Can pain really become a portal to beauty? What happens when you stop numbing and start feeling everything?

In this episode of The Teaching Journeys Podcast, host Dave Roberts sits down with writer and self-healing advocate Alexis Leigh, author of Pain Is a Portal to Beauty — a transformative memoir about grief, authenticity, and the unconventional path to wholeness.

Alexis opens up about losing her mother to addiction at age 11, spending decades numbing her pain, and the moment a voice in the woods in 2020 told her, "If you die today, your life will have been a tragedy" — a wake-up call that changed everything.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why conventional wisdom and gratitude practices can actually keep you emotionally stuck

• How MDMA therapy and ayahuasca helped Alexis access grief that years of talk therapy  ...