#7 Laura Dawn - Microdosing Coach for Leaders and Entrepreneurs
Nov 15, 2021
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Laura Dawn, a Microdosing Coach for Leaders and Entrepreneurs, discusses microdosing, psychedelics, and coaching. Topics include combining psychedelics with business coaching, spirituality and science overlap, cultivating peer support, creating a microdosing mastermind, and the importance of regulation and comprehensive training programs in the coaching space.
Coaching with psychedelics combines coaching and psychedelic substances to support personal growth and self-discovery.
Coaching with psychedelics emphasizes intuition, empowering individuals to access their innate wisdom.
Microdosing in psychedelic coaching enhances cognitive flexibility, openness to new experiences, and self-awareness.
Incorporating psychedelics in coaching practices enhances team building, creative problem solving, and leadership skills.
Deep dives
Coaching with Psychedelics: A Path of Transformation
Coaching with psychedelics offers a unique path of transformation, combining the power of coaching and the use of psychedelic substances. The focus is on personal growth and self-discovery, supporting individuals in their journey of transformation from point A to point B. This approach is not limited to mental health or healing, but extends to personal development and the exploration of higher states of consciousness. The coaching process involves various modalities, including somatic practices, mindset training, leadership development, creativity training, and daily practices. The integration of psychedelics as one component amplifies the potential for cognitive flexibility, emotional regulation, and heightened states of consciousness, supporting individuals in their pursuit of meaningful and purposeful lives.
The Power of Intuition and Empowerment in Coaching
Coaching with psychedelics emphasizes intuition and empowerment. The approach is intuitive, empowering individuals to realize their innate wholeness and wisdom. It acknowledges that individuals possess their own answers and supports them in accessing that wisdom. By combining intuitive guidance with valuable tools and frameworks, coaches help clients navigate their transformational journey. The coaching style cultivates presence, self-compassion, and patience, while encouraging clients to embrace change and incremental action. The integration of Eastern philosophy, mindfulness practices, and resonant leadership principles further enriches the coaching experience, fostering rejuvenation, inspiration, and personal growth.
Microdosing and Coaching: Leveraging the Power of Psychedelics
Microdosing is an integral component of psychedelic coaching, providing a powerful tool for personal growth and insight. While individuals may not experience strong hallucinations or perceptual shifts during microdosing, it offers an invitation to cultivate presence and enhance cognitive flexibility. Microdosing protocols vary based on individual needs and intentions, considering factors such as focus, creativity, emotional processing, and embodiment. The process involves creating daily practices, setting intentions, and tracking experiences to facilitate integration and personal transformation. Microdosing amplifies the impact of coaching by creating a neuroplastic environment for change, supporting openness to new experiences, heightened empathy, and enhanced self-awareness.
Psychedelics and Coaching for Team Building and Creativity
Psychedelics are increasingly being incorporated into coaching practices for team building and creative problem solving. By leveraging the enhanced cognitive flexibility, creativity, and emotional intelligence brought about by psychedelics, coaching programs focus on cultivating leadership skills and effective communication within teams. These programs involve immersive retreats and workshops, blending ceremonial experiences with workshops, trainings, and integrative practices. The aim is to facilitate team bonding, innovation, and insight, while fostering a sense of purpose and vision for the betterment of humanity. Emphasizing the integration of the psychedelic experience and anchoring it in mindfulness and creative problem solving frameworks opens up new possibilities for team cohesion, growth, and transformation.
Supporting Individuals in the Process of Transformation
In this podcast episode, the speaker emphasizes the importance of supporting individuals in their process of transformation. Transformation involves a deep change, a profound shift in one's way of being. The speaker discusses how they support people through transformation by holding space for them and offering guidance based on their own experiences. They highlight the significance of embodying present moment awareness as a coach and how it can inspire others to cultivate mindfulness and navigate the discomfort that accompanies change. The podcast also explores the overlap between spirituality, science, and creative thinking in the process of awakening and befriending oneself.
Navigating the Coaching Space and Working with Psychedelics
The podcast delves into the coaching space and addresses the distinction between coaching and therapy. The speaker highlights that coaching is more active and focused on empowering individuals to take responsibility for their growth and transformation, while therapy tends to be more passive. They discuss the importance of finding one's niche, combining different modalities, and building expertise in specific areas. The speaker also touches on the need for self-awareness, vetting clients, setting clear boundaries, and the significance of emotional resonance between coach and client. The conversation explores the potential for regulation in the coaching space and the importance of collaboration and mentorship.
Reflections on Coaching and Key Learnings
Towards the end of the podcast, the speaker reflects on the rewarding aspects of coaching, particularly the power of witnessing transformation in both themselves and their clients. They also highlight the importance of holding a vision for something that does not yet exist and taking inspired action to turn it into reality. The speaker emphasizes the value of gratitude and offers insights into the process of discontinuing coaching relationships when there is a lack of alignment or willingness to fully engage in the work. Lastly, they discuss the significance of finding mentors, building connections within the coaching community, and continuously investing in one's own learning and development as a coach.
In this episode we’re talking to Laura Dawn about microdosing and psychedelics
Laura Dawn describes herself as a Microdosing Mentor and as a person who supports entrepreneurs, other coaches and executives on their path of transformation. She is also the host of the Psychedelic Leadership Podcast, offers retreats and runs mastermind programs for other professionals in the psychedelic space.
She has a business degree herself and started over a decade ago to bring well being and business together. Learning and development is still very important to her. She follows her own path, bringing together her already gained knowledge from different courses and studies with new knowledge and experiences from current programs she is attending. Her focus at present is on advanced creative problem solving.
We talk with her about her business and her views on psychedelics and coaching. She shares with us her experience with bringing psychedelics into business coaching and talks about the overlap of spirituality and science.
If you know a coach who is (thinking about) offering their services in the psychedelic space, or if you have a friend who is thinking about hiring a coach to support them on their psychedelic journey, why not let them know about this podcast? The more we share, the more we learn!
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