#373- Out of the Ayahuasca Closet

This is not a normal episode of Nonprofit Lowdown.

In this one, I’m sharing something deeply personal: my experience with ayahuasca and why it mattered so much to me as a nonprofit leader.

From the outside, my life looked great. The business was working. The mission was working. I was working. But joy wasn’t part of the equation.

I talk about burnout that doesn’t look like collapse—but like numbness. About over-functioning becoming a leadership identity. About how so many of us in the nonprofit sector are competent, ethical, respected… and quietly exhausted.

I share why I chose a medically licensed ayahuasca retreat in Costa Rica, and how the experience helped me move from self-surveillance to self-trust.

This episode isn’t about telling you to do ayahuasca. It’s about asking a bigger question:What happens when being “good” replaces being whole?

If you’re a nonprofit leader who feels like the hallway monitor—holding it all together while losing touch with yourself—this one’s for you.

Healing isn’t a detour from leadership. It’s part of it.

Important Links

Retreat: https://www.rythmia.com/open/worldsfirst?utm_source=post_affiliate_pro&utm_pap_affiliate_id=68cc7cb81ebf5&a_aid=68cc7cb81ebf5 

How to Train ChatGPT:  ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/annual-fundraising-plan-tracker1-3127-4300⁠ 

My Big Ask Gifts Program: ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/big-ask-gifts-program⁠ 

My Book, Get That Money Honey: ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/get-that-money-honey⁠ 

My Newsletter: ⁠https://www.rheawong.com/⁠