Jane “Banana Jane” Garnett, Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT), is an attachment-focused Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy practitioner and a psychedelics pre-work and integration specialist. Jane has had a flourishing private practice in West Los Angeles for 15 years, working primarily with entrepreneurs and creatives. Jane’s additional training includes Mindfulness Teacher Training, Somatic Experiencing, and Emotionally Focused Therapy. As a passionate seeker and curator of healers and healing techniques, Jane has been hosting an inner liberation show called Sex, Psychics & Psychedelics – now entering its fourth season, alongside consulting on psychedelic endeavors such as Michael Pollan’s How to Change Your Mind (Netflix) and co-producing Lucy Walker’s Iboga documentary Of Night and Light.
How Did Jane "Banana Jane" Garnett Go From Film To Therapy And Plant Medicine?
Jane grew up in London, England and earned a degree in literature from Oxford University. After graduating and working as a researcher for the BBC, Jane came to the United States to work in the film industry, where she worked as Vice President of Production for Leonardo DiCaprio. Jane then partnered with producer Michael London, executive producing the major feature film The Illusionist.
Fascinated by the narrative, pathos and catharsis of film—and now mother to two small girls—Jane transitioned out of Hollywood and into the psychological, quickly setting up her private practice as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Jane’s frustrations with the limitations of the traditional therapy model led her into a relentless series of investigations into more experimental healing modalities – including plant medicine, erotic anthropology and psychic studies. Inevitably, Jane began weaving her findings into her therapy practice, cultivating a signature soul and future-based update on the traditional therapy model. It is Jane’s joy to help people to wake up and turn on at the deepest levels, empowering them to cultivate the lives of their dreams.
Banana Jane And The Chemistry Of Joy
Additionally, Jane co-hosts The Chemistry of Joy with neuropharmacologist and Beyond Consulting founder Stephanie Karzon Abrams. The Chemistry of Joy is not just educational; it's cultural, relatable, and enriching. You'll learn, you'll laugh, and you'll connect. In this session, Garnett and Abrams dive into their personal and professional journeys, exploring the intricate science behind MDMA and its groundbreaking therapeutic potential.
They highlight the power of joy, the profound influence of dance culture, and altered states with legal plant medicines like kanna, cacao, and cannabis, unveiling their potential to open hearts and minds. The Chemistry of Joy is a cultural exploration into societal impacts and the essence of human connection. It’s a rich dialogue that covers the evolution of traditional therapeutic models, from focusing on brokenness to wholeness, and shifting from rugged individualism towards a shared human experience.
Together, they bridge the gap between healing and joy, with community at the heart of the matter, bringing into focus what is most important to us through the rituals we cultivate. Join them in this discovery of the true chemistry of joy.
Banana Jane's Mindful Weedsday Playlist
Jane says what inspired this playlist is a quote by writer and Insight Meditation Society founder Jack Kornfield: "The mind creates the abyss, and the heart crosses it."
Leonard Cohen - "Come Healing - Live In Dublin"
Leonard Cohen's late life and epic ode feels like the quintessential healing song—equally an ethereal offering of human brokenness and an invocation of divine compassion for our plight, and hopefully for our direction.
Click here to play on Spotify!
Alexia Chellun - "The Power Is Here Now"
No beating around the bush on this classic medicine song. This mantra holds the vibration of a psychedelic reset—a reinvigoration of personal power, spiritual presence, and the sense of infinite potential that arises when hearts and minds open.
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Sekouba Bambino - "It's A Man's Man's Man's World"
Just a brilliant re-invention of the classic—textural, mysterious and poetic on some massive scale. This sense of the layered worlds within worlds of the human experience. A piece of music to let yourself get lost in.
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deadmau5, Kaskade, And John Summit - "I Remember (John Summit Remix)"
An ode to MDMA culture. Better for the dancefloor journey maybe than the solo journey, but this one speaks to how, in psychedelic processing, we move through shadows to reunite with, and remember the lost parts of ourselves. Also, there's this sense of lost romance on a personal level but also a global level. The song evokes a sense that we were all, at one time, ONE. Or is that just me?
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Nancy Wilson - "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am"
I love adding some classic soul on a journey. Something celebratory and serotonin saturated. The Divine Feminine without anything pious attached, Just a beautiful woman unapologetically claiming her joy and spreading it around like sunshine.
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For more about Jane Garnett, visit bananajane.com; check out her podcast SEX, PSYCHICS, AND PSYCHEDELICS by clicking here. For The Chemistry of Joy, click here.
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