Leadershipedelics

Today's guest is internationally renowned artist and poet, Nicholas Kirsten , known as Honshin  🙏 Five years ago, Honshin’s art changed my appreciation of the present golden moment and reshaped my own spiritual path.  Now 5 years later, I had the privilege to meet with him in his studio and talk creativity, spirituality and even play a little harmonica while he shared his poetry.  Honshin’s...

Meet David Wood, David has been on a mission to broaden regulated access to psychedelics. He is the Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at Psygen, a Canadian company manufacturing pharmaceutical-grade psychedelics for clinicians and researchers. David also runs R-Group Legal where he provides legal support for a small number of operators in the cannabis industry and the psychedelic space. We t...

Meet Holly Huber , a Neuromodulation Consultant in the pursuit of bolstering  the spiritual consciousness and connection of humanity. Holly has worked with neurofeedback in mental health and for intensive brain training with peak performance elites. She’s seen humans push themselves past the possible, find Spirit and their superpowers. She’s doing work with the NeuroEnlightenment team in the Sacre...

In this episode of Leadershipedelics, meet Hanifa Nayo Washington . Hanifa is a social entrepreneur, cultural producer, and healing justice practitioner. She is a facilitator, reiki master, singer, song writer, and a creator who works at the intersection of mindfulness, place making, and social justice to create organizations, gatherings, spaces, and experiences rooted in the values of beloved com...

For this interview, I flew to Peru to meet with Jose Franchini Vasquez , an Ayahuascero from a small village in the Peruvian jungle near Pucallpa. Jose has been working with the plant medicines Ayahuasca and Chacruna for over 13 years. He was taught by his uncle, the highly honored teacher Antonio Vasquez Galarreta , and he is the brother of Pepe Franchini Vasquez who was featured in the movie The...

This week on Leadershipedelics, meet Doctor Pamela Kryskow . Dr Kryskow is the medical lead on the Roots to Thrive Nonprofit team that provides psilocybin therapy for patients with end-of-life anxiety who have section 56 exemptions from the Health Minister of Canada. She is a founding board member of the Canadian Psychedelic Association and is actively involved in research related to psilocybin, M...

This week, meet Kunti Trejo . Kunti is a medicine woman from Mexico who lives in the Sacred Valley of Peru. She practices many modalities of healing and has dedicated her life to the service and study of ancestral traditions of natural medicines and ways to heal from Mother Earth. Kunti is also a mom and a talented artist who paints, creates clothing, and performs medicine songs. We talk about the...

This week, we meet with Sean McCormick . Sean is an expert in performance biohacking , the host of the Optimal Performance Podcast and a certified life and performance coach with clients like NFL and MLS players, CEOs and TV stars. Disclaimer: Sean helped me in my own journey when I was making big changes to my life. We talk about his journey from starting Float Seattle over 10 years ago, to the i...

This week on the Leadershipedelics Podcast , meet Jéssika Lagarde .  Jéssika is a psychedelic-assisted medicine guide in the Netherlands. She’s also a freelance writer in the psychedelic space and co-founded Women on Psychedelics (or WOOP ), an educational platform that advocates for the end of stigmatization around women’s mental health and substance use, and the normalization of psychedelics for...

This week we meet with Jason Grechanik . I met Jason 7 years ago when he was a facilitator for ayahuasca ceremonies at the Temple of the Way of Light in the Amazon jungle. I was super impressed then and I’m even more impressed now after our conversation. Jason has such a depth of knowledge. He shares the wisdom he’s gained from his fascination with ancient cultures and what he’s learned from his l...

This week we meet with Susan Guner . Susan is a trained, somatic, trauma-informed holistic psychotherapist. She’s also the host of the Psychedelic Conversations Podcast . Her mindfulness-based approach is grounded in transpersonal psychology and integrates the mind, body, and spirit aspects of human experience for personal growth and development. This approach focuses on gaining a holistic perspec...

This week we meet with Saba Candari . Saba has extensive experience in the wealth management and financial sectors, he is the founder and CEO of Entheo Ventures . His primary focus is to offer business management and financial support to underserved organizations leading the resurgence of plant medicine and psychedelics.  We talk about Saba’s early life arriving in the US at age 7, having to play...

This week we meet with Stefany Nieto , the COO of Gwella Mushrooms. We cover Stefany’s journey from working on sustainable projects at an early age to her work at Gwella and her experiences with psychedelics. We talk about killer bees 🐝 in Kenya , water filtration 💧in India , growing food 🌱 in the Arctic , Gwella’s product philosophy 🧠, and much more. This episode is packed with insights. Enjo...

This week we meet with Rick Elliot . Rick grew up in Canada, worked on oil fields to put himself through school and moved to California for a career in software development. He co-founded a tech startup in 2008 which was acquired later. He worked there until recently.  Rick joins us after a long weekend of sacred ceremonies with the powerful psychedelic substances Ayahuasca and Bufo Alvarius. We t...

This week we meet with Erin Cochrane . Erin is the cofounder and director of product at Gwella Mushrooms and the cofounder and facilitator of Healing While Healing , a community-based support network. Her experience spans health sciences, environmental regeneration, intentional communities, and plant medicines both nutritional and sacred. We talk about Erin’s soul-searching journey from an early a...

This week we meet with Roel Bij De Vaate , the founder of Cosmic Truffles 🪐 A company focused on microdosing, natural psilocybin, community, and education building. We discuss Roel’s journey from his early interest in spirituality, the internal conflict from his work as a tattoo artist, his constant pain from lumbar hernia and how microdosing helped him change his relationship to that pain. Roel...

This week we meet with Meggen Harris . Meggen is a serial entrepreneur, writer, and a true renaissance woman. She’s helped thought leaders and brands connect with their audience for over 20 years. She’s a free spirit, she’s not afraid to challenge authority, discuss taboo subjects and call out people addicted to power. She lives true to herself and she’s on a mission to show others how to live tru...

This week we meet with Renee Melodie Gagnon. Renee was born in Calgary and grew up on British Columbia’s West Coast. She achieved Canadian Federal Cannabis license number 005 and two Dealers Licenses, most recently for psychedelics. She’s an outspoken advocate for Diversity and Inclusion in Business, cover of The Advocate Magazine Women of the Year 2020, proud wife of an amazing warrior woman, dad...

This week we meet with Deb Helfrich . Deb is a degreed Philosopher, performance artist of Socratic monologues, and a Mental Fitness Mentor whose work focuses on anti-racism, human functioning, and destigmatizing altered states of consciousness. She is also an outspoken #AutisticAF advocate for the value of neurodivergent capacities to create world-evolving change. We cover Deb’s journey from not k...

We're starting season 2 with an awesome interview with Aleana Kali. Aleana came to the US when she was 17 and was forced to take over family finances soon after. This sent her on a path of serial entrepreneurship and achievement which eventually came to a head and forced her to face her humanity, her wounds, and learn to love herself. She gained deep insights from her travels to India, Asia,...

In this episode I share some of the insights gained from my discussions with the guests of Leadershipedelics Season 1 . This episode is a great place to start if you're new to Leadershipedelics, if you want to get caught up or just want to find which episode to dig more into. It's a short and can be even shorter if you speed it up 🕺👇 Season 1 Guests Episode 1: Luc Van Poelje Episode 2...

This week, meet Jason Crawford . Jason is a serial entrepreneur, dad and husband who found enormous help in life from his work with psychedelics. He is the founder of Sovereignty a supplement company focused on positively impacting the trajectory of people’s lives. I connected with Jason after trying their supplements and being super impressed. I could feel psychedelic might have had an influence...

On today’s show we meet with Lyle Maxson , a pioneer in transformative entertainment, who started his career as a creative director for some of the world’s largest music festivals, impacting thousands of people. Lyle is now involved with several projects, including GeniusX, a VR education platform, and Entheo Digital, a digital therapeutics company pursuing FDA clearance.  Lyle joins us from his b...

Today we meet with David Drapkin 🕺 David is the director of operations and strategic growth at Psychedelics Today. He is a licensed clinical social worker and seasoned mental health and addiction practitioner with over 15 years in front-line clinical and leadership roles within healthcare. David is a fierce advocate for evidence-based, equitable and accessible behavioral health services. He envis...

What do you get when two ex-Microsoft guys get together (in-person, not zoom) to talk about psychedelics, building products, and the corporate world? You get this awesome episode with Ryan McMinn! 🕺 Up until the end of last year, Ryan was the head of product for Microsoft OneNote. He started his career in the music business during the first dot com boom. Then as bankruptcy hit that startup, he st...