What really happens when you spend ten full days alone in complete darkness?
In this extraordinary episode, Dr Carol Talbot joins Lisa to share one of the most intense and transformative experiences of her life - a 10-day dark room retreat designed to strip away external stimuli, awaken the body’s natural chemistry, and reveal who we truly are beneath our learned patterns and conditioning.
Carol explains in grounded, accessible language how the body floods with melatonin, then pinoline, and eventually endogenous DMT when deprived of light, creating a cascade of healing, repair and vivid inner experiences. She also shares how darkness helped her reconnect to what she calls our “multi-dimensional DNA” - not just the biology we inherit, but the deeper intelligence, memory and potential held within us.
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This is one of the most unusual and thought-stretching conversations we’ve ever shared - part science, part spirit, part emotional awakening - and a powerful invitation to question who you are, what’s holding you back, and who you could be if you stepped into a bigger version of yourself.
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