Paul F. Austin welcomes Ryan Sprague, founder of Highly Optimized, who shares how to cultivate a positive relationship with cannabis & more.

Find episode links, summary, and transcript here.

Ryan is the founder and co-owner of Highly Optimized, a company dedicated to helping its clients transform and become the conscious leaders the world is patiently awaiting. He is also the host of the “Highly Optimized” Podcast, the “This One Time On Psychedelics” Podcast and is the creator of the “Connect With Cannabis” program & the “Grow With Cannabis” course.

Ryan’s mission in life is helping his fellow brothers and sisters become empowered in their experience of being alive through one-on-one men’s coaching, plant medicine integration coaching and retreat experiences.

In this episode, Ryan shares powerful life-learned wisdom and insights for developing a healthy relationship with cannabis, and goes deep into the science behind different cannabis strains, compounds and routes of administration.

Connect with Ryan on Instagram @therealryansprague and @highly.optimized

Highlights:

• Joint vs. Spliff: cultivating healthy relationships with both tobacco and cannabis.
• Ryan’s use of cannabis to treat generalized anxiety disorder that began a path of deepening connection with the plant.
• Ryan’s powerful experiences at the end of his father’s life that gave him a life calling with cannabis.
• Ryan’s intentional reentry into cannabis use that led to the creation of his coaching program, Connect With Cannabis.
• Methods, tools and information for having safe and effective psychedelic experiences with cannabis.
• Exploring the unique effects of different routes of cannabis administration—from edibles to boofing.
• The psychoactive effects of cannabinoids vs. terpenes.
• Ryan’s advice on establishing an intentional relationship with cannabis.

Episode Links:

• Ryan’s website, Highly Optimized
• Conscious Cannabis Guide
• Highly Optimized Podcast
• This One Time On Psychedelics Podcast
• Ryan’s podcast episode with Paul as guest: Episode 82: Leading The Charge In Psychedelic Education
• Highly Optimized Ceremony Circle Facebook Group
• Third Wave’s Ultimate Guide to Cannabis
• Studies on the effect of THC on cancer cells in mice
• EndoDNA cannabis testing service
• Hemp Lucid CBD Oil
• Episode 131: John Lieurance
• ACE Seeds

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