Adam Miezio

A Wild Psychedelic Therapy Ride From Torment to Catharsis.
Trauma and Ecstasy: How Psychedelics Made My Life Worth Living challenges you as the book cuts deep and fast into a grim American reality. Alex Abraham is one of countless traumatized Americans wandering a wasteland, longing for healing, and seeking wholeness. In his late 20s, Alex’s pain becomes unmanageable, leading him on a desperate and courageous journey to repair himself. There’s a catch. Alex earns his catharsis but must traver...

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What does a true, global psychedelic movement look like? We’ve embarked on an ambitious mission to answer this question and we need your assistance. We want to enlist the help of as many disparate voices and diverse people around the world as possible to contribute their perspectives.
Our goal at Global Psychedelic Week 2025 is to get a global pulse check and see where psychedelics are heading into the future. Please give us a hand painting ...

Therapy
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Somatic therapy and psychedelics are proving to be mutually beneficial as the psychedelic revival evolves. Somatic therapy can unlock deeper levels of healing and trauma release inaccessible by psychedelics alone. And at the same time, somatic therapy can set the table for someone who is not quite ready for a psychedelic journey.
Whether they’re new to the psychedelic field or not, most people have a basic understanding of what psychedelics are and what they do. Ho...

What is spiritual emergence? As the psychedelic resurgence continues to gain momentum and the term is gaining more visibility, many are asking this question. The phenomenon of spiritual emergence isn’t new, however – it predates contemporary awareness by millenia.
Preeminent psychiatrist and pioneer of transpersonal psychology, Stanislav Grof, earns the credit for coining the term and introducing it to the Western lexicon.
The term first appeared in Grof’s 1989 book Spiritual Emergency: When ...

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Although the late psychologist and mystic Carl Jung died in the 1960s, his ‘inner self’ legacy is enjoying an organic revival, synchronizing with the resurgence of psychedelics.

Jung’s work provides a reliable road map for a psychedelic trip through the unconscious, and contemporary psychedelic explorers are hungry to learn more about his profound teachings.

Why Jung Appeals to a Broad Psychedelic Audience

Jung’s enduring transpersonal principles ca...

In the second part of our series, we take a look at MDMA therapy for alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment. (If you missed the series introduction, please click here to catch up.) Historically, MDMA was made illegal in 1985 and was perceived to have no medical benefit. That is, until recently. MDMA-assisted therapy is on the way to becoming FDA-approved. This therapy would be for use as a treatment for those who have post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Professional athletes discover benefits of psychedelic for brain health
Daniel Carcillo, Riley Cote and Ian McCall used psychedelics to heal traumatic brain injuries
Promising ayahuasca research for brain injuries coming to light
Over the past decade awareness has grown around concussions in sports. Concussion awareness has grown in tandem with the medical field’s progress in treating head and brain injuries. Years ago, people joked around about “seeing stars” or “shaking the cobwebs of...

This is an opinion piece by Adam Miezio.
Adam Miezio is a writer in the psychedelics field, thanks to lifelong psychedelic journeying and plant medicine work. Born in Chicago, he received his master’s degree from Northeastern Illinois University, completing a thesis about the Heaven’s Gate cult. He enjoys writing about mental health, psychedelics, psychology, shamanism and fringe ideas on the fuzzy periphery of consciousness. He now resides in Oaxaca, Mexico, and enjoys abusing his passport, ...

Not long ago, I wrote a piece about the first time I smoked the toad or, by its scientific name, bufo alvarius. Although a person’s memory of their toad experience erodes over time, I still remember a fair amount of my experience. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the first hallucination I had, while still exhaling with my eyes open–hexagons. After my toad experience in Mexico, I began seeing non-toad-induced hexagons everywhere throughout my travels. Since then, I’ve wondered why hexagons are c...

Tired stereotypes of chili peppers, deserts, and beaches may lead you to believe these are the hottest parts of Mexico, and the temazcal trumps them all. The temazcal reigns supreme as the true harbinger of Mexican heat, and offers a unique experience for anyone who can withstand the temperature and endless sweating. Interested in testing your mental resilience while you purify your mind, body, and spirit? Then, get ready to turn up the heat.
What Is a Temazcal?
A temazcal is an ancient, Meso...

The legacy of indigenous shamans and curanderos (healers) thrives to this day in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Located in southern Mexico, and lounging along the Pacific coast, a slew of psychedelic retreats, ceremonies, and traditions call Oaxaca home. Although some people might be familiar with the psychedelic scene in Oaxaca de Juárez (the state’s capital), fewer people know about the broader, psychedelic current throughout the state. Learn about some of the psychedelic hotspots scattered a...

“Jesus man! You don’t look for acid! Acid finds you when it thinks you’re ready.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
Escape from the United States
I found myself becoming more miserable by the day with the pandemic raging, as lockdowns and aberrant social dynamics strangled the United States. I learned Mexico was welcoming all, no questions asked, so in June 2021, I flew from Austin to Cancun. About a week after landing in Cancun, the bufo alvarius toad leaped into my consciousness, altering my psyche, soul...

Over the past 100-plus years, a rich interchange of history, culture, and people has crossed the border between the United States and Mexico. Now, the burgeoning psychedelic revival bursts the southern border. Bolstered by psychedelic tourism, Mexico catches the hallucinogenic overflow gushing into our neighboring country. While Mexico experiences déjà vu (paging Maria Sabina) with the latest arrival of Americans and Westerners, visitors seeking spiritual satiety discover a contrast of new an...

Welcome to Frshminds’ Psilocybin Retreat Center Guide.
Be forewarned picking the psilocybin retreat that works for you is not an easy task, as a lot of prerequisite knowledge comes into play. Just like climbing a mountain involves more than buying some mountain climbing gear, booking a retreat involves more than just finding a retreat and booking a ticket. Making an educated retreat decision involves asking retreat operators the right questions, which means you need knowledge and understandin...

Despite being neighbors and having deep ties with Mexico, most Americans don’t realize that the United States played a key role in sowing the seeds of the Mexican Revolution. In fact, long before the Mexican Revolution even kicked off, three parties emerged, and later their respective interests converged, setting the stage for a violent, bloody uprising. Mexican president Porfirio Diaz, Gilded Age, American industrialists and tycoons, and Mexican revolutionary Ricardo Flores Magón collided, l...