Microdosing, Medicine & Meaning: Nurses on Healing Chronic Pain and Emotional Trauma with Amber King, April LeBlanc & Wanda Handel

May 22

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What happens when nurses (trained in high-pressure, evidence-based medical environments) turn inward and begin exploring healing through microdosing and plant medicine? In this deeply personal conversation, we're joined by psychiatric nurse practitioner Amber King, holistic nurse coach April LeBlanc, and holistic healing guide Wanda Handel to explore their experiences with psilocybin, nervous system healing, and emotional transformation.

Together, they share how chronic stress, grief, burnout, physical illness, and years of caring for others eventually led them toward a different understanding of healing—one rooted in embodiment, connection, and listening to the wisdom of the body. You’ll hear honest reflections on trauma, spiritual reconnection, emotional release, and how plant medicine reshaped the way they view health, medicine, and themselves.

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What You’ll Learn in Today’s Episode:

Why clinicians are turning to microdosing and psilocybin after burnout and disillusionment with traditional care.
How childhood experiences and nursing careers shaped emotional suppression patterns.
The impact of chronic stress, grief, and trauma on long-term physical health.
How psilocybin supports nervous system regulation and emotional reconnection.
The role of microdosing as a slow, integrative healing process over time.
Why “holding everything together” in clinical roles leads to emotional and physical collapse.
How plant medicine can unlock suppressed grief and stored trauma in the body.
The importance of integration practices like therapy, movement, and meditation.
Why many practitioners now see themselves as bridges between science and experiential healing.

Ideas Worth Sharing:

“The power of belief and what we can do when we work with plant medicines is incredible.” - Amber King
“Before I found plant medicine, I was in pain all of the time, but I learned to ignore it, and that truly disconnects us from our body. I was simply living in my head.” - April LeBlanc
“There are things that science tells us, and there are things that you can’t understand through science in any way.” - Wanda Handel