  Coaching with Alex: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply Now⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Welcome back, fellow journeyers!  In this episode, we're delving into the crucial factors of set, setting, intention and dosage when embarking on a psilocybin journey.  These four pillars are the cornerstones of ensuring a meaningful, safe, and transformative experience. Access the Have a Good Trip resources: alexanderwaters.com/haveagoodtrip Connect with Alex  Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@alexanderwaters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderWaters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linkedin: ⁠⁠⁠alexander-waters/⁠⁠⁠ Sign up to my ⁠⁠newsletter⁠⁠  Infinite Potential Retreat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply To Join⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Coaching with Alex: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply Now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

Welcome back, fellow journeyors! In this episode we’ll be discussing the Mushrooms Journey, a history of psychedelic medicine and its uprising in today's age, as well as the neuroscience behind mushrooms and exactly what happens in your brain and body when you take a dose of psilocybin mushrooms. This is important to understand because the context of what is actually happening will help you to navigate all your experiences with more ease and surrender, as well as help you to avoid having a bad trip, which I will go into more depth on in a later episode. Access the Have a Good Trip resources: alexanderwaters.com/haveagoodtrip Connect with Alex  Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@alexanderwaters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderWaters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linkedin: ⁠⁠⁠alexander-waters/⁠⁠⁠ Sign up to my ⁠⁠newsletter⁠⁠  Infinite Potential Retreat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply To Join⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Coaching with Alex: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply Now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

“My life will never be the same again." In this episode I share my own personal story with mushrooms, including the detail of a very powerful trip with 8 grams of mushrooms in California. Access the Have a Good Trip resources: alexanderwaters.com/haveagoodtrip Connect with Alex  Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@alexanderwaters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderWaters⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Linkedin: ⁠⁠⁠alexander-waters/⁠⁠⁠ Sign up to my ⁠⁠newsletter⁠⁠  Infinite Potential Retreat: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply To Join⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Coaching with Alex: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apply Now⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

This is a podcast mini series to support you in journeying through your experiences with Psilocybin Mushrooms & other psychedelic medicines.  This mini series brings together neuroscience and ancient wisdom, designed to equip you with a fundamental level of knowledge and understanding so that you feel guided in your preparation, during your trip, and of course integrating your experience into your life as a human being…  so that you can Have a Good Trip! I will be sharing with you:  What is a trip and why might you want to go on one? The Three things you Must Know before tripping How your frame of mind can impact your journey The Setting: What is your environment? Setting a clear Intention How do you know what dosage to take? Of course, how to avoid a Bad Trip, A Q&A with questions from my social media audience And I’ll be including a bonus episode sharing specifically how I support myself when I am journeying And of course I’ll be sprinkling lots of little (or big) cosmic nuggets of gold throughout. My name is Alex Waters and I am your guide through this mini series. As a part of my contribution to this world I facilitate psilocybin journeys for others, both in a 1-1 & small group private settings and larger groups at the Infinite Potential retreat - a retreat I founded in 2020 and host several times a year, usually in the Americas or Europe. In 2024 I am also launching a Psilocybin Medicine facilitator training that will equip you to hold space for others to have a profound experience with psilocybin mushrooms. You can find out more about how I can support you, and all of my offerings by visiting my website, alexanderwaters.com, or connect with me on Instagram @alexanderwaters and DM me. I love getting messages and connecting with new people in the community.  Using psilocybin mushrooms, I’ve personally experienced and witnessed in others huge breakthroughs in overcoming fears, letting go of past traumas, breaking through limiting beliefs in all areas of life, accessing true unconditional self love and self worth and so many other things.It is really a powerful medicine and one of my absolute favourite things to speak about. I’m not a doctor or a medical professional. I’m a guy who’s spent thousands of hours journeying with many different psychedelic medicines myself, testing the limits of what ‘safety’ means, and I’ve taken myself into some very scary situations with psychedelics.  What I’m sharing with you in this mini series is the knowledge that I’ve uncovered through alchemising my experiences, and through the work I do supporting many other individuals through their own experiences. As the medicine I serve to others is psilocybin mushrooms, I’ll be speaking about mushrooms in this mini series, but much of what I discuss still applies to other psychedelics. Medical Disclaimer: Psychedelics are powerful mind altering substances. I want to share this information responsibly, and I could use the standard tagline of “consult a medical professional”, but let’s be honest, you’re probably not going to go and talk to a doctor before taking any psychedelics, because most doctors around the world currently have no idea about psychedelics and have been trained to follow instructions from a outdated book.  Please check the list of Absolute and Probable medical contraindications available on my website at alexanderwaters.com/haveagoodtrip.  You should not work with psychedelic medicine if you have an Absolute contraindication, and if you have a Probable contraindication you should seek further advice from a medical professional or facilitator like myself before using psychedelics. Once again you can find that list available at alexanderwaters.com/haveagoodtrip Thank you, and Have a Good Trip!!