This is exclusive, unseen bonus footage from Reconnect, London Real’s documentary about Brian Rose and the plant medicine ayahuasca. It is Brian’s conversation with his mother, filmed when he went home to San Diego near the end of the film, and it includes material that did not make the final cut. She talks about raising three children on her own after the divorce.
In Reconnect, Brian’s second ayahuasca ceremony takes him back to the age of seven, when his parents told him they were divorcing. He sees a little boy building walls around himself so no one could hurt him. After talking it through with Dorian Yates and Dr Joe Dispenza, he decides to go and ask his parents about it, not for answers, but to understand how they felt.
In the film, his mother tells him she wanted to minimise the hurt, but that divorce has always hurt kids. Both her parents and his father’s parents had been married for more than 50 years, and when her own marriage ended she “crashed and burned”. She went to Europe to think, and it opened up her world. She wanted her children to have exposure outside American culture, which Brian suspects is the reason he lives in London today.
This footage is part of the bonus material for Reconnect. Watch the full film.
00:00 | Trailer.
03:15 | Brian’s thoughts on the episode
04:36 | Brian’s introduction.
05:31 | Amusing and ironic story of how Betty’s maternal grandparents met.
11:05 | The family values of her grandparents that influenced her.
13:46 | A tragedy that changed the family’s view of education and influenced their future lives.
27:56 | Cash is cash is cash.
29:35 | The very first London Real episodes made by Brian Rose.
33:27 | Betty recalls memories of her father’s part in their family life.
36:45 | Her mother’s influence within the family.
40:33 | Life on the cattle ranch.
43:08 | When Brian’s grandfather had a stroke in his 50s.
45:17 | Betty’s early life, university choices and what she found attractive in Brian’s father.
53:56 | Betty recalls the tragic memory of the assassination of President John F Kennedy.
57:18 | Becoming a family with the birth of Eric and Brian,
1:09:56 | Moving to San Diego.
1:14:51 | Educating three children and the early choice Eric and Brian made.
1:20:59 | As a single mum trying to cope with Brian’s temperament, Betty gives him an ultimatum.
1:26:34 | Parent’s divorce effect on Brian and his siblings.
1:34:04 | How the divorce affected Betty.
1:39:20 | Betty runs away.
1:41:27 | Betty returns with a new perspective.
1:47:37 | The positives to take from the divorce.
1:54:46 | Betty’s views on maintaining a healthy diet.
2:00:00 | Betty loves Brian’s journey with London Real.
2:01:36 | Her perspective on Brian’s use of Ayahuasca.
2:04:32 | Marianna.and Gabby.
2:06:01 | Brian says, “thanks Mom”.
2:07:04 | The message Betty wishes she had received aged 30 and so could have passed on to her kids.
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