What happens when you stop running from your emotions and learn to stay with them?

In this deeply personal conversation, Kyle sits down with psychedelic therapist and trauma integration specialist Julian Bermudez, founder of Psychedelic Integration, to explore grief, recovery, fatherhood, and what it actually means to heal—not by labeling yourself as broken, but by learning to be present with what you once had to suppress.

Rather than treating “trauma” as an identity or a crutch, this episode reframes it as something far more practical and hopeful: the patterns we learned in order to survive, and the ones we can now learn to outgrow.

Julian shares his own journey from a childhood marked by rejection, instability, and suicidal despair to a life devoted to helping others reconnect with their emotions and inner resilience. Together, they discuss:

• Why healing is less about fixing what’s “wrong” and more about recovering what was lost
• How emotional suppression becomes the root of addiction, burnout, and disconnection
• Why comparison and self-judgment keep us trapped in shame
• How psychedelic-assisted integration can help soften defenses and build real emotional safety
• What it means to model presence, courage, and emotional honesty for our children

The conversation culminates in a powerful, unscripted moment as Julian guides Kyle through a somatic exercise while Kyle reflects on the grief of losing his daughter—revealing how staying with emotion, rather than escaping it, can become a source of strength, connection, and love.

This episode is about learning to stay.
With discomfort.
With grief.
With your own heart.

Not to be overwhelmed by it—but to become the kind of man, father, and human who can meet life fully and remain standing.