by States of Mind

Human Journeys

The personal stories of healing behind psychedelics

From experts to everyday people — everyone is here for the same reason.

To heal. To move ourselves forward. To try and get better.

  • Personal Stories
  • Healing Journeys
  • Real People
  • Psychedelic Therapy
  • Transformation

These deeply personal conversations show how psychedelic therapies are helping people grow, heal, and transform their lives.

  • "I was depressed after my first child. Nothing worked. Then I started microdosing and slowly found my joy again."

  • "I went deep. Into another dimension. I came out lighter and able to create again."

  • "Nobody understood what I was going through. But I needed help. I hope nobody else has to go through this alone."

Recent Episodes

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Therapist Ep. 011

The Room Where Healing Happens

Dr. Sarah Okonkwo, Ketamine-Assisted Therapist

Inside the therapeutic container — what a trained guide sees, feels, and holds during a session.

58m
Depression Ep. 010

Twenty Years of Darkness, One Night of Psilocybin

Maya Chen, Treatment-Resistant Depression

How a single guided psilocybin experience cracked open a grief she'd been carrying for two decades.

1h 02m
Researcher Ep. 009

Why the Data Made Me Cry

Prof. Daniel Hartley, Johns Hopkins Neuroscience

The moment clinical results became more than numbers — and changed how a scientist sees his life's work.

49m
Therapist Ep. 008

Ayahuasca & Addiction: A Ceremony That Changed Everything

Lucia Ferreira, Retreat Facilitator & Survivor

From fifteen years of alcohol dependence to becoming a facilitator — the ceremony that started a new life.

58m
"Not industry stories. Not policy debates. Just people — and what happened when they decided to try and get better."
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