Ep 396: Embodiment, Dream Work and Psychedelic Experiences with Dr Katherine Lawson

Dr. Katherine Lawson is  a Mind Body Medicine practitioner who is deeply interested in therapies that stimulate one's capacity for self-knowledge and self-healing through self-care. She focuses on the interactions between the brain, mind, body, and personality, and the powerful ways in which mental, social, spiritual, and behavioral factors affect health and happiness.

Dr. Katherine has been looking at dreamwork, mysticism and psychedelic experiences for almost two decades as a way to help people experience whatever healing and growth is available to them. 

Now her biggest work revolves around helping people prepare for psychedelic experiences and in training them how to integrate those experiences into their lives (post the properly guided psychedelic event) for true healing from trauma and complex trauma.

In our conversation, Dr. Katherine explains the overlap of dreamwork, psychedelic work and the practice of embodiment. We also got into aging in an empowered way.

The science is that when your body understands something it sends a message to your brain that changes the way that your brain is wired to respond to certain events. With certain psychedelics, administered at the correct dosage, your brain can no longer hold the space for shame and judgment which frees you to more fully embody and understand yourself. 

If you’re ready to learn more about psychedelics as well as what it looks like to age empowered and to let go of hard things, listen to episode 396 now! 

In episode 396 of the Embodied Podcast we discuss:

• [1:12] How Dr. Katherine communes with God
• [4:10] Overcoming the fear of death
• [5:30] Transitioning out of religion and into a broader view of God
• [9:22] The power of fear in our lives and learning to surrender
• [12:41] The tension of opposites and the affect the COVID-19 pandemic had on society
• [14:02] An introduction into Dr. Katherine’s work in dreamwork, mysticism and psychedelics
• [14:16] Empowered aging - what does it look like and how can it be done
• [20:12] Properly preparing for psychedelic experiences
• [21:04] The reasons people are turning to psychedelics for healing
• [33:50] The different intelligences/natures of psychedelic medicines
• [37:05] The dual state of consciousness that comes from taking psychedelic medicines
• [42:34] The benefit of psychedelic therapy over more traditional talk therapy
• [43:36] Scientific reasons for why psychedelic therapy works when under the proper care
• [48:32] Three major life events that caused Dr. Katherine to make a major shift in her life
• [52:16] Putting a dent in grind culture

For full show notes and resources, head to https://untameyourself.com/podcasts/396

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