From Control to Connection: Motherhood, Plant Medicine, and the Courage to Look Within

What happens when a mother’s love becomes entangled with fear, control, and the need to keep an adult child safe?

Joi Whitmore sits down with certified Wayfinder coach Laurie Levitan for an honest conversation about codependent parenting, nervous-system patterns, inner-child work, and the long process of repairing a mother–daughter relationship. Laurie shares how divorce, retirement, coaching, and years of personal inquiry changed the way she understood herself—and how later psychedelic experiences helped her recognize embodied patterns that insight alone had not fully shifted.

Together, Joi and Laurie explore the difference between caring and controlling, the courage it takes to let adult children own their choices and emotions, and what becomes possible when a parent stops giving a child their fear. This is not a simple story of psychedelics “fixing” a relationship. It is a story about readiness, education, accountability, self-regulation, and the ongoing work of becoming more present to the people we love.

Laurie works with mothers of adult children who want to understand old patterns and build more honest, connected relationships. Learn more at [laurielevitan.com](https://www.laurielevitan.com/).

*This episode shares personal experiences and is not medical advice. Psychedelic substances carry legal, psychological, and physical risks; laws vary by location.