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Clara Parati is a Psychosynthesis and Psychedelic Integration Coach who supports people through periods of deep change, emotional challenge, and awakening. Drawing from transpersonal psychology, somatic awareness, and her own lived experience, she helps individuals process transformative inner journeys, especially those connected to psychedelics, identity shifts, and life transitions. Her work focuses on creating meaningful change while helping people become more grounded, connected, and aligned with who they truly are.

There is a difference between being told how a thing works and knowing the thing yourself. Personal knowledge from experience with the thing itself. There are no middle men or women between you and Jesus. You will have to unwind your presuppositions, but is not the change from false to true what humans seek in the land of the living?

Clothes to be worn are chosen daily, and new clothes are worn when they are received. Human beings do the same with our thoughts. But in a world where harm and pain are commodities, what and who can be trusted? Let Peace be your guide.

We humans are easily distracted and often forget the solution to trouble is peace. How do we understand peace? How far into our thoughts do we allow peace to flow?

Are love and forgiveness simply feel good emotions satisfying our shallow subjective truths? Love and forgiveness flow deeper in the human life than many understand. Where does one go to find love and forgiveness that does not require a toll, and if there's a toll is it really love and forgiveness?

Each soul needs love and forgiveness, and each soul needs to give love and forgiveness. Love came with forgiveness in Jesus; it cannot be purchased by money or sweat.

Matt McCollum is the co-founder and Head of Marketing at Drink Contento, a premium hemp-derived THC beverage brand launching in Texas. 

With degrees in Public Relations and Psychology from Texas Tech University, Matt cut his teeth in consumer packaged goods at the helm of Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce, a brand he was able to grow from a handful of local accounts to national and international distribution through scrappy guerrilla marketing and relationship building on a shoestring budget. 

He achieved this success all while spending nights and weekends behind a bar at the beach, slinging drinks and talking to every walk of life. Over 15 years behind the stick, he learned human behavior the way no textbook can teach it: watching people unwind, connect, and make decisions in real time. That foundation in behavioral psychology and lived experience has shaped how he thinks about brands and consumers.

In recent years, Matt has also found himself on an unexpected but welcome spiritual journey, developing a relationship with God that has quietly shaped both the man and the mission behind the brand.

Born at the Right Time and at the Right Place, you are.

Veterans For Healing CEO & Founder Fabian Henry, from Nova Scotia, is a former Canadian Armed Forces soldier deeply dedicated to veterans' well-being. With a dynamic career, Fabian specialized in combat engineering, serving on six deployments including Afghanistan, Haiti, and Pakistan. 

Post-military, Fabian leads in developing precise veteran recovery processes. As an award-winning social entrepreneur and advocate, he's founded corps and non-profits, forging an integrated platform for veterans navigating post-service life. His commitment arises from facing adversity, enduring PTSD, hearing loss, and addiction due to prescription painkillers.

Fabian's own journey drives his mission to transform veteran care. His visionary leadership creates a compassionate space for veterans to heal, find hope, and renewed purpose. He is the subject of a Kim Saltarski produced documentary titled, 'About Turn The Documentary'.

Dr. Anderson graduated from the University of Manitoba in 2011 and finished her residency in Family Medicine, and she is proud to say she is a Metis physician born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Dr. Anderson’s passion for Cannabinoid medicine started in 2017, when her son with intractable epilepsy had failed all treatments and she was forced to close her practice.

Seizing multiple times per hour she knew the outlook was dire, and after one dose of CBD she saw dramatic results. Since then, Dr. Anderson has committed herself to helping other children who have failed all options explore cannabinoids, and she has seen amazing results.

After 13 years of active-duty service in the U.S. Army, Adam found the transition to civilian life full of pitfalls, untrustworthy "gurus", and of course, thousands of courses and communities promising everything under the sun.

Adam's goal for The Strategic Veteran is to ensure military transition to civilian life is smooth and frictionless as possible. Helping to curb veteran suicide is the ultimate purpose that goes far beyond business. We’re here for you. Veterans of all walks of life.