A former Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, Greg Wrenn is the author of Mothership: A Memoir of Wonder and Crisis, an evidence-based account of his turning to ayahuasca and endangered coral reefs to heal from complex PTSD, which was awarded the Brittingham Prize in Poetry. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in HuffPost, The New Republic, Al Jazeera, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. As an associate English professor at James Madison University, he weaves climate change science into literary studies. A student of ayahuasca for five years, he lives in the Shenandoah Valley with his husband and their growing family of trees.
We welcome Greg to the show to share his experience of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (cPTSD) and how it was that his explorations of coral reefs and journeys with Ayahuasca turned the tide on his lifelong struggle with the condition—healing his cPTSD with ayahuasca. Additionally, as both his experience of and healing from cPTSD is intertwined with his journalism on climate science, we also explore how the ecological and psychological effects of the climate crisis weave into our personal and collective experiences and expressions of trauma.
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Episode Breakdown
- Our favourite Star Trek TNG characters and why
- An explanation of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (cPTSD)
- How cPTSD manifested in Greg’s life
- The struggles faced when trying to heal cPTSD
- The intersection of personal trauma and the climate crisis
- The damage and healing in our relationship with Nature
- Neoliberalism and the fallacy of “self-care” in the context of the climate crisis
- Being tricked to feel personally guilty for the climate crisis
- How to find our personal way to do deeply meaningful good
- The role of being in the living world in our wellbeing and sense of purpose
- Where grief fits into navigating trauma and the climate crisis
- Healing cPTSD with ayahuasca through healing our attachment wounds
- Healing with ayahuasca requires an opportunity to apply your healing after the ceremony
- The role psychedelics are playing in supporting our collective response to the climate crisis
- Why it is important to ask ourselves: “What is it like to appreciate an ecosystem that will collapse in our lifetimes? To be moved by beauty that we’re pushing toward extinction?”
- Follow-up links and contact details
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