{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Psychedelics for Grief and Loss with Heather A. Lee, LCSW","description":"In this episode, Heather A. Lee, LCSW joins to discuss the topic of psychedelic healing for grief and loss. Heather is a licensed psychotherapist, educator, speaker, and consultant. With over 30 years of practice in mental health, her focus is on supporting midlife and beyond women as they navigate life transitions. In this conversation, Heather explores the ways psychedelic healing may have transformative contributions to peoples\u2019 journeys navigating grief and loss. She explains that we live in a culture that doesn\u2019t have a good understanding of grief, how to navigate it, or how to support others who are grieving, so it can be a difficult issue to address. Heather discusses the neuroplasticity-promoting effects of psychedelics and elucidates the ways this can be helpful for processing grief, especially by allowing the person grieving the opportunity to hold their grief in new, productive ways alongside other healthy emotions. In closing, Heather emphasizes how psychedelics can also provide healing for existential distress brought on by the many planetary crises humanity is now facing through providing a broader, life-affirming viewpoint on these issues.   In this episode you'll hear: Heather\u2019s journey from working in hospice settings to working with psychedelic therapy Navigating the grief of losing others and the grief of realizing the imminent end of one\u2019s own life Why Heather thinks psychedelics are particularly useful for grief and loss How grief can manifest both mentally and physically Client stories from Heather\u2019s practice where patients are able to process grief to achieve a better quality of life Neuroplasticity, psychological flexibility, and processing grief Psychedelics for end-of-life grief and anxiety Physiological impacts of spending quality time in nature   Quotes: \u201cPsychedelics are a really important and powerful option that are coming into the conversation about how people can take some control of how they navigate that psycho-spiritual-emotional component of coming to end of life.\u201d [3:19] \u201cThere is no right or wrong way to grieve and there is no normal and abnormal. I think it\u2019s just about having markers so that we can know when and how to provide support to people.\u201d [9:27] \u201cOn the [psychedelic] medicine, you experience that grief, that loss\u2014whatever that is\u2014you\u2019re experiencing it while you\u2019re in that [neuroplastic] state so that you have the opportunity to get a fresh perspective. And it\u2019s in that fresh perspective that you create the new patterns of thought around [your grief].\u201d [20:12]   Links: Heather's website Medicine Woman Retreats website  Heather on Instagram  Heather on LinkedIn Psychedelic Medicine Association Porangui   ","author_name":"Psychedelic Medicine Podcast with Dr. Lynn Marie Morski","author_url":"https:\/\/psychedelicmedicineassociation.org\/podcasts\/","html":"