Join Laura Dawn in an illuminating conversation with renowned mythologist Michael Meade as they explore the profound journey of awakening your inner genius. In this pivotal Kairos moment, we find ourselves in a collective rite of passage—where crisis holds the potential for transformation, and mythic wisdom offers a guiding light. Discover how ancient stories provide practical guidance for navigating uncertainty, how embracing both light and dark can reveal hidden strengths, and how to align wit...
Jan 23, 2025•1 hr 51 min•Season 4Ep. 74
In this episode of the Dear Humanity podcast, Laura Dawn sits down with artist, author, and ritualist Day Schildkret to explore the profound power of thresholds—those liminal spaces where endings meet beginnings—and how we can navigate them with courage, creativity, and grace. Together, they discuss how learning the language of transitions can orient us in times of uncertainty, how rituals help us mark moments of change with meaning and purpose, and why beauty and wonder are essential companions...
Jan 04, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Season 4Ep. 73
Dr. Chris Johnstone , medical doctor, resilience expert, and long-time collaborator of Joanna Macy, joins Laura Dawn to explore The Work That Reconnects and the power of Active Hope in navigating today’s crises. Drawing on decades of teaching alongside Macy, Chris shares how we can move through grief and despair into renewed purpose by engaging with the spiral of The Work That Reconnects : starting with gratitude, honoring our pain for the world, seeing with new eyes, and going forth with inspir...
Dec 22, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Season 4Ep. 72
In this insightful episode of " Dear Humanity" , Laura Dawn sits down with renowned author, elder and teacher Margaret Wheatley to explore the Hopi prophecy and its timeless wisdom for navigating the challenges of our era. Margaret shares the story of how the prophecy came into her life and its profound instructions for facing global collapse with clarity, compassion, and courage. They discuss the importance of letting go of the shore, finding strength in community, and approaching life with a s...
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 71
In this bonus episode, I introduce Transilience , a 7-month training program designed for coaches, therapists, and guides who want to master the art of psychedelic integration and transformation. 🔗 Learn more and apply at: Lauradawn.co/transilience 📩 Questions? Email [email protected]
Nov 29, 2024•17 min•Season 4Ep. 70
Welcome to Dear Humanity, a podcast born from the heart of a transformative era. In this trailer, host Laura Dawn introduces the vision behind the show—a powerful invitation to explore what it means to be fully human during this time of profound change. We are living through the ending of an era, a time that many elders call the Great Turning. As the old ways dissolve, we find ourselves in the midst of a collective Rite of Passage—a Great Restructuring that is reconfiguring every aspect of our l...
Nov 25, 2024•4 min
In this final episode of the Psychedelic Leadership Podcast, Laura Dawn shares her reflections on the current state of psychedelic censorship and its impact on the community. With transparency and insight, she explores how this “censorship era” has influenced her own decision-making as a psychedelic entrepreneur and what it means for the future of the movement. Resources Access Resources & Full Transcript Here: Access Laura’s resource for checking the status of banned words and hashtags: www...
Nov 25, 2024•52 min•Season 3Ep. 70
This is the final interview I'll be publishing under "the Psychedelic Leadership Podcast" featuring an in-depth conversation about psychedelic integration with Author of Psychedelic Integration: Psychotherapy for Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness, Marc Aixala. Learn more about Marc Aixala and access the full transcript here . I'm launching a new email series called TRANSILIENCE, a sunday newsletter offering timeless, actionable insights to enhance your freedom, flow, flourishing, and fulfillm...
Mar 09, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Season 3Ep. 69
JOIN TRANSILIENCE & Become a Skilled Psychedelic Coach. Starts September 13th. Apply Now. Transilience is A 6 Month Facilitator Training to Learn how to support yourself and others on the path of psychedelic integration to fuel personal transformation. Apply Psychedelic Neuroscience to Optimize Integration & Personal Development with Manesh Girn - 68 How can we learn to leverage our understanding of psychedelic neuroscience to optimize integration so that we can more effectively support ...
Sep 03, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 68
ENROLLMENT OPEN FOR TRANSILIENCE: STARTING SEPTEMBER 13th. Join me for TRANSILIENCE: a 6-month training program for psychedelic coaches, integration guides and microdosing mentors who want to learn how to support others on the path of psychedelic transformation. The Wisdom of Darkness We live in a culture that holds the “Light” as superior to the Dark. In spiritual and medicine communities there’s a strong underlying narrative to move towards “enlightenment” but what is the impact it’s having on...
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 43 min•Season 3Ep. 67
ENROLLMENT OPEN FOR TRANSILIENCE: STARTING SEPTEMBER 13th. Join me for TRANSILIENCE a 6-month training program for psychedelic coaches, integration guides and microdosing mentors who want to learn how to support others on the path of psychedelic transformation. In today's episode, I share the 7 core pillars of how I weave psychedelics into my creative process as a content creator, entrepreneur, and thought-leader. This episode is the follow up to episode #62 from Ideation to Implementation Psych...
Aug 17, 2023•1 hr 47 min•Season 3Ep. 66
ENROLLMENT OPEN FOR TRANSILIENCE A 6-Month Facilitator Training Program for Psychedelic Coaches, Integration Guides & Microdosing Mentors. >>> Click here to learn more. Music Credit: Aisha Badru PLEASE NOTE: I am recording outside in the Costa Rican Jungle. Please excuse the static background noise.
Aug 04, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 65
The primary narrative paving the pathway for the emergence and acceptance of psychedelic compounds into Western society is the narrative surrounding Psychedelic Therapy; psychedelics as a clinical treatment for mental illness. But what are the implications of viewing psychedelics through this lens? Laura Dawn speaks with Alexander Beiner about The Bigger Picture and not only the impact that lens has on our personal experience but on the culture at large. Alexander Beiner is a journalist and auth...
Jul 28, 2023•1 hr 39 min•Season 3Ep. 64
Over the course of 20 years, Chris Basche, PhD embarked on 73 high-dose LSD journeys where he experienced dimensions of reality beyond space and time. Chris received visions about the evolutionary trajectory of humanity and transcribed this wealth of teachings in his book "LSD and the mind of the Universe: Diamonds from Heaven" In this episode, Laura Dawn talks with Chris about the future of humanity and this pivotal time in human history. Chris Basche was a professor of Philosophy and Religious...
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 57 min•Season 3Ep. 63
The World Economic Forum named creativity the most important skill set for leaders of our time. In this episode, weaving science with ceremony, Laura Dawn explores the broader question: Can psychedelics enhance our creative process? There are many different definitions of creativity. In the broadest sense, we could say that creativity is the process of translating our ideas and inner visions into tangible reality. Do you pay attention to how that process unfolds in your professional life? Could ...
May 25, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 3Ep. 62
Welcome to Season 3 of the Psychedelic Leadership Podcast! As we enter this new era of artificial intelligence, we are being called to level up, and upgrade our human cognition, step into the full expression of our innate intelligence, unlock a deeper sense of wisdom, and leverage the aspects that make us uniquely human. We can do this by expanding our capacity to vision, to perceive possibility, imagine and dream the impossible, and then make those visions a reality. And I believe that my work ...
May 01, 2023•14 min•Season 3Ep. 61
Visit www.lauradawn.co/60 for full transcript and all resources mentioned throughout this episode. Claudia Cuentas is a Peruvian marriage and family therapist, specializing in the treatment of healing trauma, trauma recovery, cultural identity, and decolonization of healing. In this episode, we explore the concepts of right relationship, sacred reciprocity and AYNI, a Quechua word that points to an embodied understanding of our symbiotic relationship with all of life, and how to meet life with b...
Oct 13, 2022•1 hr 53 min•Season 2Ep. 60
Join the next cohort of Your Message Is Your Medicine starting October 26th with Laura Dawn. >>> Click here to learn more about Your Message Is Your Message <<< This is an 8-week intensive mastermind for medicine women entrepreneurs who feel the call to contribute their voice and their offerings to the psychedelic movement. Are you ready to: Align with your authentic voice Define and refine your core message Carve out your niche Start crafting your unique offering Cultivate you...
Oct 07, 2022•7 min
If you have questions about microdosing for depression or how to approach psychedelic experiences while on SSRIs, this episode is for you. My guest today is Dr. Erica Zelfand is a licensed family doctor trained in both conventional & natural medicine and takes a holistic approach to treating mental illness, recognizing psychedelic medicines as one tool among many to help support mental wellbeing. In this episode, we cover: What the research says: The science of psychedelics and how they help...
Sep 20, 2022•1 hr 47 min•Season 2Ep. 59
Weaving Astrology & Medicine Work: Can the position and the movement of planets that are so far away play a significant role in the patterns that emerge and manifest in our lives? Patterns related to relationships, or what's unfolding in our careers, or patterns related to home and where we live? So many of us come to ceremony and show up at the altar to pray for healing and to lean into what we want to manifest in our lives. And if astrology points to destiny and karma, where does free will...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 58
What is the secret for creating lasting change and becoming who we really want to be? How do we unlock our potential for more fulfillment, massive productivity, and life-altering insights? In this episode, we explore the leading research in neuroscience, flow state, and habit formation, and how psychedelic practices assist in unlocking a world of exploration and creativity for our generation of visionary leaders. Learn how to work with your neurobiology to create more positive habits in your lif...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 56 min•Season 2Ep. 57
Imagine a world where generosity and giving to others is more valued than accumulating wealth and profit. Imagine a world where all life, and all of nature’s elements, including the water we drink and the air we breathe is equally valued. This is not only a deeply held prayer and a vision for the future, it is how indigenous cultures have lived in balance with the earth since the dawn of time, guided by Original Principles. According to Indigenous Otemi-Toltec Elder, Mindahi Bastisa, A world gui...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 56
In this quick bonus episode, I share some personal updates and news.
Jun 13, 2022•7 min
From being kidnapped in Mexico for his human rights work, to advising the largest organizations across the world and allying with the Union of Indigenous Yagé Medics of the Colombian Amazon and advocating for indigenous movements, Ricardo Vitale has had an extraordinary path. As a self-defined 'liberation anthropologist', based in Colombia. He earned a PhD from Cambridge University with a thesis about the Zapatista movement in Chiapas, Mexico. His expertise covers human rights, anthropology in a...
Jun 06, 2022•1 hr 50 min•Season 2Ep. 55
As the world comes to embrace the healing potential of sacred medicines, how do we ensure the original stewards of these medicines are uplifted, honored, and supported in this search for our collective healing? If we envision a future where indigenous peoples, their medicines, & traditional knowledge are honored, respected, and supported to thrive for generations to come then what specific actions can we take to do no harm, to truly be in right-relationship with these cultures? On today’s ep...
May 26, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 54
Creativity and specifically creative thinking is being called the most important skillset to cultivate for leaders of our time. When I first started coming across statements like this, I started asking myself, what exactly is creative thinking, how do we define it and how do we learn to cultivate it? And does research show that psychedelics can help us to think more creatively? It turns out that there’s very little research that has been done exploring psychedelics and creativity. There have bee...
May 20, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 53
How do we as leaders cultivate a deeply caring, resilient, just/equitable, and loving community? Perhaps the answer lies in “sacred activism”. I brought on sacred activist, Hanifa Nayo Washington who has been working at the forefront of mindfulness, place-making, and social justice to cultivate organizations, gatherings, spaces, and experiences rooted in the values of beloved community. As the Co-founder and Organizing Principle of One Village Healing, an online BIPOC centered healing, resilienc...
May 12, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 52
How do we as leaders manage the overwhelming stress, anxiety, and burnout that is commonly associated with performing at a high level, starting and running organizations, and doing the deep spiritual work that is required of us? Breathwork is one of the most powerful ways we can take control of our own state and set ourselves up for success. On today’s episode I sit down with Robbie Bent, the Co-Founder of Othership. Othership is an on-demand Breathwork platform that helps you manage the daily u...
May 04, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 51
How can we learn to effectively navigate our thoughts, emotions, and the difficult circumstances that we encounter in life so we can take action that is in alignment with what we value and what we care about? Combining ancient mindfulness practices and philosophies, and the most modern psychological research, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) provides a model for growth, wellness, and deeper understanding of ourselves and the world around us. My guest today Dr. Rosalind Watts is a clinical...
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 50
From the depths of opioid dependency, incarceration, and a near-death experience at the hands of an unsafe and unregulated ibogaine provider, Juliana Mulligan is a testament to how even during the most challenging, darkest of times, we can find a pinhole of light that leads to our purpose. Juliana shares her amazing yet harrowing journey through recovery, into healing, and how she found her calling to help others in their path to healing with plant medicine. She has become an expert in Ibogaine ...
Apr 14, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 49
