How Intentional Work with Psychedelics Saved My Life from an Eating Disorder

I began experimenting with psychedelics recreationally when I was 16 years old. I immediately noticed that the medicine space felt like home for me.

I continued to experiment with psychedelics throughout my teenage years and into my early 20's. I had been suffering with bulimia, body dysmorphia, and social anxiety for nearly a decade, and the medicine somewhat supported me, mostly short-term, but overall not much was changing in my life and in fact, things were just growing worse.

At 26, I began working with medicine in an intentional, thoughtful, and respectful way, and two months later, my entire life changed. I was now finally able to walk through the severe shame, denial, and fear that had prevented me from asking for the help I so badly needed. I let my entire family know that I was struggling with an eating disorder, told my boss at work and asked for time off to heal, and checked myself into an eating disorder treatment center where I stayed for three months.

So you see, ten years of recreational psychedelic use didn't change much for me, but two months of intentional work transformed my entire life.

As a therapist, I became passionate about learning how I could support others in accessing intentional psychedelic work in a safe, productive, and sacred way. I saw that intentional work with psychedelics was often challenging to access, due to finances, location, or not knowing where to find it. After witnessing the extreme benefit of this work in my own life, and the live of countless others, I was determined to make intentional work with psychedelics accessible to all who felt called to it. I believe these medicines can change the world, and they do this by supporting us in transforming at the individual level.

Psychedelics are not a magic cure, but they can greatly support us in seeing ourselves in truth, honesty, and love. This allows us to become more motivated and willing to make the necessary changes we need to make in our daily lives, in order to live a life in true alignment with our soul. These sacred medicines do not want us to become dependent on them, they only want to guide us back to how powerful and beautiful we already are.

I am forever grateful for the loving guidance and support of psychedelics, and it is my mission to assist others in safe and productive intentional psychedelic work, as well. If you are struggling with disordered eating or exercise behaviors and are feeling called to intentional work with psychedelics to heal, please check out our online course FREE YOURSELF.