When the Universe Holds You Together: Psychedelics, Intuition + Radical Healing

What happens when the illusion of perfection can no longer protect you from your past? In this deeply moving two-part series, we’re joined by Katie Baker, childhood abuse survivor, mother, author, and now intuitive healer, whose path to wholeness began after years of appearing "fine."

Episodes 49 and 50 of Reignite Resilience explore how Katie’s journey into therapeutic psychedelics, memoir writing, and intuitive discovery helped her reclaim her voice—and, ultimately, her joy. This conversation is a sacred invitation to rethink healing, honor intuition, and show up for yourself with radical honesty.

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Ep 49: Healing Through Psychedelics + Resiliency

Katie shares how traditional therapy wasn’t enough to heal the wounds of childhood sexual abuse and emotional disconnection. It wasn’t until her son’s emotional plea during a family vacation that she confronted the emotional void her perfectionism was masking.

From there, she entered what she calls her “year of healing”—including ayahuasca ceremonies, integration therapy, and community support rooted not in image, but in truth.

Ep 50: Cosmic Hairholding & Resiliency

This episode dives into what happened after Katie’s inner healing journey began to manifest physically. Following a car accident, she realized that trauma was stored not just in memory, but in the body.

She discusses discovering her intuitive healing gifts, learning to read energy and trauma through touch, and supporting others as they awaken to their own healing potential.

💠 This Week’s Takeaways

• Perfectionism as Protection
  Katie shows how high performance and caretaking can become defense mechanisms, often masking deeper wounds.

• The Power of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
  Ceremonial work with psychedelics helped her confront her trauma in a way talk therapy couldn’t reach, especially as someone who intellectually “understood” healing but didn’t yet embody it.

• Community as a Catalyst
  Real healing emerged when Katie surrounded herself with people unafraid to hold space for her—not her image.

• From Memoir to Medicine
  Writing her memoir When the Universe Holds Your Hair Back helped Katie release years of emotional weight, with reading the audiobook marking her final surrender.

• Trauma Lives in the Body
  A car accident revealed the unprocessed physical aspects of trauma, leading her to body-based practices and intuitive healing.

• Gifts That Awaken Through Healing
  Katie’s intuitive touch now helps others unlock their own paths to healing. Her message is clear: everyone has gifts—they just need space and courage to find them.

📜 Proclamations & How They Apply

1. Stand Strong Against Challenges
   Katie faced decades of buried trauma—yet stood firm in her choice to heal, even when it meant undoing everything she thought made her strong.

2. Make Resilience a Superpower
   Rather than just survive, Katie transformed. Her story is about leveraging resilience as a tool for transformation, not just endurance.

3. Learn Through Our Journeys
   Her "year of healing" taught her more than any book or therapy session ever could. Every experience became a teacher.

4. Turn Challenges into Opportunities
   Even the trauma she once hid became the foundation of her intuitive healing practice and her connection with others.

5. Build Strong, Supportive Communities
   Katie found healing in communities where authenticity replaced achievement. This support network became vital to her growth.

6. Prioritize Well-Being
   From mind to body to spirit, Katie learned to center her own wellness—not as a luxury, but a necessity.

7. Learn from Setbacks
   A car accident that could have halted her journey instead deepened it, uncovering trauma stored in her body.

8. Cultivate Emotional Intelligence and Empathy
   Her healing process deepened her capacity to feel and to hold space—both for herself and for others.

9. Lead with Integrity and Authenticity
   Her public vulnerability—through podcasting, writing, and speaking—demonstrates true leadership through truth.

10. Pursue Knowledge and Self-Improvement
    Katie never stopped learning—from psychedelics to somatic therapy to intuitive development, she leaned into growth at every turn.

🔁 Tools to Resiliency

• Start Your Own Year of Healing: Create a 12-month roadmap focusing on mental, physical, and spiritual healing. Include regular check-ins and community support.

• Integrate, Don’t Just Experience: If you explore psychedelic therapy or any major healing practice, make time for post-ceremony integration—through journaling, therapy, or somatic work.

• Feel It to Heal It: Allow space for embodied practices like breathwork, yoga, or bodywork to access trauma beyond the mind.

• Give Yourself Permission: As Katie says, “Healing is for everyone.” No matter your age or how long you’ve been carrying it, you can start today.

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To anyone walking through pain in silence—this is your sign: you don’t have to hold it alone. Whether you're stepping into your healing, rediscovering your joy, or just beginning to peel back the layers of perfectionism, may Katie’s journey remind you that there’s always hope.

There’s no expiration date on healing.
There’s no shame in beginning again.
And there’s nothing more powerful than a woman who chooses to come home to herself.

With resilience + love,
The Reignite Resilience Team