Paul F. Austin, founder of The Third Wave, discusses merging psychedelics with coaching for transformative work. Topics include microdosing benefits, neural changes with psychedelics, enhancing behavior change through coaching, and integrating psychedelic experiences for lasting impact. The conversation explores safety, personalization, and the need for a new paradigm in coaching.
Psychedelics can enhance coaching by promoting healing and creativity.
Different psychedelics induce behavioral changes and neural plasticity.
Coaches must tailor approaches for clients' trauma history and safety.
Deep dives
Benefits of Combining Psychedelics and Coaching
Exploring the integration of psychedelics and coaching to enhance transformational work by leveraging the potent effects of psychedelics on various aspects like healing, enhancing creativity, and boosting performance. The discussion delves into the safety protocols for various dosing techniques such as macro dosing and micro dosing, and emphasizes the importance of tailoring the approach to suit the desired outcomes for individual clients.
Psychedelics as Tools for Transformation
Examining the power of psychedelics as transformative tools that catalyze behavioral change, facilitate neural plasticity, and induce experiences of ego dissolution and rebirth. Insights into the different types of classic psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline, their effects, and the role of 5-HT2A receptors in executive functioning and decision-making are presented.
Navigating Trauma and Guidelines for Coaches
Addressing the complexities of working with clients who have trauma histories and the considerations coaches should make in recommending macro or micro dosing approaches based on clients' experiences with psychedelics, contemplative practices, and trauma profiles. Emphasizing the importance of maintaining a safe and supportive environment for clients to explore shadow work, healing, and transformation through psychedelic experiences.
The Role of Psychedelics in Personal Growth and Leadership Development
Psychedelics can unearth deep-rooted issues affecting leadership skills, prompting individuals to reassess their values and priorities. Through high doses of psychedelics, individuals often realize the importance of fundamental aspects like family, health, and relationships, which are vital for personal well-being. Coaches need to prepare clients for psychedelic experiences, emphasizing surrender and allowing emotional release, especially for leaders conditioned to repress emotions for performance.
Integration of Psychedelic Experiences for Lasting Behavioral Change
Integration after a psychedelic experience focuses on achieving wholeness and incorporating insights gained during the journey into daily life. The mystical experiences induced by psychedelics, like unconditional love, lead to profound realizations about self-treatment and relationships. To ensure lasting change, individuals post-psychedelic experience should commit to specific behavioral adjustments gradually, avoiding overwhelming transformations and seeking support from coaches for effective integration.
In many places in the US, psilocybin is being legalized and a new industry is booming - with good reason; research suggests psychedelics can have a highly beneficial impact on our psyches. In this conversation with Paul F. Austin, founder of The Third Wave, we explore the therapeutic use of psychedelics and how it can be merged with coaching to increase the potency of our work, the different ways of working with psychedelics, the neurological and emotional changes stimulated, and the importance of safety, personalization and integration. Paul F. Austin is an entrepreneur, public speaker, and trainer. He has founded two companies in the emerging psychedelic space: Third Wave and Synthesis. Third Wave is an educational platform designed to empower safe and effective psychedelic experiences for the general public. Currently, Third Wave offers long-form psychedelic guides, online trainings focused on the skill of microdosing psychedelics, and an industry-best network of clinics, retreats, and practitioners. Because of his pioneering work at the intersection of microdosing, personal transformation, and professional success, Paul has been featured on the BBC, Forbes, and Rolling Stone. Visit coachesrising.com to see our acclaimed online coach trainings and other offerings.
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