Medicine With The Medals

About Medicine With The Medals

Join us as we dive into the fascinating realm of plant medicines, covering a wide range of topics from herbs and botanicals to psychedelic substances. Our expert hosts and guest speakers will take you on a captivating journey, sharing insights, research, and personal stories that shed light on the potential of these powerful remedies. We believe in the holistic approach to healing and the wisdom of traditional practices. Our episodes provide valuable knowledge on psychedelic plant medicines like ayahuasca and psilocybin mushrooms, which offer potential breakthroughs in mental health treatment.

Publisher

Medicine with The Medals

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Nov 2023

Latest episode

17 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

53 of 85 episodes have a transcript.

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   17 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   My Psychedelic Story: Alan Romano

   Licensed clinical social worker Alan Romano shares his journey from fear-based psychedelic use to intentional entheogenic healing and addiction recovery, revealing how to alter our relationship with pain.

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   9 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   My Psychedelic Story: Stephanie

   Stephanie shares her profound psychedelic journey, revealing how a psilocybin experience reshaped her understanding of neurodivergence and societal systems, offering insights into integration and expanded awareness.

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   2 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   My Psychedelic Story: Micah Stover

   What does it really mean to say yes to psychedelic healing? In this powerful episode of My Psychedelic Story, therapist Micah Stover explores trauma-informed psychedelic therapy, somatic healing, and the ethical responsibility behind working with psilocybin, ketamine, MDMA, and cannabis. She shares why preparation and integration matter more than the peak experience, how consent must be conscious and informed, and why depth psychology and archetypal awareness are essential to lasting transformation. This conversation matters for anyone exploring plant medicine, psychedelic integration, or trauma recovery. It offers a grounded framework for approaching expanded states of consciousness with reverence, discernment, and nervous system safety. What You’ll Learn: Why psychedelic therapy requires preparation that focuses on surrender, not control How somatic healing and nervous system regulation support trauma integration What informed consent really means in psychedelic work The difference between a psychedelic experience and true integration How Jungian depth psychology and archetypes help make sense of symbolic, non-linear journeys Episode Highlights: 03:12 – How Micah’s personal trauma shaped her path into somatic and psychedelic therapy 06:48 – Why “research is me-search” in the world of trauma healing 09:27 – The role of preparation and why surrender is more important than expectation 12:03 – “This is metaphysical heart surgery” and what that means for therapists and clients 15:41 – Why informed consent is often misunderstood in psychedelic spaces 18:22 – How art, poetry, and symbol become the language of medicine 20:15 – Bridging Western clinical models with indigenous healing traditions Meet the Guest: Micah Stover is a trauma-informed therapist specializing in somatic healing and psychedelic-assisted therapy. Trained in psilocybin, ketamine, MDMA, and cannabis work, she integrates Jungian depth psychology, archetypal frameworks, and intergenerational trauma awareness to guide clients through preparation, experience, and integration. Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Mentioned: Somatic healing and nervous system regulation Trauma-informed psychedelic preparation and integration Depth psychology and Jungian archetypes Consent-centered therapeutic frameworks Symbol and metaphor as integration tools Healing Psychedelics methodology Closing Insight Psychedelics can open the door to profound healing, but the real transformation happens in how we prepare, how we surrender, and how we integrate. If you are exploring psychedelic healing, trauma recovery, or conscious transformation, this episode offers clarity and grounded guidance for the path ahead. Subscribe to My Psychedelic Story on your favorite podcast platform: https://podlink.com/1723629751 (https://podlink.com/1723629751) For the best in microdosing products and education, visit http://mamadose.com (http://mamadose.com) Connect with Micah: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micah-stover-49016114/ Join The Plant Medicine Path community: https://community.theplantmedicinepath.com/feed (https://community.theplantmedicinepath.com/feed) Connect with us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/medicinewiththemedals (https://www.facebook.com/medicinewiththemedals) Connect with us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/medicine_with_the_medals/ (https://www.instagram.com/medicine_with_the_medals/) Connect with us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theplantmedicinepath/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/theplantmedicinepath/)

Inside a recent episode

My Psychedelic Story: Alan Romano

Published 17 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] In my research, I found that the National Institute of Drug Abuse knew about Ibigame back in their early 70s, right, before the war on drugs began. They actually had a whole protocol, and we're about to announce it to Congress that we want to start using Ibigame instead of methadone, and I look back, I think, what would the world be like today? If back in the 70s, instead of all these methadone clinics popping up, right? And then, and then, and then, it's a thousand, right? That we had, I began clinics for the last 50 years, and we were treating opioid use with a medicine that not only treats dependency, but alters, and alters, and it's great, right? […]

Who has been a guest on Medicine With The Medals

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Alan Romano
• Stephanie
• Pat Miller
• Dr Maria Clara Restrepo
• Anthony Palacin

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YouTube views

1,066,918

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

4.6 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 69 / 100

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Quality

78

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

60

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