For those questioning their path in midlife, this essay offers a grounded way to rediscover meaning. It blends healing, identity, and inner wisdom to help you realign your life with purpose and step toward what truly calls you.

My Veterans Day reflections as a Marine Corps veteran on the war that continued long after service. A journey through moral injury, suicide loss, collapse, therapy, spirituality, and psychedelic healing. This is how I learned to become a warrior of peace.

An exploration of ketamine as a legal, medically supervised doorway into psychedelic healing. It explains how ketamine supports neuroplasticity, relieves depression and trauma, and complements other emerging therapies. Emphasis is on preparation, integration, safety, and sacred, heart-centered practice.

After attending the Arizona Psychedelic Society conference in 02025, I share what I learned about a movement blossoming like the desert itself, measured, resilient, and visionary. Arizona blends science, spirituality, and Indigenous wisdom to advance research, advocacy, and ceremony rooted in reverence, where quiet desert intelligence guides healing and renewal.

Guided psychedelic experiences helped me slowly find my way through the fog of depression. Blending science, ceremony, and careful integration, this reflection shares what supported my journey through preparation, safety, and heart led practice, inviting others to explore with discernment.