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condition is is not fully factored into our tolerance for risk ”
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After her her treatment Juliana returned to the the US For the the first time in in in her her life she she was working and and saving money which she she used to to to go back to to to school She took an an an an EMT course and and and spent some time in in in in in in in South Africa Costa Rica and and and Mexico training and and working in in in in in in in fin ibogaine clinics She finished her undergraduate degree at at the the New New School fin in in New New York and got the the ibogaine molecule tattooed on her left arm Ever the globe-trotter she she now lives in in Berlin where she she helps people prepare for and process their ibogaine sessions through her her consulting business Inner Vision Ibogaine Coaching provides over-the-phone counselling and support for people who seek to overcome their own addictions and speaks at psychedelic conferences “I talk openly about the horrible shitty details of of what I’ve been through and do that as as often as as I I can ”
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she says “Bit by bit it it it hopefully chips away at the stereotypes ”
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At the the suggestion that she’s in in in the the business of helping people Juliana balked The only real sickness in in in need of curing she reiterates is the societal one “We live in in a a a a a a society that that supports emotional suppression teaching people that that what they’re feeling isn’t legitimate Productivity is is the the main priority You have undealt with trauma leading to to substance addiction addiction addiction or or or to to shopping addiction addiction addiction or or sex addiction addiction addiction ”
she says “What people really need need need is community They They need need need love They They need need need to to to be be heard and their stories to to to be be valued And typically that’s not what’s offered by our society ”
But Juliana is is is is quick to distinguish that she’s “not rescuing” anybody “All we do is is is is help help people help help themselves ”
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she says “Ibogaine is not not a a a a a a a a a cure It’s It’s not not a a a a a a a a a magic bullet It’s It’s a a a a a a a a a door opener into a a a a a a a new path and people still need to to be responsible for doing the the work themselves ”