Huachuma and Vilca are sacred plant medicines that have been used in the Amazon for thousands of years. Utilizing the psychoactive compounds Mescaline (Huachuma), and DMT/Bufotenin (Vilca). They both carry the potential to create very powerful psychedelic experiences that have inspired revelations, and the healing of traumatic psychological wounds in those who have taken part in their ceremonies In this 2nd part of my series on the retreat center "SpiritQuest" I dive into my experience with...

The plant medicine Ayahuasca has become a popular topic over the past few years, and for good reason. People are returning from the jungles of South America having made recoveries from mental illnesses that western medicine and therapy had no answers for. Or are coming back feeling much more centered and in love with themselves and life. Back in 2017 I felt the call to go and try it for myself.  After hearing so many remarkable stories of entities and visions, I had to see for myself. I was...

How do you respond to intimacy?  Is it something you fear? Something you crave?  Or something you feel comfortable with? In this episode I talk about the different styles of attachment that we act out in our relationships, and how those set the framework for how we behave when we begin to become intimate with another human being. I pull from my own past to give real examples of these attachment styles in action, as well as a break down of the 3 most common styles we act out Anxious,...

Why do we seek to control our outer reality? Whether its fear, power or comfort we all seek to enact our will over the chaotic forces of reality.  Life holds within it terrifying potential. Even if we are feeling safe and comfortable, there always lies the possibility of it all falling apart. The fear of that, conscious or not, cuts us off from our connecting emotions and pushes us further into our Ego. And an unchecked Ego holds within it a lot of traits that closely resemble the extreme...

What parts of your personality do you show the world? Which ones do you bury in your shadow? We all have a Persona, a collection of our personality traits that we have deemed acceptable and safe to show to other people. But there are many other parts of us that we hide from the world for all kinds of reasons. Maybe we were raised in a situation where we chose to hide our softer side to avoid being ridiculed. Or maybe we grew up in a hostile environment and we learned to bury those parts...

What do you think of when you hear the word Ego? It is a word that is used regularly in our culture today but seldom do people understand fully what it is. And use it in ways to usually describe arrogant behavior or self centeredness. But in this episode of the Moonz Podcast I attempt to gather as many views as possible to help give us a better understanding of the Ego, as well as our other psychological forces such as the Personality, the Intuition, our Biological Drives, and...

What are you addicted to? In our modern world, there are so many different things that we can get hooked on. From alcohol, to drugs, to porn, candy, Netflix, gambling, video games, and the list goes on. But what goes into those addictions? What is happening in our body when we feel the pull of cravings arise in us? And how does our motivation get completely taken over by those addictions, and cause us to repeat the same patterns over and over again even though they are no longer serving...

How do we make positive change in our lives? What are the paths that we can walk to undo our previous patterns of thinking and behavior, and integrate in a new way of living in the world?   One that is aligned with a strong set of core values and promotes meaning, fulfillment and inner harmony. What makes changing so difficult? And how can we seek to change at a level deeper than just our habits to ensure that we will be able to cross that river and not look back? How can we connect to our...

What happens when we talk about our issues?  What is possible when we cultivate a core foundation of truth and trust with our closest relationships, as well as with ourselves? How can we cultivate groups where each member supports each other in the processing of our own internal and external challenges through open and honest communication? What effect would all of these have in our life if we sought to become honest with ourselves and grounded in our unique beauty and our...

Welcome to the Moonz Podcast! Here lies a lil preview of what is to come in this podcast. Come have a taste of my brain, give it a lick, see what it tastes like, feel the sensations in your body as you digest its knowledge.  Then feel free to cleanse your palette and come back for seconds. Lets hold hands and take a trip into the deepest questions of our existence, reality itself, and our human experience. To try and widen our perspectives, and shine a light on our inner and outer worlds....