Existential questions in childhood, a near death experience, and learning to be in relationship with Self and the world

Yamina Abassi is a lover of life, a psychedelic-assisted psychotherapist, and she makes sense of the how's and why's of life through relationship and connection. Her journey with psychedelics began as a young adult in recreational settings, and she quickly became fascinated with its potential to offer new ways of understanding herself, others, and the world around her. This curiosity and love for people, along with a near-death experience at the age of 25, led her to pursue academic avenues of connection and support to be able to continue to engage in this space in professional settings. In this episode, Yamina shares her early childhood experiences trying to make sense of herself in relation to the rest of the world, her first psychedelic experience, as well as her near-death experience at age 25 and the mystical spiritual opening she went through after the accident, which factored prominently in her psychedelic unfolding.

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Links to:

• Flow state, the clinic where Yamina works in Ottawa: https://www.flowstatetherapy.ca/
• Finding the 'others' with the Ottawa Psychedelic Education Network: https://www.ottpsychedelic.ca/

Music credit: Music by Mass X Audio from Pixabay

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