The Disconnect: Impact of Men’s Emotional Disconnection on Life and Leadership Skills

Societal pressures to suppress emotions have led to a culture that discourages men from expressing their feelings. From an early age, boys in particular, are conditioned by societal (but also parental) expectations to repress their emotions. The qualities of strength, stoicism, and emotional detachment are often favored, creating an environment that discourages genuine emotional expression. […]

The wounded leader: how trauma impacts leadership and why psychedelics can help

It’s difficult to imagine that one of the richest leaders in the world, whose current worth sits at a humble $3.4 billion, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. Now 71, Bob Parsons paradoxically credits his extraordinary success to his symptoms of PTSD: “The crazy part is, probably one of the reasons why I was so successful, is because […]

Want to Change Your Mind? Here’s what the Netflix documentary didn’t tell you about psychedelic-assisted transformation

Four years after publishing How To Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence, the celebrated writer Michael Pollan continues the psychedelic pollination with a Netflix adaptation of his seminal book. The new series is a tour de force of the complex history and applications of […]

When leaders are the protocol: the alchemy of personalised care

The revival of psychedelic research over the last few decades has brought about a whole new understanding of their potential as novel treatments in mental health. Protocols emerging in clinical trials around the world are aiming to find the perfect recipe for psychedelic-assisted therapy (without much consensus). Research protocols are indispensable–not just for a tangible […]

Finding your inner gold: the art and science of psychedelic-assisted transformation

What the ancient practice of alchemy teaches us about psychedelic-assisted therapies Before the birth of modern chemistry, humans across continents and millennia were experimenting with a mysterious emerging science. From China to India, Egypt, and Europe, alchemists were aiming to discover a series of operations that could transmute base metals like lead into noble metals, […]

What is your legacy? How psychedelic-assisted transformation can lead to business breakthroughs

What do the double helix, the PCR test, and Apple’s Macbook have in common? What may sound like the beginning of a joke holds a punchline that is just as surprising. Apart from being some of the world’s most pivotal inventions in technology, art, and culture, all three examples share a similar recipe: a visionary […]

When leaders get higher: unlocking your purpose with psychedelic-assisted therapy

Towards the final years of his life, Abraham Maslow was having an epiphany. After years of shaping the emerging field of humanistic psychology, Maslow was reaching a new pinnacle of understanding human potential. His recent brush with death facilitated the peak experience his theory had been missing all along: he realised that self-actualisation wasn’t merely […]