My Psychedelic Roots shares stories from people from a broad swath of lived experience to explore their psychedelic beginnings, or roots: what motivated them to start using psychedelics, what those early experiences were like, and how those roots have impacted their understanding of themselves and the world around them. My goal in these conversations is to give voice to the unique, transpersonal and human side of psychedelics and non-ordinary states of consciousness--- allowing guests to talk about their personal stories and helping to destigmatize psychedelics and the people who use them. I hope that listeners of the podcast will have an opportunity to gain insight into the lived reality of psychedelic experiencing (both the shadow and the light), hear about how people found their way into the psychedelic space, and to have an opportunity to get curious about the resonance, contrasts and connections between the podcast guests experience and their own psychedelic roots. Buy me a coffee to support the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/mypsychedelicroots
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Amy Bartlett
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health & fitness · religion & spirituality · society & culture
Ep39: Alycia Fridkin on her psychedelic childhood, the relief of altered states, and finding home with her Jewish roots
Alycia Fridkin is an equity and anti-racism health policy activist who has been working in public health and harm reduction settings for over two decades. As a queer Jewish White settler living in Vancouver, BC on the unceded homelands of the Musqueam and Squamish Peoples, she currently works for the Provincial Health Services Authority in Indigenous Health as a collaborative practice and policy lead. As we hear a bit about in our conversation together, Alycia is also the founder of Jewish Third Space, a retreat based initiative that integrates Jewish wisdom with transformative embodied practices— a reflection of the way she has reclaimed and blended her spiritual and cultural roots with her psychedelic unfolding. In our conversation together, we talk about her chaotic childhood experiences, and the roles that both fear and magic played in making sense of herself and the world around her. We talk about her desire to ‘get high’ in her teenaged years, and explore two formative experiences—one with LSD and one with MDMA-- that both reflect the unique mix of fear and magic that Alycia experienced in childhood in many ways.
Shownotes
Jewish Third Space: https://jewishthirdspace.net/ (https://jewishthirdspace.net/)
The Spaces Between: https://www.thespacesinbetween.net/ (https://www.thespacesinbetween.net/)
Alycia’s JewWitch tarot reader website: https://www.azrasilverstein.com/ (https://www.azrasilverstein.com/)
Buy me a coffee and support the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/mypsychedelicroots (https://ko-fi.com/mypsychedelicroots)
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7 Oct 2026
EP38: Kyle Buller on his mystical childhood, a destabilizing near-death experience, and choosing this human life
Trigger Warning: discussions of suicidality
Kyle Buller is a somatic psychotherapist, breathwork facilitator, and educator recognized for his leadership in the psychedelic field. He is the Co-Founder, along with Joe Moore, of (http://www.psychedelicstoday.com/)Psychedelics Today (http://www.psychedelicstoday.com/) (http://www.psychedelicstoday.com/)and the Co-Founder and Director of Vital Psychedelic Training (http://www.vitalpsychedelictraining.com/), a professional program in Integrative Psychedelic Studies. Kyle also offers breathwork coaching and integration support for individuals navigating non-ordinary states through a grounded, relational, and body-based approach through his platform, SettingSun Wellness (http://settingsunwellness.com/). As we hear in our conversation together, all of these contributions and accomplishments are deeply connected to his psychedelic roots in childhood. We talk about some of his mystical experiences as a child, and how his curiosity led him to connect deeply to himself and the world around him. Then, after a near-death experience in his teens and subsequent deep depression and destabilization, we hear about his first and existentially corrective psilocybin journey, after which his life's path turned toward understanding the nature of consciousness and how people navigate and integrate psychospiritual crises and awakening.
A reminder that this episode contains explicit discussion of suicidal thoughts. This warning is meant to empower you with the knowledge you need to make healthy decisions about how and if you should consume this podcast content. We invite you to practice self-care and do what feels right for you. And if you need support, please connect with someone who can help: family and friends, professionals, or a crisis line. There are both Canadian and international recommendations in the show notes below. You are not alone-- not in your pain, nor in your healing.
Shownotes
Psychedelics Today: https://www.psychedelicstoday.com/ (https://www.psychedelicstoday.com/)
Vital Psychedelic Training: https://www.vitalpsychedelictraining.com/ (https://www.vitalpsychedelictraining.com/)
Setting Sun Wellness: https://www.settingsunwellness.com/ (https://www.settingsunwellness.com/)
Below are some Canadian and international mental health resources to access if you are in distress or need support:
Crisis Services Canada: https://988.ca/ (https://988.ca/)
Befrienders Worldwide (crisis lines serving 32 countries): https://befrienders.org/ (https://befrienders.org/)
International Directory of Mental Health Helplines: https://www.helpguide.org/find-help.htm (https://www.helpguide.org/find-help.htm)
The Fireside Project (US-only psychedelic-specific support): https://firesideproject.org/ (https://firesideproject.org/)
Psychology Today (to find a therapist in North America): https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/therapists (https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/therapists)
Buy me a coffee and support the podcast: https://ko-fi.com/mypsychedelicroots (https://ko-fi.com/mypsychedelicroots)
Music credit: Music by Mass X Audio (https://pixabay.com/users/massxaudio-34229497/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=235251) from Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/music/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=235251)
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23 Sept 2026
Ep37: Rielle Capler on childhood curiosity, an unexpected first encounter, and the importance of set and setting
Rielle Capler is the Executive Director for the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies Canada (MAPS Canada), and has a long history of engaging in research and policy spaces, providing consultations, testimony, and submissions on both cannabis and psychedelics to a variety of Canada’s federal, provincial and municipal governments and other nations. Before leading MAPS Canada, Rielle applied her Masters in Health Administration to the first medical cannabis dispensary in Canada, and worked in the cannabis field for over 20 years, co-founding and leading several nonprofits in the cannabis space-- eventually receiving the Governor General of Canada’s Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal acknowledging her contribution to Canadian society through her work. She went on to earn a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of British Columbia, and after her postdoc, also serves as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. In our conversation, we talk about the awe and curiosity she experienced as a child, and the reverence she had for ritual at a young age. We explore her mostly-theoretical interest in psychedelics in her teenaged years, before happening into her first experience with an unexpectedly robust psilocybin mushroom tea one summer before starting university. We talk about what she has learned from her experiences over the years, and the importance of set and setting for moving in these spaces with intention, agency and humility.
Shownotes
MAPS Canada: https://www.mapscanada.org/ (https://www.mapscanada.org/)
Rielle's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rielle-capler-mha-phd-21920718/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rielle-capler-mha-phd-21920718/)
Music credit: Music by Mass X Audio (https://pixabay.com/users/massxaudio-34229497/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=235251) from Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/music/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=235251)
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