What if the very thing you were taught to hate about yourself became your greatest gift to the world?

In this deeply moving conversation, Maira sits down with queer therapist and founder of I Am Clinic, Isaac Archuleta, who shares his journey from growing up as the son of conservative ministers—steeped in toxic and traumatic shame—to reclaiming his body, his desires, and his inherent value. Isaac opens up about the moment his healing began, how shame became trauma in his nervous system, and the powerful tools that helped him integrate his identity, heal developmental wounds, and transform suffering into service.

Together, Maira and Isaac explore how mindfulness, somatic therapy, inferential CBT, relational repair, and psychedelic-assisted therapy can reconnect us to our bodies and restore a felt sense of safety, dignity, and self-trust.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• The difference between everyday shame and traumatic shame—and how it hijacks the nervous system
• Why authenticity is the lived experience of inherent value, not just a mindset
• How somatic healing, titration, and relational repair can turn a “torture chamber” body into heaven on earth

If you’ve ever felt split inside, disconnected from your body, or unworthy of love, this episode is an invitation to remember who you are—and to discover what becomes possible when shame is no longer in the driver’s seat.

This podcast wasn't always called Healing For Grown Ass Adults. A year and a half ago, when I started recording and preparing this podcast, it was called Life Mystic. As you listen to this episode, know that I was going through the process of figuring out how to be me in an expression different from my role as a somatic therapist and psychedelic medicine practitioner. I invite you to listen to this conversation with an open mind and an understanding that we are all always in process.