Overcomeing the Shame & Fear of Being Public About Psychedelics

[shree]

@Leo Gura, I’ve always admired the raw honesty and authenticity you’ve demonstrated, especially in talking openly about psychedelics and even sharing footage of your own trips. That’s rare and powerful.

What I’d love to understand is this:

How did you get to a point where you could publicly speak about something so controversial, without being crippled by shame or fear of judgment?

Did you ever feel doubt, anxiety, or concern about how others (family, friends, public) would react?

How did your close ones respond when you started openly talking about tripping and posting those videos, even talking about stage turquoise realizations which can easily be taken as insane or totally out of place?

I’m able to talk about my realizations, but only when I feel the other person is open-minded enough. 

Going fully public with this still feels like a huge leap. I’d love to hear how you made that transition at that point of life.

[shree]

I guess having a clearly defined life purpose and a "carrier" built around it made this easier.

It's hard for me to imagine doing such things  things while working 9 to 5.

[Leo Gura]

Just have something more important to worry about.

When you're not doing anything important with your life, then your mind will be consumed with petty worries. You just need a big picture that drowns out the noise.

Teaching people about psychedelics is just far more important than feeling shame about what trolls think.

Of course if your job would fire you for talking about such things then don't talk about it until you get a better job.

Edited Friday at 01:46 PM by Leo Gura

[ExploringReality]

My life purpose is to be a psychedelic integration coach for young people who have had crazy psycho Spiritual experiences and want to live a more grounded, purposeful life and integrate their experiences into they're own unique strengths and passions.

[shree]

@Leo Gura

I had similar things on my mind.

 As always, thanks for clearing the fog!

[Yimpa]

22 hours ago, ExploringReality said:

My life purpose is to be a psychedelic integration coach for young people who have had crazy psycho Spiritual experiences and want to live a more grounded, purposeful life and integrate their experiences into they're own unique strengths and passions.

Fireside has a program like that. I worked with a coach whose main job is a talk therapist, but of course they can't discuss that stuff openly in that domain. So they do it while doing the psychedelic coaching.

Would you ever consider creating a course?

Edited Saturday at 06:41 PM by Yimpa