Adventures Through The Mind is an interview-based podcast hosted by Canadian author and public educator, James W. Jesso.
Although the show topics range---from spirituality, mental health, and emotional maturity; to love, relationships and sexuality; to history, philosophy, and neuroscience---there are two underlying themes that intersect them all: psychedelics & the mind.
James W. Jesso is the author of Decomposing The Shadow: Lessons From The Psilocybin Mushroom and The True Light Of Darkness, both about his experiences exploring the potentials of psychedelics.
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An In-Depth Exploration Of Psychedelic Integration | Marc Aixalà ~ ATTMind 202
Episode 202
Monday, November 10, 2025 • Duration 01:56:25
Author and psychotherapist Marc Aixalà is on the show to talk to us about psychedelic integration.
What You'll Learn About: 💡 -- What psychedelic integration actually is, what it offers, and why it matters ⏰ -- When and how to apply different integration practices over time 🤔 -- Common mistakes made in both practice and understanding of integration 🧩 -- Approaches to working with derealization, depersonalization, and difficult or traumatic psychedelic experiences 🌌 -- How to integrate experiences of the transcendental and transpersonal 👥 -- Key insights for practitioners, facilitators, and individuals navigating their own integration process.
MICRO:06 - MDMA's Gift to Intimate Partners and Couple's Communication, with Charles Wininger
Episode 196
Friday, May 9, 2025 • Duration 16:04
Author and couple's therapist, Charles Wininger discusses how MDMA can serve as "emotional superglue" for relationships by enhancing empathy, creating safety, and improving communication. He explains how the medicine helps couples move from defensive patterns to vulnerability, allowing them to address underlying fears and reconnect.
On Being A Black Advocate In The Psychedelic Renaissance | Psychedelic Café 1
Episode 124
Friday, June 26, 2020 • Duration 01:50:24
Welcome To The Psychedelic Café, a structured group conversation on curated topics, with curated guests, exploring a central question.
This session's question is: What does it mean to be a Black advocate in the Psychedelic Renaissance?
Our guests are The Dank Duchess, Darron Le Baron, Chor Boogie, Akua Ofosuhene, and Moudou Baqui
--LINKS-- For links to our guests' work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/PsyCafe1 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below***
Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W
***Featured image is courtesy (and copyright) of Chor Boogie
The Four Facets Of Human Transformation | Dr. Douglas Tataryn ~ ATTMind 124
Episode 124
Friday, June 19, 2020 • Duration 01:46:44
Dr. Douglas Tataryn joins us to explain the Four Facets Of Human Transformation, how they develop (or don't develop) over time, what roles those facets play, what it looks like when one is more developed than the others, and how we might develop those facets in a way that leads us to removing perceptual distortions and living happier, healthier, more embodied lives within ourselves and within our relationships.
--LINKS-- For links to Dr. Tataryn's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind124 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below***
*** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Joe A, Ian C, David WB, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W
The impact of Psychedelics on Memory Processing | Maria Balaet ~ ATTMind 123
Episode 123
Friday, June 5, 2020 • Duration 01:37:30
Maria Balaet is on the show to talk about the impact of psychedelics on memory processing, the neuropharmacology of memory, the interplay of memory and personal consciousness, and the ethics of memory modulation with psychedelics.
--LINKS-- For links to Maria Balaet's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind123 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below***
*** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Andreas D, Clea S, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Ian C, David WB, Don J, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W
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Foundational concepts of memory, brain, and consciousnesses
Preparing for The Unintended Consequences of Mainstreaming Psychedelics | Jerónimo M.M. ~ ATTMind 122
Episode 122
Friday, May 22, 2020 • Duration 01:27:52
Jerónimo M.M. joins us on the show to discuss the cultural issues we are presented with insofar as integrating psychedelics into the mainstream of the Western World of the Global North. We also talk about preparing for the unintended consequences of ending prohibition and the amputation of culture that comes with our globalized export of psychoactive plants.
--LINKS-- For links to Jeronimo's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind122 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below***
*** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, ` ************** Episode Breakdown
How we are both coping with the pandemic
What the pandemic look like on the ground in New York City
Discussing the growth of COVID-19 reported cases and why there are so many more already and even more coming
A Critique and a Warning About Leo Gura's Outrageous Experiments in Consciousness
Episode 121
Friday, May 15, 2020 • Duration 59:37
5-MeO-DMT and breath work facilitator Chad Charles joins me to discuss Leo Gura's Outrageous Experiments In Consciousness (30 breakthrough 5-MeO-DMT trips in 30 days, at increasing doses, in isolation). Our primary purpose was to discuss an element of the video that we both felt was outright dangerous, but the discussion expands to 5-MeO-DMT experiences in general.
*** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Stephen B, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W
All About Kratom | Dr. Oliver Grundmann ~ ATTMind 121
Episode 121
Friday, May 8, 2020 • Duration 01:46:45
Dr. Oliver Grundmann joins us on Adventures Through The Mind to talk about Kratom. We discuss its traditional cultural use, legal history, pharmacology, modern cultural use, preparation best practices, its benefits and its risks, and how to safely start using kratom.
--LINKS-- For links to Dr. Anderson's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind118 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below***
*** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Stephen B, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W
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What is kratom?
Kratom's cultural traditions and history of use
Is its prohibition being lobbied by the drug trade?
Traditional preparations of kratom
Pharmacology and effects in the brain
G proteins, opioid receptors, and the beta arrestin 2 pathway
How kratom gives you an opioid high without suppressing breathing
The differing addictive potentials of Kratom's alkaloids, mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine
Internal Family Systems and The Multiplicity Of Mind | Frank Anderson, MD ~ ATTMind 120
Episode 120
Friday, April 24, 2020 • Duration 01:49:15
Dr. Frank Anderson joins us on Adventures Through The Mind to explore the Internal Family Systems model of therapy and its perspective on the nature of mind, trauma, "triggers", and the symptoms of mental illness. We also talk about the transpersonal context of the self, choosing to grow up in the face of our own traumas, IFS' application to psychedelic therapies, and how to use IFS to navigate the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
--LINKS-- For links to Dr. Anderson's work, full show notes, and to watch this episode in video, head to https://bit.ly/ATTMind120 ***Full Topics Breakdown Below***
*** Extra BIG thanks to my patrons on Patreon for helping keep this podcast alive! Especially, Thomas & Melanie H, Clea S, Steven B, James R, Dean H, Joe A, Andy D, Ian C, David W, Don J, Yvette FC, Ann-Madeleine, Dima B, & Chuck W
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What is Internal family systems therapy?
Systems thinking and the multiplicity of the mind
Everybody is born with 'self-energy' and we don't need to build it or cultivate it
We all have multiple personalities, IFS calls them 'parts'
the two types of protective parts: mangers and firefighters
the wounded parts: exiles
All our parts have positive intention - even if those intentions have negative results
How IFS is different than conventional therapy insofar as how it addresses 'problematic behavior': e.g. Cutting, addiction and suicide
How important therapist authenticity of affect is during the co-regulation process between client and therapist
The difference between managing symptoms and healing wounds
What an IFS session looks like and the vital importance of 'getting the permission of the protective parts' before doing any healing work
The client does the healing, the therapist is an adjunct
Healing happened through the internal relationship between the self and the parts
Self-energy: what is it, what does it feel like, what is its role and how do we connect with it
How trauma impacts our relationship between the self and our parts
In the IFS context of trauma, what does it mean to be an adult
Growing up and healing trauma is a choice we need to need to make, even when our capacity to choose is different in different contexts (e.g. Systemic disenfranchisement)
The metaphysics of choosing our trauma before being born as a spiritual process
We all have the capacity to heal our trauma
How does IFS understand psychedelic therapy, generally and specifically: MDMA, psilocybin, and ketamine
There is such a difference between low dose and high dose ketamine insofar as doing therapy
Low-dose ketamine psychotherapy using IFS protocol, compared to MDMA protocol
The exciting potentials of how different psychedelic therapies can be optimized through IFS
The impotence of differing between recreational, therapeutic, spiritual and harmful use
An IFS interpretation of the imperial ACE psilocybin model
Should therapists experience psychedelics before providing psychedelic therapy
How does understanding IFS as a paradigm for living help us with or without trauma
How to use self-facilitated IFS processes to deal with the trauma/pain/fear of the COVID-19 pandemic
Unblending from our past so we can show up to what's actually happening right now
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