In this episode of The Psychedelic Podcast, Paul F. Austin sits down with Mira Funk, LCSW, a Harvard-educated psychotherapist and the founder of Unjourneying, a private practice built around 5-MeO-DMT, N,N-DMT, and salvia divinorum.

This episode is sponsored by Mira Funk.

Mira traces her path from fourteen years of Zen meditation into psychedelic work, and explains how a severe reaction to a common nootropic supplement unexpectedly reoriented her entire practice toward presence rather than dramatic, otherworldly trips. She and Paul go deep on the extended-release routes she has pioneered, including subcutaneous, rectal, and vaginal 5-MeO-DMT, and the titrated e-mesh method she uses for salvia divinorum.

Throughout the conversation, Mira is candid about the real risks of self-administration, the role of chronic illness in shaping her gentle approach, and why she believes structure matters most for those newest to this work.

Mira Funk, LCSW (she/her), is a Harvard-educated queer, nonbinary psychotherapist and psychedelic guide specialized in 5-MeO-DMT, N,N-DMT (including analog ayahuasca), and salvia divinorum. Based in Oregon, she is the founder of Unjourneying, a private therapy practice blending somatic, nondual, and neuroscience-informed methods to optimize psychedelic healing and insight. Unjourneying draws its name from Neem Karoli Baba's reported non-response to LSD; observing this same effect in herself and long-term clients, Mira embraced the radically vivid here and now as her lodestar, rather than some mystical elsewhere.

Having battled neurological Lyme disease for over three decades, Mira brings a gentle, trauma-informed approach to clients with physical and emotional challenges. She is the inventor of The Hourglass, a lung-friendly 5-MeO-DMT vaporization system with zero liquid carriers and two-stage cooling, and offers multiple extended-release routes of 5-MeO-DMT, including subcutaneous, rectal, and vaginal preparations for sexual trauma and pelvic floor dysfunction. She is currently the only psychedelic therapist in the field offering titrated dosing of pure salvinorin-A in an e-mesh format.

Highlights:

• Fourteen years of Zen before mushrooms filled the gap
• Why structure helps most early in psychedelic work
• A supplement reaction that reshaped her entire practice
• 5-MeO-DMT as explosion versus something you can surf
• Building The Hourglass: her own zero-liquid vaporizer
• Subcutaneous, rectal & vaginal routes for 5-MeO-DMT
• A rectal 5-MeO-DMT session and healing pelvic trauma
• Real risks of DIY dosing and sourcing injectables safely
• Titrating salvia to a whisper with a custom e-mesh device

Episode Links:

• Unjourneying (Mira's website): https://www.unjourneying.com/
• Mira on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unjourneying
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@unjourneying
• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/unjourneying/membership

This episode is also sponsored by:

• SSRI Deprescribing & Psychedelic Readiness Training with Dr. Dave Rabin

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Paul talks with biohacking pioneer Dave Asprey about medicalization, microdosing, consciousness, and Dave's new BEYOND Wonderland psychedelics conference in Austin.

In this bonus episode, Paul welcomes back Dave Asprey, founder of Bulletproof Coffee and creator of the biohacking movement, to talk about BEYOND Wonderland, the psychedelics conference Dave has revamped for October 12-14 in Austin. They also get into medicalization, the CIA's documented role in psychedelic history, what responsible microdosing regulation could look like, and why Dave is as focused on unlocking latent human ability as he is on fixing what's broken.

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Episode links:

• BEYOND Wonderland – Use code THIRDWAVE for 10% off: https://wonderlandconference.com/
• Dave Asprey's website: https://daveasprey.com/

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Disclaimer: This content is for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only. We do not promote or encourage the illegal use of any controlled substances. Nothing said here is medical or legal advice. Always consult a qualified medical or mental health professional before making decisions related to your health. The views expressed herein belong to the speaker alone, and do not reflect the views of any other person, company, or organization.

In this episode of The Psychedelic Podcast, Paul F. Austin speaks with computer scientist, climate investor, and Nexus author Ramez Naam about psychedelics, AI, neurotechnology, and cognitive liberty.

Find full show notes and links here: https://thethirdwave.co/podcast/episode-374/?ref=278

Ramez shares how psychedelic experiences sparked his interest in neuroscience, inspired his books, and helped redirect his work toward climate and clean energy. He and Paul explore what brain-computer interfaces can do today, the future of psychedelic mental healthcare, and how to protect freedom of thought as AI becomes a more personal tool.

Ramez Naam is a computer scientist, mission-focused investor, climate activist, and award-winning author of science fiction and nonfiction. His Nexus trilogy explores the possibilities of mind-to-mind communication technology, while his nonfiction examines human augmentation, neuroscience, climate, and clean energy. He serves as Co-Chair for Energy and Environment at Singularity University and invests through Planetary VC in companies working on clean energy, climate technology, and beneficial uses of AI.

Highlights:

• How psychedelics inspired Ramez's interest in neuroscience and his five books
• What today's brain-computer interfaces can and cannot do
• Psilocybin, 5-MeO-DMT, and the future of mental healthcare
• Medicalization, decriminalization, and psychedelic access
• The LSD experience that helped shape Ramez's climate work
• Clean energy progress and the challenges that remain
• AI privacy, cognitive liberty, and the freedom to think

Episode Links:

• Ramez Naam's website: rameznaam.com
• Ramez Naam on X: x.com/ramez
• Ramez Naam on Instagram: instagram.com/rameznaam

Episode Sponsors:

• SSRI Deprescribing & Psychedelic Readiness Training with Dr. Dave Rabin

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