"I Spent 5 Hours on MDMA and Saved My 10-Year Marriage" - Jonathan Robinson - EP 73
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Jonathan Robinson - NYT bestselling author, psychotherapist, and Oprah guest, has guided 700+ MDMA sessions over 40 years, reaching 200 million people across 47 languages. In this episode: why relationships are the biggest factor in happiness, how MDMA rewires couples in a single day, near-death experiences, psychedelic integration, and the bliss resistance stopping you from lasting peace.
Timestamps:
0:00 MDMA therapy changes relationships in a day, Jonathan Robinson preview
0:55 Welcome to Triangle Theory, channel intro and community
2:45 Today's guest: Jonathan Robinson, MDMA therapist and Oprah's favourite couples author
7:37 Triangle Theory questionnaire, what question have you been waiting your whole life to answer?
15:52 Jonathan Robinson interview begins, 40 years of MDMA-assisted therapy
16:05 What MDMA taught a self-described intellectual about love and empathy
17:16 Inner work vs psychedelics, two wings of the same plane
20:03 MDMA therapy vs conventional therapy, what changes in 20 minutes
21:37 The one pattern that destroys every relationship, blame, shame, complaining
24:31 Practical relationship techniques, yellow light method and the problem-solving question
29:43 Jonathan's abusive childhood and how it launched a lifelong search for transformation
31:21 Psychedelics vs lived experience, which changes you more?
37:26 Near-death experience on Oprah, the life review and the soul school
40:08 Writing at 16: "I want to reach this state without drugs", and achieving it
42:03 The guru's mantra, a 20,000-mile trip to hear two words
54:44 Psychedelic integration, why the vision is not the work
56:05 The contract method, throwing money away to rewire your behaviour
1:06:16 Bliss resistance, why we push away the states we most want
1:13:34 Ibogaine, MDMA legalisation, and the future of psychedelic-assisted therapy
1:18:48 Where to find Jonathan Robinson's work and free resources
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