In this grounding and expansive episode of the Personal Pizza Podcast, Simcha Levenberg warms up the conversation with therapist, facilitator, and inner-explorer Nancy Morgan, whose work spans Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy. 🍄🧠
Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7kWmC1_IxC4
🧩 Together, they explore the intricate layers of the human psyche—no toppings too messy—as Nancy unpacks the IFS model and its non-pathologizing, deeply compassionate approach to inner healing.
🔥 Nancy breaks down the roles of “managers” and “firefighters”—those protective parts inside all of us that jump into action to help us survive—and how reconnecting with our core “Self-energy” can bring lasting peace and clarity.
🌿 They also dive into her role as a Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy facilitator in Oregon and Colorado, walking through the preparation, safety protocols, and sacred integration that surround this powerful work with plant medicine.
⚠️ With clinical insight and heartfelt wisdom, Nancy reflects on the long-reaching impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and how both traditional and emerging modalities can help people not just cope, but transform.
⚰️ And just when you think the pie is fully baked—they touch on natural and conservation burials, exploring what it means to die as intentionally as we live.
Whether you’re therapy-curious, plant-medicine-interested, or just craving a fresh slice of self-awareness—this episode offers a beautifully baked mix of science, soul, and softness.
👉 Subscribe now and take a bite out of the most fascinating topics on mind, body, and soul. This is just the beginning.
Simcha Levenberg (https://slevenberg.com/) is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California. He uses a unique blend of humor, authenticity and real world knowledge. Simcha helps individuals clarify their personal values and live a present and more meaningful life. He helps couples transform their relationships to be more open and emotionally flexible.
This show is Produced by Rainbow Creative with Matthew Jones as Executive Producer, Producer Rithu Jagannath, & Editor Jeremiah Schultz. To learn more about how to make a podcast for you and your business, visit
rainbowcreative.co What is The Personal Pizza Podcast?
The Personal Pizza Podcast is a deliciously different podcast that merges clinical psychology, comedy, and pizza. Simcha Levenberg, a unique therapist with a love for baking pizza, invites guests to his home for a slice of pizza and a slice of life.
Each episode dives into a variety of topics that affect our mental health: cooking and emotional well-being, loneliness, psychedelics and metabolizing trauma (or not), large group awareness trainings, complicated bereavement, spiritual traps, and the complicated relationships we have with others (and ourselves) - while simultaneously crafting and sharing some fantastic homemade pizza.
This show is more than just food for thought – we are breaking bread to build connections. Mental health professionals, comedians, writers, and chefs sit around the table, making sense of confusing relationships, finding humor in unexpected places, and discovering the wisdom in our shared human experiences.
Come for the pizza, stay for the insights. Therapy is better with pizza, trust me.