Resources
Resources
Research, articles, and stories.
A growing library on healing and integration after ibogaine, ayahuasca, and other plant medicines. Curated to support you as you carry the work into a lasting new life, without relapse.
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In-depth guides to healing and integration after ibogaine, ayahuasca, and other plant medicines, written from our own experience and practice.
Casa da Nova Vida · For Families
Coming Home to the U.S. After Ibogaine in Mexico
Most ibogaine treatment happens in Mexico, and then comes the flight home. Why the return to the U.S. is the most fragile part, and how to plan aftercare that lasts.
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Casa da Nova Vida · For Families
My Loved One Did Ibogaine. Now What? A Family Guide
Your loved one just did ibogaine and is coming home. Here's what to expect, what genuinely helps in the fragile weeks after, and how families can support lasting change.
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Casa da Nova Vida · Ibogaine Integration
Ibogaine Integration: Turning the Experience Into Lasting Change
Ibogaine integration is where insight becomes a new life. Learn what integration is, why the weeks after treatment matter most, and how to do it well.
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Casa da Nova Vida · For Families
Is Ibogaine Safe? What Families Should Know
An honest look at ibogaine's risks and safeguards, written for families. What makes it dangerous, what makes it safer, and the questions to ask before a loved one goes.
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Casa da Nova Vida · Recovery
Life After Rehab: Why Aftercare Is What Makes Recovery Last
The weeks after treatment are where recovery is truly won or lost. Why the transition out of rehab is so fragile, and how aftercare turns early sobriety into a lasting new life.
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Casa da Nova Vida · Recovery
A Spiritual Approach to Addiction Recovery
For many, lasting recovery begins with reconnection to something larger. What a spiritual approach to addiction recovery really means, and why it can succeed where willpower alone fails.
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Casa da Nova Vida · Recovery
When Rehab Didn't Work: Another Path to Healing
If you've been to rehab and relapsed, maybe more than once, the problem may not be you. A look at why traditional treatment doesn't stick, and what a deeper path looks like.
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Reading & research
Our own reflections, plus a curated library of research and articles, from the science of recovery to the practice of integration.
Stanford Medicine · Ibogaine
Ibogaine reduces PTSD and depression in veterans
A landmark 2024 study found ibogaine led to rapid, dramatic reductions in PTSD, depression, and anxiety in veterans with traumatic brain injury, with no serious side effects.
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Nature Medicine · Research
Magnesium-ibogaine therapy in veterans with traumatic brain injuries
The peer-reviewed Stanford study behind the headlines, published in Nature Medicine.
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MindScape Retreat · Ibogaine
Integration therapy after ibogaine: why the first 90 days matter
Why the window right after ibogaine is decisive, and how aftercare turns relief into lasting recovery.
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Psychable · Ibogaine
Ibogaine integration and aftercare for addiction
A practical overview of the integration and aftercare that follows ibogaine treatment for addiction.
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PubMed · Ibogaine
Persisting effects following ibogaine detoxification
A mixed-method study of the lasting effects, and the integration needs, people report after ibogaine.
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Psychedelic Support · Ayahuasca
Integrating ayahuasca experiences
Common themes and grounded practices for bringing ayahuasca insights into everyday life.
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Psychedelic Support · Ayahuasca
Emotional healing with ayahuasca
How ayahuasca can surface and help process grief, fear, and long-held emotion.
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Ayahuasca Foundation · Ayahuasca
Ayahuasca integration: counseling, support, and practices
Counseling, community, and daily practices that help ayahuasca work take root.
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Psychotherapy Networker · Ayahuasca
Inside the ayahuasca experience
A close, thoughtful look at the ayahuasca experience and its place in emotional healing.
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Frontiers in Psychology · Integration
Psychedelic integration: an analysis of the concept and its practice
A scholarly look at what integration actually is, and how it is practiced.
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ADAA · Integration
Your psychedelic therapy journey continues: integration 101
An accessible primer on why integration, not the experience alone, is where lasting change is made.
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Psychology Today · Integration
The art of integration after a psychedelic experience
On turning insight into embodied, durable change once the ceremony ends.
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MAPS · Integration
The six domains of psychedelic integration
A framework for integrating across mind, body, spirit, relationships, and daily life.
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Frontiers in Psychology · Integration
Coping and support strategies for extended difficulties after psychedelics
A qualitative study of how people move through hard, lingering effects after a psychedelic experience.
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Psychedelic Support · Integration
What to do after you've taken psychedelics
Concrete, grounding steps for the vulnerable days and weeks that follow.
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Dr. Gabor Maté · Addiction
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Maté's landmark work reframing addiction not as a moral failing, but as a response to pain and trauma.
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Recovery.com · Harm Reduction
Abstinence vs. harm reduction in addiction recovery
How the two approaches compare, and how meeting people where they are can become a bridge to healing.
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National Harm Reduction Coalition · Harm Reduction
Principles of harm reduction
The foundational principles: dignity, respect, and self-determination on each person's path.
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PMC · Addiction
Psilocybin-assisted therapy for relapse prevention in alcohol use disorder
A phase 2 randomized clinical trial on psilocybin therapy for preventing relapse.
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Frontiers in Psychiatry · Neuroplasticity
Psychedelics and neuroplasticity: a systematic review
A systematic review of how psychedelics stimulate neuroplasticity, the brain's capacity to rewire.
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Fireside Project · Neuroplasticity
Psychedelics and neuroplasticity: unlocking the healing brain
A plain-language look at the window of plasticity psychedelics open, and why it matters for recovery.
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Int'l Society of Addiction Medicine · Spirituality
The role of spirituality in addiction medicine
How spirituality can be meaningfully incorporated into addiction care and research.
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PMC · Spirituality
Spirituality, life meaning, and quality of life in recovery
On how spirituality, meaning, and social support relate to well-being in long-term recovery.
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Johns Hopkins · Research
Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research
The largest psychedelic research center of its kind, with 150+ peer-reviewed studies.
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MAPS · Integration
Psychedelic education and support resources
The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies' hub of research and integration resources.
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