There is nothing wrong with you. Try that on for size.
Psychedelic Integration of the mind and wardrobe
Welcome to this Week's Edition of Red Things on Tuesday.
There is nothing wrong with you. Try that on for size.
A client told me that every time he shared one of his challenges with his old therapist, the therapist would explain it was proof of deep-seated problems. Shame, attachment issues, or some other sort of compulsivity or obsessional behavior. Everything about our friend was broken, or a problem to be solved. After a time, this approach made him more miserable, and he left the therapist.
There are so many things that I don't know, but this just doesn't seem like a fun way to work with people.
Many of you have eaten too much acid to view people as nothing more than a collection of problems. It's pretty obvious that they (we) are beings of light and consciousness, and that they just have some stuff getting in their way.
I think this is why more people are choosing coaches.
The International Coaching Federation defines coaching as "Partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process to maximize their personal and professional potential by unlocking their internal resources and creativity."
Coaches aren't looking for illness or brokenness. They are looking for potential, resourcefulness, and creativity.
There is nothing wrong with you, except sometimes you get in your own way.
You might not believe that at first, and that's ok.
What happens when we take a thought and try it on for a while?
Have you ever tried on a piece of clothing and walked around in it to see how it feels?
Have you ever bought a piece of clothing and it sat in your closet for a while, you weren't quite ready for it? Then one day, it was exactly the thing.
It's like that with thoughts, too.
Everyone is all about the IFS, and nobody is into metaprogramming. And often they take the IFS too far, listening to every voice in their head, no matter how cruel or insane, as if it was gospel. But few willing to assert their will, demanding, "I will think thoughts that are positive and good." They refuse to build the habit of reaching towards positive thoughts . They claim it feels fake, contrived. They forget that the negativity itself is a contrivance, a boldfaced lie, just because it has seniority.
It's time to stand up to the bully. Tell it that no longer can it steal the lunch money of our joy and self esteem.
It's time to clean out the closet and throw away the ill fitting khakis of shame and self criticism.
It's time to wear the dress ourselves in the finery of a mind attuned to its own goodness.
Join Me at BlessFest East
Tam Integration is honored to be a promotional sponsor at Bless Fest in Berkshire County. It just so happens that singing sacred songs are an excellent way to program your mind towards goodness!
It's a weekend of sacred music and community, being held in Lee on September 13 and 14. BlessFest East 2025 features an array of uplifting and heart-opening offerings from inspired and epic musicians, teachers, fire keepers and ceremonial elders from across the United States. Come as you are, come with all your humanness and dive into experience. This is a time for nurturing your body, mind and soul though being immersed in the magic of this beautiful community. Get tickets here.
Featured Musicians of BlessFest
This is the Day - Jaya Lakshmi
Radhe Govinda - Adam Bauer
Middle Way - John De Kadt
Psychedelics reopen the social reward learning critical period
Here is a new-to-me article which researches social reward learning in the critical period after psychedelic use. This is pretty cool for those of us that work in integration. It shows that there is a potential for folks to reopen windows of social learning, relationship building and community connection. We see that integration isn’t just personal reflection but also a chance to reshape how we connect. We can, as integrationists, understand that it's possible to encourage post journey practice that creates a fertile ground for healthy relationships, and new interpersonal patterns that will lead to the type of community connection that all of us in the field know is possible.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06204-3
👉 Come Study and Practice with the Tam Community. 👈
Meditation for the Journey: Autumn Retreat in the Berkshires
September 26-27-28, Plainfield, MA Link to Register
Join a group of like minded explorers
for a weekend of transcendent practice and ceremony
~ Explore the guided somatic practices and visualizations that you can share with your clients.
~ Experience how mantra and sacred sound can deepen somatic awareness and release.
~ Enjoy ceremony in the gorgousness of New England Autumn
~ 15 people max.
What’s included:
Lodging
Delicious organic and locally-sourced meals
Meditation, yoga, dharma talks
Introduction to guiding Yoga Nidra to support come up anxiety
Chanting the chakras for somatic awareness and release
Cannabis ceremony with guided Yoga Nidra
Drum Journey Ceremony
Playing in nature/ nature walk
Hot Tub
Art making
Autumn Leaves!
This intensive is designed to create a powerful container for people with emerging spiritual visions. The sessions will offer group members an opportunity to deepen their practice and care for themselves, knowing that they will take what they learn and experience back to their clients and communities.
You will be offered a weekend designed to explore the depths of your body, mind, and consciousness with simple clarity. The curriculum is designed to make you a more centered being as well as a better guide.
We’ll open Friday with some sound healing, exploring how our voice can be used to express and release in ways that support catharsis while maintaining a regulated nervous system. This will lead into our drum led ceremony.
On Saturday, we’ll explore the intersection of visualization and somatics as a wonderful adjunct to a journey. Continuing the theme from Friday, we’ll look at how we support a calm inner environment in through our presence and guidance. This will culminate in our Saturday evening ceremony.
Sunday, as we integrate our experience, we’ll explore how our stories can convey deep universal truths, and how taking our seat as a teacher can provide deep value to our students.
Tam Coaching Training Program is being moved back a few months to start in January!
We all need a little break before the next training. If this timing works better with your schedule, reach out to talk about it with us.
Here are two videos that you can watch about our program.
Core Competencies of a Psychedelic Integration Coach
Coaching Training info Session
Check these out and then reach out to discuss!
Group Coaching and Mentorship- The Golden Road Collective
I have a group offering called The Golden Road Collective.
The Golden Road is a collective of psychonauts, healers, guides, and transformational change agents. We work together to create and embody the visions that have been gifted us in our ceremonies. We’re stepping into a shared future that is mindful, resilient, and committed to the versions of ourselves that we know we can be.
It's a chance to receive teaching, mentoring on your personal or professional practice, and group coaching with Daniel. There are also group meditations and monthly special guests. You can join at any time. Learn More Here
You know what that Nature article reminds me of? Leary’s old “imprinting” theory of the action of psychedelics. I’m sure that paradigm is far outdated in psychiatric thinking these days, but this study seems to be lending it some fresh credence.