Enhanced Senses Podcast
Enhanced Senses Podcast
Podcast Description
Enhanced Senses explores the connection between external creative pursuits—such as sport, art, and outdoor recreation—and the internal journey of emotional healing and transformation.
This podcast features guests who have found intentional ways to integrate adventure, creativity, and psychedelics into their personal and collective growth.
By sharing these stories, we aim to inspire listeners to explore the balance between their external and internal worlds while discovering meaningful ways to contribute to their communities.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast explores topics such as the healing power of theater, the impact of endurance sports on recovery from addiction, and the use of psychedelics for personal growth. Episode examples include Brian Stanton discussing theater as a healing modality and Erin Witter sharing insights on endurance biking and recovery from alcoholism, highlighting the importance of community and personal development.
Enhanced Senses explores how altered states of consciousness—through psychedelics, extreme sports, intimacy, creativity, and flow—can transform our lives.
Host Danielle, a researcher, athlete, and community builder, brings together voices from diverse fields to unpack the edges of perception, performance, and connection. Tune in for grounded stories and expansive conversations about what it means to enhance your senses.
KK's passion for biology started when she was 6—she would go over to her neighbors' house to pick their flowers because they simply amazed her. Every time KK went to a greenhouse, she would take the freshly fallen flowers and bring them home with her.
KK's interests continued into college when she learned that all medicine stems from plants and fungi. She started taking plant biology classes at Minnesota State University-Mankato and again fell in love with how plants work—most importantly how the physiology works. She learned how plants signal to other plants and fungi in order to share messages and nutrients. KK learned how connected the world is and how evolved plants are with their surroundings. KK created Flora Fungi Podcast to express her love for biology and hopes she can educate some of you on how special it all is.
In this episode you will hear about…
-How plants evolved to attract humans (and why we find flowers beautiful)
-The transformative power of one great professor who nurtures your curiosity
-KK's college realization that ”all drugs are plants” and how it changed her path
-The honest reality of podcast monetization—why education alone doesn't make money
-What it means to be a ”super connector” and how it's actually monetizable
-Mycelial networks—both the literal kind between trees and the metaphorical kind between people
-Finding flow states in unexpected places like the greenhouse
-Why sometimes plants are just easier than people
-The mushroom mapping project and navigating controversy around sharing foraging locations
-Nerdy Jobs concept—a TV series exploring plant and fungi careers beyond horticulture
Ways to stay connected…
You can stay up to date with KK on her Instagram, Linktr, and website ! Check out Flora Funga Podcast wherever you listen, and learn more about her Calm and Collected tincture at FloraFungaPodcast.com.
Follow Enhanced Senses on Instagram and Substack for additional stories between episodes. Check out and contribute to Enhanced Senses Podcast Patreon. Find other ways to work with me and support the podcast on our website: Enhanced-Senses.com.
Disclaimer:
My guests share their own experiences and insights, that do not always reflect my own views, opinions, and personal experience. I’m not a medical or mental health professional. If you’re thinking about making any life changes or need support, please reach out to a trained healthcare or medical professional. Enhanced Senses Podcast is sharing educational information and is not endorsing, encouraging, or making suggestions for illegal activities including, but not limited to, the use of illicit substances.
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