Episode notes
Ashlea Dillard is a firefighter/paramedic turned hypnotherapist, ketamine-assisted therapist, neurosomatics practitioner, and Licensed Professional Counselor(LPC). The wear-and-tear of being a firefighter was taking it’s toll on Ashlea, at a time when she was already pursuing her graduate education in the mental health space, and it took her down an entirely different path. We delved into hypnotism and hypnotherapy, what percentage of the population can be hypnotized, how hypnosis sessions work, regression therapy, epigenetics, and generational trauma, neurosomatics, the limbic system, fight or flight, why reprogramming the nervous system is critical when addressing mental health challenges, psychedelic therapies and plant medicines, ketamine-assisted therapy, and so much more.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction & Meet Ashley Dillard
01:24 Leaving Firefighting After 10 Years
03:48 Burnout, Compassion Fatigue & Quality of Life
06:02 “You’re Not Gonna Make It”
06:46 Transitioning Into Mental Health
08:51 Disconnecting From Your Humanity to Survive
11:27 Ketamine & Psychedelic Assisted Therapies
14:00 First Responder Culture & Coping
18:22 Getting Into Hypnotherapy
29:25 Understanding Regression
32:07 Ashley’s Personal Regression Experience
35:49 Regression, Early Memories & Grief
40:24 The Nervous System & Survival
53:06 Understanding the Nervous System
1:03:51 Psychedelic Assisted Work
1:25:14 Working With Veterans
1:28:00 Final Thoughts & Closing
You can find Ashley in the following places:
Website: https://ashleadillard.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCb_NKej6NBIiZm_xZLTjhng
Website: zachtidwell.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556533676388
Instagram: @ZachCTidwell
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zach-tidwell-9076852ab/
X: @ZachCTidwell
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/going-in-blind-with-zach-tidwell/id1787306128
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/51IxT43v95otwaXDkyr6FW
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