Paul Austin is joined by Dr. Suresh Muthukumaraswamy, lead researcher in the world's first LSD microdosing clinical trial.

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This is another special interview recorded on location at the 2022 Wonderland Conference in Miami, FL. Dr. Muthukumaraswamy shares the unique design of his LSD microdose trial, plans for future research, and how these studies might be received in New Zealand and around the globe.

Suresh completed his Ph.D. in psychology at the University of Auckland in 2005 after which he joined the newly established Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre as a postdoctoral fellow. In 2014, Suresh received a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship and has returned to Auckland where he works in The School of Pharmacy (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences).

Suresh’s main research interests are in understanding how therapies alter brain activity and in developing methodologies to measure these changes in both healthy individuals and patient groups - particularly patients with depression. His previous studies have involved a range of compounds including hallucinogens (ketamine, LSD, psilocybin), anesthetics (propofol, dexmedetomidine), anti-epileptics (vigabatrin, perampanel, tiagabine) and GABA-enhancers (zolpidem, gaboxadol). Suresh’s research has used a wide-range of neuroimaging techniques including magnetoencephalography, electroencephalography, functional magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Highlights:

• Dr. Muthukumaraswamy shares his academic and professional background, and what led him to studying psychedelics.
• Dr. Muthukumaraswamy explains the origin story and unique design of his LSD microdosing study.
• How study volunteers generally respond to microdosing in a lab vs. in their normal daily environments.
• Design elements Dr. Muthukumaraswamy plans to implement in future LSD microdose studies.
• Considering how Dr. Muthukumaraswamy’s take-home LSD microdose study might impact research and policy in other countries.
• The legal landscape of psychedelics relevant to New Zealand’s indigenous Māori community.

Episode Links:

• Protocol for Dr. Muthukumaraswamy’s LSD microdose study
• Suresh’s lab, Auckland Neuro- Psycho- Pharmacology Research Group on Facebook
• Scopolamine, “Devil’s Breath”
• Ep. 172: Paul Stamets & Pamela Kryskow, M.D. - The Future of Microdosing: Legislation, Research, & Science
• Ep. 107: Mendel Kaelen - Music and Psychedelic Medicine: Healing Through Sound

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Matthew W. Johnson, Ph.D. joins Paul F. Austin to share his studies of psilocybin for smoking cessation, cancer distress treatment, and more

In this episode, we feature another special interview recorded at the 2022 Wonderland conference in Miami, FL.

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Matthew W. Johnson, Ph.D. is the Susan Hill Ward Endowed Professor of Psychedelics and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins. Working with psychedelics since 2004, he is one of the world’s most widely published experts in the field. He has published research on psychedelics and mystical experience, personality change, tobacco smoking cessation, cancer distress treatment, and depression treatment. In 2021, as principal investigator, he received the first grant in 50 years from the US government for a treatment study with a classic psychedelic, specifically psilocybin in the treatment of tobacco addiction. He is also known for his expertise in behavioral economics, addiction, sexual risk behavior, and research with a wide variety of drug classes.

Highlights:

• How Dr. Johnson’s own life has changed as a result of his years of research, including psilocybin for the treatment of cancer distress.
• Dr. Johnson’s study on psilocybin for smoking cessation; the first US government-funded study on the therapeutic use of a psychedelic in 50 years.
• The initial findings of psilocybin vs. nicotine patch as smoking-cessation treatments.
• How Dr. Johnson plans to contribute to psychedelic research and oversight as the industry grows.
• Dr. Johnson cautions psychedelic therapists against inappropriately pushing spiritual or religious frameworks onto patients.

Episode Links:

• Dr. Johnson on Google Scholar
• Dr. Johnson on Twitter
• Dr. Johnson’s smoking cessation study on ClinicalTrials.gov
• Dr. Johnson’s paper, “Consciousness, Religion, and Gurus: Pitfalls of Psychedelic Medicine”
• Book, The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley
• Book, The Immortality Key by Brian Muraresku

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Rick Doblin, Ph.D., founder of MAPS, joins Paul F. Austin to discuss the healing of humanity through legalized psychedelic medicine.

This is another special interview from the 2022 Wonderland Conference in Miami, FL. Paul F. Austin is joined by MAPS founder Rick Doblin, Ph.D., to discuss the healing of humanity through legalized psychedelic medicine.

Rick Doblin, Ph.D., is the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). He received his doctorate in Public Policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where he wrote his dissertation on the regulation of the medical uses of psychedelics and marijuana. His Master’s thesis was a survey of oncologists on smoked marijuana vs. the oral THC pill in nausea control for cancer patients. His undergraduate thesis at New College of Florida was a 25-year follow-up to the classic Good Friday Experiment, which evaluated the potential of psychedelic drugs to catalyze religious experiences. He also conducted a thirty-four year follow-up study to Timothy Leary’s Concord Prison Experiment. Rick studied with Dr. Stanislav Grof and was among the first to be certified as a Holotropic Breathwork practitioner. His professional goal is to help develop legal contexts for the beneficial uses of psychedelics and marijuana, primarily as prescription medicines but also for personal growth for otherwise healthy people, and eventually to become a legally licensed psychedelic therapist. He founded MAPS in 1986, and currently resides in Boston with his wife and puppy, with three empty rooms from his children who have all graduated college and begun their life journeys. Learn more about Rick by listening to his Origin Story and watching his TED Talk.

Highlights:

• Rick Doblin’s life (in five minutes), the origin story of MAPS, and the latest progress of its FDA clinical trials.
• How MAPS has changed since Michael Pollan’s How To Change Your Mind Netflix documentary.
• What keeps Rick focused, grounded and motivated to continue his work.
• Why MAPS chose to work with MDMA for PTSD, and what its strategy will look like after FDA approval.
• The novel financing strategies MAPS is taking in response to the ‘failure of philanthropy’.
• Working towards mass mental health and a “global spiritualized humanity”.
• MAPS’ Fourth Psychedelic Science Conference — June 2023.
• How to “make a post-prohibition world work out” and empower people to deal with trauma, with and without substances.

Episode Links:

• MAPS
• MAPS Public Benefit
• Michael Pollan’s How To Change Your Mind Netflix documentary
• Peter Jennings’ documentary, Ecstasy Rising
• ICPR Conference
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs
• Book, The Religion of Tomorrow by Ken Wilber
• Book, Island by Aldous Huxley
• Ep. 154: Deborah Mash. Healing Addiction With Ibogaine: What the Research Tells Us
• 162 Dr. Andrew Weil. Way of the Future: Healing Through Integrative Medicine & Psychedelics
• MAPS’ Fourth Psychedelic Science Conference
• Santo Daime
• Zendo Project
• Rick Doblin on Twitter
• Rick Doblin on Instagram

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This is an uncut interview recorded live at the 2022 Wonderland Conference in Miami, FL. Paul F. Austin is joined by renowned mycologist, author and researcher Paul Stamets, along with Pamela Kryskow, M.D., both co-founders of MycoMedica Life Sciences, PBC. They dive into all things microdosing, clinical trials, naturalistic science and patient-driven research, while exploring and honoring the wisdom of indigenous cultures around the world—and even martial arts.

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Paul Stamets, speaker, author, mycologist, medical researcher and entrepreneur, is considered an intellectual and industry leader in fungi: habitat, medicinal use, and production. He lectures extensively to deepen the understanding and respect for the organisms that literally exist under every footstep taken on this path of life.

Paul’s philosophy is that “MycoDiversity is BioSecurity.” He sees the ancient Old Growth forests of the Pacific Northwest as a resource of incalculable value, especially in terms of its fungal genome. A dedicated hiker and explorer, his passion is to preserve and protect as many ancestral strains of mushrooms as possible from these pristine woodlands. His research is considered breakthrough by thought leaders for creating a paradigm shift for helping ecosystems worldwide.

Paul is the author of six books (including Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World, Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms, and Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World). He has discovered and named several new species of psilocybin mushrooms.

Dr. Pamela Kryskow is a medical doctor with a strong interest in psychedelic medicine, mental health and chronic pain. She is a founding board member of the Canadian Psychedelic Association. She is also a part of an expert team working to give Canadians access to psilocybin at end of life.

Dr Kryskow is actively involved in research related to psilocybin, MDMA, ketamine, mental wellness and neurogenesis. She is a co-investigator on the largest microdosing study, Microdose.me, which is ongoing with 14 000+ enrolled participants.

A Clinical Instructor at University of British Columbia and Adjunct Professor at Vancouver Island University, Dr. Kryskow is also the medical lead on the Roots To Thrive Ketamine Assisted Therapy program, which treats healthcare providers with PTSD, depression, anxiety, and addiction. In real life, she loves foraging in the forest, ocean kayaking, growing kale and daydreaming in the hammock.

Highlights:

• An introduction to Paul and Pam, and their work together in researching the benefits of microdosing psilocybin.
• Tracking the history of mushroom wisdom and knowledge, from indigenous traditions to scientific research.
• How the complexity of microdosing demands new research approaches and methodologies.
• Addressing the disconnect between policy and science.
• Paul Stamets’ vision of how psychedelics can be integrated in society, and how MycoMedica is working towards it.
• How new scientific findings on psilocybin and microdosing could influence future legislation.
• Closing remarks: psychedelics, kindness, and community

Episode Links

• MycoMedica Life Sciences, PBC
• Microdose.me study
• Paul Stamets’ talk at the 2017 MAPS Psychedelic Science Conference
• The roots of ‘Two-Eyed Seeing’
• mushroomreferences.com
• Quantified Citizen App
• Paul Stamets’ Website
• Paul Stamets on Instagram
• Pamela Kryskow, M.D. on LinkedIn

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Dr. Sam Zand, Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer of Better U, joins Paul F. Austin for a rich conversation on at-home ketamine-assisted therapy.

As a practicing psychiatrist and the Chief Medical Officer of Better U, Dr. Sam Zand utilizes his expertise in neuroplasticity to help patients address the root cause of their problems and establish new ways of thinking. After initial psychedelic medicine research at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Zand began treating patients clinically with ketamine in 2019. He now teaches psychedelic medicine rotations to psychiatry residents and medical students and is an advocate and spokesperson for the FDA-approved esketamine, Spravato. He is trained in general psychiatry, addiction recovery, and psychotherapy, and has a passion for psychedelic therapy, crisis intervention, relationship counseling, and integrated spiritual therapy. In addition to being a co-founder of Better U, Dr. Zand is also the owner and CEO of a national telepsychiatry service, Anywhere Clinic. He has merged his passions for lifestyle medicine, performance coaching, and entrepreneurship to establish platforms that build leaders and medical healers. He assisted in Crisis Intervention Training for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, helped create mental skills departments for professional sports teams and corporations, and has worked with industry leaders, corporate executives, and pro athletes. Dr. Zand is passionate about increasing education to end the stigma that surrounds mental health topics, advancing the integration of psychiatry and spirituality, and making clinically proven, innovative new therapies more accessible for all.

Find episode links, summary, and transcript here.

Highlights:

• Understanding the differences between Spravato and generic ketamine, and the role each might play in the future of psychedelic-assisted therapy.
• ‘The Skill of Psychedelics’ - looking at medicines like ketamine in the bigger picture of healing, growth, and transformation.
• Dr. Zand’s Four phases of healing: Heal, Grow, Love, Transcend
• What differentiates Better U from other telemedicine psychedelic-assisted therapy services
• Dr. Zand on effective dosing, intention-setting, and utilization of psychotherapy.
• Exploring the correlation between dissociative experience and positive transformation
• How ego actualization and ego dissolution fit into the greater path of healing and transformation.
• Transcending pathology and the disease-care model of mental healthcare to embrace the biopsychosocial-spiritual model.
• The ‘Powered by Better U’ Model of collaboration to bring beneficial ketamine treatments beyond the clinic.
• Closing

Episode Links:

• Better U
• Better Universe Foundation
• Dr. Zand on LinkedIn
• Recent clinical trial on the safety and efficacy of at-home ketamine treatments
• Third Wave’s Guide to Ketamine
• MAPS

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Natasja Pelgrom & Alexander Beiner, creators of the Regenerative Stewardship retreat, join Paul F. Austin to discuss their approach to healing.

Natasja Pelgrom is a visionary leader, mystical mentor and the founder of Awaken The Medicine Within retreats and programs, supporting people with psycho-spiritual approaches since 2017. Natasja is a highly intuitive guide and has held training, assisting and facilitation roles in over 800 psychedelic ceremonies. Natasja was also a founding member of the Synthesis Institute, and the director of the psilocybin-assisted Wellness retreats. As a key curator of the retreat programs, she oversaw the retreat team development and training. She currently advises and supervises executives in the (psychedelic) wellness industry.

Natasja is also a mentor to leaders, coaches, therapists, and space holders, where she focuses on mind and heart coherence to help them prosper in their services. Natasja’s multifaceted mentorship approach is paired with 20+ years of entrepreneurial experience.  Alexander Beiner is an author and facilitator. He's one of the founders of the media and events platform, Rebel Wisdom, and an executive director of Breaking Convention, Europe's longest-running conference on psychedelic medicine and culture. His upcoming book, The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World (Hay House, 2023) explores how psychedelics could transform culture and society. Trained as a counselor and meditation teacher, Alexander also runs retreats centered on combining practices drawn from cognitive science, wisdom traditions and psychedelic philosophy to create powerful group experiences. He has a particular interest in the phenomenology of the psychedelic experience and how we can combine ritual, practice and collective intelligence to expand consciousness in new ways.

Highlights:

• How Natasja and Alexander’s paths crossed, leading to their co-creation of a psychedelic retreat.
• Rebel Wisdom — Alexander’s background and approach.
• Regenerative Stewardship — the ethos behind their retreat.
• Thinking beyond the “Hero’s Journey” and beyond “self-care” to a wider, more balanced vision.
• Looking to indigenous wisdom and psychedelics for a new cosmology and way of being.
• Why Natasja & Alexander chose psilocybin as the central medicine for the Regenerative Stewardship retreat.
• The wisdom of being flexible in one's approach to preparation, experience, and integration.

Episode Links:

• AWAKEN THE MEDICINE WITHIN
• “Regenerative Stewardship” Psilocybin Retreat
• AMW’s Instagram
• Rebel Wisdom
• Alexander's book, The Bigger Picture: How Psychedelics Can Help Us Make Sense of the World
• The concept of the Hero’s Journey
• Book, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World, by Tyson Yunkaporta
• Peter Kingsley
• Natasja on Ep. 109: 5-MeO-DMT, Integration, and Connecting With the Divine
• Alexander's interview with Charlotte Du Cann

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Paul F. Austin jumps into the guest seat on the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast with Josh Trent to share life-learned lessons of transformation.

Recently, Third Wave founder/CEO Paul F. Austin joined the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast with Josh Trent. This is a special rebroadcast of that episode. Josh and Paul discuss psychedelics at length, from how to create a safe and effective microdosing protocol, to exploring the psychological, physiological, and spiritual effects of psychedelics. Now in the guest’s chair, Paul shares his personal philosophy on psychedelics and transformation, along with his own life-changing experiences and insights from working with medicines, and his outlook on the industry and where it’s headed.

About Josh Trent and The Wellness + Wisdom Podcast:

Josh Trent is the Founder of Wellness Force Media, host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast and the creator of the BREATHE: Breath & Wellness Program.
Josh has spent the past 19+ years as a trainer, researcher, and facilitator discovering the physical and emotional intelligence for humans to thrive in our modern world.

The Wellness Force Media Mission is to help humans heal mental, emotional and physical health through podcasts, programs, and a global community that believes in optimizing our potential to live life well. Josh's life is dedicated to supporting humanity coming together as one.

Find episode links, summary, and transcript here.

Highlights:

• The potential of the third wave of psychedelics.
• Practical ways to ensure safe, effective experiences.
• How to craft a microdosing protocol.
• Transcending the fear of death and addressing “existential malaise” through psychedelics.
• How Paul F. Austin used plant medicine to heal and integrate his own shadow.
• Paul’s view on the current state of the psychedelic industry, and how to live a fulfilling life.

Episode Links:

• Wellness Force Media
• Wellness + Wisdom Podcast
• RUNGA
• Tao Te Ching: A New English Version
• Book, Food of the Gods by Terence McKenna
• Book, Iron John: by Robert Bly
• What If Money Was No Object? – Alan Watts
• Synthesis Institute

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Integration coach and change catalyst, Marcus Antonius Druen, joins Paul F. Austin to discuss the Psychedelic Map for Change.

Over the last 20 years, Marcus Druen optimized his career to play the ‘success game’ as a self-employed executive coach and organizational development consultant who worked for corporations such as Microsoft, Adobe, KPMG, Sanofi Biologics, EON Energy and Lidl, as well as European VCs and start-ups like Future Energy Ventures, Xempus, and Desolenator.

For the next 20 years, he endeavors to play the ‘impact game’. He is a bridge-builder between the existing system and the new one that clearly wants to emerge. Accelerated by the pandemic, Marcus is on an exciting yet daunting journey of stepping into his purpose with love and power.

Marcus is committed to elevating the consciousness of business people to co-create the regenerative renaissance. His current contribution to this movement is the Psychedelic Map For Change, which he uses as the basis for his practice as a psychedelic integration coach.

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Highlights:

• The impactful events in Marcus’s life that led him to coaching and consulting.
• How Marcus bridges his “two strengths in life,” psychedelics and business.
• The Psychedelic Map For Change: ‘Tool, Tribe, & Token’
• Marcus’s current projects, including his breathwork course.

Episode Links:

• Psychedelic Map For Change
• Marcus on LinkedIn
• Marcus on Twitter
• Marcus's 6-Week Transformational Breathwork Course
• Marcus’s Leading Audacious Change Podcast
• Brave Earth, Costa Rica
• Ken Wilber’s Integral theory
• Spiral Dynamics
• Teal Organizations
• Hawkins Scale of Consciousness
• Frédéric Laloux
• Book, Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender, by Dr. David Hawkins

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This episode is a replay from our 2022 Virtual Summit, where special guest Dr. Amy Albright shares about the interplay between psychedelics and intuition.

Dr. Amy Albright is a new sort of oracle. She stands rooted in logic-based, science-driven work and can also see into the worlds beyond. With offerings ranging from neurofeedback, intensive retreats to advanced coaching of visionaries and changemakers, to an upcoming launch of her mystery school, Dr. Amy Albright has worked for two decades with high caliber individuals to change lives and scale businesses in powerful and integrated ways. At the core of all of her offerings is her practical and science-based approach to intuition, which she both lives by and teaches.

Amy is a Core Faculty in Third Wave’s Coaching Certification Program.

In this episode, Dr. Albright leads a guided meditation to cultivate intuition, shares wisdom from her own practice with intuition and psychedelics, and finally, answers questions from the Virtual Summit audience.

Find episode links, summary, and transcript here.

Highlights:

• Dr. Albright offers a guided meditation on the body, energy and breath
• Defining intuition—our “natural state”
• How intuition applies to a coaching practice
• Dr. Albright’s 4 key elements to increasing the skill of intuition
• How intuition can be woven into psychedelic journeys and integration
• How intuition plays into peak performance
• Dr. Albright’s practice using plant medicine to cultivate intuition. Lastly, her vision of the future of coaching and intuition

Episode Links:

• Dr. Albright’s Website
• Holon Experience by Dr. Albright & Dr. Drew Pierson 
• Ben Greenfield (Episode 55)

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Paul F. Austin speaks with Rak Razam & Joel Brierre, creators of Bridging Heaven Retreats, about the "marriage" of meditation and 5-MeO-DMT. 

Rak Razam is an alchemical storyteller with his finger on the pulse of tomorrow and the heart of today. A screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, journalist and culture maker, his focus is on the cultural paradigm birthing in this brave new world. Co-founder of the World Bufo Alvarius Congress (www.wbac.info), he has become one of the world’s leading experts on 5-MeO, giving lectures and panel discussions at events worldwide. He has been facilitating bufo toad retreats in Mexico since 2016.

Joël Brierre (aka: the entheogenic yogi) is a pioneer in the modern psychedelic movement, and has years of experience in the realm of 5-MeO-DMT and the Bufo Alvarius toad. His unique approach of applying classical non-dual yogic philosophy for both the preparation and integration from the entheogenic experience gained attention from around the world at the first World Bufo Alvarius Congress (WBAC) in 2018 and continues to shift the landscape of psychedelic use. Currently Founder & CEO of Kaivalya Kollectiv and President of Tandava Retreats.

Find episode links, summary, and transcript here.

Highlights:

• Rak Razam’s journey through Psychedelics as a media professional.
• Joel Brierre’s spiritual re-entry into psychedelics, and his contributions through retreats, public education, and trainings.
• How Rak and Joel’s paths converged, leading to the creation of Bridging Heaven Retreats.
• Joel and Rak’s approach to designing a low-dose 5-MeO meditation retreat.
• Weaving ancient yogic philosophy into 5-MeO practice.
• Considering 5-MeO harm reduction as the substance becomes increasingly widespread.
• Looking ahead: continuing explorations with neurofeedback technology and 5-MeO-DMT, and mapping the frontiers of consciousness.

Episode Links:

• Rak Razam’s Website
• Joel Brierre’s Website
• Kaivalya Kollectiv
• Bridging Heaven Retreats
• Tandava Retreats
• Rak’s Ayahuasca documentary, Aya Awakenings
• F.I.V.E. (5-MEO-DMT Information and Vital Education)
• VICE article featuring Rak’s first 5-MEO-DMT session.
• Patanjali’s Eight Limbs of Yoga

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Laura Dawn, founder of Grow Medicine, joins Paul F. Austin to explore the intersection between psychedelics and creative problem-solving.

Through her signature Mastermind Programs and Plant Medicine Retreats, Laura Dawn weaves together science with ancient wisdom. She teaches business and thought-leaders, entrepreneurs, and creative professionals how to mindfully explore psychedelics and sacred plant medicines as powerful visionary tools for inner transformation, fostering emotional resiliency and unlocking new depths to our creative potential.

Through mindset, somatic coaching, and plant medicine integration, she inspires leaders to align body, mind, and heart to get unstuck and take centered action in alignment with a deeper sense of purpose to influence meaningful change.

Laura Dawn has a Masters in Science specializing in Creativity & Change Leadership.
Her degree explores the intersection between psychedelics and creative problem-solving, helping leaders and teams consciously work with sacred plant medicines to think more creatively and cultivate heart-centered leadership in order to unlock innovative solutions to the complex challenges we collectively face.

Find episode links, summary, and transcript here.

Highlights:

• Laura’s current transition from Austin, Texas, to Costa Rica.
• Grow Medicine, Laura’s donation- and education-based platform.
• Laura’s evolutionary path with psychedelic medicines, starting at an early age.
• The two burgeoning studies of psychedelics and creativity—and how they come together.
• Laura’s Systems Change Model for Psychedelic Leadership.

Episode Links:

• Laura’s Website
• Laura’s Instagram
• Grow Medicine
• Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund
• Blessings of the Forest
• UMIYAC
• Laura’s podcast, The Psychedelic Leadership Podcast
• Third Wave Coaching Certification
• Book, Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler & Jamie Wheal
• Third Wave’s Virtual Summit (Featuring Laura)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Words Are Vibrations Podcast Hosted by James McCrae
• Book, How to Laugh in Ironic Amusement During Your Existential Crisis by JamesMcCrae

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Resilience expert Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal joins Paul F. Austin for a special 2-part interview exploring resilience, leadership, & psychedelics. Dr. Taryn Marie is the #1 international expert on resilience, in both leadership and life, whose mission is to positively impact the lives of 1 billion people, through the concepts of resilience, by 2030. She is recognized as a leading global authority on resilience, wellbeing, and mental health, and she is the Founder and Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) of Resilience Leadership Institute (RLI) and believes that resilience is the key to individual and organizational actualization and acceleration across the globe. By leveraging over a decade and a half of original research on resilience, she developed the empirically-based framework, The Five Practices of Particularly Resilient People.

Highlights:

• Dr. Taryn's personal and professional path of resilience, vulnerability,
• The myth of the Vulnerability Bias.
• How psychedelics can help us tap into our resilience.
• The Five Practices of Highly Resilient People
• Why the practice of vulnerability is so challenging yet essential to our growth and wellbeing.
• The gifts of transformation hidden in the ‘reverse bucket list’ moments of life.
• Dr. Taryn’s latest projects to positively impact the world through resilience.

Episode Links:

• Dr. Taryn’s Website, Resilience Leadership Institute
• Book, Daring Greatly by Brené Brown
• Dr. Taryn’s podcast, Flourish or Fold: Stories of Resilience Podcast
• Mindfulness-based stress reduction
• Book, Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Dr. Taryn’s TEDx Talk: How Resilience Breaks Us Out of Our Vulnerability Cage

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Hanifa Nayo Washington, co-founder of Fireside Project, joins Paul F. Austin to discuss belonging, equity, & psychedelic peer support.

Hanifa Nayo Washington thrives at the intersection of mindfulness, belonging, and healing justice to co-create organizations, gatherings, and experiences rooted in the values of beloved community so all people can heal from the emotional, physical and spiritual impacts of systems of oppression, trauma, and disconnection. 

Hanifa Nayo is the Co-founder and Organizing Principal of One Village Healing, an online BIPOC centered healing, resilience, and psychedelic wellness space. She is also the Co-founder and Chief of Strategy at Fireside Project the nonprofit that runs the Psychedelic Peer Support Line that is helping people minimize the risks of their psychedelic experiences while democratizing access to free high-quality emotional support during and after any psychedelic experience. The line has supported over 5,000 callers since launching in 2021.

For episode links, summary, and transcript go here.

Highlights:

• Hanifa's life of discovery and service that led her to co-found Fireside Project.
• Her insights about belonging, and how psychedelics influenced them.
• Defining—and challenging—the term 'Psychedelic Space' and how to "make equity real” in the context of psychedelics.
• Spiritual Resilience and Sacred Activism.
• Hanifa's upcoming plant medicine retreat for black women.

Episode Links:

• Hanifa’s Website
• Hanifa’s Instagram
• Fireside Website
• Fireside Instagram
• Fireside Facebook
• Fireside Twitter
• Fireside LinkedIn
• One Village Healing
• Niyonu Spann, Beyond Diversity 101
• Hanifa’s Colors Within Retreat at Nina Wasi

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Andrew Weil, M.D., is a world-renowned leader and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine. Combining a Harvard education and a lifetime of practicing natural and preventive medicine, he is the founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, where he is a clinical professor of medicine and professor of public health. A New York Times best-selling author, Dr. Weil is the author of 15 books on health and wellbeing, including Mind Over Meds: Know When Drugs Are Necessary, When Alternatives Are Better, and When to Let Your Body Heal on Its Own; Fast Food, Good Food; True Food: Seasonal, Sustainable, Simple, Pure; Spontaneous Happiness; Healthy Aging; and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health. He is the editorial director of DrWeil.com, the leading online resource for healthy living based on the philosophy of integrative medicine. He is also a founder and partner in the growing family of True Food Kitchen restaurants. 

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• The influence international travel had on Dr. Weil from an early age.
• Dr. Weil's years at Harvard: first psychedelic experiences and early research on Cannabis.
• Pioneering integrative medicine—and becoming classified as a “dangerous person” by the White House.
• Dr. Weil's story of using Cannabis while speaking in front of Congress.
• Expanding the paradigm of psychedelic research.
• Defining Integrative Health.
• Lessons from the psychedelic wave of the sixties.
• Misunderstood medicinal and psychoactive plants.
• The future of the psychedelic landscape.

Episode Links:

• Dr. Weil’s Website Andrew Weil Center For Integrative Medicine
• Book: The Harvard Psychedelic Club by Don Lattin
• Dr. Weil’s book, The Natural Mind
• Dr. Weil’s book From Chocolate To Morphine
• Dr. Charls Nichols’s research at LSU on Psychedelics
• Book: Wizard of the Upper Amazon by F. Bruce Lamb 
• Book: Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
• Book: Be Here Now by Ram Dass
• Book: The Religion of Tomorrow by Ken Wilber
• Book: The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
• Video: “1950’s Housewife on LSD”
• Books: Pharmako Series by Dale Pendell

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Dr. Erica Zelfand is a licensed family doctor specializing in integrated mental health and functional medicine. In addition to treating patients of all ages in her private practice, Dr. Zelfand is ketamine prescriber, facilitator of therapeutic psychedelic experiences, international speaker, and medical writer. She often presents at medical conferences on the clinical applications of psychedelic healing and advocated for the recent legalization of psilocybin assisted therapy in Oregon. She also trained in MDMA-assisted psychotherapy through MAPS. In this episode of the Third Wave podcast, Erica talks with Paul F. Austin about physical wellness, integrated mental health, and legal psilocybin in Oregon.

For a full summary and transcript, go here.

Podcast highlights:

• Dr. Zelfand's journey into medicine and psychedelics.
• Psychedelics and a new medical paradigm.
• Key healing systems.
• The role of the thyroid in functional medicine
• The role of testosterone in functional health.
• Psilocybin facilitator training with Inner Trek in Oregon.
• Who can access and facilitate psilocybin services in Oregon?
• Microdosing and Oregon's Measure 109.

Episode links:

• Dr. Erica Zelfand
• Dr. Janine L. Malcolm
• Inner Trek
• The Microdosing Collective

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This episode is sponsored by Beckley Retreats, a leading holistic wellbeing company that offers transformative self-development programs by leveraging the science-backed power of psychedelics in concert with supportive therapeutic modalities. As a trusted partner of Third Wave, we strongly recommend the upcoming retreats for Beckley in Jamaica, as well as many other locations. Head to go.beckleyretreats.com/thirdwave to book your transformational psilocybin program today.

Joel Monk is a leadership coach, educator, facilitator, and entrepreneur. As a coach, Joel is dedicated to the development of conscious, creative, and entrepreneurial leaders. He co-founded Coaches Rising, a company at the cutting edge of online coach training with a community of nearly 50,000 coaches and participants from every continent on the planet. Coaches Rising has collaborated with some of the leading minds in the field of human development.

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Highlights:

• Coaches Rising and the evolution of coaching.
• Translating “emergence” from theory to practice.
• Joel’s journey into coaching, psychedelics, and other transformative modalities.
• The difference between coaching and therapy.
• Why coaches should have a referral network.
• Necessary skills to develop conscious, creative, and entrepreneurial leaders.
• Values, principles, and systems of meta modernism.
• Future developments for Coaches Rising.

Show links:

• Joel Monk
• Coaches Rising
• The Summit
• Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D., the founder of Internal Family Systems
• Ken Wilber, No Boundary
• Steve March and Aletheia Coaching
• Ken Wilber, The Religion of Tomorrow
• Arturo Escobar, Designs for the Pluriverse
• Jeremy Johnson, Seeing Through the World

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This episode is sponsored by Beckley Retreats, a leading holistic wellbeing company that offers transformative self-development programs by leveraging the science-backed power of psychedelics in concert with supportive therapeutic modalities. As a trusted partner of Third Wave, we strongly recommend the upcoming retreats for Beckley in Jamaica, as well as many other locations. Head to go.beckleyretreats.com/thirdwave to book your transformational psilocybin program today.

As co-founder and CEO of Beckley Retreats, Neil Markey is passionate about sharing the science-backed benefits of psychedelics in conjunction with the contemplative practices that support holistic wellbeing. At Beckley Retreats, he’s dedicated to building a business that operates with the utmost integrity, both internally and across the many communities it will touch.

For a full summary and show links, go here.

Episode Highlights:

• The inspiration Neil draws from his involvement in his family business, Creative Metal Design.
• Neil's transformative journey from the US Army Special Operations to business, mindfulness and psychedelics.
• The evolution of the Beckley Foundation and how it continues to set the standard of conscious endeavoring in the psychedelic space.
• Neil's transition from the corporate world into his journey starting Beckley Retreats.
• The inspiring—and challenging—aspects of starting a unique psychedelic retreat program.
• The unique experience Beckley Retreats create through its programming.

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Episode links:

• Beckley Retreats
• Beckley Foundation  
• Beckley Psytech
• Neil's LinkedIn
• MindKind Institute
• Book, “The Second Mountain” by David Brooks
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
• Creative Metal Design

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Dan Peterson, Esq. is a DC-based attorney, entheogenic practitioner, and depression survivor who uses his legal background and personal experience to expand equitable access to responsibly-administered transformative experiences. He is the Executive Director and Founding Member of the Association of Entheogenic Practitioners while also running his legal practice, Peterson Law, LLC. In this episode of the Third Wave podcast, Dan talks with Paul F. Austin about the evolving psychedelic legal landscape, including the role of religious freedom in protecting practitioners and how to build community and accessibility through the Association of Entheogenic Practitioners.

Highlights:

• From conventional D.C. attorney to psychedelic legal advisor.
• Tracking psychedelic legal developments in the US.
• The likelihood of getting arrested in the psychedelic space.
• Creating the Association of Entheogenic Practitioners.
• Building a culture of responsible practice, reciprocity, and accessibility.
• Ensuring DEI in the psychedelic space from a legal perspective.

For a full summary and show links, go here.

Episode Links:

• Dan Peterson
• The Association of Entheogenic Practitioners
• Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategies
• Andrew Huberman podcast
• Scholarly article on how psilocybin occasions mystical experience
• David Foster Wallace

Keith Ferrazzi is a bestselling author, speaker, entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, and an enthusiastic team transformation coach committed to helping teams harness Radical Adaptability and Co-Elevation® to positively transform organizations in an unpredictable work world. Keith's mission for the past 20 years has been to serve extraordinary teams as they achieve great missions while building deep friendships along the way. In this episode of the Third Wave podcast, Keith talks with Paul F. Austin about the intersection of plant medicine, business, and effective leadership. Highlights include:

• Keith’s experience with plant medicines.
• Building meaningful community.
• The two different awakenings with psychedelics.
• Leading Without Authority and Keith’s newest book.
• Defining “co-elevation”.
• Creating “radical adaptability”.
• Psychedelics for Fortune 50 companies and executive teams.
• How plant medicines help develop soft skills for leadership.

For a full summary and show links, go here.

Episode links:

• Keith Ferrazzi
• Tony Robbins
• Deepak Chopra
• Insight seminars
• Werner Erhard
• Davos Conference
• DLD Conference
• Sanjay Gupta

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This episode features two guests: Martin Polanco, M.D. and Sean Hansen. Martin is the founder of The Mission Within, a clinical program that serves special operations veterans and specializes in treatment-resistant and complex conditions such as mild traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress, depression, and/or addiction as a result of experiences during military service. Sean Hansen, was a combat veteran and licensed attorney, who moved into high-performance coaching following his experience with ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT through The Mission Within. In this episode of the Third Wave podcast, Martin and Sean talk with Paul F. Austin about preparing for, experiencing, and integrating ibogaine and 5-MeO journeys, the benefits of combining these medicines, and groundbreaking research to drive legal policy reform.

Rachel Yehuda, Ph.D., is an Endowed Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Trauma and Director of Mental Health at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She is a recognized leader in the field of traumatic stress studies who revolutionized our understanding of the neurobiology and treatment of PTSD. Most recently, Dr. Yehuda established and now directs the Center for Psychedelic Psychotherapy and Trauma Research, and was named one of the most influential women in the psychedelic field. In this episode of the Third Wave podcast, Rachel talks with Paul F. Austin about her research, including a forthcoming study on MDMA-assisted therapy for trauma survivors.

Dr. Deborah Mash is a professor of neurology and pharmacology, who is one of the world’s foremost research experts on ibogaine. In this episode of the Third Wave podcast, Dr. Mash talks with Paul F. Austin about how she began studying ibogaine and using this powerful substance to treat addiction, her experiences getting research funding, and spearheading ibogaine clinical trials. 

Born in Cameroon, Africa, Marie Mbouni felt a calling toward healing and was initiated into iboga at the age of 14. Ultimately she would go on to pursue her education in Canada and the United States to follow the Western medical route as an anesthesiologist. After years in this profession, Marie realized it did not fully align with her vision of healing and embraced a new career as a shaman, energy healer, and mentor. In this episode of the Third Wave podcast, Marie talks with Paul F. Austin about energy intelligence and altered states with and without medicine.

Lauren Taus is licensed as a clinical therapist in both New York and California with a specialty in addiction and trauma treatment. As a clinician, Lauren integrates alternative modalities of treatment into her work, and has trained extensively in psychedelic-assisted therapy. Most recently, Lauren has started her own clinical training program: the Psychedelic Coalition for Health. In this episode of the Third Wave podcast, Lauren talks with Paul F. Austin about her early trauma facing mortality and an eating disorder, and how she healed with yoga, psychedelics, therapy, and other somatic practices.

Luke Storey is a writer, meditation and metaphysics teacher, and lifestyle design expert who shares transformative principles of health, addiction recovery, and spirituality. His teachings combine primal health, and ancient spiritual practices with the most cutting-edge natural healing, and consciousness-expanding technologies. In this episode of the Third Wave podcast, Luke talks with Paul F. Austin about sobriety and the ceremonial use of psychedelics for healing.