This episode is for anyone who has been quietly avoiding a feeling they don't want to look at. Doug Red Hail Pineda, founder of The Church of Psychedelics, joins The Healing Mindset to talk about what it actually means to turn toward pain instead of running from it.
Doug shares why healing has to happen from the root, not just the surface, and why the real work begins after the breakthrough, in the slow, ordinary practice of integration.
About the Guest:
Doug Red Hail Pineda is the founder of The Church of Psychedelics, a spiritual community exploring natural plant medicine as a tool for self-inquiry and healing. He is also an author and spiritual teacher working at the intersection of Native American spirituality and modern consciousness practices.
Key Takeaways:
- Healing has to reach the root of a wound, not just manage its surface symptoms, or the same pain keeps growing back.
- A guide can only take you as deep as they've gone themselves; look for people who've actually faced what you're facing, not just studied it.
- Courage in healing means staying present while your sense of self feels disrupted, not being fearless.
- Integration, what you do in everyday life after a breakthrough, is often the most important and most overlooked part of healing.
- Healing rarely meets people by asking them to become someone else first; it meets them where they already are.
Connect With the Guest:
Website: https://thechurchofpsychedelics.com
Newsletter: https://thechurchofpsychedelics.com/newsletter
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dougredhailpineda
Instagram: instagram.com/doug_red_hail_pineda
Episode Chapters
[00:00] Cold Open — the turning point in how we see our struggles (approx.)
[03:00] The Biggest Misconception About Having a Healing Mindset (approx.)
[08:00] Spiritual Being, Human Experience: Two Lenses for Healing (approx.)
[14:00] Why Healing Has to Reach the Root, Not Just the Leaves (approx.)
[20:00] Finding a Guide Who's Actually Faced the Same Truth (approx.)
[26:00] Courage, Ego, and Staying Present With the Truth (approx.)
[31:00] Integration: The Real Work That Happens After (approx.)
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