What if healing didn’t have to be solitary?
What if family — messy, imperfect, deeply conditioned family — could actually be part of the medicine?

In this episode of Why Isn’t Everyone Doing This?, I sit down with Lauren Tauss, psychedelic facilitator, teacher, and one of the clearest communicators I know in this space. Lauren has a rare ability to bring humor, rigor, compassion, and responsibility into conversations that are often either sensationalized or sanitized.

We talk about why “life itself is psychedelic,” how healing is inherently relational, and what becomes possible when we stop treating transformation as something that happens in isolation.

Lauren shares her own deeply personal journey — from anorexia and control to surrender, embodiment, and trust — and how psychedelic-assisted therapy helped rewire her relationship with her body, her family, and life itself.

This conversation isn’t about glorifying substances or breaking taboos for shock value. It’s about maturity. Integration. And learning how to say hello to yourself — instead of checking out.

If you’ve ever been curious, cautious, skeptical, or quietly fascinated by psychedelic healing… this episode will meet you with intelligence and heart.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why Lauren says “life is the biggest psychedelic”
• The difference between using medicine to say hello vs. goodbye
• How relational healing changes family systems
• Why shame, addiction, and “drug” culture need a language upgrade
• The connection between meditation, surrender, and psychedelic work
• Healing body image, control, and fear at the root
• What integration actually means (and why it matters more than the experience)

Key Moments:
00:00:00 — Why isn’t everyone tripping with their family?
00:03:35 — “Life is the ceremony”: redefining what psychedelic really means
00:06:26 — Hello vs. goodbye: the two reasons people partner with substances
00:07:47 — Compassion over judgment in addiction and numbing
00:09:15 — Lauren’s first ayahuasca experience and healing anorexia
00:12:27 — “It’s time to retire your extra-small life”
00:14:41 — Body as gift: remembering the blessing of being alive
00:15:49 — Why meditation is surrender school (and prepares you for life)

Where This Work Continues

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