My Psychedelic Story: Alix Kirshner

<p>What if your deepest pain was the key to your greatest healing?</p><p><br></p><p>In this transformative episode of <em>Medicine With The Medals</em>, grief coach and psychedelic guide <strong>Alix Kirshner</strong> shares how loss, addiction, and illness became the catalysts for her awakening,  and how she now helps others move through soul transitions with courage, compassion, and ceremony.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>What You’ll Learn:</strong></p><ul><li><p>How grief can emerge from any major life transition, not just death.</p></li><li><p>Why resisting pain deepens suffering, and how to move through it instead.</p></li><li><p>The role of psychedelics like <strong>psilocybin, ketamine, and cannabis</strong> in emotional healing and spiritual awakening.</p></li><li><p>What “soul transition coaching” means and how it helps people honor endings and new beginnings.</p></li><li><p>The neuroscience of healing, how psychedelics create <strong>neuroplasticity</strong> that supports lasting emotional transformation.<br></p></li></ul><p><strong>Episode Highlights:</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>02:18</strong> – Alix’s journey from personal tragedy to purpose as a psychedelic guide.</p></li><li><p><strong>06:43</strong> – How grief shows up in everyday transitions, even joyful ones.</p></li><li><p><strong>09:21</strong> – The spiritual and physical connection between suppressed emotions and illness.</p></li><li><p><strong>13:08</strong> – Alix’s first psilocybin experience during chemotherapy, and the moment that changed everything.</p></li><li><p><strong>16:52</strong> – What it means to develop a loving relationship with yourself through shadow work.</p></li><li><p><strong>18:35</strong> – Inside the practice of psychedelic integration and self-compassion.</p></li><li><p><strong>20:40</strong> – The lesson every healing journey leads to: trusting the medicine within.</p></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Meet the Guest:</strong></p><p><strong>Alix Kirshner</strong> is a certified <strong>psychedelic guide, grief and soul transition coach</strong>, and founder of <strong>Higher Healing</strong>, where she supports clients through transformational experiences with psilocybin, ketamine, and cannabis. Her work bridges spiritual growth, trauma integration, and neuroscience-backed healing.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Tools, Frameworks, or Strategies Mentioned:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Psychedelic integration and somatic embodiment</p></li><li><p>The “As Above, So Below” healing principle</p></li><li><p>Neuroplasticity and emotional reprogramming</p></li><li><p>Self-love and self-forgiveness practices<br></p></li></ul><p><strong>Closing Insight:</strong></p><p>“<strong>The medicine is just a tool, the real healing is remembering that the medicine already lives within you.</strong>”</p><p><br></p><p>For the best in microdosing products and education, visit<a href="http://mamadose.com"> <u>http://mamadose.com</u></a></p><p><br></p><p>Connect with Alix: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alix-kirshner-167a7b73"><u>linkedin.com/in/alix-kirshner-167a7b73</u></a></p><p><br></p><p>Join The Plant Medicine Path community:<a href="https://community.theplantmedicinepath.com/feed"> <u>https://community.theplantmedicinepath.com/feed</u></a></p><p>Connect with us on Facebook:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/medicinewiththemedals"> <u>https://www.facebook.com/medicinewiththemedals</u></a></p><p>Connect with us on Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/medicine_with_the_medals/"> <u>https://www.instagram.com/medicine_with_the_medals/</u></a><br>Connect with us on LinkedIn:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/theplantmedicinepath/"> <u>https://www.linkedin.com/in/theplantmedicinepath/</u></a></p>