Anti-Hero's Journey

https://www.antiherosjourney.com/ Kyle Mack is a doctor of pharmacy and an attorney. He has spent most of his career advising multinational pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers on regulatory compliance matters, as well as defending them in national product liability litigations. Over the past few years, he has shifted his professional focus to assisting companies and health ca...

https://www.antiherosjourney.com/ Michael D. Fratkin, MD is a father, husband, brother, son, and palliative medicine physician. He has been dedicated to the well being of this community for nearly 30 years. Approaching life and the practice of medicine with love and respect, Michael is a builder, an innovator and a dreamer. He has been a transformative and provocative voice for improving the exper...

https://www.antiherosjourney.com Gv Freeman is a Transformational Guide who helps humans unstuck themselves. Using a fully integrated approach to body, mind, and spirit, he and his clients work together to solve modern-day problems with centuries-old tools. Gv’s life resembles a Venn diagram of entrepreneurship, mental health, and psychedelics. After 20 years as a serial entrepreneur, he began fol...

https://www.antiherosjourney.com Rocco was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. After several years of college baseball, he enlisted in the US Army and went on to serve 3 combat deployments with 2nd Battalion of the elite 75th Ranger Regiment. After 4 years of active duty service to this country, he joined the U.S. Army Reserves and continued his service until ret...

https://www.antiherosjourney.com Kimberly Juroviesky, CAPT, USAF, Retired/Disabled President, Ketamine Taskforce INC, Ketamine Taskforce.org Senior Vice President, Healing Our Heroes Foundation Capt. Kimberly Juroviesky is a disabled United States Air Force veteran and Nurse Practitioner. She was injured on active duty and developed Complex Regional Pain Syndrome from her injury. She began getting...

Dr. Fernandez’s research focuses on a wide range of risky behavior and mental health topics with a special focus on suicide and substance abuse, including opioid-related healthcare utilization. Dr. Fernandez has over 20 articles appearing in well-respected journals such as the the International Economic Review, The Journal of Economic Education, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Economic P...

Dr. Sofia Peeva is one of the pioneers and early adaptors of using low dose ketamine in combination with psychotherapy to treat treatment resistant depression, anxiety, PTSD and chronic pain. Her clinic, Propel Therapeutics, is located in Sacramento, CA. https://www.propeltherapeutics.com/

Matt Zemon, MSc, is the author of the best-selling book, Psychedelics for Everyone: A Beginner’s Guide to These Powerful Medicines for Anxiety, Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Expanding Consciousness as well as Beyond the Trip, A Journal for Psychedelic Preparation and Integration. With a Master's degree from King's College London, he has studied the effects of psychedelics on the mind and the po...

Leah Bucholz is the founder of Prestige Veteran Medical Consulting. She is a US Army Veteran, Physician Assistant, and former contract VA Compensation & Pension examiner. Her organization assists Veterans with Independent Medical Opinion letters often referred to as “Nexus letters” which help show a link between a veteran’s injury or illness and their military service. Driven by passion and purpos...

Website: https://www.mindstrengthbalance.com/ The Learning Project book: https://www.mindstrengthbalance.com/learningproject-home/

Chad McLean founded Mental Joe after personally being impacted by childhood and military traumas that resulted in self doubt, depression, anxiety, and a host of other "diagnoses." After a suicide attempt in 2020, he found his way to Ketamine treatments and his life has forever changed for the better. Chad had a vision during a ketamine treatment where he would launch an apparel company to raise aw...

Denise Rue is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Clinical Hypnotherapist. For over three years, Denise worked as a retreat leader and lead therapist at a legal psilocybin retreat center in Jamaica overseeing approximately 1,500 psilocybin sessions, and as many group integration sessions. Denise has a profound respect for the healing potential of psychedelic medicines, as well as a deep sense of...

Jeff is a 2nd generation obstetrician-gynecologist focused on providing exceptional, innovative and personalized women’s care, including over 10 years performing robotic gynecologic procedures. Currently practicing in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. He holds a Clinical Faculty appointment at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He is currently participating in a psychedelic-assisted therapy...

Natalie Goldberg is a photographer, nurse, occasional comedian, and a writer for Psychedelic Support. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliebgoldberg

Cole is the Founder of Lionheart Wellness, where he serves as an Addiction Couneslor Candidate and Ketamine Therapist for Addiction. He has extensive experience working in the psychedelic clinical trial space. He writes about issues in the field of psychedelics and the evolving paradigm of mental health and wellness. http://www.lionheartwellness.net/

Nate Barry came to the precision medicine space in 2020 after 15 years of experience working in the NCAA Division I focused on athletic performance and strength and conditioning. In that time frame he worked with seven different sports, including being a part of six bowl game trips for various football programs, women’s basketball program advancing to the NCAA Tournament twice, and NCAA College Wo...

Chris Aiken (MD) is a psychiatrist who specializes in mood disorders and focuses on natural therapies. He is the editor-in-chief of the Carlat Psychiatry Report, one of a few psychiatric journals that has never accepted a dime from the pharmaceutical industry. He hosts two podcasts – a professional one for Carlat and another for patients – The Pocket Psychiatrist. He founded the Mood Treatment Cen...

Benjamin Greenzweig is a seasoned events veteran, entrepreneur, and the founder of Momentum Events with a deep passion for destigmatizing the conversation on both the diagnosis and treatment of mental health, including psychedelic-assisted therapy. Greenzweig served as the Executive Producer of Psychedelic Science 2023, the world’s largest psychedelics conference, and Momentum proudly played the r...

Robert Rush is a committed attorney who ardently supports opening access to psychedelics, reforming drug policy, and defending his clients. With a firm belief in cognitive liberty and personal autonomy, he champions these causes through his legal practice. Operating primarily virtually and based in Denver, Colorado, Robert represents an extensive spectrum of clients in the burgeoning psychedelic f...

Shannon Duncan is an entrepreneur and author of the landmark book, Present Moment Awareness. In his newest book, Coming Full Circle, Duncan shares what he learned during his own intensive multi-year process of healing trauma with the help of psychedelics. An advocate for those seeking to heal from trauma, it is his sincere wish that sharing what he learned through his experiences will be of servic...

Brett Waters is an attorney and the co-founder of Reason for Hope and the Veteran Mental Health Leadership Coalition, non-profit policy and advocacy organizations focused on advancing safe, affordable access to psychedelic therapies to treat mental health conditions, addiction, and to prevent deaths of despair. Brett spent five years as a litigation associate at Winston & Strawn before leaving the...

Dr. Mike Stone, MD is an emergency medicine physician, recovering academician from Harvard Medical School, expert in point-of-care ultrasound, precision primary care, and longevity medicine. He owns Nexus Medicine, a ketamine-assisted therapy clinic in Portland, OR. Besides being a family man, the greatest honor of his life is having written the foreword to the Anti-Hero's Journey: The Zero With a...

Dr. Joe Flanders is an entrepreneur and psychologist, specializing in psychedelic-assisted therapy and mindfulness. He has an active practice utilizing psilocybin, MDMA and ketamine as therapeutic catalysts. Joe has been on a life-long journey in the pursuit of the most effective approaches for cultivating well-being – his own and that of his clients. Along the way, he created a clinic network in...

BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) episode discussing psychedelic science with neuroscientist Dr. Sarah Bliss Matousek (PhD) regarding a recent paper published in the May 2023 edition of Cureus. Access the paper here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10237681/

A pioneer in the cannabis and psychedelics industry, Ronan Levy has inspired millions of people to find healing and inspiration through elevated states of consciousness, having co-founded Field Trip Health Ltd., which was the world’s largest provider of psychedelic therapies. He continues his work in well-being and consciousness as a co-founder of The Non-Ordinary Therapy Company Ltd. and his podc...