The last time Mama Medicine (AKA Deborah Hanekamp) joined the show, I had a serious out-of-body experience. It was madness. This mama has some serious power. (If you want an idea of what I’m talking about, you can use code LUKE20 for $20 off a medicine reading any time in 2020 at www.mamamedicine.com/medicinereadings.) So, of course, I had to bring Deborah back on, although we’re talking about a very different subject — ritual baths. I’m not exactly playing pickup football at the park every weekend, but I like to think of myself as a pretty masculine dude. I definitely never thought of myself as the kind of person who would sink into a bath adorned with flower petals. But after reading Deborah’s new book — "Ritual Baths: Be Your Own Healer" — I really started to look at my bathtub with a new perspective. I always thought of showers and baths as more of a utilitarian thing: I get clean and kickstart my nervous system with a quick cold shower. I was so focused on staying clean and stacking biohacks that I never really stopped to consider the spiritual benefits of a well-planned bath. Honestly, I never would have guessed there was so much I didn’t know about baths! But now that I know, I’m excited to add another easy #spirithack for inner peace and spiritual wellness to my repertoire. 10:25 — Why write a book on Ritual Baths? Baths are a really comprehensive way to be your own healer The feeling of cleansing you get after a bath goes deeper than just your physical body How approaching it with intention turns your bath into a ritual Why Deborah started recommending baths after medicine readings 15 years ago The historical relevance of ritual baths Why I love natural water and when I almost created a water-focused brand Giving yourself a womb-like experience submerged in the water 22:35 — What it looks like when you start a bath with an intention The “I Am Nature” bath What a medicine reading is like (use code LUKE20 for $20 off a medicine reading at www.mamamedicine.com/medicinereadings) Becoming your own healer 30:25 — How a healer is different from a guru or savior The issue of disempowerment, especially in spiritual communities When Deborah gave her power away and what she learned from that experience Creating Mama Medicine as something empowering “We all have access to the divine because we all have love.” Spiritual work is more often ordinary than extraordinary Why Deborah doesn’t consider remote medicine readings to be any different from in-person ones The space-time illusion 44:00 — The role plant medicines have played in Deborah’s journey and how they just might save humanity from destruction Deborah is still integrating what she learned after years with Mother Ayahuasca Why Deborah now doesn’t take any conscious-altering substances...

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