In this three-part conversation, GatherWell Psychedelics faculty explore guiding as a relational, ethical, and spiritual practice. Beginning with personal perspectives and gradually widening into broader philosophical questions, you’ll be invited to reflect on healing as both a personal and collective endeavor, the conditions that make transformation possible, and the responsibilities that accompany this work.

Part 1:

We begin by asking a simple question: What do we really mean when we use the word “guide”? Through our different perspectives, we explore guiding as relationship, a practice of service, and a commitment to supporting both individual and collective healing. As the conversation unfolds, it opens into deeper questions about responsibility, liberation, and the future psychedelic care might help make possible.

About Guiding Well Conversations

At GatherWell, much of our work begins in conversation.

The philosophy, frameworks, and approaches that shape our programs have emerged through years of dialogue, inquiry, challenge, and shared reflection among those of us who steward this work together. Guiding Well Conversations is an invitation into that process.

These are long-form conversations between GatherWell faculty, and at times guests, exploring the ideas, tensions, and questions that continue to shape our work. Along the way, we weave together conceptual frameworks, personal experience, stories from practice, and reflections on the cultural and historical contexts that influence the work of guiding.

Our hope is to offer a glimpse into the ways we think together, stretch one another, and continue learning ourselves. We hope these conversations spark reflection, expand perspective, and invite you into your own inquiry.

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