Documentaries

🌿 Curious About Plant Medicine & Healing Journeys? Start Here. 🌿

Lately, many of you have been reaching out, saying:

“I don’t know much about this, but I feel like something’s calling me.”
You’re not alone. And you don’t have to leap blindly. Start by learning. Start by watching.

📺 Here’s a curated list of powerful, eye-opening documentaries that explore natural healing, expanded states of consciousness, trauma recovery, and personal transformation.

These stories feature veterans, doctors, therapists, researchers, and everyday people searching for hope and deeper meaning. If you’re feeling curious, cautious, or called to something new — this is a gentle place to begin.


🔹 Start with these:

🇺🇸 U.S. Veterans with PTSD Take a Healing Journey in Mexico (60 Minutes)
American combat veterans travel abroad to explore holistic approaches to deep trauma.
Watch on YouTube

Magic Medicine: A New Path for Depression
Follows a groundbreaking clinical trial seeking alternative support for those with long-term depression.
Watch on YouTube

How to Change Your Mind (Netflix)
Best-selling author Michael Pollan investigates emerging healing methods in a four-part series.
Watch on Netflix

The Wisdom of Trauma (Gabor Maté)
A gripping look at how unprocessed trauma shapes our lives — and how we can reclaim ourselves.
Watch Here

Descending the Mountain
A unique blend of meditation and science explores how stillness and nature-based compounds impact the mind.
Watch on YouTube

Fantastic Fungi
A visually stunning journey into the hidden world beneath our feet — and its healing intelligence.
Watch on YouTube

Neurons to Nirvana
Explores the renewed interest in ancient and natural remedies for modern emotional suffering.
Watch on Tubi

From Shock to Awe
Follows veterans finding new hope after trauma through natural healing retreats.
Watch on YouTube

Dosed (Parts 1 & 2)
Real-life stories of people overcoming addiction, anxiety, and depression by going beyond conventional medicine.
Watch Here

A New Understanding: End-of-Life Support and the Mind
An intimate look at how alternative care pathways bring peace to those facing terminal illness.
Watch on YouTube

Can These Ancient Remedies Heal? (PBS)
Public television explores traditional healing reemerging in modern therapeutic settings.
Watch on PBS


🔹 Want to go deeper?

The Way of the Psychonaut
Follows a pioneer of consciousness studies who helped thousands map their inner worlds.
[Available on Amazon]

Physician Heal Thyself
A personal story of a doctor confronting burnout and rediscovering purpose through holistic methods.
Watch Here

Psychedelia: The History and Science of Mystical Experiences
Explores humanity’s long-standing relationship with altered states of awareness.

María Sabina’s Legacy (2024)
A tribute to a healer whose life shaped the Western understanding of indigenous wisdom traditions.

The Spirit Molecule
A deep dive into a naturally occurring compound known for catalyzing extraordinary insight.

Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia
A series exploring unusual and often misunderstood compounds across cultures and history.

Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness
A powerful look at human consciousness through the eyes of scientists, mystics, and explorers.

How to Die: A Meditation on End-of-Life Care and Inner Peace (2024)
Explores how non-traditional approaches are helping people face death with clarity and grace.

The Mind, Explained: Altered States (Netflix)
A short, accessible introduction to how different tools influence the human mind.

The Goop Lab – Episode 1: The Healing Trip
An investigative journey into wellness and transformation experiences in retreat settings.

Sacred Mushroom: A Lost History
Uncovers spiritual symbolism connected to ancient healing practices.

Evidence of the Role of Plant Sacraments in Early Christian Art
An intriguing visual investigation into religious art and forgotten healing traditions.
Watch on YouTube


✨ Whether you’re here as a seeker, a skeptic, or a survivor — you are welcome.
These stories might open a door for you like they did for me.

If one of them speaks to you, I’d love to hear what it was. Let’s talk.