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The Rich Roll Podcast · May 21, 2026 · 1h 14m

Inside My 72-Hour Psychedelic Iboga Therapy With Julie Piatt

Julie Piatt, Rich Roll
Show Notes

Rich Roll explores his recent 72-hour iboga ceremony experience with his wife Julie Piatt. They discuss what led him to this root bark medicine used by Gabon's Bwiti people for thousands of years, the confrontational nature of the ceremony itself, the rebirthing process that emerged, the role of the divine feminine archetype, and the subtle shifts in his consciousness and relationships in the aftermath. Julie reflects on witnessing the experience from outside the ceremony space.

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Editorial

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Iboga as Confrontational Medicine
Iboga is a confrontational root bark medicine used by Gabon's Bwiti people for millennia, not a recreational psychedelic—it demands you face what you've been avoiding.
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The 72-Hour Rebirthing Process
Rich's iboga ceremony involved a 72-hour process that included a rebirthing component—a literal and metaphorical return to biological origin.
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Divine Feminine as Therapeutic Archetype
The role of the divine feminine archetype emerged as significant in Rich's iboga experience and in processing what shifted afterward.
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Psychedelic Integration Requires Partnership
Julie's presence both during and after the ceremony—as witness and co-processor—appears essential to Rich's integration of the iboga experience.
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Why Decades of Therapy Preceded Iboga
Rich came to iboga after many decades of recovery work and conventional therapy, suggesting these medicines may be a next stage in transformation rather than a substitute.
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Misc

✧This is Rich's first public discussion of his iboga experience
✧Julie Piatt, his wife and longtime partner, is co-host—their relationship appears to be a central thread in processing the experience
✧The episode frames iboga as a confrontational medicine, not a recreational psychedelic
✧The concept of 'divine feminine' emerges as significant in the ceremony
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