Psychedelic Experience Podcast with Tim Cools

In this week's podcast Tim Cools speaks with Marta Kaczmarczyk, a wellbeing and health optimization consultant and the founder of the psychedelic society of the Netherlands.Topics:- Marta's Background- The nervous system- Burnout, stress and other imbalances of the nervous system- Somatic therapies- Psychedelics and the nervous system- Biohacking  About Marta KaczmarczykMarta is a wellbeing and health optimization consultant living in the Netherlands. She bases her methods in systems theory – if you face any difficulties in your life, you need to look at them holistically, there is no isolated cause for any problem.She helps people to rewire their brain towards a positive outlook on the future and get you out of the survival mode. She has a rich portfolio that equips her for this type of work: MSc in Cognitive Science, Post-MSc and academic research on persuasion techniques for healthcare and wellbeing, two years of guiding psilocybin truffles one-on-one sessions, co-creation of the first longevity clinic in Europe, half a year of work as an assistant facilitator at one of the most prominent legal psychedelic retreats in the world, and more...Links:http://embodyingthemind.com/https://www.instagram.com/embodying_the_mind/About Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.Links:https://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/

In this week's podcast Tim Cools speaks with Erica Siegal, psychedelic researcher, clinician and psychotherapist and founder of NEST, about making psychedelic care accessible, and practicing harm reduction and creating support communities in the psychedelic space.Topics:Erica's BackgroundPromoting Harm-Reduction with PsychedelicsWhat it is like to be part of a safety team at a festivalSupporting Others' Psychological Needs and Supporting Integration ProcessThe Current Faults in the Psychedelic Renaissance and the Importance of CommunityThe Importance of After-care SupportThe Challenges in Psychedelic Care WorkWarning Signs for the Formation of Psychedelic CultsAvoiding Economical Hierarchy and Power Dynamics in the Psychedelic WorldThe Ethical Boundaries in Psychedelic TherapyHow to Take Care of Yourself as a Psychedelic Care WorkerAbout Erica SiegalErica Siegal specializes in trauma-informed therapy, anxiety management, compassion fatigue/professional burnout in first responders and caregivers, and the integration of non-ordinary states.  She completed the MAPS MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Training program in 2018 and has spent several years working as a psychotherapist on the FDA-approved MDMA-assisted psychotherapy clinical trials. Erica has provided crisis mental health, harm reduction outreach and community support to over 30 transformational festivals and large-scale events since 2013.  This work has given her unique perspective and expertise in extreme psychological distress, substance-induced altered states of consciousness, poly-substance use and addiction.  She has collaborated on multi-disciplinary emergency response teams, trained first responders in emotional resilience and provided integration and support after traumatic events.  In 2019, Erica founded a harm reduction focused practice, NEST, to provide compassionate and comprehensive trauma-informed services to individuals, groups and communities, specifically oriented toward first responders and care professionals.  NEST provides telehealth psychotherapy, harm reduction education, event support services, and psychedelic integration.  Erica takes a humanistic, harm reduction approach to her work, helping her clients foster a sense of self determination to improve their overall sense of wellbeing.  Utilizing mindfulness techniques, somatic awareness and compassion practices into the integration process can help to make deeper meaning of the ketamine-assisted sessions.  Links:https://linktr.ee/NESTharmreductionhttps://www.instagram.com/psychedelicsocialworkAbout Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.Links:https://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/

In this week's podcast Tim Cools speaks with Jessika Lagarde, psychedelic-assisted guide, integration coach, freelance writer and co-founder of Women on Psychedelics, about liberating and de-stigmatizing women in the psychedelics discourse.Jessika's BackgroundEmpowering Women in the Psychedelic SpaceOpening the discussion about Womens' bodies and mindsAvoiding Spiritual Bypass When Working with MedicineWorking with Psychedelics in Tolerant EnvironmentsIntegrating Different Perspectives for Promoting Acceptance and Inclusiveness in the Psychedelic SpaceHarm Reduction with PsychedelicsWomen on PsychedelicsAbout Jessika LagardeJessika Lagarde is a psychedelic-assisted medicine guide, integration coach, Women On Psychedelics co-founder, and freelance writer in the psychedelic space. Since 2020, she has been behind WOOP's content production, where her passions for storytelling, women's empowerment, and psychoactive substances converge. Jess' goal as an advocate for psychedelics is to work towards the normalization of these substances and the end of the stigmatization of women's mental health and women's drug use.Linkswww.womenonpsychedelics.orgwww.instagram.com/womenonpsychedelicswww.instagram.com/theglobalpathsAbout Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.Links:https://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

In this week's episode, Tim Cools speaks with Victoria Rose, pre- and perinatal psychology and health educator, birth visionary and traditional birth witness, about working with plant medicines and allowing them to teach us how to tune into our reality and create a deeper relationship with our world by connecting with our primal self.Victoria's BackgroundPre- and perinatal psychologyExperiencing our (re-)birth through a ceremonyAyahuasca introduces us to the world of plantsMaster PlantsThe Different Kinds of DietasForming New Relationships With Our WorldVictoria is a pre- and perinatal psychology and health educator, birth visionary and traditional birth witness, registered massage therapist, Reiki Master for fertility, pregnancy, birth and postpartum, ceremonialist, contemporary vegetalista, and Ayahuasca preparation and integration guide. She has apprenticed extensively with elder and birth pioneer Barbara Essman, founder and director of The Sacred Birthing School on Kaua'i Hawaii - with whom she's completed several trainings and certifications in conscious conception, pregnancy and birth, birthing the next generations, and conscious death and dying.She provides birth preparation and education that equips couples to conceive, grow, and birth their babies in love and sovereignty and navigate the modern industries and structures that so often oppose natures intelligent design.Victoria guides adults back to transcribe the living memories of their own birth and pre-birth, conception and pre- conception experiences, in order to reclaim the energetic excellence of their own true essence, remember their power and purpose, and revitalize their health, life, work, and relationships. She believes this is the work of our time: coming back into right-relationship with nature, and consciously engaging as active participants in our lives; she says this is the most optimal way one can prepare themselves for any kind of journey involving non-ordinary states.Links:Website: https://luminousbirth.earthIG: @luminousbirthFacebook: www.facebook.com/birthingluminousbeingsEmail address: birthingluminousbeings@gmail.comRiosbo Ayahuasca Retreat and Research Centre:https://www.ayahuascafoundation.org/riosbo-ayahuasca-research-centerSacred Birthing School: https://sacredbirthingschool.weebly.comAPPPAH: https://birthpsychology.comAbout Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.Links:https://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

In this week's podcast Tim Cools speaks with Bima Inuma Pezo, a Shipibo curandero and visionary artist, about stories from his life and his journey with ayahuasca and other medicinal plants. There are english subtitles in the YouTube video, see links at the bottom.Bima's Journey with AyahuascaCommunicating and Working with Different PlantsThe Revival of Ayahuasca CultureHow to Guide Plant Experience Facilitators Recommendations for the Use of AyahuascaTobacco and CacaoHow To Give Back to Shipibo CultureWhat It's Like Visiting PeruAncient Shipibo StoryAn IcaroAbout Bima Inuma PezoBima is a traditionally trained Shipibo curandero & visionary artist - expertly translating the visions from his deep connection to the plants & spirits through Ayahuasca into his paintings. He has worked with various Maestros and has been leading ceremonies in the well-renowned healing center ‘Nimea Kaya' in Amazonian Peru.   About Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.He is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Tools Of Awareness, a personal development center focussed on combining psychedelics and mindfulness to grow personal and interpersonal awareness though (online) courses and retreats.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plants.Links:https://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.coolshttps://youtu.be/BeRF6YuujI8

In this week's podcast Tim Cools speaks with Azalea Kemp, an apprentice to a Mazatec lineage who offers integration services and private microdose coaching, about the culture of sacred mushrooms in the Mazatec tradition.Azalea's BackgroundThe Traditional Understanding of Sacred MushroomsThe Different Therapeutic Purposes and Applications of Sacred MushroomsThe Process of a Traditional CeremonyThe Importance of Creating a Culture of Respect Towards Sacred MedicinesHealing the Land Before Serving the MedicineProcess of Initiation into a Mazatec LineageThe Feminine Aspect of The Mushroom TraditionSpreading the Reciprocity and Gift Economy of The Mazatec TraditionAbout Azalea KempThrough her ancestral roots in Mexico, Azalea was invited to spend time studying Los Niños Santos (psilocybin mushrooms) in Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca, México under a sacred Mazatec lineage that has been using sacred mushrooms medicinally for centuries. She has made a life long commitment to sharing Mazatec wisdom and working with sacred mushrooms as medicine.Linkshttps://www.vibrationalhealing.me/https://www.chojnndafe.com/https://www.ligare.org/About Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.He is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Tools Of Awareness, a personal development center focussed on combining psychedelics and mindfulness to grow personal and interpersonal awareness though (online) courses and retreats.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plants.Links:https://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

In this week's podcast, Tim Cools speaks with Jakobien van der Weijden, psychedelic guide, microdosing educator & coach and co-founder of the Microdosing Institute, about the potentials and challenges of microdosing and discovering how to integrate it into our lives.- Jacobien's Background- Promoting both academic science and citizen science in the psychedelics and microdosing domain- Why people chose to microdose- Tips for improving the microdosing experience- Microdosing alone is not a magical cure- Combining microdosing with other healing practices- Challenges in developing scientific aspects of microdosing- Understanding the role of the placebo effect- Microdosing and macrodosing- Evolving health paradigms through research- Fostering communities for sharing and learning about the psychedelic experience- World Microdosing DayAbout Jakobien van der WeijdenJakobien van der Weijden is a Certified Holistic Coach, psychedelic guide, and microdosing educator & coach. She has been in service of the psychedelic renaissance since 2003; thoroughly studying entheogenic plants, promoting psychedelic research, and studying the many modalities that support safe and effective psychedelic therapy. She has been attending plant medicine ceremonies from different traditions since 2008 and continues to deepen her understanding of psychedelics and the human psyche ever since. In previous roles at organizations such as OPEN Foundation, Psychedelic Society of the Netherlands, Synthesis Institute, and now at the International Microdosing Association, she developed close relations with scientists, therapists, and knowledgeable facilitators across the planet.Linkshttps://www.holisticworks.nl/https://www.instagram.com/jakobienvdw/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakobien/https://linktr.ee/jakobienvdwAbout Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values. Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide. He founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities. His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plants.Linkshttps://psychedelicexperience.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.coolshttps://timcools.net/

In this week's podcast, Tim Cools speaks with Yannick Jacob, existential coach, about the role of existential coaching and integration with the psychedelic space.Topics:-The differences between the coaching and psychedelics background-Is coaching always helpful? -Integration on different levels-Creating answers for yourself may be more helpful than expecting them from others-Bringing analysis into more abstract processes-Existential coaching as grounded in human lived experience-No-one can understand your own psychedelic experience in its entirety-Expertise does not presume an ethical approach to coaching and psychedelics-Revealing the shadow with psychedelics, therapy and coaching-Yannick's Background-Coaching is contextual to the culture it takes place in-Coaching is not one-size-fits-all solution-Trying to engage with perspectives that are larger than your own-Coaching is a responsibility, how much of it should guide the psychedelic experience? -Yannick's coaching circles Yannick JacobYannick Jacob is an Existential Coach (MA), Positive Psychologist (MSc), Coach Trainer,  and Coaching Supervisor passionate about taking conversations about coaching & psychedelics overground. He's the Course Director of the ACIC at the School of Positive Transformation, for which he's gathered many of the world's most influential coaches, and he's the former Programme Leader of the MSc Coaching Psychology at the University of East London. Yannick is part of the teaching faculties at Animas Centre for Coaching and the International Centre for Coaching Supervision, and he founded the Interest Group Coaching & Psychedelics. Yannick is the host of the Talking about Coaching & Psychedelics podcast as well as the founder and lead facilitator at Yannick's Coaching Lab. Yannick loves to help his clients explore big questions, integrate challenging experiences, as well as successfully and meaningfully navigate their lives and careers. Yannick presents at conferences internationally and his book, An Introduction to Existential Coaching, was published by Routledge, the world's leading academic publisher. You can learn more about Yannick's psychedelics work at www.existential.coach/psychedeliccoaching and coaches looking for a supervisor can learn more at www.RocketSupervision.com.Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values. Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide. He founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities. His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plants.Linkshttps://psychedelicexperience.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/

This week, Tim Cools speaks with Daniel Shankin, integration coach, about about the process of coaching, guiding and using psychedelics and ancient wisdom to support individual paths to enlightenment.-Daniel's Background-Using psychedelics and altered states to connect to ourselves-Combining psychedelics with the spiritual path-Psychedelics as initiators and accelerators-Combining meditation and psychedelic medicine-Using ancient wisdom and practices in the modern age-The important of community and teachers-The importance of ethics in reaching purpose/meaning-The Challenges in Coaching and Guiding-Daniel's events and integration coachingAbout DanielAs a psychedelic integration coach, Daniel serves people with emerging spiritual visions as they find ways to weave their new-found truths into their lives in a way that is sustainable, harmonious, compassionate and wise. He has worked people from all walks of life and is grateful to have been able to work with a diverse clientele. His methods are fiercely practical while maintaining space for mystery and magic to emerge. He offers time tested and scientifically backed tools so clients can create a life for themselves that is aligned with their deeper values and manifests measurable results that matter.As the founder and director of Tam Integration, he's committed to offering radically accessible and inclusive support and education for people who are wanting to transform, heal, and grow. Tam's integration circles and online conferences enjoy a world wide audience and much critical acclaim.He and his wife live in a tiny town in New England where they forage for mushrooms and throw rocks into creeks with their toddler.Linkshttps://tamintegration.com/https://www.instagram.com/tamintegration/https://www.facebook.com/tamintegrationhttps://twitter.com/notificationshttps://www.youtube.com/c/TamIntegrationDaniel's Article: https://tamintegration.com/2018/11/safety-guidelines-for-guides-psychedelic-integration-practitioners-and-other-people-with-privilege/Integration Jam: https://2022.integrationjam.com/About Tim Cools Tim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values. Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide. He founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities. His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plants. Links https://psychedelicexperience.net/ https://timcools.net/ https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/ https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

In this week's podcast, Tim Cools speaks with Lukas, the operator and person behind PSYADA - the psychedelic cardano stake pool - about cryptocurrencies, and merging the psychedelic world with cryptocurrencies.Lukas' backgroundMerging the Psychedelic Space and the Crypto SpaceIntroduction to Cryptocurrencies and Stake PoolsThe Purpose of the Psychedelic Cardano Stake PoolThe Future of Cryptocurrencies Promoting Education in Crypto and the Psychedelic SpaceAbout LukasLukas is the operator and person behind the Psychedelic Cardano Stake Pool. Psychedelic Stake Pool is a cryptocurrency project based on the Cardano blockchain. We donate 20% of our revenue to support psychedelic research, plant medicine projects and projects oriented to education and awareness about psychedelics and their possibilities for the treatment of mental health disorders and their use in therapy. We also donate another 5% of the revenue to tree planting.Cardano is a Proof Of Stake and energy-efficient blockchain. ADA (Cardano coin) holders can stake their coins to our pool and start receiving a part of the rewards from the block production of our nodes - this is a basic security mechanism in the Cardano blockchain and it's called staking. By staking, delegates are basically voting for their node in the network and PsyADA is one of the 3000 nodes that are running the decentralized network, validating transactions and recording them into blocks. In this process, both - the delegates and pool operators are rewarded. We make the donations from the part of the pool operator's revenue, not from the rewards of our delegates. In the last year of our operation, we supported 10 psychedelic organizations (MAPS, Beckley Foundation, Chacruna, Psyres, etc), donated over 6000 dollars and planted about 900 trees. We hope to support more organizations in the future as the project and Cardano ecosystem keeps growing.Linkshttps://psyada.comAbout Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.He is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Tools Of Awareness, a personal development center focussed on combining psychedelics and mindfulness to grow personal and interpersonal awareness though (online) courses and retreats.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plantsLinkshttps://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

In this week's podcast Tim Cools speaks with Michelle __, Michelle's BackgroundComing off of SSRI's with PsychedelicsReaching deeper emotions with psychedelicsThe importance of integrationGetting involved in mental health support with psychedelicsThe importance of social connection for dealing with mental distressChanging mental support frameworksRecognizing the value of plant medicines and integrating them into psychiatrySupporting Veterans with Plant MedicinesWomen on PsychedelicsMaking plant medicines and medication more affordable and accessibleCreating a map for psychedelic organizations and support systemsAbout Michelle MartinMichelle is extremely passionate about changing the cultural perception of mental health space, and is an advocate for the healing power of psychedelics and plant medicine. She believes in creating change, and believes stigma is a large part of what has prevented an acceleration in the study of brain disease, with sensitivity. She has been an advocate, educator, fundraiser, board member, and spokesperson for several non profits for close to 30 years, including The National Alliance for the Mentally ILL (NAMI). She serves on NAMI's Family Panel where she speaks with recruits at The Chicago Police Academy, presenting effective/more productive ways to approach individuals who are suffering with mental illnesses/brain diseases. She served with Psychedelic Experience, a non profit that houses a database of unbiased reviews of retreat centers and integration therapists around the world in efforts to increase safety and harm reduction. She is an ambassador with Heroic Hearts Project (non profit helping Veterans in the space), Board member of the Illinois Psychedelic Society, and serves with Woman on Psychedelics. She helps to connect researchers and investors with start-ups helping them to expand.Michelle was active in medicinal cannabis education in 2010. She coordinated compassionate care training in Michigan engaging patients, caregivers, growers, horticulturists, and legal counsel to increase education and grower rights in communities statewide.As someone who loves the art of connection, she continues to find ways to help others through her network. Connections can be a huge basis for creation, and with this, she has many wonderful stories of minds meeting and working together to help heal.  About Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.He is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Tools Of Awareness, a personal development center focussed on combining psychedelics and mindfulness to grow personal and interpersonal awareness though (online) courses and retreats.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plantsLinkshttps://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

In this week's podcast Tim Cools speaks with Manoj Doss about the challenges in psychedelic science, and debunking central concepts in the psychedelic narrative.- Manoj's Background- Limitations of Psychedelic Science and Theory- The Challenges of Translating Scientific Findings into Scientific Theory- Understanding the Differences and Similarities Between the 'Mind' and the 'Brain'- Debunking Neuroscientific Myths (example: The Default Mode Network and the 'Resting State')- Psychopharmacology- Concepts in science (e.g. proprioception, face processing, cognitive flexibility, memory...)- Understanding Behavior and Perception Under the Influence of PsychedelicsAbout Manoj DossManoj is a cognitive neuropsychopharmacologist at the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins University. His research is at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychopharmacology with focuses on episodic memory and hallucinogenic drugs. Manoj utilizes complex cognitive paradigms, brain imaging, and computational modelling to explore what makes psychedelics unique compared to other classes of psychoactive drugs in terms of their basic and clinical mechanisms of action. Although Manoj is optimistic that psychedelics will soon have a place in psychiatry, he remains cautious of exaggerated claims and negligence to potential downsides.https://twitter.com/manojdossAbout Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.He founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plants.Linkshttps://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

This week Tim Cools speaks with Don Gino Chaka-Runa, shaman, about the Andean worldview, working with plant medicines, and shamanic practice.Don Gino's BackgroundWorking With the MedicinePeruvian and Shamanic CultureThe History and Uses of AyahuascaDon Gino's Spiritual Journey with ShamanismThe Responsibilities of A ShamanConfronting Ourself with the MedicineAbout Don Gino Chaka-RunaDon Gino Chaka-Runa comes from Puno, the highlands of Peru and has extensive experience in working with Master Plants from the Peruvian Amazon and Andes.This is the real deal: raw, ancient, powerful shamanism like no other out there. Discover why his ceremonies truly change people's lives and leave a deep, beautiful, permanent imprint in each and every one of them.His grandfather was a Yatiri from the lineage of the Incas, which was the highest level for a Curandero or Healer. He solely spoke Quechua and passed away at the age of 100.He initiated Don Gino in the Shamanic path at the young age of 15 and gave him the name of Chaka-Runa, which means The Bridge Man in Quechua. At that time he was introduced into the knowledge of Andean Cosmovision, Shamanism and the use of Sacred Medicine Plants.Along his path following the Andean Ancient Shamanic Knowledge, he strongly felt the call of the Amazon and started doing Plant Medicine and Master Plants Dietas at the Munay Retreat in Pucallpa-Peru, headed by Don José Campos, by whom he was further trained.Don Gino belongs among the Mestizo Maestros' line. At the beginning of this lineage was Don Solon Tello, Don Guillermo Hojanama and Don José Campos (the first two already passed away). He also embraced the knowledge of the Shipibo lineage learning their practices and Icaros. Don Gino Chaka-Runa works in the Peruvian Amazon and the Sacred Valley of the Incas, where he holds Plant Medicine and Master Plants Dietas.​Don Gino's Shamanic work, based on ancient knowledge, includes the use of Plant Medicine,  Master Plants, Mapacho, Rapé, Kambo and Sananga. He also works with powerful Shipibo, Quechua and Spanish Icaros to create a unique healing vibration during ceremonies, bridging you to the spiritual realm.His first value and priority is safety for everybody. Only in a safe space people are able to let go, and trust the Plant Medicine, allowing them to surrender and dive deep, which is necessary for the awakening process.Don Gino's honest and conscious healing work is renowned and acknowledged in several countries around the world, due to its unique style, which merges the Shipibo, Mestizo and Andean Shamanic knowledge of Peru.But most importantly, he receives everyone with an open heart, and is always eager to personally solve any doubts or questions along the journey.Linkshttps://www.chaka-runa.com/About Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.He founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plants.Linkshttps://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

In this week's episode, Tim Cools speaks with Gerardo Urias, author and writer, about the healing potentials of breathwork and psilocybin mushrooms. - Gerardo's background- Taking back our mind with psychedelic mushrooms- Breathwork and the Wim Hof method- Breathwork and psilocybin- Endogenous and Exogenous DMT- Decriminalization of psilocybin in California- The world opening up to psychedelics- Combining Psychedelics, Breathwork, and Philosophy- The psychedelic experience as (re-)birth, death and energyAbout Gerardo UriasGerardo Urias grew up in San Diego, California where, at nineteen years old, he had his first psychedelic experience that would alter the course of his life forever. His recently published book, Taking Back My Mind: My Journey Out of Depression with Psilocybin Mushrooms, details his rise and fall of 2017 when, at the pinnacle of his successes, life delivered Gerardo some tough blows with a divorce, his fathers death, and major health issues. After losing everything and suffering a debilitating depression for ten months, in a matter of hours, psilocybin mushrooms once again put Gerardo back on track, dramatically and quickly altering the course of his life again, which he describes in his memoir. Gerardo is currently working on his second book, an updated second edition of Taking Back My Mind, as well as a documentary about his life and journey with psychedelics, recently filmed in various locations throughout Mexico. When Gerardo is in his hometown of San Diego, California, Gerardo teaches stress relief classes incorporating yoga, meditation, breathwork, and ice plunges, all important topics in his book. Gerardo also works as a volunteer for Decriminalize California, helping to gather signatures for the decriminalization of psilocybin mushrooms in 2022 in California. With decriminalization right around the corner, Gerardo is working on opening psychedelic healing retreats in several locations throughout California incorporating the topics covered in Taking Back My Mind. He hopes to start running these healing retreats by the end of 2022.To learn more about Gerardo Urias, follow his journey at www.takingbackmymind.com, on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and sign up for the Taking Back My Mind Blog & Newsletter to receive current news & updates on all things psychedelics, decriminalization efforts, psychedelic research, and health and wellness!Help support Gerardo's mission to raise awareness for natural, alternative medicines and therapies for mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health here and here.Help Gerardo raise awareness by purchasing a copy of Taking Back My Mind: My Journey Out of Depression with Psilocybin Mushrooms. About Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plantsLinkshttps://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

In this week's podcast, Tim Cools speaks with Matt Pallamary, experienced psychonaut, psychedelic guide and psychedelic enthusiast, about different aspects of the shamanic experience.- Matt's background- Learning different lineages of shamanic practice- The different aspects of plant medicines: history, anthropology and biology-  Studying the Shadow- The Spirits of plant medicines and animals- The wave of 'guru-itis'- Challenges in the Commercialization of Plant Medicines- The Shamanic Dieta- Shamanism is Energy- Understanding our ego and our essence- Embracing the universal aspect of different perspectivesAbout Matt PallamaryMatthew J. (Mateo) Pallamary frequently visits the mountains, deserts, and jungles of North, Central, and South America pursuing his studies of shamanism for over twenty five years. He has seventeen books in print in multiple genres and has taught a Phantastic Fiction workshop at the Southern California Writers Conference and the Santa Barbara Writers Conference for over thirty years.Mateo has also lectured at a number of other conferences and conventions throughout the United States and was a featured lecturer and performer at the Mysteries of the Amazon exhibit at the Appleton Museum and other venues throughout Florida as well as The Larson Gallery and other venues  in Yakima Washington.https://mattpallamary.comhttps://mysticinkpublishing.comAbout Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.He is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Tools Of Awareness, a personal development center focussed on combining psychedelics and mindfulness to grow personal and interpersonal awareness though (online) courses and retreats.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plantsLinkshttps://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

In this week's podcast, Tim Cools speaks with Sarah Tilley, psychedelic guide and integration specialist, about the many ways to practice sexual wellness and integrating couples therapy with psychedelics.- Sarah's background- Renegotiating the boundaries of the relationship with psychedelics- Does being in a relationship prevent you from going deeper?- The magic of psychedelic journeys with a partner- Psychedelic therapy in legal countries- Safety and credibility in research is a priority- Erotic Intelligence- Themes in Couples Therapy- Medicine gives the opportunity to create a new story- Other ways to achieve healing, continuing the journey beyond psychedelics- Practices for improving sexual life- Eroticism in the Psychedelic Experience- Splitting up after psychedelic couples therapy- Open Monogamy- The Couple's Retreat (11th-15th April, 2022)About SaraPsychedelic guide, integration specialist and clinical therapist specialising in psychedelic therapy, modern relationships and sexual wellness. She is a long term student of Esther Perel and has been working with plant consciousness and altered states for 20 years with individuals and groups.Expert in facilitating awareness to the root cause of a problem using a complex method of awareness rooted in regression, hypnosis techniques, breath-work, guided visualisation and psychedelics for complex mental, emotional, physical and spiritual disease. Currently wellness director for Beautiful Space.She has spoken at the NHS and the UN on topics of sustainable healthcare, complementary medicine and women's equality, involved with the Women's Equality Party and as a popular figure in the UK press for sex equality, consensual non monogamy and female empowerment.Sarah has worked in education for over 30 years and currently writes and facilitates her own programs of relationship wellness for individuals, women, couples and mixed groups on and offline.She has transferred her many years as a professional classical violinist to creating music journeys and soundscapes using generative music.The many disciplines of philosophy and spirituality interwoven into her work, come from the deep roots of her inherited Asian history. Unraveling the story of her childhood has been a life long quest into shamanism, taoism, human consciousness and attachment theory.https://www.beautifulspace.uk/https://www.beautifulspace.uk/psychedeliccouplesretreatAbout Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.He is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Tools Of Awareness, a personal development center focussed on combining psychedelics and mindfulness to grow personal and interpersonal awareness though (online) courses and retreats.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online community-based non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plantsLinkshttps://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/

In this episode, Tim Cools speaks with Liam Farquhar, founder of Brighter Pathways, about integrating holistic therapy models with psychedelics and the importance of somatic-based approaches for healing.- Liam's background and journey- The 7 Lens Model- Somatic experiencing and psychosomatic therapy as healing processes- Internal Family Systems (IFS), Exiles and Protectors- IFS is complementary to Psychedelic Therapy- IFS and Mindfulness- Psychedelics and Holistic Therapies- Healing the Stress Response- The Healing Power of Somatic ReleaseAbout Liam FarquharLiam Farquhar is a legal psychedelic guide and integration specialist, working between London and Amsterdam. He also does men's group work and therapeutic work. He uses a ‘7 Lens' approach that he developed as the foundation for all his services: Internal Family Systems; Grofian (based on the work of Stanislav Grof); Jungian (based on the work of Carl Jung); Mindfulness; Scientific; Shamanic; and Trauma/Somatic.https://www.brighterpathways.co/ https://www.instagram.com/brighter.pathways/ https://www.facebook.com/brighterpathways https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnbJM3NIP12ZYbpRJo9ADwAbout Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.He is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Tools Of Awareness, a personal development center focussed on combining psychedelics and mindfulness to grow personal and interpersonal awareness though (online) courses and retreats.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plantsLinkshttps://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

In today's podcast, Tim Cools speaks with Jeremy Narby, a Canadian anthropologist, activist and author, about the translational challenges between sciences, cultures and knowledge systems on the matter of plant teachers such as ayahuasca and tobacco, as well as giving us an insight into the Indigenous knowledge perspective in relation to these.Introduction of Jeremy, interests and workScience opening up to working with indigenous culturesLet indigenous communities guide influence the direction of scientific researchThe challenges of translating between different cultures and ways of knowingThe view of Amazonian people on plant entitiesSpirit as a Western concept and the indigenous critiqueChallenging the Western concept of natureThe cosmovisions of indigenous culturesThe human role in the global ecologyThe plants of the Amazon - How do these plants 'teach'?Understanding the ayahuasca experience from the Indigenous perspectiveExperience of the animal entityThe biological understanding of plant teachers does not solve the Mind/Body problemUnderstanding our kinship with the biosphere is valuableAbout Jeremy NarbyJeremy Narby, PhD, is co-author of Plant Teachers with indigenous elder Rafael Chanchari Pizuri.  He became an early pioneer of ayahuasca research while living with the Ashaninca people of the Peruvian Amazon in the 1980s. He studied anthropology at Stanford University and now lives in Switzerland and works as Amazonian projects director for Nouvelle Planète, a nonprofit organization that promotes the economic and cultural empowerment of indigenous peoples. Jeremy is also the author of the award-winning book The Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge, which was originally published in 1998. About Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.He is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Tools Of Awareness, a personal development center focussed on combining psychedelics and mindfulness to grow personal and interpersonal awareness though (online) courses and retreats.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plantsLinkshttps://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

In this episode, Tim Cools talks with Miriam van Groen, the founder of Guided Tripping and the Guild Of Guides, about the guided psychedelic experience. The importance of preparation, guidance and integration. Guided TrippingThe Psychedelic landscape in the NetherlandsGuild Of GuidesMedicalization Of PsychedelicsPsychedelic Guiding TrainingAbout Miriam van GroenMiriam used to be a university teacher, skills trainer, and student coach until she had a burnout. Since her recovery, she has been combining her love of personal growth with the potent states and processes psychedelics can bring on. She founded Guided Tripping, which currently has 8 guides and therapists offering 1-on-1 support for people's journeys and their integration. She is a founding member of the Guild of Guides Netherlands, a professional association for facilitators of legal psychedelic experiences.Links:www.guidedtripping.comwww.guildofguides.nlInstagramAbout Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.He is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Tools Of Awareness, a personal development center focussed on combining psychedelics and mindfulness to grow personal and interpersonal awareness though (online) courses and retreats.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plantshttps://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

In this episode, Tim Cools talks with Rachel Harris, PhD and author of the Book Listening To Ayahuasca. Rachel's backgroundThe Esalen Institute in the late 60sThe importance of mentorshipBehavioral Medicine ResearchPsychedelic integrationFamily of originInsights vs behavioral changeVeterans and integrationRachel's work as a psychologistGrandmother Ayahuasca tells to do the clinical researchPsychedelic Aboriginal PaintingsThe Spirit Of AyahuascaThe process of discernmentThe study of shamanism is at least 7 yearsAsk the same question 3 timesThe role of a therapist in the integration processPsychedelic PsychotherapyUsing therapy wrongly with psychedelicsAdverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) TestThe jaguar as a power animalMore crazy shamanic jaguar storiesWhere to go for psychedelic therapyThe therapist's work About Rachel Harris, PhD Rachel Harris, PhD is a Psychologist with both a research and a clinical background. Shewas in the 1968 Residential Program at Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA and remained on thestaff for a number of years. During the decade she worked in academic research, Rachel received a New Investigator's Award from the National Institutes of Health and published over forty scientific studies in peer-reviewed journals. She also worked as a psychological consultant to Fortune 500 companies including the UN. Rachel was in private psychotherapy practice for thirty-five years specializing in people interested in psychospiritual development. Rachel is the author of Listening to Ayahuasca: New Hope for Depression, Addiction, PTSD, and Anxiety. Visit Rachel at her https://www.listeningtoayahuasca.com/https://www.acesaware.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ACE-Questionnaire-for-Adults-Identified-English.pdf About Tim Cools Tim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values. Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide. He is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Tools Of Awareness, a personal development center focussed on combining psychedelics and mindfulness to grow personal and interpersonal awareness though (online) courses and retreats. Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities. His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plants https://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

In this episode, Tim Cools talks with Nick Glynos, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan and DMT researcher.TopicsNick Glynos' academic backgroundComing out of the closetTraditional use of dmtWhere does Ayahuasca come from?Ethnobotanical knowledge of shamans and healersIndigenous vs western use of psychedelicsScientific DMT research historyEndogenous DMTLink with schizophrenia?Is DMT released when we die?How to measure DMT endogenous in the brain?The endohuasca hypothesisDifferent roles of DMT in the bodyMedical use of DMTPhysical healing with DMTPsychedelics as anti-inflammatory agentsClinical research of AyahuascaResearch on the subjective DMT experienceAlien abductions, and different DMT experiencesPrivate companies doing research on DMTAbout Nick GlynosNick Glynos is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan in the department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology. His thesis work is focused on investigating the biology and function of endogenous (naturally produced) DMT in the mammalian brain, along with uncovering the neural correlates of the DMT experience. He is vice president of the Student Association for Psychedelic Studies at U of M, and co-founder of the interdisciplinary group Psychedelic Neuroscience & Therapy, which hosts monthly seminars from leading psychedelic researchers. Born in Kansas City, MO, he moved to Montana as an adult, and worked for several years on a backcountry trail crew in Glacier National Park. After deciding to return to school, he completed his Bachelor's Degree in Botany from Cornell University in 2017, where he pursued his interest in the intersection between psychedelics and ethnobotany. He is set to complete his Ph.D. in 2023, and he plans to continue contributing to the psychedelic renaissance thereafter as a researcher and advocate.https://psychedelicneuroscience.squarespace.com/About Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.He is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Tools Of Awareness, a personal development center focussed on combining psychedelics and mindfulness to grow personal and interpersonal awareness though (online) courses and retreats.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plantshttps://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

In this episode, Tim Cools talks with Dr. Sandra Dreisbach, ethics advisor and psychedelic facilitator.Dr. Sandra's backgroundFirst encounter with unethical use of psychedelics"Bad trips"Prevent and reduce risks of the use of psychedelicsWhat is integrationGuide participant relationIs it ethical for a guide to take (some) of the medicine themselves?Does a guide need to have psychedelic experience themselves?Transparency is keyThe most common problem with (psychedelic) therapyAbuse in the psychedelic communityDoing your own workThe 'psychedelic' driver licenseAccountability in the psychedelic communityPrinciples of BioethicsInformation and optionsAbout Dr. Sandra Dreisbacg​Sandra is an Ethicist and Psychedelic Ethics specialist with a MA, Phd in Philosophy exploring Ethical Decision Making and Moral Psychology. She is an Ethics Advisor active in Psychedelic Integration, Therapy, Education and Advocacy as well as a Psychedelic facilitator.  Sandra also teaches Bioethics at University of California, Santa Cruz for the Biomolecular Engineering and Philosophy Departments, has worked for many years in the tech industry primarily at Apple, and is a Reiki Master in two lineages. ​Sandra focuses on listening and uplifting the voices and values of the Psychedelic Community especially the disenfranchised with the heart space intention of compassion and love.http://www.sandradreisbach.com/https://www.facebook.com/ohanaforest/About Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.He is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Tools Of Awareness, a personal development center focussed on combining psychedelics and mindfulness to grow personal and interpersonal awareness though (online) courses and retreats.Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plantshttps://psychedelicexperience.net/https://timcools.net/https://www.instagram.com/tim_cools_net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/timcools/https://www.facebook.com/tim.cools

In this episode, Carmen talks with Tim Cools, the founder of Psychedelic Experience and legal psychedelic coach/guide in the Netherlands, about the psychedelic experience and the psychedelic experience website.The psychedelic experience websiteWhat is the psychedelic experienceDifferent psychedelics and possible effectsEgo death and the mystical experienceThe new wave of psychedelic researchDifferent ways to reach the psychedelic experiencesThe legal status of psychedelics in EuropeTraditional use of psychedelicsAlcohol in our societyHow are psychedelics usedHow long does the experience lastDifference between 1-1 and group settingsWhere to go for the psychedelic experienceRational vs shamanic approachThe intake process and the preparationIt's a tool, not a silver bulletThe importance of preparation and integrationSet and settingBad trips vs difficult experiencesWork with difficult experiences and emotionsWhat to expect during the psychedelic experienceProblems with psychedelic providers The psychedelic experience websiteAbout Tim CoolsTim is a psychedelic integration specialist and legal psychedelic guide. He facilitates powerful, life-changing experiences for professionals, to help their professional lives come in alignment with personal ambition and values.Tim is a Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) teacher, a certified coach, and psychedelic advocate, educator and guide.He is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Tools Of Awareness, a personal development center focussed on combining psychedelics and mindfulness to grow personal and interpersonal awareness though (online) courses and retreats. Furthermore, he founded Psychedelic Experience, an online non-profit platform for information surrounding psychedelic substances. It's a community based non-profit organization, created by and for psychedelic and plant medicine communities.His personal interests are technology, meditation, metaphysical and eastern philosophies, shamanism and the healing power of nature and plantshttps://psychedelicexperience.net/http://timcools.net/Instagram - LinkedIn - Facebook