Dr. Dan Engle is a psychiatrist with a clinical practice that combines aspects of regenerative medicine, psychedelic research, integrative spirituality, and peak performance.

His medical degree is from the University of Texas in San Antonio. His psychiatry residency degree is from the University of Colorado in Denver, and his child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship degree is from Oregon Health & Science University.

Dr. Engle is an international consultant to several global healing centers facilitating the use of long-standing indigenous plant medicines for healing and awakening. He is the founder of Full Spectrum Medicine, a psychedelic integration and educational platform; and Thank You Life, a non-profit funding stream supporting access to psychedelic therapies.

Dr. Engle is the author of The Concussion Repair Manual: A Practical Guide to Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries, as well as his new book, A Dose of Hope: A Story of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy.  

Topics discussed in this episode …

• Our duty to heal on behalf of the generations to come 
• How our adolescent culture doesn't appreciate that crisis precedes transformation 
• Dr. Dan’s experience immersing with ayahuasca for a year in the Amazon 
• The “medicine space” as a technology in and of itself 
• How it is evolutionarily advantageous that we experience transcendent states 
• Living at the pace of nature in the Amazon 
• How stabilizing our psychology and neurology allows us to more deeply surrender 
• How life is happening for us rather than to us 
• The different energetics of masculine and feminine integration styles 
• Dr. Dan’s “dark night” after returning from the jungle 
• How meaning and embodiment complement each other 
• How a trauma encodes in our body 
• How medicine work can support us in learning how to express our dharma 
• Kuya as an institute for transformational medicine where science meets the soul 
• Our culture as chronically stuck in sympathetic overdrive 
• The importance of investigating our belief systems 
• Living from a place of interbeing as an expression of our true essence 
• Pain without meaning as suffering; pain with meaning as transformation 
• The loneliness of the liminal space 
• Healing from our own our projections and judgements 
• Life as a ceremony and an expression of beauty 
• How the transformation of a parent changes the trajectory of the child’s life

Dr. Dan’s Links

• drdanengle.com
• thankyoulife.org
• fullspectrummedicine.com

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

• Kuya: www.kuya.life
  Book: Man’s Search for Meaning, Victor Frankl
• Book: The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk
• Book: The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling, Stephen Cope
• Book: The Biology of Transcendence: A Blueprint of the Human Spirit, Joseph Chilton Pearce
• Book: Dark Night of the Soul, John of the Cross
• Film: Neurons to Nirvana 
• Thomas Moore, spiritual writer

Disclaimer: The information provided in this podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical recommendation, diagnosis, or treatment. The use of information in this podcast is at one’s own discretion, and is not an endorsement of use given the complexity inherent in these medicines, and the current variable widespread illegality of their usage.