Ketamine Connections

What happens when your ketamine transformation starts changing the dynamics of your closest relationships? Y'all, there may be someone more nervous about your ketamine transformation than you are. And it might be the person who loves you most. Your partner can genuinely want you to heal, feel better, and become the happiest version of yourself, while simultaneously being terrified of what tha...

Your first ketamine session might be life-changing. It might feel like nothing happened. Either way, what you do next matters. Y'all, imagine buying the nicest hammer at the hardware store, bringing it home, setting it down in an empty lot, and expecting it to build you a house. Ridiculous, right? And yet, that's exactly what so many people are doing with ketamine therapy. Here's th...

What if ketamine is already working for you, but you just can't see it yet? What if the reason you're not noticing your progress has nothing to do with the medicine not working, and everything to do with your subconscious mind doing exactly what it's designed to do? Y'all, your subconscious mind is really freaking good at hiding your progress from you. Here's the thing: yo...

What happens when the ketamine glow fades? Does that mean your ketamine therapy didn't work? Or is the real transformation only just beginning? Y'all, here's the thing: Ketamine isn't the hero of your life. YOU are. And that's the big takeaway as we wrap up our four-part series on the Hero's Journey and ketamine therapy. We've heard the call, found our mentors, c...

What if the most terrifying part of your healing journey isn’t the end of you—but the end of a version of you that has been working overtime for years trying to keep you safe? Welcome to the cave, y’all. We are officially in Part 3 of our four-part series on The Hero’s Journey & Ketamine Therapy , and this week we’re entering the darkest—and maybe most important—part of the journey: the ordeal...

What happens after you finally stop resisting the call and say yes to change? You cross the threshold. In Part 2 of our four-part series exploring ketamine therapy through the Hero’s Journey , we’re leaving the known world behind and stepping into the unknown—the territory of mentors, allies, guardians, the subconscious mind, and everything that might be waiting for you on the other side. Because...

What if being “on the fence” about ketamine isn’t indecision at all—but the beginning of your transformation? Happy Equinox, y’all. 🍂 Today we’re kicking off a very special four-part series on ketamine therapy and the Hero’s Journey , using Joseph Campbell’s map of transformation to explore what actually happens when you decide you’re ready for change. And we’re starting before the ketamine sessi...

Have you heard that ketamine can work fast—sometimes really fast? Cool. But what if it doesn’t? What if you walk out of your first ketamine session without the breakthrough, the visions, the big cosmic download, or the life-changing experience you were expecting? Does that mean ketamine didn’t work? Not necessarily. And in this episode, I want to talk about the people who don’t have an impressive...

When you think about who ketamine therapy is for, you might picture someone struggling with severe depression, PTSD, anxiety, or treatment-resistant mental health challenges. And yes—that person is absolutely part of the picture. But they are far from the whole picture. In this episode of Ketamine Connections , I’m walking you through four very different types of people I see doing this work with...

Do you want your mom to try ketamine? Yeah… me too. When ketamine has helped you experience healing, freedom, or transformation, it’s incredibly normal to want the people you love to experience it too. But there’s a big difference between opening the door to ketamine therapy and trying to drag someone through it. And apparently, I got to learn this lesson firsthand with my own mom. In this episode...

If you're new to ketamine therapy or Spravato (esketamine) , figuring out where to start can feel overwhelming. How do you choose the right ketamine clinic or treatment provider? How should you prepare for a ketamine or Spravato session? And what should you do afterward to support the changes you're hoping to create? With more than 100 episodes of Ketamine Connections , there’s a lot you...

If you’ve spent any time researching ketamine therapy, you’ve probably heard the term “K-hole” —and chances are, it wasn’t attached to a particularly comforting story. But what actually is a K-hole? Is it dangerous? Is it something you should avoid during ketamine therapy? And why can the same deeply dissociative state be terrifying for one person and profoundly healing for another? In this episod...

Wanting ketamine to work and actually being ready for ketamine therapy to change your life are two very different things. You can desperately want relief. You can be exhausted by depression, anxiety, or the patterns that have kept you stuck. You can walk into your first ketamine treatment hoping this is finally the thing that works. But ketamine isn’t magic—and the medicine can’t do all of the wor...

For years, maybe decades, you've been carrying emotional weight. The problem is... you probably don't even realize how heavy it is anymore. In this episode of Ketamine Connections , Anna Krishtal explains one of the most profound—and overlooked—experiences people have during ketamine therapy: realizing that depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other long-standing mental states may not actually...

If you've been wondering whether ketamine is the "beginner psychedelic," whether you should wait until you're "ready" for mushrooms or ayahuasca, or whether another psychedelic might work better... this episode is for you. In today's episode of Ketamine Connections , we're breaking down one of the biggest misconceptions in the psychedelic space: the idea tha...

One of the biggest fears keeping people from trying ketamine therapy is the fear of having a bad trip . But what if the thing that actually makes a ketamine session "bad" isn't what comes up... but how we relate to what comes up? In this episode of Ketamine Connections , ketamine coach and hypnotherapist Anna Krishtal breaks down one of the most common concerns she hears from client...

Have you ever walked out of a ketamine session wondering... "Did it work?" Maybe your first journey felt profound, emotional, or even life-changing, and your second felt... ordinary. Or maybe you expected vivid visuals, deep insights, or an overwhelming breakthrough, but instead found yourself wondering if you did something wrong. In this episode of Ketamine Connections , we're expl...

Anxiety Before Ketamine? Why Your Anxiety Might Actually Be Preparing You for Healing If you live with anxiety and you're considering ketamine therapy, you've probably wondered: "What if my anxiety ruins my ketamine experience?" It's one of the most common fears I hear from clients. But what if you've been looking at anxiety the wrong way? In this episode of Ketamine...

 Listener Survey https://forms.gle/RZb29Ecwn9vRkQTC9 Submit Your Ketamine Transformation Story  One hundred episodes. Honestly... I almost skipped celebrating this milestone. I had a completely different episode planned, but then I realized something: I'm only going to have one Episode 100. So today, instead of talking about ketamine preparation, psychedelic integration, or the subconscious m...

What happens when you've built the life you've always wanted... but you can't feel it? In this deeply vulnerable episode of Ketamine Connections , entrepreneur, CEO, speaker, and six-time author Brett Olson shares what it was like to spend nearly a decade living with depression despite having everything he thought should make him happy.  Married for 39 years, a father of six, grandf...

One of the most common things I hear from people preparing for ketamine is: “I just want to make sure I’m doing this right.” And while that sounds completely reasonable, especially if you're someone who likes to be prepared, organized, and successful, it may actually be the very thing standing between you and the transformation you're looking for. In this episode of Ketamine Connections,...

Can chronic pain, IBS, migraines, fatigue, and other persistent symptoms be connected to your emotional life? In this episode of Ketamine Connections, I welcome back therapist and mind-body medicine practitioner Sean Hershey for a fascinating conversation about the connection between chronic symptoms, emotional health, and healing. Sean shares his personal journey from years of debilitating IBS, r...

What if the most important part of ketamine therapy isn't the medicine itself? In this episode of Ketamine Connections, we're diving deep into one of the most misunderstood concepts in the ketamine space: the neuroplastic window . You've probably heard terms like neuroplasticity , Default Mode Network , and subconscious mind tossed around in conversations about ketamine therapy. But...

What do experienced ketamine clients know that first-timers don't? After working with hundreds of ketamine clients, I've noticed a clear difference between people who are brand new to ketamine therapy and those who have spent months or years working with the medicine. And no—it isn't that seasoned clients are more enlightened, more evolved, or somehow "better" at ketamine....

What happens when people stop trying to heal alone? In this deeply personal episode of Ketamine Connections , Anna Krishtal shares what unfolded during the recent live round of the Ketamine Preparation Protocol (KPP) — and why healing in community can unlock something that solo work often cannot.  This episode explores the power of group healing, vulnerability, subconscious transformation, and the...