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What Magic Mushrooms Teach Us About Life & Death with Tori Armbrust | Meadow Podcast

2026-09-1558:48

In this episode of the Meadow Podcast, Mike Townsend speaks with Tori Armbrust, founder of Satori Farms and one of Oregon’s licensed psilocybin mushroom growers, about cultivating mushrooms, building a business in a new industry, and what psychedelics can teach us about consciousness and perspective. Tori shares her journey from foraging chanterelles to building a mushroom education business and eventually becoming a licensed grower. She discusses the challenges of navigating Oregon’s emergi...

How Trauma Lives in the Nervous System with Anne Harris | Meadow Podcast

2026-07-1735:20

In this episode of the Meadow Podcast, Mike Townsend speaks with Anne Harris, a licensed therapist and psilocybin facilitator, about trauma, nervous system regulation, psychotherapy, and psychedelic-assisted healing. They explore how modern life drives chronic stress and emotional dysregulation, and why lasting healing often requires both clinical insight and embodied awareness. Anne shares her path from trauma therapy and social work into psilocybin facilitation, including how motherhood an...

The Dopamine Crisis: Why Modern Life Feels So Empty | Meadow Podcast

2026-05-2736:52

In this episode of the Meadow Podcast, hosts Mike Townsend and Dr. Tracy Kim Townsend, MD explore stress, trauma, consciousness, and human potential through a grounded lens. They unpack how modern life keeps us stuck in chronic stress states, why our nervous systems become dysregulated, and how our relationship to pain, identity, and meaning shapes our experience of suffering. They discuss the difference between pain and suffering, how trauma lives in the nervous system, and why many of our ...

Why Your Mind Won’t Stop Thinking (And How to Break the Loop) | The Meadow Podcast

2026-04-2842:39

In this episode of the Meadow Podcast, hosts Mike Townsend and Dr. Tracy Kim Townsend, MD explore anxiety, depression, trauma, meditation, and consciousness with a grounded and human perspective. They unpack why our minds get stuck in fear and rumination — future‑focused anxiety and past‑focused depressive patterns — and how we can cultivate presence and healing through mindful practices. They discuss how meditation helps interrupt thought spirals, why trauma shapes core beliefs and nervous s...

How Magic Mushrooms Help CPTSD | Meadow Podcast

2026-04-1029:35

In this episode of the Meadow Podcast, Dr. Tracy Kim Townsend, MD and Mike Townsend share a behind-the-scenes look at Meadow’s recent growth, evolving systems, and the philosophy guiding their work. From expanding their physical space to building a mission-driven team, they reflect on what it really takes to scale a legal psilocybin service center while staying grounded in care, safety, and integrity. They explore the importance of letting go of perfectionism, especially in entrepreneurship ...

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