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Rome Shadanloo - Razors & Roses

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Aloha, everyone! Today, I’m honored to introduce a truly transformative force in the world of psychedelic therapy—Rome Shadanloo. As the founder of Mycology Psychology, Rome has dedicated her life to healing the deep wounds of CPTSD and attachment injuries, blending cutting-edge science with profound compassion.

With a degree in holistic psychology from Lesley University and a specialization in psychoneuroimmunology, Rome’s work unveils the intricate connections between the mind and body, offering relief for chronic pain rooted in emotional trauma. She has guided over 100 individuals through the integration of psilocybin, 5-MeO-DMT, and MDMA experiences, helping them find clarity, balance, and healing.

Rome’s approach is as diverse as it is impactful, incorporating internal family systems, reparenting techniques, and quantum healing into her practice. As a certified death doula, she also provides solace and guidance during life’s most profound transitions.

Her career spans impactful roles, including her time at Proposition 36 rehab facilities, where she supported incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals in moments of urgent crisis. Rome’s ability to create space for transformation—whether through therapy, integration, or crisis support—is a testament to her deep commitment to healing at every level.

Get ready for an incredible conversation with a healer, innovator, and pioneer in the realms of mind and spirit. Welcome, Rome Shadanloo!

Philosophical & Psychological Questions

 1. How do you see the relationship between pain and transformation, both in your own journey and in the people you guide?

 2. If the mind and body are intricately connected, where do you believe the soul fits into this equation?

 3. As a certified death doula, how has your work with end-of-life transitions shaped your perspective on living fully?

 4. How do you reconcile the ancient, spiritual roots of psychedelics with the modern, clinical frameworks you use in therapy?

 5. In your experience, what is the greatest misconception people have about healing trauma?

 6. How does quantum healing challenge or complement traditional psychological models?

 7. If trauma lives in the body, do you think the body can also become the greatest source of wisdom?

Entertaining & Unique Questions

 8. Can you share a moment from your work that felt like pure magic or serendipity?

 9. What’s the most unexpected lesson you’ve learned from guiding someone through a psychedelic experience?

 10. If your life were a psychedelic journey, what would be its most colorful or profound chapter so far?

 11. How would you describe the “personality” of psilocybin compared to 5-MeO-DMT or MDMA?

 12. If you could only use one modality—internal family systems, reparenting, or quantum healing—for the rest of your career, which would you choose and why?

Emotional & Heartfelt Questions

 13. What has been the most rewarding part of helping incarcerated individuals heal through crisis?

 14. When someone experiences deep transformation, how does it change you as their guide?

 15. How do you navigate the emotional weight of your work, especially in moments of profound vulnerability with your clients?

 16. What’s a piece of advice you often give to others but find hardest to follow yourself?

Novel & Enthralling Questions

 17. If you could sit down and share psilocybin tea with any historical figure, who would it be and what would you discuss?

 18. Do you think humanity is at the beginning of a collective healing journey, and if so, what role do psychedelics play in it?

 19. How has your work in crisis intervention with the formerly incarcerated shaped your views on societal healing and justice?

 20. If the integration process is as important as the journey itself, how do you guide clients to carry the lessons of psychedelics into their everyday lives?

Poem: 

Crystasis

Between the clenched jaws of existence,
where agony and ecstasy twist like braided serpents,
I am shattered into a thousand glistening shards,
each one a mirror to the void,
each one a hymn to becoming.

I drown in a sea of molten glass,
its waves licking my flesh with tongues of liquid fire.
The agony is erotic in its precision,
each crack of my being a lover’s whispered demand—
“Break. Break again. You are not ready yet.”

My soul, a pearl trapped in the oyster’s scream,
scrapes against the walls of suffering,
each wound an incision,
each incision a doorway.
And yet, I feel it—
the promise of light refracted through pain,
the promise of rebirth winking behind veils of despair.

My heart ignites like wet silk in a wildfire,
its rhythm erratic,
a chaotic drumbeat of lust and lament.
Every pulse is a knife,
every knife a kiss from the void.
I am devoured by my own becoming,
a feast of self upon self,
served raw on the altar of transformation.

My tears are not water but molten silver,
cascading down to cool the furnace of my flesh.
Each drop sizzles against my skin,
etching maps of torment and ecstasy,
guiding me deeper into the labyrinth
of my undoing.

And there—at the molten core of the chrysalis,
in the heart of Crystasis—I am no longer myself.
I am the ash and the phoenix,
the wave and the cliff it breaks against,
the blade and the wound.

The paradox becomes my lover.
Her lips are both salt and honey;
her touch, a symphony of razors and roses.
She whispers, “You are dying,
but it is only the death of what could not survive the light.”

I writhe in her arms, a creature undone,
while stars collapse in the chambers of my lungs.
And yet, as I gasp for breath,
I find that I am drinking galaxies,
their spirals flowing down my throat
like rivers of fire and milk.

And when I emerge—
naked, radiant, crystalline—
the world does not recognize me.
But I am not here to be known;
I am here to become.

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