Power and Purpose Podcast

#120 Psychedelics, Addiction, and IFS: Healing the Parts That Seek Escape with Clayton Ickes

49min | 10/23/2025|

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Welcome to the Power & Purpose Podcast
Vanessa Soul → ⁠https://vanessasoul.com/Sacredsoulenergetics⁠
🎧 Power & Purpose Podcast (All Apps): ⁠https://pod.link/1713095352⁠
📺 YouTube Channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaSoulWork⁠

Psychedelics, Addiction, and IFS: Healing the Parts That Seek Escape 🌿

In this conversation, we explore how Internal Family Systems (IFS) and psychedelic-assisted therapy can illuminate the deeper roots of addiction—revealing not just what we run from, but what within us is asking to be seen, loved, and integrated.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
05:13 Who we are beyond our roles (Sankalpa & identity)
06:25 From addiction to alignment: psychedelics as catalysts for awakening
12:04 What psychedelic-assisted therapy really is
15:19 The risks of “treatment without therapy”
16:24 Toxic individualism & the need for connection in healing
22:10 Trauma vs. growth: difficult vs. bad trips
25:20 Where science meets spirit — the “brackish waters” of therapy
30:20 Mystical experiences and the measurable healing of addiction
36:38 What integration truly means
41:54 IFS, leadership, and parts in business and purpose
44:13 Understanding IFS and the multiplicity of the mind
46:05 Yoga Nidra, Vipassana, and daily practices for integration
51:49 Rumi’s The Guest House – welcoming all parts home

🌿 Connect with Clay Ickes
Website: https://www.kykeonwellness.com
Instagram: @kykeonwellness

🌕 Connect with Vanessa Soul
Website: ⁠https://sacredsoulenergetics.com/⁠
Instagram: ⁠@vanessaasoul⁠
Facebook: ⁠Vanessa Spiva⁠
Threads: ⁠@vanessaasoul⁠

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About Power and Purpose Podcast

Power and Purpose Podcast with Vanessa Soul

Most people are awake. Few are truly free.

This is the podcast for the ones who refuse to choose between their depth and their ambition. The ones doing the real work... dismantling subconscious conditioning, rebuilding identity from the inside out, and creating a life that actually matches who they are becoming.

Over 160 episodes deep. No filler. No performance. No surface level conversations.

Every week we go into the places most people avoid....shadow work, nervous system healing, conscious business, plant medicine, emotional alchemy, sovereignty, and the astrology that maps it all together. With guests who have walked through the fire and come out transformed, and solo episodes that give you the tools, the timing, and the truth to navigate your own evolution.

Hosted by Vanessa Soul — astrologer, intuitive healer, and purpose coach — this show sits at the intersection of ancient wisdom and modern ambition. Vanessa brings mastery in astrology, Human Design, IFS therapy, energetic work, and somatic healing to every conversation, helping conscious leaders and spiritual entrepreneurs step fully into their power, their purpose, and their next level.

This is not self help lite.

This is the conversation that changes you.

New episodes every week. Subscribe and come find your episode.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Power and Purpose Podcast

Power and Purpose Podcast with Vanessa Soul

Most people are awake. Few are truly free.

This is the podcast for the ones who refuse to choose between their depth and their ambition. The ones doing the real work... dismantling subconscious conditioning, rebuilding identity from the inside out, and creating a life that actually matches who they are becoming.

Over 160 episodes deep. No filler. No performance. No surface level conversations.

Every week we go into the places most people avoid....shadow work, nervous system healing, conscious business, plant medicine, emotional alchemy, sovereignty, and the astrology that maps it all together. With guests who have walked through the fire and come out transformed, and solo episodes that give you the tools, the timing, and the truth to navigate your own evolution.

Hosted by Vanessa Soul — astrologer, intuitive healer, and purpose coach — this show sits at the intersection of ancient wisdom and modern ambition. Vanessa brings mastery in astrology, Human Design, IFS therapy, energetic work, and somatic healing to every conversation, helping conscious leaders and spiritual entrepreneurs step fully into their power, their purpose, and their next level.

This is not self help lite.

This is the conversation that changes you.

New episodes every week. Subscribe and come find your episode.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Description

Welcome to the Power & Purpose Podcast
Vanessa Soul → ⁠https://vanessasoul.com/Sacredsoulenergetics⁠
🎧 Power & Purpose Podcast (All Apps): ⁠https://pod.link/1713095352⁠
📺 YouTube Channel: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@VanessaSoulWork⁠

Psychedelics, Addiction, and IFS: Healing the Parts That Seek Escape 🌿

In this conversation, we explore how Internal Family Systems (IFS) and psychedelic-assisted therapy can illuminate the deeper roots of addiction—revealing not just what we run from, but what within us is asking to be seen, loved, and integrated.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
05:13 Who we are beyond our roles (Sankalpa & identity)
06:25 From addiction to alignment: psychedelics as catalysts for awakening
12:04 What psychedelic-assisted therapy really is
15:19 The risks of “treatment without therapy”
16:24 Toxic individualism & the need for connection in healing
22:10 Trauma vs. growth: difficult vs. bad trips
25:20 Where science meets spirit — the “brackish waters” of therapy
30:20 Mystical experiences and the measurable healing of addiction
36:38 What integration truly means
41:54 IFS, leadership, and parts in business and purpose
44:13 Understanding IFS and the multiplicity of the mind
46:05 Yoga Nidra, Vipassana, and daily practices for integration
51:49 Rumi’s The Guest House – welcoming all parts home

🌿 Connect with Clay Ickes
Website: https://www.kykeonwellness.com
Instagram: @kykeonwellness

🌕 Connect with Vanessa Soul
Website: ⁠https://sacredsoulenergetics.com/⁠
Instagram: ⁠@vanessaasoul⁠
Facebook: ⁠Vanessa Spiva⁠
Threads: ⁠@vanessaasoul⁠

🎧 Power & Purpose Podcast
Tap Follow so you never miss an episode
Leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review if you love the show
Share this episode with someone walking the path of healing and remembering who they are

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Power and Purpose Podcast

Power and Purpose Podcast with Vanessa Soul

Most people are awake. Few are truly free.

This is the podcast for the ones who refuse to choose between their depth and their ambition. The ones doing the real work... dismantling subconscious conditioning, rebuilding identity from the inside out, and creating a life that actually matches who they are becoming.

Over 160 episodes deep. No filler. No performance. No surface level conversations.

Every week we go into the places most people avoid....shadow work, nervous system healing, conscious business, plant medicine, emotional alchemy, sovereignty, and the astrology that maps it all together. With guests who have walked through the fire and come out transformed, and solo episodes that give you the tools, the timing, and the truth to navigate your own evolution.

Hosted by Vanessa Soul — astrologer, intuitive healer, and purpose coach — this show sits at the intersection of ancient wisdom and modern ambition. Vanessa brings mastery in astrology, Human Design, IFS therapy, energetic work, and somatic healing to every conversation, helping conscious leaders and spiritual entrepreneurs step fully into their power, their purpose, and their next level.

This is not self help lite.

This is the conversation that changes you.

New episodes every week. Subscribe and come find your episode.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About Power and Purpose Podcast

Power and Purpose Podcast with Vanessa Soul

Most people are awake. Few are truly free.

This is the podcast for the ones who refuse to choose between their depth and their ambition. The ones doing the real work... dismantling subconscious conditioning, rebuilding identity from the inside out, and creating a life that actually matches who they are becoming.

Over 160 episodes deep. No filler. No performance. No surface level conversations.

Every week we go into the places most people avoid....shadow work, nervous system healing, conscious business, plant medicine, emotional alchemy, sovereignty, and the astrology that maps it all together. With guests who have walked through the fire and come out transformed, and solo episodes that give you the tools, the timing, and the truth to navigate your own evolution.

Hosted by Vanessa Soul — astrologer, intuitive healer, and purpose coach — this show sits at the intersection of ancient wisdom and modern ambition. Vanessa brings mastery in astrology, Human Design, IFS therapy, energetic work, and somatic healing to every conversation, helping conscious leaders and spiritual entrepreneurs step fully into their power, their purpose, and their next level.

This is not self help lite.

This is the conversation that changes you.

New episodes every week. Subscribe and come find your episode.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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