Tim Westbrook
Tim Westbrook, MS
The Impact Of Healing Journeys With Pardis Mahdavi, PhD
The Impact Of Healing Journeys With Pardis Mahdavi, PhD
The Impact Of Healing Journeys With Pardis Mahdavi, PhD
Tuesday 1st July 2025
Explore the transformative power of travel and healing journeys with Pardis Mahdavi. Discover personal growth through plant medicine, meditation, and retreats.
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Episode Overview
- Travel can lead to profound personal insights.
- Healing journeys offer transformative experiences.
- Pardis Mahdavi founded Entheon for wellness retreats.
- Plant medicine intersects with science for healing.
- Meditation and breath work enhance personal growth.
The greatest thing I can do is heal myself so that I can be a better support for the people around me.
In this insightful episode of 'I Love Being Sober', host Tim Westbrook welcomes Dr. Pardis Mahdavi to discuss the transformative power of travel and healing journeys. Pardis, an anthropologist and former university president, shifted her career focus from academia to founding Entheon, a wellness company dedicated to transformational retreats and coaching for personal growth. During the conversation, Pardis elaborates on how immersing oneself in new cultures and traditions can result in profound personal insights and aid emotional healing and recovery.
Pardis explains the concept of travel as a blank slate, where individuals are exposed to different ways of thinking and doing things. This exposure can help form new neural pathways and expand one's mindset. She shares her personal journey of stepping away from academia, motivated by the realization that healing herself was crucial to supporting those around her. The discussion also covers the benefits of plant medicine and psychedelics, which Pardis describes as the intersection of science and spirituality.
She highlights how these tools can ease symptoms and challenges, particularly around menopause, providing an alternative to traditional hormone replacement therapy. Meditation and breath work are emphasized as powerful practices for calming the mind and promoting personal growth. Pardis advocates for starting with simple exercises, such as 60 seconds of humming, progressing to guided meditations.
Listeners can learn more about Pardis Mahdavi and her work by visiting her website, where she offers information on her books, TED talks, and upcoming retreats. Entheon retreats offer bespoke experiences, tailored to individual or group preferences, making them accessible to a wide audience. Overall, the episode presents a hopeful and informative perspective on how transformative travel and healing practices can lead to significant personal development and recovery.