#64 - Melissa Pruett: Motherhood on Ibogaine#64 - Melissa Pruett: Motherhood on Ibogaine
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New mum and entrepreneur Melissa Pruett shares how ibogaine helped her face postpartum depression, perfectionism and a deep sense of not being enough. The conversation focuses on identity, gentle integration practices, and redefining self-care and motherhood with more compassion.
1:09:08•8 Jul 2026
Motherhood, Perfectionism and Ibogaine: Melissa Pruett Finds She Is Enough
Episode Overview
- Postpartum can bring intense identity loss and depression even after a beautiful birth, and it is valid to seek deep support before hitting rock bottom.
- Ibogaine may present less as visions and more as clear internal dialogue, offering direct answers about self-worth, purpose and parenting.
- Questioning the belief that love equals productivity can loosen perfectionism and help a parent feel inherently "enough".
- Simple daily tools like gratitude practice, meditation and journalling support the months of neuroplastic change after ibogaine.
- Integration works best as a long game: small consistent steps, delegation at home and more self-compassion rather than rigid perfection.
“You can have it all, but you can’t do it all. Not because you’re incapable, because it’s not your work to do.”
Curious about how others navigate their sobriety journey and big life shifts at the same time? This conversation between host Talia Eisenberg and guest Melissa Pruett centres on early motherhood, identity, and using ibogaine as a tool for reset rather than crisis. Melissa, founder of melt by Melissa and mum to a one-year-old, talks frankly about being “hit really hard postpartum” after what she describes as a magical birth.
She shares the gut-wrenching moment her body wouldn’t produce milk, how perfectionism turned that into “ultimate feeling of failure”, and the slow, reluctant admission that she was dealing with postpartum depression. Instead of waiting for rock bottom, Melissa followed a strong intuitive pull to attend Beond for ibogaine on her 37th birthday.
She explains how her first flood dose brought no visuals, just a lucid, almost interview-style dialogue with her “higher mind” that answered around 50 written questions about motherhood, self-worth, and purpose.
One key line that landed in her body: “Just how enough you are.” You’ll hear how that experience softened a lifelong drive to prove herself through productivity, helped her see that “you can have it all, but you can’t do it all”, and even sparked a song, ‘Truth Teller’, built from her questions and answers. She describes ibogaine less as fireworks and more as a truth serum that restored her sense of natural essence and creativity.
The discussion also touches on integration: colour-coded 90-day plans, missed meditations, and learning to treat life itself as ongoing ceremony rather than chasing perfection. For new mums, practitioners, or anyone feeling burnt out rather than acutely addicted, this conversation offers a rare look at ibogaine used for identity repair, soul nourishment, and a gentler way of being. Could your own “I’m not enough” story be ready for a rewrite too?
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