Leadershipedelics

In this episode we meet with Carlos Tanner!

Carlos is an American living in Peru who has been studying the science of Ayahuasca and plant medicine in the Amazon Rainforest since 2003. He is the program director for the Ayahuasca Foundation and organizes healing retreats and educational courses with indigenous healers for people in need of healing or people who are interested in learning the ancestral healing traditions of the Amazon Rainforest.

In our conversation, we talk about his early life in activism, the car crash and the Ayahuasca ceremony that changed his life, the power of consciousness, our understanding of reality, the role of faith in leadership, ayahuasca research, and upcoming certification programs. 

Highlights

• The car crash and the Ayahuasca experience that changed his life. 
• Adopting a process-focused paradigm vs. a substance-focused paradigm.
• The power of consciousness in working with plant medicine.
• The trinity of preparation, participation, and integration, and the role they play.
• Evolving our understanding of reality to help us gain more influence over our goals.
• The role of faith in leadership.
• Ayahuasca research.
• Upcoming certification program.
• Empowering people to be their own healers.

Memorable Quotes

“It is our perspective that actually determines what we call reality more than anything else, and how we interpret our experiences is actually what we remember as the truth not the experience itself.”

“Shamanism is a science that is the mastery of using a substance so that you optimize what that substance does to achieve the goals that you have and so we don’t really have that when it comes to alcohol and marijuana and unfortunately it’s not even a part of our paradigm to recognize that.” 

“Preparation is a very unique and personal thing.” 

“If we can understand how we form our reality, then we can hopefully gain more influence over the goals that we have to lead healthier and happy lives.”

“It is not what’s inside the seed that determines how well it grows, it is everything outside the seed that determines how well it grows.”

About Carlos Tanner: Carlos currently works as the program director for the Ayahuasca Foundation, a non-profit organization he began in 2009 based out of Iquitos, Peru. He organizes healing retreats and educational courses with authentic indigenous healers, called curanderos, to help people in need of healing anything from depression to cancer or who are interested in learning the ancestral healing traditions of the Amazon Rainforest.

In 2017 Carlos opened the Riosbo Ayahuasca Research Center, a modern facility located inside the Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve. The research there was recently published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry demonstrating that attending an ayahuasca retreat can produce epigenetic changes and significantly reduce depression and anxiety. Research continues at the center and will now include studying chronic pain, PTSD, and changes to the gut biome as a result of attending an ayahuasca retreat.

How to connect with Carlos and his work

• www.ayahuascafoundation.org
• www.facebook.com/carlos.tanner
• www.instagram.com/ayahuascafoundation/

About Leadershipedelics  

• Podcast: https://www.leadershipedelics.com/
• Follow Sébastien: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastienfouillade/

In this episode we meet with Rob Kalwarowsky!

Rob is on a mission to spread the message of people-centric leadership and the importance of mental health throughout the world. Rob is a Fearless Organization Practitioner and an Elite High Performance leadership coach. Before transitioning into leadership, Rob spent over 10 years as an engineer within mining, oil pipelines, and consulting in heavy industry.  Rob is also the co-host of the Leadership Launchpad Project and the Dismantling the High-Performance Narrative podcasts. Rob graduated from MIT with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Management, he was also a competitive water polo athlete and played on the Canadian National Water Polo team.

Highlights

• Rob’s journey from competitive sports to climbing the corporate ladder.
• The toll of that journey on his mental health. 
• Rob's experience with various therapies from EMDR to Ketamine therapy.
• The positive impact of ketamine therapy on Rob, his coaching work, and his life.
• The importance of truly valuing ourselves and the people around us.
• Rob's approach to leadership and how he helps others via coaching.

Memorable quotes

“I had done 15 different medications with regular doctor and psychiatrist, and I had basically given up, that’s when I started looking at psychedelics.”

“I really do believe psychedelics gave me the perspective where you can see the world for what it is. You can see that your value as a person isn’t tied to the job that you have.”

“We need to change how we’re leading. We need to lean into people and lean into empathy and shared trust.”

“We need to start truly valuing ourselves and valuing the people around us. And you can only get there through empathy and it starts with changing your perspective and being able to step in and being able to be vulnerable with yourself first. And that’s when you can give that to other people.”

How to connect with Rob

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-kalwarowsky/
• Elite High Performance Coaching: http://www.elitehighperformance.com/

About Leadershipedelics  

• Podcast: https://www.leadershipedelics.com/
• Follow Sébastien: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastienfouillade/ 

Marik Hazan from Tabula Rasa Ventures

In this episode we meet with Marik Hazan, the founder and CEO of Tabula Rasa Ventures, an incubator, accelerator and fund focused on transforming the landscape for mental health using legal psychedelics. Marik is an engineer and advocate who has worked across “counter culture” industries, who led marketing and growth for many of Silicon Valley’s top startups. He holds an MBA from the Yale school of management  and helped develop the Yale school of management entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Key highlights 

• His advocacy work from an early age
• His narrative-breaking experiences and their impact
• What drives him, his approach to leadership, his vision for the future
• The need for openness in leadership
• The influence of psychedelics on creativity
• The need for community after a psychedelic experience
• The connection between the pentatonic scale, indigenous songs, and nature
• A story about Steve Jobs and approaching creativity
• His upcoming book "our trip together"

Connecting with Marik Hazan 

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marik-hazan-32724256/
• Psyched Studio: https://www.psyched.studio/
• Book pre-order: "Our Trip Together: Why Psychedelics Will Be the Most Important Industry Humanity Will Ever Build" at: http://ourtriptogether.com
• Tabula Rasa Ventures: https://www.tabularasa.ventures/

About Leadershipedelics  

• Podcast: https://www.leadershipedelics.com/
• Sébastien on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastienfouillade/ 
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Luc Van Poelje from Psychedelic Insights 

In this episode we connect with Luc Van Poelje, the founder of Psychedelic Insights.  Luc is a psychedelic guide, working with high dose psilocybin truffles. Based out of Amsterdam, he ran 2 different psychedelic retreat centers and is setting up his 3rd one this year. He is a Royal Netherlands Marine Corps veteran, internet startup entrepreneur, a passionate plant medicine advocate and he is a proud dad to his daughter Sam.

Key highlights 

• Luc's 1st experience with Ayahuasca and the impact on his life.
• His journey to follow his heart and how it unfolded.
• His work with the ministry of defense in Netherlands to create a program to help veterans.
• His relationship with nature and how he brings this into his work.
• What he has learned from working with over 300 clients.
• His perspective on leadership in the world and on legalization of psychedelics.

 Memorable quotes 

• “Control is an illusion, so what are you afraid of losing?”
• “I had to sit through all scenarios I came up with to realize Love was the answer.”
• “It is a secret of human existence that we have this door inside of us we can access.”
• “Ayahuasca showed me they were just ego dreams."
• “It is really deep psychological work and you'll really have to face a mirror...”
• "What is lacking (in leadership) today is authenticity."
• "It wasn't science that put psychedelics in the sin-bin it was politics, so politics can take it out."
• "Psychedelics allow for more authentic leadership."
• "Leadership isn't someone who leads the way, it's someone who is between others."

How to connect with Luc Van Poelje and links mentioned in the show 

• Playlist used in high dose psilocybin truffle experiences:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbnjrqZQL-N4LTe2r6GokNR7o6WtP-677
• On facebook: https://www.facebook.com/psychedelictripguides
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/51630100/
• Private and group sessions: www.psychedelicinsights.com
• Therapist training: www.psychedelic-psychology.com
• Psychedelic assisted Leadership coaching: www.psychedelic-coaching.com
• Psychedelic Palliative (end-of-life) Care: www.palliativepsychedelics.com
• Re-connecting Veterans: www.psychedelicwarriors.com
• Psychedelic Warrior documentary teaser: https://vimeo.com/641554882 
• Medical & mental health screening: www.psychedelic-psychiatry.com
• Psychedelic oneness for clergy: www.psychedelic-oneness.com
• Customized psychedelic events: www.eleusinianmystery.com
• Medicalized psychedelic care: www.psychedelic.healthcare

About Leadershipedelics  

• Podcast: https://www.leadershipedelics.com/
• Follow Sébastien on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastienfouillade/ 

Leadershipedelics episode 0 – The story behind Leadershipedelics  

In this episode Rob Kalwarowsky guest hosts to interview Sébastien Fouillade, the host of Leadershipedelics.  Learn about Sébastien’s story, his experience walking between two worlds, and his motivation behind Leadershipedelics.

Key highlights 

• The dual meaning behind Leadershipedelics.
• The influence psychedelics have had on leaders and the world we live in.
• The boxes we build for ourselves.
• Knowledge transfer vs. “feeling” transfer
• We don’t know where we are until we do the deep inner work.
• The importance of living your truth.
• Our potential to create an amazing world.
• Helping people experience what they can be and giving them control back.

 Memorable quotes 

 “Sometimes you have to stop questioning and you need to trust the Universe rather than trying to take it apart. Eventually if you keep trying to take it apart, you’ll break it.”

 “Psychedelics have helped me see what is on the other side of what I’ve been programmed to experience.”

 “If you want to break the patterns of the past, it doesn’t start with your children, it starts with you.”

Guest host: Rob Kalwarowsky 

• Find Rob on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-kalwarowsky/
• His podcast: https://www.elitehighperformance.com/leadership-coaching/ 

About Leadershipedelics  

• Podcast: https://www.leadershipedelics.com/ (and on all major podcast platforms)
• Follow Sébastien on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastienfouillade/