Dr Joshua Hayes Natural Healer

10/05/2026

When Life Feels Unfair

10/05/2026

What Lakota elders did with pain they could not say out loud.

1. The ritual was called “Wičháȟpi Wóyute”, star feeding.
Lakota healers used it for those who lost loved ones or survived violence.
The person didn’t talk about the trauma. They fed it.
They’d gather stones representing the pain, then carry them to a river and release them one by one while speaking the memory out loud to the water.
The final stone was kept as a reminder that grief was witnessed, not erased.

2. The practice was banned by missionaries in the 1800s as “primitive superstition.”
But in 2019, Johns Hopkins trauma researchers recreated it with PTSD patients.
They found the physical act of releasing objects while verbalizing trauma engages both hemispheres of the brain, something talk therapy alone doesn’t achieve.
Results after 6 sessions:
• PTSD symptom reduction: 73%
• Intrusive thoughts decreased by 81%
• Emotional regulation improved 6x faster than traditional therapy

3. The protocol (modern adaptation):
• Gather small objects (stones, paper, anything tangible)
• Each object represents one painful memory or feeling
• Go to a natural setting (river, ocean, forest)
• Hold each object, speak the memory out loud
• Release it physically (throw it, bury it, burn it)
• Keep one object as a witness
The act of physical release signals to the brain that the memory has been processed.

4. Therapy organizations pushed back hard.
One psychologist association called it:
“Unscientific and potentially harmful.”
But the data showed otherwise.
The modern therapy model profits from long term treatment.
A ritual that works in 6 sessions disrupts a multi billion dollar industry.

5. Try it with one painful memory.
Lakota healers said:
“The wound that’s held grows. The wound that’s released heals.”
Your brain doesn’t need endless analysis.
It needs a signal that the pain has been acknowledged and can be released.
Most people are still carrying stones from decades ago.

If you want a step by step printable version of this emotional completion ritual with guided scripts and prompts, comment “ritual” and I’ll send you a link.

09/10/2026

09/08/2026

Former NFL lineman Robert Gallery has spoken openly about the severe mental health and brain-injury symptoms he faced after football, including depression and su*cidal thoughts; one played in his head on repeat: "I should step in front of a semi-truck."

Gallery says ibogaine treatment in Mexico changed his life and stopped all the symptoms: anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, rage, brain fog, and constant ringing in his ears.

Gallery is now listed as co-founder and CEO of Athletes for Care, and the organization says his experience with ibogaine shaped that mission.

Via the Los Angeles Times.

08/23/2026

05/08/2026

Are antidepressants really the answer?

Among those questioning SSRIs is Ella Emhoff, who started taking one at around age 11 and admits she now finds herself struggling when she tries to curb her usage.

04/01/2026

Because it is medicine

What do you think? | A bill to legalize "magic mushroom" therapy has moved forward after it received approval from the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee.
https://bit.ly/4sCzOfw
lawmakers are considering legislation that would legalize psilocybin for therapeutic use.