Seb is a jiu jitsu black belt, CrossFit beast, and retired first responder whose career included many years leading the Emergency Response Team in his province, the equivalent to a SWAT team in the states. Recently he had a series of harrowing experiences with life-threatening complications following a routine surgery, which we don't even touch on today.

What we do get into is some of his origin story, and how the adversity he faced as a kid helped fuel his future career in law enforcement. We also get into some more esoteric territory, exploring the relationship between spirituality, mental health and the capacity for violence. Seb is a vocal advocate for mental health for first responders, and we also dive into some of what we understand about PTSD, victim mentality, and how to change your mindset and life circumstances.

Seb is a remarkably deep and thoughtful gentleman, and it was a real honor to get to chat with him today. Stay tuned for more from me and Seb soon. 

Find Seb on Instagram @slavccmdr or visit his jiu jitsu academy in Vancouver, Ascension Martial Arts

Find my nonprofit organization here: www.plantmedicineproject.com

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In this episode we talk about the constructive, intentional use of cannabis. And then I get distracted thinking about steak...

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Cordi and I recently returned from facilitating our latest Ayahuasca retreat down in Peu, and we sit down today to do a bit of a debrief and discuss some of the experience.

Visit becomingom.com/ayahuasca-retreat to learn more about our retreats and register for upcoming dates, or visit plantmedicineproject.com to support our nonprofit. Spreading awareness and contributing donations helps to expand the Amazon jungle, support an indigenous family, and sponsor the healing journey of a veteran with PTSD. 

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In this episode Cordi and I divert from the conversations we've been having about microdosing and dig into the opposite end of the spectrum - the macrodose.

If you've ever been confused by the terms "trip sitters" and  "psychedelic guides" or the phrase "holding space," we try to parse out the meanings of these and other terms to give you a clearer picture of what the hell people are talking about.

If you are starting your journey with psychedelics and are feeling called to go beyond the microdose, this episode should offer some solid information to help guide your way.

Connect with Cordi and me on Instagram @becoming.om or @davidzbjj
Buy Cordi's course on microdosing or on psychedelic preparation & integration
Check out her other offerings and our Peru retreats here   

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So somehow Nick and I were on the same mats together in NJ for about 4 hours one day for a seminar, and managed to never speak to each other until I moved down to Mexico.  While we may have missed our chance to do one of these in person for now, Nick and I have quite a bit to talk about.

In this one we touch on a bit of his story of leaving a corporate job that was making him miserable, his transition to selling diamonds in NYC, and now his latest life upgrade of going all-in on launching a jiu jitsu apparel brand and moving with his wife from New Jersey to the new jiu jitsu Mecca - Austin, Texas.

Please excuse some hiccups in the audio quality given that we recorded this over zoom. But as you'll also hear us discuss, it's all about progress, not perfection. I'm looking forward to our next go-around (with cleaner audio) and to see how this gentleman's very exciting life continues to unfold.

Find señor Nick on his personal IG @nickytaranta or peep his new brand @tarantasport
Check out the podcast he recently started with his wife @goodatlifepodcast
Get notified of his product launch (and buy his shit) by signing up at tarantasport.com

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While life in Mexico has a lot of upsides, one annoyance is the frequency of power and internet outages. So, on a recent day when I had a lot of work to be doing on my computer, we lost power, and I had to change plans.

Naturally, Cordi and I broke out the recorder to tape an episode and still make good use of our time. 

I wanted to do a bit more of an interview with her on this one, to hear some more about her journey getting into the world of medicine work that put her on the path she's on now. We also pontificate a bit on why we think adhering to traditions is so important, and the difference that authenticity can make. 

Hope you enjoy hearing some more of her story!

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Joining me this week is my boy Scott, who was in town in Tulum for a Tantra Yoga retreat with his girlfriend. Since he had just gotten out of that retreat the very morning we recorded this episode, we didn't really get into it to give him some time to digest the entire experience. 

Scott is quite an interesting fellow, one who inspires me with his journey of self-growth and his current level of self-reliance, living out in the sticks and growing and hunting most of his food.   

While we didn't get into the weeds too much of any one part of his story today, I had a great time chatting with him about the sort of overview of his story so far, and I'm excited for round 2 when the day comes. 

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Alright so it seems that these mini-episodes are just going to be about microdosing for the foreseeable future.

In this one we get into some Q&A's with questions that were written in to us over the past couple of weeks, and realize that we need to dedicate a full episode each to the additional practices we recommend along with microdosing (journaling, meditating, etc) and to the region of the brain known as the Default Mode Network and how that interacts with psychedelics.

Cordi has a course being released soon all about microdosing and how to get started with it - check out the info at BecomingOm.com

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Dani is a friend that Cordi and I have connected with here in Tulum, Mexico, where she is currently staying and working as a yoga teacher. Dani has been traveling the world for almost 10 years, living in one place for more than a few months only when COVID caused all travel to grind to a halt.

I thought we would get into some of her travel stories on this one and talk about her road trips around the US as a tour manager for various bands and marketing brands, but the conversation tended to stay at the level of the 30-thousand-foot-view as we danced around topics of spirituality, what it means to be a human, and what our purpose is here in this life.

Dani is also an astrologer offering online chart readings. I've always been quite skeptical of this type of stuff in the past, but she offers an interesting perspective on it, and you'll hear me discuss some recent experiences that have me becoming more and more open to considering the effects that these unseen forces may have on our lives.

You can connect with Dani on Instagram or at her astrology site.

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This episode is not intended to provide any medical advice, and certainly does not promote the use of illegal substances.

Cordi and I sit down this week (with a new background for anyone watching on youtube) to discuss microdosing psilocybin and LSD. In this episode we get into a bit of the why and how behind microdosing and some of our personal experiences with it. Stay tuned for part 2 to dig into a bit more of the research and neuroscience involved & to hear answers to some listener questions. 

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