UNVEILED: exploring psychedelics and spirituality

Jim Doswell is a former federal treaty negotiator with First Nations in B.C, Canada. who applied for a ministerial exemption to use psilocybin to aid in his therapy for PTSD.  This is his story.    Jim Doswell is now on the Board of Therapsil helping give leadership.    Check out www. Therapsil.ca to donate to help with the Charter Challenge     

'Tell me what you fear and I will tell you what has happened to you'  DW Winnicott.    Charlotte Jackson is a registered clinical counsellor working in Vancouver and is advocating for the rights of Canadian patients to gain legal access to Psilocybin for therapeutic use.    Charlotte Jackson can be found at http://www.charlottejackson.ca/about To donate and support this Charter Challenge please ch...

Laurie Brooks, a mother of four, was diagnosed with terminal cancer and heard about a cutting edge new treatment for end of life anxiety. Laurie and her therapist, Dave Phillips, join us on the podcast to talk about the changes she experienced from this amazing therapy model that they want made available to all Canadians.    Check out Laurie's Blog - https://www.lauriesplace.ca/   Also go to https...

Canadians in medical need do not have safe, legal, equitable or timely access to medical psilocybin and psilocybin therapy. This urgently needs to change. To solve this, patients are taking the federal government to court. Today on the podcast we have Paul Lewin, https://lewinsagara.ca/lawyers/ a lawyer who is helping head up a Charter Challenge case on behalf of end of life cancer patients in Can...

Another little twist of focus as Peg and I begin to talk about what a Christian faith could look like AFTER we've walked away from Christianity.  How can we have a Christian spirituality without capitulating our core values?  And, can magic mushrooms actually be seen as a ritual in this sort of church community?  These are just some of the questions and topics Peg and I explore.  Also, check out P...

We were so excited about our first "guest" interview.  Jodi is a long time friend of us both and my teaching partner training therapists in safely using psilocybin in therapy. She is a gifted therapist with specialties in eating disorders and working with women toward experiencing their inner power and connection to the divine feminine.  She is a wife, mom and grandmother.  She has sooo much wisdo...

In our second podcast of season 2, we unveil Dave's journey from traditional to psychedelic therapist.

Peg and I have been on hiatus since February.  I think we now have a much clearer vision for Unveiled.  We will invite different guests who interest us to talk about whatever is engaging them at this time and then "Unveil" the energies, the creative motivation and the events that have brought them to this place.  As well, we hope that Unveiled can be a catalyst towards the formation of a spiritual...

On this podcast Dave and Peg discuss the growing number of people who identify as “Spiritual but not Religious”.  These folks are looking for a place to connect and share their lives.  Could Nexus 2.0 fill that gap and help people integrate the deep healing that is happening with plant medicines?   

In this second episode of our series on psychedelics we feature part of an interview with Francoise Bourzat. She is the author of Consciousness Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom, Entheogens, and Expanded States of Consciousness for Healing and Growth.  Trained both as a Shaman in Mexico and as a therapist working with the researchers at UCLA, Francoise is one of the most experienced guides in the world....

In our third episode in the series on psychedelics we feature an interview with Dr. Bill Richards who is one of the lead researchers at Johns Hopkins university leading the team doing Psychedelic clinical trials for the past 20 years. He also developed the official playlist used for these trips.  We explore concepts of spirituality and how plants have been used for thousands of years to alter cons...

After a few months break, we're back to talk about a fairly significant shift in our lives that has taken place over the past few years.  About 4 years ago, we began to read about the use of psychedelics to treat some serious mental health issues like PTSD and the anxiety associated with having to face a potentially life-threatening disease.  Then one of our very own community had to walk this cha...

In 2004, a number of us formed a faith community called neXus.  We were trying to reformulate, deconstruct and critically examine our Christian/Evangelical spirituality.  We had a good run, eventually ceasing formal services in 2017.  During that time, a number of songs came to be very important to me and Peg...we thought we would take a look at a few of these. We decided to start with Brandon Flo...

Hi, Peg and I continue our conversation about why we consider Internal Family Systems (IFS) as one of the best models out there for working "inside".  Recorded ala social distancing from Peg's garage (read: NOT a recording studio), we had a very personal talk about how the IFS framework has helped each of us live out our values more consistently...hope you enjoy.   Dave

In our podcast today Peg and I explore a model of therapy that I learned back in the 90s - I still see it as the most useful model for living a congruent and happy life.  As well, Peg gives us an update on Run4Water's efforts to help with the Covid crisis in Ethiopia.  

Peg and I have been on our own personal spiritual journey since neXus stopped meeting a few years ago.  One of the emerging new developments have been a re-examination and a re-embracing of our Christianity.  While I have happily shed some of the more hurtful elements of my own Christianity, I am finding that concepts like "The Kingdom of God" are so rich with meaning for my life today...and they...

Hi, Dave and Peg are back with a new podcast.  Our first episode features the movie A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, a powerful story of trauma and healing.   It's good to be back.

Here is Episode #2 where Dave and I discuss Pete Holmes' book Comedy Sex God and his HBO Series "Crashing". It is his personal story of leaving Evangelicalism and finding a new way to be human.  We start by riffing on the current Covid-19 pandemic.