Host Jolene MacFadden welcomes Gay-Lynn Grigas, a licensed mental health counselor and credentialed addiction professional with 30 years’ experience in drug and alcohol rehab and five traditionally published books, including her latest, "Psychedelics Dreams and Rituals," which explores healing trauma through self-compassion and self-forgiveness using non-ordinary states of consciousness such as psychedelics, dreams, and ritual/ceremony. Grigas discusses types of trauma (acute, chronic, complex), how suppressed trauma can affect relationships, health, and depression, and how ketamine is the only legal psychedelic she can use in Florida, describing screening, prescriptions, and therapeutic guidance including telehealth options and safety protocols. She shares her long-term journaling and dream journal practice, notes that authors must largely handle their own marketing, and recommends writing from passion and finding community, citing Hay House’s writer’s community and her contest experience. She previews a relationship teaching memoir tentatively titled "All The Daves of My Life." Visit the authors website: https://gaylynn.net/

00:00 Welcome and Show Intro

00:42 Meet Gay-Lynn Grigas

01:22 Books and Healing Focus

01:47 Trauma Jar Explained

04:36 Types of Trauma

06:38 Ketamine Therapy Basics

09:52 Telehealth and Safety

11:35 Journaling and Dream Work

12:12 Publishing and Marketing Reality

14:48 Spiritual and Jungian Influences

18:49 New Relationship Memoir Teaser

20:58 Top Writing Tips and Community

25:15 Closing and Subscribe

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