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The only podcast dedicated to demystifying ketamine therapy. Hosted by hypnotherapist and ketamine coach Anna Krishtal, Ketamine Connections explores how this breakthrough medicine rewires the subconscious mind for lasting change.
Each week, discover science-backed insights, expert interviews, and real stories of transformation. Learn how to prepare for your journey, integrate your experiences, and reconnect with your truest self.
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In this episode of Ketamine Connections, Anna Krishtal—hypnotherapist, ketamine coach, and host of the show—makes a bold claim: Hypnosis might be the most powerful psychedelic tool available. In this episode, Anna explains why hypnosis works on many of the same mechanisms as psychedelics—quieting the Default Mode Network, opening a state of neuroplasticity, and allowing the subconscious mind to reorganize itself. You’ll also hear Anna’s personal story of discovering hypnosis years bef...
If you tried ketamine therapy and it didn’t change your life the way you hoped… this episode is for you. And if your biggest fear is spending the time, money, and hope on ketamine only to feel disappointed? This conversation will change how you see the entire process. In this episode of Ketamine Connections, I break down one of the most misunderstood truths about ketamine therapy: 👉 The glimpse is not the transformation. Ketamine doesn’t “fix” you. It disrupts old patterns. It opens a neuropl...
In Part Two of my in-person conversation with Dr. James Leathem, we pick up exactly where we left off: defining the ego. In psychedelic work, “ego dissolution” is a phrase we hear constantly — but what is the ego, really? Dr. James defines it not as arrogance, but as the learned identity of self, meaning the accumulated conditioning, patterns, and protective mechanisms that shape how we experience the world. From there, we move into the technical depth of ketamine therapy. We discuss mode of ...
In this in-person episode of Ketamine Connections, I sit down with Dr. James Leathem — anesthesiologist turned psychedelic pioneer — to explore what transformational medicine actually means. We talk about rejection as redirection, trusting the process, and what it takes to build something meaningful — in medicine and in life. Dr. James shares his journey from failing into medical school twice to building a comprehensive ketamine clinic model rooted in safety, preparation, and integration. We ...
CONNECT WITH US ON YOUTUBE 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@KetamineConnections I hope you had a beautiful, love-filled Valentine’s Day. 💛 In this final Sunday Sneak Peek, Anna officially retires the three-month experiment and shares why she’s refining the rhythm of Ketamine Connections. Sunday Sneak Peek was an experiment — a way to test whether two episodes a week created more connection. But this show has never been about maximizing output. It’s about serving and connecting with you. Inste...
In this episode of Ketamine Connections, I did something a little sneaky — I called ketamine clinics across the country as a “secret shopper.” Not as your ketamine coach. Not as someone who has worked in preparation and integration for years. Just as a curious first-time patient asking simple questions: What do you offer for preparation? What support exists for integration? What I found was a mixed bag. Nearly every clinic immediately discussed medical clearance, fasting instructions, m...
In this Sunday Sneak Peek episode of Ketamine Connections, Anna shares a preview of an upcoming episode that’s been in the making for over a year. For this episode, Anna cold-called ketamine clinics across the United States, not as a ketamine coach or professional in the field, but as a curious, anxious first-time patient. Her goal was simple: to understand what information clinics provide when patients ask about mode of administration, preparation, and integration, without being prompted by ...
Have you ever felt like something was wrong with you, like you were a problem to be fixed, or that life would finally feel better after the next milestone? In this deeply vulnerable episode of Ketamine Connections, the tables are turned as Dr. Ashley Irizarry returns to the podcast to interview host Anna Krishtal. Anna shares her personal journey of starting therapy at age 11, living with suicidal ideation, cycling through years of ineffective talk therapy, and chasing external milestones in ...
In this Sunday Sneak Peek, Anna shares highlights from attending the ASKP Conference (American Society of Ketamine Physicians, Psychotherapists, and Practitioners) and reflects on how meaningful it felt to see the conversation expand beyond data and analysis into real human stories — the kind we center here on Ketamine Connections. She also shares the full-circle moment of meeting Dr. Ashley Irizarry in person and previews this week’s episode, where Dr. Irizarry interviews Anna on her own pod...
After recent headlines linking ketamine to the deaths of Matthew Perry and Jim Irsay, fear-based reporting has resurfaced scaring an already vulnerable population away from a treatment that, when used correctly, can be profoundly supportive. So instead of asking “Can ketamine kill you?” we ask: Under what conditions is ketamine safe—and when is it not? This episode breaks down the missing context: the difference between clinical vs. recreational use, why the container matters just as much as ...
Ketamine has been questioned as a cause of death in recent high-profile tragedies with Matthew Perry and Jim Irsay, and the headlines have left out crucial context. In this Wednesday's episode of Ketamine Connections, we slow the conversation way down and ask a better question than the media does: Not “Can ketamine kill you?” But “Under what conditions is ketamine safe — and when is it not?” We explore: why ketamine keeps becoming the scapegoat in fear-based headlineswhat the science actuall...
In this episode of Ketamine Connections, Anna revisits a foundational question: Is the subconscious mind real, and why does it matter in ketamine therapy? Using the iceberg metaphor, Anna explains how roughly 95% of the mind operates beneath the surface, quietly running our patterns, emotions, and behaviors. Ketamine works by lowering the walls between different parts of the mind, creating access to this deeper layer and opening a window of neuroplasticity. She shares why many people feel a p...
This week’s Sunday Sneak Peek lands under the first new moon of the year — a moment about foundation. New moons is a new beginning, and what a timely and auspicious this New Moon in Capricorn is today! In addition to the energy of the New Moon and some journal questions I'm pasting below, I also cue up Wednesday’s episode, which revisits the core teaching that makes ketamine finally make sense for so many people: the role of the subconscious mind. If ketamine has helped you feel better...
Why were psychedelics made illegal in the first place, and what does that history have to do with your mental health today? In this episode of Ketamine Connections, Anna explores the deeper roots of psychedelic prohibition, tracing it beyond the 1960s into colonialism, religion, and systems of control. We look at how ancient civilizations accessed the sacred directly through plants, movement, and ceremony, and why embodied, unmediated experiences of meaning have always made authority nervous....
We’re in the final month of the Year of the Snake (Chinese lunar calendar), a phase that isn’t about dramatic shedding any more than you have, but about consolidation. The old skin is mostly off. The new skin is still thickening. In this week’s upcoming Wednesday episode of Ketamine Connections, Anna explores why psychedelics were made illegal in the first place — from colonial religion to the 1960s to modern mental health systems — and why it was never truly about safety. At its core, ...
If ketamine is floating around in your awareness — if a doctor mentioned it, a friend brought it up, or you’ve been quietly Googling it at night — this episode is for you. In this first episode of Ketamine Connections in 2026, Anna Krishtal invites you to slow down before booking ketamine and understand what actually creates lasting change. Ketamine is often framed as the thing that fixes anxiety, depression, or emotional pain. But ketamine doesn’t create the change — it creates the opening. ...
Welcome to our first Sunday of 2026. New Year energy is real. Beginnings loosen patterns and make change feel more available... and at the same time, it’s very common for hesitation to show up if you’ve ridden this wave before and ended up disappointed. And that, my friend, is protection. In this Sunday Sneak Peek, I name both sides of this moment and set the tone for the year ahead. I also preview Wednesday’s episode, the first full episode of 2026, where I ask a really important question: I...
New Year’s Eve has a way of activating big questions: What needs to change? What needs to stop? What part of me am I trying to fix this year? In this special NYE episode, Anna offers a powerful reframe for resolution season — one that invites compassion instead of self-war, and understanding instead of “new year, new me” pressure. This episode explores why what we often call self-sabotage is actually self-protection, and how the subconscious mind isn’t your enemy — it’s your most loyal ally, ...
New Year’s Eve carries a real wave of possibility, and there’s a subconscious reason for that. Beginnings loosen old patterns and make change feel more available. In this Sunday Sneak Peek, Anna names both sides of New Year energy: why moments like New Year’s, birthdays, and fresh starts genuinely support changeand why hesitation can show up if you’ve ridden that wave before… and wiped outThis episode sets the stage for the full episode that will release on NYE Wednesday where Anna dives deep...
If you’ve been curious about ketamine therapy, especially during a season when anxiety, depression, and old patterns can feel louder, this episode breaks down what actually makes ketamine work. In this Christmas Eve episode of Ketamine Connections, Anna Krishtal explores three well-known ketamine success stories: Trevor Noah, Kelly Osbourne, and Lamar Odom to show why ketamine isn’t a miracle cure, and why relief alone isn’t the transformation. Ketamine can create rapid symptom relief with 50...
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