Podcast appearances and mentions of sheri eckert

In 2015, Tom Eckart and his late wife Sheri Eckert had a vision – a vision that very few people thought was possible. They wanted to make access to psilocybin legal in the State of Oregon, which led them to create and lead the measure 109 initiative.  Five years later on November 3, 2020, Ballot Measure 109 was passed with support from 1.233 million Oregonians, or 55.68% of the vote.  In January 2023, “psilocybin service providers” will be legally allowed to serve psilocybin, as long as they have adequate training. We are less than one year away from the rollout and implementation of Measure 109 which of course opens up a lot of questions.  What does psychedelic facilitations training look like? What is the core curriculum?  Who's offering this training? How much do these psychedelic facilitation trainings cost? How long will they be?  Do you have to be a therapist or medical practitioner to get licensed?  Are there apprenticeship models?  In this episode featuring both Tom Eckart and Alissa Bazinet, a clinical psychologist who serves on the training subcommittee of the Oregon psilocybin advisory board, we dive into all of these questions about the specifics of Measure 109 and what it means for psychedelic practitioners.  In the last part of the conversation, we get more personal as we explore the essence of visionary leadership and what it takes to not only dream the impossible, make it a reality. Core ThemesVisionary leadership Psilocybin  The origin story of measure 109 What is Measure 109 Misconceptions of 109 Psychedelic facilitation training  Core components of facilitation training Resources Mentioned https://lauradawn.co/downloads (Access all FREE Downloads, including a free 8-day microdosing course, plant medicine integration guides, music playlists for psychedelic journeys, and more HERE.) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/09/trip-treatment (The Trip Treatment by Michael Pollan)  https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/Pages/Oregon-Psilocybin-Services.aspx (Oregon Psilocybin Services) (all meeting notes from the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board are https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/Pages/Oregon-Psilocybin-Services.aspx (posted here).) https://www.innertrek.org/ (Tom's training program (Inner Trek)) https://www.sherieckert.org/ (The Sheri Eckert Foundation) https://www.sequoiacenter.org/ (Alissa Bazinet's clinic/nonprofit called Sequoia Center) https://bu325.isrefer.com/go/btty/livefreelaurad (Train as a Psychedelic Integration Coach:) https://bu325.isrefer.com/go/btty/livefreelaurad (Being True to You) https://bit.ly/3MyJkvV (VITAL 12-month facilitation training ) https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3vxnx/in-oregon-psychedelics-regulators-confront-conflicts-of-interest (VICE Article: In Oregon, Psychedelics Regulators Confront Conflicts of Interest: The need for financial—and personal—disclosures is another growing pain for the nascent psychedelics industry.) Featured MusicEpisode #45 of the Psychedelic Leadership Podcast features a song called "Strongest of Our Kind" by Mihali, G. Love & Special Sauce. https://open.spotify.com/track/6Zuah3WU2iuVZjuRTH7lk5?si=O4ubqSupRRKKCSXOG_9bOg (Listen to Strongest of Our Kind on Spotify) https://mihali.bandcamp.com/track/strongest-of-our-kind-feat-g-love (Listen to Strongest of Our Kind on Bandcamp)

In today’s Christmas episode of Solidarity Friday, Kyle and Joe take a break from the news and instead sit down with Jonas Di Gregorio and Kristina Soriano of the Psychedelic Literacy Fund, a donor-advised fund working to raise money and co-finance the translation and publication of the most important books on psychedelic therapy into a variety of different languages.  Their first project is both volumes of Stan Grof's The Way of the Psychonaut, which they hope to have translated into German, French, and Italian by July (for Grof's 90th birthday), and they have started a list of future projects, with Christopher Bache's LSD and the Mind of The Universe likely next. They talk about early interactions with Rick Doblin, why they went with a donor-advised fund rather than a crowdfunding model, the synchronicities they saw at early steps in their path, what Grof's work has meant to them, and a possible future goal of setting up a Grof museum in Prague. Kyle and Joe also share stories of their interactions with Grof and how his work (and how little he was being discussed) led to the beginnings of Psychedelics Today 4 years ago.  If you're feeling some holiday generosity and want to help more people gain the knowledge Grof has brought to so many, please visit Psychedelicliteracy.org and make a donation (or volunteer translation services or suggest future projects). Lastly, if you celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas from Psychedelics Today! Notable Quotes “We have an inherently global mission. We’re an Italian and a Philippino living in America, trying to translate the work of a Czech psychiatrist.” -Kristina “For me, it’s his capacity to really connect different fields, from quantum physics to psychiatry, [to the] history of religion- it’s really remarkable. The depth of his knowledge is so wide, and I think it can speak to so many people coming from different fields. I remember as a teenager, sharing the content of the books by Grof with friends that were studying physics and friends who were studying philosophy and friends who were studying psychology, and all of them could find something they could really appreciate.” -Jonas “A book can be a harm reduction tool. ...Just having a book at the right time can really help you integrate a difficult experience and change the course of your life. Definitely, this has been the case for me. I didn’t know anyone in my community at the time that could really guide me, and these books played that role.” -Jonas “Especially now, there’s a lot of conversation about diversity- how to increase diversity in the psychedelic community. Maybe the way to do that is literally to speak their language.” -Jonas “I think the mental health crisis isn’t language-specific. I think it happens everywhere.” -Kristina Links Psychedelicliteracy.org Rsfsocialfinance.org The Secret Chief Revealed Paperback, by Myron J. Stolaroff LSD: Doorway to the Numinous: The Groundbreaking Psychedelic Research into Realms of the Human Unconscious, by Stanislav Grof A Course in Miracles: Foundation for Inner Peace The Six Pathways of Destiny, by Ralph Metzner Psychedelics Today: Susan Hess Logeais Thewayofthepsychonaut.com Oregonlive.com: One of the architects of Oregon’s bid to legalize psychedelic mushrooms, Sheri Eckert, has died Support the show! Patreon Leave us a review on Facebook or iTunes Share us with your friends Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics

113 died homeless in Multnomah County last year. Sheri Eckert, chief petitioner in Oregon psychedelic mushrooms ballot measure, dies suddenly at 59. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Louie Schwartzberg explores the legalization and decriminalization of psilocybin. It is the launch of a real movement that has been driven by David Bronner of Dr. Bronner's, and the architects of Oregon's Psilocybin Therapy legalization initiative, Tom & Sheri Eckert.

In this podcast, Paul F. Austin, founder of Third Wave, speaks with husband-and-wife team Tom and Sheri Eckert—seasoned psychotherapists, founders of the Oregon Psilocybin Society, and architects of the Psilocybin Service Initiative of Oregon (Yes on 109), a statewide ballot initiative campaign to legalize psilocybin-assisted therapy. Here you’ll find an inside glimpse into their vision to make psilocybin therapy available not just for people with particular mental health diagnoses, but for the general public as well (with some exceptions).

For this very important episode, I'm joined by long-time friends of the podcast, Tom and Sheri Eckert, authors of the 2020 Oregon Psilocybin Services Initiative, which recently qualified for the November ballot. Oregon now has the possibility to be the first state in the US to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin "magic mushrooms." This episode gives you all the details of what the initiative does and doesn't do, correcting some gross misunderstandings currently circulating in the Oregon psychedelic community. You can support the initiative by visiting www.yesonip34.org. Also, I introduce my new Patreon page, which helps support this podcast and my broader educational and creative endeavors. You can lend your support at www.patreon.com/martinwball

In this episode, Joe interviews Tom and Sheri Eckert, organizers of the Oregon Psilocybin Therapy Initiative. The IP 34 is the bill that would legalize psilocybin therapy. 3 Key Points: IP 34 asks the Oregon Health Authority to create a licensing system that will create a regulated program where Oregonians suffering from depression, anxiety, trauma and other challenges can see a licensed and trained facilitator to receive supervised psilocybin therapy. IP 34 was written by licensed therapists in Oregon along with the country’s leading advocates in the field. It is supported by healthcare professionals, treatment providers, veterans’ groups and community leaders across the state. There has been a multitude of studies from leading medical research institutions such as Johns Hopkins, UCLA, and NYU showing that psilocybin therapy works. Support the show Patreon Leave us a review on iTunes Share us with your friends – favorite podcast, etc Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics Show Notes About Tom and Sheri began their interest in psilocybin research about 5 years ago when they read an article in The New Yorker by Michal Pollan They realized how powerful psilocybin was for clinical work They are both therapists, and were inspired to find out if there was a way to create a modality that allowed them to provide psilocybin therapy to help their clients Psilocybin Assisted Psychotherapy Psychotherapy is supposed to be experiential, the breakthrough is where the change happens Sheri says that psilocybin therapy gets all parts of the brain in communication together “The more intense the mystical experience the more clinical outcomes that are achieved” - Tom Ballot Initiative They started in 2015 They wanted the breakthrough studies and the research proving low risks to work for them The psychedelic community was very helpful They went through rotations with the way the initiative was written They like the therapy model, its safe, careful and mindful Clause Joe asks about a Supremacy Clause, where the state supersedes local districts This initiative does not get in the way of any other initiative There are angles on all different types of drug policy reform There is nothing in the IP34 that blocks any other initiative like decriminalization We are all a part of the big picture, we all need to work together GMP Psilocybin They wanted to keep this in the frame of non-commercialization Their goal with this is not about money, it’s really about the healing “We are trying to move forward a healing modality to help people, we are trying to legalize psilocybin assisted psychotherapy” - Tom There is a part in the initiative that says measures will have to be taken to make sure the psilocybin is ‘food grade’ standard or in general just clean and safe Oregonians to Sign the Petition Download the petition, sign it, and mail it in Final Thoughts Sheri says that the team behind the initiative is inspired by what is happening globally around psilocybin and research They are right at the end of their signatures, but they need help to reach the goal “We've got to see the bigger picture here, and get behind it.” - Tom Links Website About Tom and Sheri Eckert As husband-and-wife founders of the Oregon Psilocybin Society (OPS) and authors of the Psilocybin Service Initiative (PSI), Tom and Sheri Eckert have set in motion a historic campaign to legalize Psilocybin Services, also known as Psilocybin Assisted Therapy, in their home state of Oregon. A growing number of Oregonians are getting behind the idea, largely in response to the latest science. The Eckerts, with a growing army of volunteers, are spreading a truth held increasingly self-evident: that the psilocybin experience, when facilitated under safe and supportive conditions, can be a life-changing gift.In addition to their activism, the Eckert’s own and operate “Innerwork” – a private psychotherapy practice serving the Portland metro area. Included in their catalog of services is their groundbreaking “Better Man” program, which is shown to neutralize intimate partner and family violence. Sheri has been awarded a Cosmic Sister Women of the Psychedelic Renaissance in support of her presentation at the Spirit Plant Medicine conference. Get a 30 day free audible trial at audibletrial.com/psychedelicstoday

Tom and Sheri Eckert join us to talk about their initiative to legalize Psilocybin services in Oregon (#PSI2020). We talk about what they have accomplished and what's left to achieve on the road towards getting PSI on the 2020 ballot, the challenges they are facing in the process, and the visions of a potential future world where psilocybin is not only destigmatized but safely, and institutionally available for anyone who chooses to experience it. *See below for full episode breakdown* Head to http://bit.ly/ATTMind92 for audio download, full blog entry, complete show notes, and relevant links. Head to the ATTMindPodcast subreddit to discuss this episode: https://www.reddit.com/r/ATTMindPodcast   ------------------------------------- Support The Show

We sit down with Oregon therapists Tom and Sheri Eckert who are collecting signatures for a ballot measure to legalize the therapeutic use of psilocybin, psychotropic substance in mushrooms. Psilocybin is currently a federal Schedule 1 drug. And we get the perspective of Dan Bristow, a practicing psychotherapist in Oregon, and the president-elect of the Oregon Psychotherapist Physicians Association. Bristow is intrigued by the growing body of psilocybin research, but believes FDA approval must precede therapeutic use.

In this episode, Collin Gabriel and Danielle Olson interviewed Tom and Sheri Eckert who are both counselors and the founders of the Oregon Psilocybin Society. They are the forces behind getting a 2020 ballot measure to legalize the facilitated use of psilocybin. You’ll learn about: the history of psilocybin it’s current status in terms of the law and social perceptions the potential benefits of “facilitated use” are (guided experience with a trained professional) the steps that Tom and Sheri have taken to create an organization and campaign to change people’s minds and the law