The Story of a Wounded Warrior
Haunted by past decisions that led him to stay in the Army and the subsequent injuries that left him paralyzed, Travis’s new view of the world was shrouded by self-hatred and blame. Plant Medicine helped him address these root issues and break the cycle of anger.
You Are The Mission: Crystal’s Story
“n my opinion, psychedelics are 100% the way to go if you want to really get to know yourself and you want to fall in love with yourself again. Don’t put yourself on the back burner. You are the mission”
From Self to Service: Alex’s Story
Alex’s journey has taken her from the front lines, through her own healing process, to advocating for equitable healing for minority groups within the veteran community.
Embracing Identity & The Human Experience: Heather’s Story
Heather’s journey is a vibrant tapestry woven with threads of pain, growth, and self-discovery. It reminds us that embracing our complexities, both light and shadow, is the true essence of being human.
A Warrior Poet: Healing through Writing, Companionship, and Ayahuasca
After a lifetime of prioritizing others, the plant medicine journey imparted a crucial revelation: to be the best for others, one must first prioritize oneself.
Untreated PTSD in Veterans Hurts the Whole Family
While the detriments of PTSD on Veterans are well-documented, a growing amount of research suggests untreated PTSD impacts a Veteran’s entire family. Luckily, there’s hope…
Healed People Heal People: From Warrior to Psychedelic Integration Coach
Chris’s experience with HHP offered him the chance to rewrite the narrative, release entrenched fears, and reframe his understanding of himself. He now helps other veterans to do the same.
Integration Unfolding as Art – Sam’s Process
So often, we speak to veterans shortly after their retreat experience to understand what they’ve learned and what they hope to carry with them from the experience into the future.…
A Beacon of Hope: Dia’s Story
Before Dia connected with HHP, she found herself in a place of disconnection and depression that was all too familiar. She found herself cocooned in her pain, unable to reach or…
An American Yogi: Phil’s Story
In his lowest moment, he thought about swimming out into the sea so far that he’d never be able to make it back to shore. Now he’s writing love poems and helping other veterans on their path to healing using plant medicine.
More Than Just Military Wives – Warrior Women
Mia Black: This past fall, I was given the opportunity through Heroic Hearts to facilitate a retreat for military spouses in the Amazon jungle, to experience ayahuasca healing in traditional…
Flying to New Heights
By Kegan Gill On January 15th, 2014, my life changed drastically. I was a F/A-18E Super Hornet pilot in VFA-143, The Pukin’ Dogs, stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana. Just…
Matt’s Story – On the Trail Back to Self
By Matt Kat Swartling I served with the 1-505 PIR in the 82nd Airborne Division. I deployed 2011-2012 to Helmand Province, Afghanistan in support of Village Stability Operations (VSO). My…
Finding Healing and Purpose: Tim’s Story
By Hannah Kimyon Tim Jensen was basically born to be a serviceman. He became enamored by the military from a very young age after finding a box of his grandfather’s…
A Veteran’s experience micro-dosing psilocybin
By: Anonymous “When we look within ourselves with psilocybin, we discover that we do not have to look outward toward the futile promise of life that circles distant stars in…
A Mission Within Testimonial
By: Ryan Roberts How do you even begin to share an experience that can only be described as ineffable? Words have the ability to be extremely powerful, but they’re merely…
The Core Lesson – CT’s Story
By: Hannah Kimyon After spending time getting to know CT, it’s hard for me to envision him as the man he described who was in a very dark place when…
Story of an Anonymous Veteran
By: Anonymous: I had been on active duty for six years when I first tried MDMA. Until then, the furthest I had strayed from the D.A.R.E. program was a little…
“Don’t Overthink It.” Brandon’s Story
By: Hannah Kimyon You may have heard of Brandon Mills. He’s a singer-songwriter who lives in Nashville, and his music has touched hundreds of thousands of people across the globe. …
It’s Okay to be Okay – Crystal’s Story
When I first met Crystal, I was taken aback by her energy. Even over zoom, which can often feel contrived and stiff, she exuded vibrance and groundedness. Perhaps it was…
Trust the Process – Josh’s Story
By Hannah Kimyon When Josh received the invitation to attend a retreat with Heroic Hearts Project in May of 2021, he had all but forgotten he had applied for the…
Let’s Talk About Ketamine
What is ketamine? Special K. KitKat. Super K. Vitamin K. Cat Valium. Purple. These are all street names for the drug known as ketamine. Ketamine is a drug that was…
The Psychedelic Renaissance: Psychedelics in Pop Culture
Photo Source: Netflix via Hollywood Reporter “Drug use in educational films has always been portrayed in a somewhat exaggerated and hysterical way: parents panicking, children having freak-outs, and people jumping…
Legalizing Psychedelics as Therapeutic Medicine
The 2020 election season was historic in a number of ways. When it comes to psychedelics we saw Oregon pass a measure to legalize administration of psilocybin and become the…
How Does Ayahuasca Impact the Brain?
For millennia, communities around the world have incorporated the consumption of psychedelic substances into their cultural, religious, and healing practices. In these communities, psychedelics have held a revered and nearly…