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.

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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.

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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.

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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.