The Alchemist Lounge

Sometimes, we forget that looking inward is the only way to free ourselves, and when we immerse in the deep spiritual realm, we can discover one thing that connects us to our true selves: creativity.

Today, we have Sébastien Fouillade, journey coach, facilitator, writer, musician, and speaker focused on creating authentic journeys and helping others do the same. He's with us to highlight the life-altering benefits of psychedelics, the power of creativity, and how he created a book and led a retreat after his spiritual awakening.

Sébastien was a Microsoft product lead and founder of start-ups. Although his 27+ years of experience and his portfolio of tech, product development, and leadership success are impressive, the openness and authenticity with which Sébastien balances his spiritual side with his ambitious achievements set him apart. Now, he hosts the Leadershipedelics podcast and is the man behind the Sacred Creativity Retreat.

In this episode, you will hear:

• Defining what "authentic creativity" is
• The value of making decisions intentionally
• How to open up your mind during meditation
• Ways to optimize psychedelic medicine
• The origin of the Sacred Creativity Retreat
• Importance of organizing group ceremonies carefully
• Why leaders should have authenticity and creativity

Resources/Links mentioned

• Wim Hof Method https://www.wimhofmethod.com/
• Stairway to Healing by Sébastien Fouillade https://amzn.to/3YhfQb5

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• Website: https://www.fooyad.com/
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The current corporate nature produces members trapped in a rat race without a chance for fulfillment and transformation. But luckily, there are available solutions to be more conscious, achieve cohesion, and bring more love and wisdom through business and leadership. It's time to be more open to them.

In this episode, a ThirdWave Certified Coach, Integration coach, and change catalyst Marcus Druen highlights the need for holistic shifts, how he utilizes psychedelics in nurturing business leaders and their members, and more!

Marcus optimized his career for the last 20 years. He is a self-employed executive coach and organizational development consultant who worked for large corporations and start-ups. Marcus is committed to elevating the consciousness of business people to co-create the regenerative renaissance. His current contribution to this movement is the Psychedelic Map For Change, which he uses as the basis for his practice as a psychedelic integration coach.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL HEAR:

• How to initiate collective change
• A positive effect of the Covid-19 lockdowns on organizations
• Debunking the "work-life balance" concept
• Marcus' 3 fascinating personas
• An interesting introduction to psychedelics
• The helpful impact of psychedelics on how you live life
• What makes the "Psychedelic Map For Change" beneficial
• Breathwork: Why it's an excellent entry point to psychedelics

RESOURCES/LINKS MENTIONED

• Under The Skin with Russell Brand - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/under-the-skin-with-russell-brand/id1212064750
• maven.com

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If you feel stuck or you feel like nothing seems to be going your way, stop looking for reasons outside – and start looking within yourself. Once you're aware of what's going on inside you, and you have this sense of connectedness, you begin to see the breadcrumbs showing up in your life and everything just becomes so magical!

In today's episode, Brandon Beachum, an entrepreneur, writer, philosopher, truth seeker, and taco lover, shares his journey of how he up-leveled his life and called in some abundance – and how you, too, can do the same in your life.

Brandon is the host of the Positive Head Podcast. With over 20 million downloads, the show has ranked #2 in the spirituality category in Apple podcasts. Brandon recently launched a new late-night style, a consciousness-elevating talk show called Optimystic. Brandon is the author of the book, The Golden Key: Modern Alchemy to Unlock Infinite Abundance.

In this episode, you will hear:

• How Brandon's entrepreneurial spirit manifested itself as a teenager
• How he got started in the music industry
• How to regenerate your energy
• Rituals that create balance in life
• The story behind Positive Head
• Brandon's transition from podcast to a video interview format
• Connecting with what's inside of you and developing awareness of your thoughts
• The purpose of a mantra and how it enables you to take action

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Positive Head Podcast: https://positivehead.com/

The Golden Key: https://goldenkey.gift/

OPTIMYSTIC TV (YouTube Channel): https://www.youtube.com/@WeAreOptimystic

OPTIMYSTIC TV (Website): https://optimystic.tv

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Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TH3ML8C

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The use of psychedelics allows for healing and transformation. However, a lot of people shy away from it primarily because of the stigma associated with it. That's why education and training are important when we talk about psychedelics. The use of psychedelics is a skill just like you're learning how to play jiu-jitsu or you're learning how to cook.

If you're interested in how psychedelics can impact and bring healing to your life, a great starting point is something called microdosing. The beauty of it is you don't need to be as worried about every little thing having to be perfect because you can just take a little bit and see how you feel. You can start to calibrate how you feel with it, without having to risk a bad acid trip.

In today's conversation, we talk all about psychedelics and microdosing with Paul Austin, author of the book, Mastering Microdosing: How to Use Sub-Perceptual Psychedelics to Heal Trauma, Improve Performance, and Transform Your Life. Paul shares his knowledge and insights into psychedelics and microdosing, their benefits, and some things you need to know about! In this episode, you will hear:

• Paul's journey with psychedelics and microdosing
• The benefits of psychedelics and microdosing
• The history of psychedelics
• Who is microdosing for?
• Things you will learn from the book, Mastering Microdosing
• Other tips on microdosing
• Two fundamental ways to work with psychedelics

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• Third Wave: https://directory.thethirdwave.co/
• Third Wave's Coaching Certification Program: https://thethirdwave.co/sp/coaching-certification-program/
• Cybin: https://cybin.com/
• Synthesis: https://www.synthesisretreat.com/

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Mastering Microdosing: How to Use Sub-Perceptual Psychedelics to Heal Trauma, Improve Performance, and Transform Your Life by Paul Austin https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Microdosing-Sub-Perceptual-Psychedelics-Performance-ebook/dp/B0BJNHR5HT

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini https://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Robert-Cialdini/dp/006124189X

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Imagine a world of virtual reality where people are healed of their illnesses and any kind of pain is gone. We're no longer far from the future because that's actually happening right now with the evolution of digital therapeutics. It's beyond those health monitors found on your watch.

In this episode, Lyle Maxson invites us to explore the world of "technodelic." Lyle and his team at Entheo Digital are now creating a transformative gaming experience that teaches things that you would learn from psychedelics such as mindfulness, how to surrender and activating your parasympathetic response through vocal toning.

Listen in and discover how Lyle is turning digital medicine into a modality for transformation through gaming, and changing the stigma around technology as something that pulls us away from being healthy into something that potentially transforms mental health.

In this episode, you will hear:

• The genesis of their transformational video game
• Lyle's transition from music festivals to the psychedelics space
• Things you're going to learn from Level 3 digital therapeutics
• What is benevolent technology?
• Why VR is the most human way to interact with technology
• Lyle's vision around the future of digital therapeutics

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The Soul of Startups: https://www.sophietheen.com/the-soul-of-startups

Enthio.io: https://entheo.digital/

Genius X: https://geniusx.com/

Andromeda Entertainment: https://www.enterandromeda.com/

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We are all divine beings embodying a human experience and in order to attain that enlightenment, the body, mind, and heart have to align with each other. But how do you find that alignment when it's difficult to access the frequency of your heart?

In this episode, Ana Maria Badila – The Microdose Guru – discusses the different modalities to tune into the frequency of your heart. Ana lives up to her passion for helping people work through life's transitions, empowering and inspiring them to make those decisions for themselves. By letting go of the past, moving into the future, and making them feel they have the freedom of choice, they can ultimately live the kind of life they want to live.

Listen in as Ana shares her transformative journey, moving from Romania to Canada, discovering psychedelics and microdosing, and how she's now leading people on their own path to healing and transformation. In this episode, you will hear:

• Finding psychedelics through cannabis
• Her first mystical experience through LSD
• A walk through Ana's heart meditation
• Other tools she uses aside from microdosing
• Healing trauma in women
• Understanding the female archetypes

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We live in a society where we're taught that our clothes are disposable. 80 billion new pieces of clothes are made every year and 87% will wind up in an incinerator landfill within 18 months. Out of that 87%, only 3% are made of sustainable fibers, which means there's massive soil toxification that's also leaching to your waterways. 30% of the microplastics in the ocean come from the clothes we not only toss but also wash as microplastics are leached into our washing machines that go into the waterways. In this episode, Jeff Scult, founder of One Golden Thread, shares the impetus behind this sustainable clothing brand that wasn't initially set out to be a clothing company. Rather it was actually a physical manifestation of his full self-expression over his life's journey. It was his calling to share the philosophy that despite all the curve balls thrown at us, we are each golden inside – and this simple truth is what connects us together as a golden thread. Jeff also shares a pragmatic marketing lesson that he learned from his dog and the transformative workshop that he attended, which was also the precursor of One Golden Thread. In this episode, you will hear:

• Jeff's experience with alchemy through his dog
• Seeing things from an abundance mindset over a scarcity mindset
• The spiritual cause behind his dis-ease
• The precursor for one golden thread
• How to claim your golden voice
• Giving yourself the permission to shift and pivot to your purpose
• Not a story about "me," but about "we"
• One golden thread as a manifestation of self-expression
• Regeneration, instead of sustainability

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A lot of founders tend to have this excuse that since they're leaders, they don't have to be great managers. But just as much as you need to show excellent leadership, you also need to be a great manager for the company to be successful. In this episode, Sophie Theen, educator, speaker, and author of The Soul of Startups, talks about the alchemy behind startups. Her focus is on shifting the cultural mentality from "me" to "we." When you understand that you're no longer creating a business just for yourself and that the business is going to feed so many people, you are now creating a sustainable, and hopefully a good working environment for everybody in the company. Sophie has a degree in mechanical engineering, but she's an expert in the HR realm, specifically around cultural aspects. She believes we have to take the emotional part of the equation by leading with good data-driven decisions. In this episode, you will hear:

• The difference between a manager and a leader
• Sophie's background and startup experience
• How mentorship has changed his trajectory
• What inspired her to write her book, The Soul of Startups
• The biggest issues founders face when it comes to building a culture
• A litmus test to assess the culture of your company

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Leadership Without Authority by Keith Ferrazzi and Noel Weyrich https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Without-Authority-Co-Elevation-Collaboration/dp/0525575669

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For many people, the journey to oneself is a road less traveled. It doesn't cost anything but the price you have to pay to reach your destination involves breaking free from your programs and patterns and crushing your ego. These are things that not a lot of people could easily afford to do. But once you make that decision to take that leap and take action, and with the right tools, right techniques, and the right teachers around you – transformation happens.

In this episode, Pablo Lucero, a yogi and breathwork practitioner, talks about his journey and how he went from a legal career to the path of a yogi. He shares his experiences in plant medicine, functional power yoga, and using breathwork to tap into his higher self. He shares some philosophies around yoga, the power of finding your edge, and overcoming your fears and self-doubt.

In this episode, you will hear:

• His experience when he first learned the power of breath
• Transitioning from law and DJ-ing to yoga
• Finding your edge and going beyond it
• How he's living by example
• The decision to live in Costa Rica
• The benefits of plant medicine incorporated with yoga
• About functional power yoga
• Overcoming self-doubt and fears through breathwork
• About the Omani retreat

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Whether you're an employee or an employer, are you paying for or receiving health care that you actually use? Does it even fit your lifestyle or your needs?

Sadly, we're seeing a gap in our healthcare system due to a lack of transparency. Both employers and employees – the consumers of healthcare – don't actually have any insights into the actual value of what they're paying for.

Healthcare providers, on the other hand, couldn't tell patients how much the service actually costs. Then they have to justify their actions so they can get paid for the work done. They have to relay the information through codes to the third party that holds all the money, but it's not really present. Clearly, it's a triad that is systemically difficult, if not broken.

Today's guest, Dr. Jawad Arshad, CEO of WoW Health Solutions, talks about how he's disrupting our broken healthcare landscape and how he's working with an amazing community of medical providers that are also looking to diversify and break away completely from the third-party reimbursement model.

Dr. Arshad's end goal is to provide transparent and affordable healthcare, giving the power back to the people so they have access to the kind of care they really need.

In this episode, you will hear:

• What drove him to learn about the business of medicine
• What led him to establish WoW Health Solutions
• The gap within the healthcare industry
• Why employers/consumers of healthcare are the losers in this game
• The shift in consumer mentality after post-pandemic
• His biggest challenges as an entrepreneur
• How WoW Health Solutions is solving the problem

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