About this episode

Megan Carnahan shares her journey from a sensitive child to a therapist utilizing ketamine therapy for healing.

In this deeply honest and expansive conversation, Megan shares her journey from a highly sensitive child who learned to shut parts of herself down—to a therapist helping others reconnect with their inner intelligence for healing. We explore how early life experiences shaped her path, the moment yoga reawakened her sensitivity, and how her work has evolved to include innovative therapeutic modalities like ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. This episode offers a grounded, nuanced look at both the promise and responsibility of working with ketamine in mental health care—along with powerful reflections on healing, integration, and the wisdom within. What We Cover in This Episode: Megan’s early years as a highly sensitive child—and how she learned to suppress parts of herself Her role as a “conflict manager” in childhood and early signs of becoming a therapist How yoga, years ago, reawakened her emotional and intuitive sensitivity Her path into becoming a therapist and how her practice has evolved The integration of ketamine into her psychotherapeutic work Ketamine & Mental Health: How ketamine is used therapeutically to treat depression and other mental health challenges The…

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Hosts: Dr. Betsy Rippentrop, Kate Moreland

Guest: Megan Carnahan

Topics covered

• ketamine therapy
• mental health
• healing
• yoga
• sensitivity
• psychotherapy

Keywords

• ketamine
• mental health
• therapy
• yoga
• healing
• sensitivity
• psychotherapy

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