This One Time On Psychedelics

One of my main goals for this podcast is having the opportunity to have people on who not only know & understand the world of plant medicines & psychedelics, but also those that have had the direct experience of living amongst the people & tribes from which these medicines were originally found & practiced. The guest we have joining us today fits both of these categories. He has spent time amongst tribes such as the Secoya elders in the jungles of the Amazon & Costa Rica, has integrated those experiences & the wisdom stemming from them to create his business in self mastery coaching, is the host of the The Battered Souls Podcast, & is the man behind the popular Waking Times website, which is dedicated to the evolution of the individual & speaks to subjects including shamanism, personal awakening, wellness & navigating the world we all live in.This episode was produced  at the Mass Music Radio Station in Quincy, Massachusetts.https://www.highlyoptimized.com @therealryansprague

Often times, men find themselves challenged with the modern day world & its lack of rites of passage. These rites of passage have traditionally allowed men to transition from boyhood to adulthood & have gone back for thousands of years. In many cases, these rites of passage included psychedelics & because of their illegality today, many men have had to discover new ways to form modern day rites of passage so that they can move deeper into maturity as men. Today’s guest on the show is an expert in the realms of fitness, men’s work & leadership skills & is someone I am extremely excited to chat to about his experience with psychedelic medicines, the role they have played in his development as a man & human being as a whole & what he has noticed in the realm of men’s work with regards to rites of passage & psychedelic medicines.This episode was produced  at the Mass Music Radio Station in Quincy, Massachusetts.https://www.highlyoptimized.com @therealryansprague

Today’s guest on the show is a man who has made a huge impact on my life since we met. He is no stranger to the challenges of life, such as his own journey in healing addiction with the help of plant medicines & psychedelics. He is an artist who wears his heart on his sleeve in the form of his music, his poetry & his mission to help others who are struggling with addiction move through that stage of their lives with grace, ease & confidence & is a shining example of what plant medicines can offer us when we interact with them responsibly & with intention!This episode was produced by Shlomo Bowe at the Dockside Inn in Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts.https://www.highlyoptimized.com @therealryansprague

Hanging out on the show with us today is a man who is a master of his craft & what I like to call a trend-sender, aka someone who puts new trends into motion & propels them forward to Enlift those around them. Now when I think of people who have Enlifted me in my own journey, especially in the last 2 years, he is at the top of that list & for very good reason. For him, Enlifting those around him is a way of life & way of being & he has gotten to this point having been an adventurer of the wide wide world & having bought the ticket & taken the ride for various different life experiences. Among those life experiences include plant & animal medicine experiences & he is a wealth of information regarding how to interact with these medicines consciously in a way that allows us to receive the lessons they yearn to show us & put them into action in our lives. Having integrated the lessons he has learned from these medicines into his own life, he has created an incredible company & community based upon becoming aware of our language & empowering people to use their words & stories consciously named Enlifted, which has changed the way I look at my life as a whole in the present day!This episode was produced by James Askins at the Mass Music Radio Station in Quincy, Massachusetts.https://www.highlyoptimized.com @therealryansprague

Stopping by to take a ride with us today is a man who in his time on planet earth has had the opportunity to wear many different hats. From having a very successful career as a famous actor, only to experience a dark night of the soul in which he discovered he was not being truly fulfilled in his line of work & ultimately leaving Hollywood to pursue psychotherapy, he has moved through these perceived challenges with the perspective of all of it happening “for” him, rather than “to” him. In addition, as I mentioned briefly already, he is a practitioner of various types of psycho therapy such as somatic psychotherapy & leadership psychotherapy &, in addition, has had his fair share of life expanding plant medicine experiences as well. His knowledge & expertise in the field of Psychology makes him an amazing person to chat with about the realms of plant medicines & psychedelics alike & therefore I am beyond excited to welcome David Sutcliffe to the show!This episode was produced by Shlomo Bowe at the Mass Music Radio Station in Quincy, Massachusetts.https://www.highlyoptimized.com @therealryansprague

Sharing her experiences, wisdom & insights with us today on the show is a woman who is, quite honestly, one of the main influences in my life that has allowed me to take my power back with regards to my emotional state of being & gain much more awareness around my plant medicine journies as a whole. She is an expert in the fields of trauma, inner child healing & inner work as a whole & additionally, she is the founder & owner of Training Camp For The Soul, a company who’s mission it is to allow people to find the roots of their limiting self beliefs, remove them & insert beliefs which are dream & life affirmative in nature. It is my mission on this show to have people on who can speak to the importance of the self work in the scope of plant medicines as, speaking from personal experience, the increase in benefits one can receive when they fully understand the scope of their emotions & mental patterns from plant medicines can be life altering in extremely empowering ways.This episode was produced by Shlomo Bowe at the Mass Music Radio Station in Quincy, Massachusetts.https://www.highlyoptimized.com @therealryansprague

Today on the collective journey we will be embarking on, we have a very interesting, knowledgeable & loving man stopping by to join us. He is no stranger to the benefits and challenges surrounding plant medicines;  and is the exact type of person I love having on the show because although these medicines can be extremely beneficial, there are also key things to recognize about them that can potentially lead to challenges in our experiences. He is a former motocrosser who has had his fair share of injuries, is a holistic practitioner, a Dr. of Medical Chi Gong & is a world class plant medicine integration coach who has worked with countless clients to help them integrate the experiences they have had with plant medicines to ultimately create higher quality of life within their lives!This episode was produced by Shlomo Bowe at the Mass Music Radio Station in Quincy, Massachusetts.https://www.highlyoptimized.com @therealryansprague

Sounding his way onto the show to philosophize with us today is a gentleman who from the first moment I met, gave me the all knowing “nod” that any journeyer knows well. From that moment forward, he & I connected deeply & have shared some incredible moments together in the rather short time we’ve known one another. He is a world class athlete, trainer & business owner, having brought his passion of human body optimization into his business, Committed HP, which seeks to bring curiosity & innovation back into the realms of fitness equipment & performance & has recently begun his professional journey in sound healing, which was sparked by a beautiful healing journey of his own which we will be getting into during this episode!This episode was produced by James Askins at the Mass Music Radio Station in Quincy, Massachusetts.https://www.highlyoptimized.com @therealryansprague

Stopping by to take a ride with us today is a woman who exemplifies what it means to see fear as simply false evidence appearing real. She is a world class pain management & movement specialist, having received her Bachelors in Science from the Massachusetts college of pharmacy & health sciences, is a practitioner & educator of Amino Neuro Frequency healing, which seeks to restore harmony in the body by restoring harmony in the bodies natural electrical frequencies, is the owner & founder of Mind Body with Leah, where she puts all the above mentioned modalities into practice on countless clients in order to restore challenges in physical health & restore quality of life for each client she works with & is one of my dearest friends on this planet!This episode was produced by Shlomo Bowe at the Mass Music Radio Station in Quincy, Massachusetts.https://www.highlyoptimized.com @therealryansprague

Joining in on our adventure today is a man who is no stranger to danger. He is a world reknowned MMA trainer, having competed himself for years & opened his own gym, the MMA institute, which trains amateur & pro fighters, has his fair share of incredible stories to do with his own Psychedelic journeys & is a man who is passionate about spreading awareness on the responsible, conscious use of psychedelic medicines in order to allow others to use discernment to determine if these medicines are in alignment for them & their lives as a whole!This episode was produced by Shlomo Bowe at the Mass Music Radio Station in Quincy, Massachusetts.https://www.highlyoptimized.com @therealryansprague