Mycopreneur

Simon Yugler is a depth psychotherapist and psychedelic integration coach from Portland, Oregon. In this episode we talk about how to navigate the emerging psychedelic therapy space, strategies for integrating a profound psychedelic experience, and the unscrupulous psychedelic medicine providers who peddle Neo-colonialism as new age wellness.We also wrestle with the ramifications of the liberalization of psychedelic medicine into the global capitalist market, observing the 'psychedelic gold rush' whereby profit-oriented companies are attempting to trademark client behaviors like lying down and smoking cannabis in a psilocybin therapy, as well as using soft furniture and holding hands. This episode will be of particular interest to anyone intent on moving into the psychedelic therapy space or pivoting their existing practice into a psychedelic integration program.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eric Mueller is a professional mushroom cultivator who runs Mueller's Mushrooms. Eric is a purveyor of specialty mushrooms and has mastered the science of cultivating the neurocognition enhancing Lions Mane mushroom, as well as immunity boosters like Turkey Tail and Reishi. Mueller Mushrooms started in true bootstrap mycopreneur fashion -- while still in high school, Eric cloned a wild oyster mushroom from a creek near his house in eastern San Diego and began selling fresh, locally endemic mushrooms to restaurants in his community. Mueller Mushrooms has grown to include a range of mushroom beef jerky made from dehydrated oyster mushrooms, as well as two stage extraction process tinctures made from Lions Mane, Reishi, and Turkey Tail. Eric also is hands on in the San Diego community, partnering with local high school science departments to teach mushroom science in public schools. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Veterans Walk and Talk is a private membership group that provides free psilocybin micro dose capsules and plant medicine therapy protocols to all military veterans. As Founder and Director Colin Wells states "Our wars have been going on for so long that no one even talks about them anymore"Yet the most dangerous theater for our military veterans is not in Kabul or Abu Gharib, but rather right here in the United States. Since 2001, over 120,000 U.S. Military Veterans have committed suicide -- a number that eclipses the amount of personnel that have been Killed In Action in Afghanistan and Iraq combined.Psilocybin therapy has shown tremendous potential to treat debilitating conditions such as PTSD and addiction, and Colin is on a mission to "empower veterans to take control of their healing journeys" and to connect our veterans to a safe and accepting private group that uses psychedelics, cannabis, exercise, and community to heal and restore people to wholeness.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Lilienthal is a creative genius who takes decisive action with his unique skillset -- he is the frontman for bilingual international hip hop supergroup Tulengua as well as the host of the KPBS podcast Port of Entry. Alan and I cover a lot of ground in this podcast, with topics ranging from how psilocybin can help fuel the creative process, to our mutual empathy for migrant populations, to the new psychedelic Judaism, to brain science, to Drake and Radiohead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michelle Janikian has built a thriving freelance business writing about psilocybin and other mind expanding substances. She is the author of the book "Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion" and writes about drug policy, culture, and harm reduction for such publications as Playboy, Rolling Stone, Double Blind, and Teen Vogue.In this episode, we visit a sprawling ecological park in the mountains of Mexico and sit among wildflowers, towering trees, and a pack of local dogs as we discuss her work, the role of psilocybin in dismantling the patriarchy, access and equity in relation to psilocybin therapy, legality, and personal experiences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.