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Mo Edjlali is the Chief Community Organizer of Mindful Leader, where the mission is to enable people to foster the advancement of mindfulness and compassion in the workplace. He has served as a board member or advisor to multiple non-profits including Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC, Insight on the Inside, Minds Incorporated, Think Impact, Art for Humanity, and Hungry for Music. Mo is a serial entrepreneur and has over 20 years of experience in management, technology, and marketing for start-ups, non-profits, F500 companies, and government agencies. He graduated with a B.S. in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech.

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Thomas R. Verny is a psychiatrist, writer, and academic. He has previously taught at Harvard University, University of Toronto, York University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, and other universities. His book The Secret Life of the Unborn Child has become an international bestseller published in 27 countries. The Secret Life has changed the pregnancy and childbirth experience for millions of mothers and fathers. In 1983 Verny founded the Pre- and Perinatal Psychology Association of North America and served as its president for eight years. His most recent book, The Embodied Mind: Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness, and Our Bodies, was published in 202.  The Embodied Mind will help readers gain more insights into who they are in relationship to themselves, their loved ones, society, and the universe. The things we discuss in this episode have never been discussed on this show before. I will keep the surprise and let it unfold on its own. Please enjoy this...

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William A. Richards (Bill) is a psychologist in the Psychiatry Department of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Bayview Medical Center, a consultant/trainer at sites of psychedelic research internationally, a teacher in the Program of Psychedelic Therapy and Research at the California Institute of Integral Studies, and also a clinician in private practice in Baltimore. His involvement with psilocybin research originated in 1963. From 1967 to 1977, he pursued psychotherapy research with LSD, DPT, MDA, and psilocybin at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, including protocols designed to investigate the promise of psychedelic substances in the treatment of alcoholism, depression, narcotic addiction, and psychological distress associated with terminal cancer, and also their use in the training of religious and mental-health professionals. His publications began in 1966 with “Implications of LSD and Experimental Mysticism,”. His book, Sacred Knowledge: Psychedelics and Religious Experiences was released in English by Columbia University Press in 2015 and has since been translated into four additional languages.

In this episode, we explore the Use of Psychedelics to treat cancer, addiction, and PTSD. How to prepare for a Psychedelic mind manifestation and spiritual awakening experience in a safe environment also known as a safe container, what the homework and integration look like after the therapy, how to build a trusting relationship first with a therapist prior to the consumption of any psychedelic substances and significance of a giving a red rose at the end of a psychedelic therapy.

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Dr. Amber Elizabeth Gray is a licensed human rights psychotherapist, innovative movement artist, board-certified dance/movement therapist, master trainer and educator, Continuum teacher, and public health professional. An innovator in the use of somatic psychology, eco-somatics, and movement-based therapies (Dance/Movement Therapy, Yoga, Continuum) with survivors of trauma, torture, war, and human rights abuses, Amber has spent the last 23 years in service of her belief that, “Every human being has the right to inhabit their body in the way they choose”. Amber has provided clinical training on the integration of refugee mental health and torture treatment with the creative arts, mindfulness, and body-based therapies. This episode really gets interesting. Please be patient. In this episode, we explore Movement–Based Therapies, Restoration and Healing, different Ceremonies for Healing, Somatic Psychology, Polyvagal Theory, different modes of therapy, and much more.

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Rhonda V. Magee (M.A. Sociology, J.D.) is a Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco and an internationally-recognized thought and practice leader focused on integrating mindfulness into higher education, law, and social change work. she is A prolific author, she draws on law and legal history to weave storytelling, poetry, analysis, and practices into inspiration for changing how we think, act and live better together in a rapidly changing world. She teaches mindfulness-based interventions, awareness, and compassion practices from a range of traditions. Rhonda’s teaching and writing support compassionate conflict engagement and management; holistic problem-solving to alleviate the suffering of the vulnerable and injured; presence-based leadership in a diverse world, and humanizing approaches to education.  Rhonda has served as a guest teacher in a variety of mindfulness teacher training programs, including those sponsored by the Mindfulness Awareness Research Center, the Engaged Mindfulness Institute, and the Center for Mindfulness (2017), She serves as retreat co-leader and solo teacher at centers including Spirit Rock Meditation Center, the Garrison Institute, the Shambhala Mountain Center, the Omega Institute, and New York Insight Meditation Center.

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Erica Keswin is a workplace strategist who has worked for the past twenty years with some of the most iconic brands in the world as a consultant, speaker, author, and professional dot-connector. Her bestselling book, Bring Your Human to Work: Ten Sure-Fire Ways to Design a Workplace That’s Good for People, Great for Business, and Just Might Change the World, was published by McGraw-Hill in the fall of 2018. Her second book, Rituals Roadmap: The Human Way to Transform Everyday Routines Into Workplace Magic (McGraw-Hill), was published in January 2021 and made the Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly and USA Today bestseller lists. Erica’s work and insights can be seen in various media outlets, including Harvard Business Review, NY Post, Forbes, Huffington Post, O Magazine, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Mogul, Conscious Company, Quartz, and Fast Company. Recent keynotes, workshops, and webinars (virtual and IRL) include the American Red Cross, SXSW, TIAA, IBM, New York Times, Hightower Associates, AllianceBernstein, Standard Industries, Banfield Pet Hospital, and Radio Flyer. Erica was named one of Marshall Goldsmith’s Top 100 Coaches in 2020, as well as one of Business Insider’s most innovative coaches of 2020.

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Marla Mervis is the creator of Love Your Body Love Yourself. After years of struggling with her own dysfunctional body relationship, Marla has transformed her experiences into services to help women discover honor and find appreciation for their bodies. As a professional Marla, has been featured at TEDx Salinas. She was the leading body image expert and Reiki Master at a Drug/Alcohol rehabilitation center. In this episode, she explains how to love your body and yourself, why we overeat and overexercise, the recipe to feel good, Reiki as a healing practice, and much more. Please enjoy.

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Denise Shull is a performance coach who uses neuroeconomics and modern psychoanalysis in her work with hedge funds and professional athletes. She is also the founder of The ReThink Group. Shull focuses on the positive contribution of feelings and emotion in high-pressure decisions. She is the author of Market Mind Games[2] which explains how Wall Street traders act out Freudian transferences in reaction to market moves. She leverages her background in neuroscience and modern psychoanalysis to solve the mental mysteries of successful investing, trading, competing, and leading teams. She is known for her uncanny effectiveness in resolving mental blocks and decision conundrums.

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Jacinta M. Jiménez is an award-winning licensed psychologist and board-certified leadership coach with a comprehensive understanding of cutting-edge modalities from the latest research in positive psychology, clinical psychology, and motivational psychology.  She synthesizes deep knowledge of human behavior and applies it to the development of technology, innovative programs, and leaders. She has worked with individuals in top organizations in Silicon Valley and throughout the world. She is passionate about building great businesses and products and working with passionate people who value the same. Her deep knowledge of human behavior and psychological theory makes her an authority in catalyzing positive behavior change within individuals. In this episode, Jacinta discusses her new book "The Burnout Fix: Overcome Overwhelm, Beat Busy, and Sustain Success in the New World of Work " She explains the issues of burnout, stress, how to identify burnout, how to recover from it and creating micro-moments of replenishment, and attaining sustainable success, and much much more.

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Dr. Romie Mushtaq is a board-certified physician, award-winning wellness speaker, and the founder of "brainSHIFT at Work."  She brings together over 20 years of authority in neurology, integrative medicine, and mindfulness to not just deliver programs, but create cultural change. She is on a mission to transform mental health in the workplace and currently works with Fortune 500 companies, professional athletes, & global associations.  Dr. Romie is also the Chief Wellness Officer for Evolution Hospitality, where she scaled a mindfulness & wellness program to over 7000 employees.  Her expertise is featured in the national media such as NPR, NBC, TED talks, and Forbes. You will love this episode. In this conversation, we explore different paradigms for wellness, optimizing brain health, exploring root causes of depression, different causes of mood changes, improving sleep, managing stress, connection with the divine, and much more. If you have a busy brain?  Take this 4-minute FREE test from Dr. Romie to see if brain DRAIN is robbing you of your sanity and sleep. Link in the show notes at nishantgarg.me/romie. Now, please enjoy this wide-ranging conversation.

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