Grief, Healing, and Sacred Medicine with Dingle Spence
What if grief could be navigated not by numbing, but by awakening? In this episode, Dr. Dingle Spence—Jamaican physician, oncologist, and pioneer in palliative care—shares her journey into the world of plant-based medicine. She explores how grief often opens the door to transformation, and why psychedelics offer tools for living with sorrow while regaining strength and presence in everyday life.
You'll hear how plant medicine is helping people lose their fear of death, why traditional healthcare systems need to evolve, and what it truly means to hold space for integrative healing. Dingle offers a refreshing and compassionate take on how we can blend the best of conventional and alternative medicine. This conversation is for anyone interested in end-of-life care, personal transformation, or simply supporting loved ones through pain and loss.
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What You’ll Learn in Today’s Episode:
The role of psychedelics in palliative care.
Differences between drugs and sacred medicines.
How plant-based tools help manage emotional pain.
Why traditional medicine must embrace integration.
The emotional journey behind psychedelic use.
How people are losing their fear of death.
Grief as personal work, not just an emotional response.
What makes medicine sacred, not transactional.
How Dingle Spence is blazing a new healing path.
Ideas Worth Sharing:
“If you want to change or influence the system, you have to be a part of the system.” - Dingle Spence
“Grief is not just about the loss of the person; it is about your own personal story, as well.” - Dingle Spence
“Plant medicine doesn’t take the grief away, but it gives you different tools to manage it. The sadness is always there, but the catastrophic ‘I can’t get off the sofa for two years’ feeling subsides, and people learn that it is okay to go back into the world.” - Dingle Spence
Resources:
Dingle Spence: LinkedIn
