For Billy, the ability to access a psychedelic program in the U.S. was make or break.

“If I showed you a picture of what I looked like a year ago at that retreat, you’d be like, it’s not the same person,”

Then there is that moment when it all clicks, hope takes the shape and form of a small flame, you breathe out a sigh of relief, you have direction, light, you have hope, you have fire, you have life. But you know that the work is only just beginning.

As he reflects on the past seven years, Devin acknowledges that healing is an ongoing process. The lessons from ayahuasca continue to unfold, offering new insights and perspectives.

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.

“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”

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.…

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…

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.

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…

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…

The first time I watched my brother Kiernan BASE jump, I was mesmerized. Jumping off a cliff with a parachute looked like it was the most fun thing in the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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. …

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…