Feeling othered in childhood, seeking self-acceptance, finding connection

Myriah MacIntyre is a Ph.D. candidate studying clinical psychology at the University of Ottawa, focusing her research on the impact of traditional medicines and psychedelics on healing racial trauma. In our conversation, Myriah shares about her own lived experience as a Black Caribbean-Indigenous lesbian woman, and how her identities have intersected with her research choices, but also with her own personal psychedelic unfolding. Growing up in a small Canadian city and attending a Lutheran private school, she felt isolated due to her race and sexuality. As she shares in this episode, what carried her through then-- and continues to now-- is her connection to spirituality and to music, which is a special relationship she talks about with us, both as a musician and as someone who has experienced chromesthesia from a very young age.

Shownotes

• Info about Chromosthesia: https://www.thesynesthesiatree.com/
• Girls/Womxn skate group in Ottawa (Instagram @): girlsskate613
• Calm/comforting frequencies: 528 Hz Spotify playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWTvEFX6xtoQd
• Information on racial trauma: Racial Trauma resources http://www.racialtraumahealing.com/client-worksheets.php
• The Lab for Culture and Mental Health Disparities website: https://www.mentalhealthdisparities.org/
• Myriah's personal links
  • LinkedIn: Connect on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/m-myriah-macintyre-106bb2197/
  • Instagram: Myriah MacIntyre IG https://www.instagram.com/myriahmacintyre/
  • Research Gate: Myriah MacIntyre Publications https://www.researchgate.net/profile/M-Macintyre

Music credit: Music by Mass X Audio from Pixabay

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