THE NEW HEALTH CLUB

IN THIS DEEPLY PERSONAL EPISODE, I SPEAK WITH LAURA LEWANDOWSKI, AI & BUSINESS INFLUENCER, FOUNDER OF THE SMART CHIEFS NEWSLETTER, TEDX SPEAKER, AND ONE OF BERLIN’S MOST INSIGHTFUL BUSINESSWOMEN.SHE RECENTLY EMBARKED ON A GUIDED MAGIC TRUFFLE JOURNEY IN THE NETHERLANDS. KNOWN AMONG HER FRIENDS AS THE “AI QUEEN,” LAURA IS A POWERHOUSE IN BUSINESS AND TECH—BUT EVEN THE SMARTEST AND MOST ACCOMPLISHED AMONG US CARRY FEARS AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDS. FOR LAURA, THE TRUFFLE JOURNEY WASN’T JUST AN ADVENTURE; IT WAS A PROCESS OF SURRENDERING CONTROL, RECONNECTING WITH HER BODY, AND FINDING CLARITY AFTER A SEVEN-YEAR RELATIONSHIP ENDED. WE EXPLORE HOW THIS EXPERIENCE HELPED HER: NAVIGATE FEARS OF CRYING, LOSING CONTROL, AND CONFRONTING PAINFUL EMOTIONS USE INNER FAMILY SYSTEMS EXERCISES TO MAP HER EMOTIONAL LANDSCAPE RECONNECT WITH INTUITION AND HER BODY, LEADING TO INSIGHTS THAT INFLUENCE HER PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE INTEGRATE THE LESSONS INTO HER DAY-TO-DAY LIFE AS A MOTHER AND ENTREPRENEUR SEE THE POWER OF LETTING GO, AND HOW PAIN CAN DISSOLVE INTO JOY KEY MOMENTS [00:05:00] LAURA SHARES HER INITIAL FEAR OF LOSING CONTROL AND HOW SURRENDER BECAME A DOORWAY TO INSIGHT [00:12:30] THE GUIDED SESSION WITH TWO PSYCHOLOGISTS: SETTING UP HER INNER FAMILY SYSTEM [00:20:00] HOW THE PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE REVEALED DISCONNECTION FROM HER FEELINGS AND OVER-RELIANCE ON HER HEAD [00:28:00] INSIGHTS INTO DECISION-MAKING, INTUITION, AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MIND AND BODY [00:35:00] PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON MOTHERHOOD, PRIORITIZING TIME WITH HER DAUGHTER, AND RESHAPING LIFE AND WORK BALANCE [00:45:00] HOW EMBRACING EMOTIONAL WAVES ALLOWS PAIN TO TRANSFORM INTO JOY WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS EPISODE THIS EPISODE ISN’T JUST ABOUT PSYCHEDELICS—IT’S ABOUT EMOTIONAL COURAGE, INTUITION, AND LIFESTYLE TRANSFORMATION. WHETHER YOU’RE CURIOUS ABOUT PLANT MEDICINE, PERSONAL GROWTH, OR INTEGRATING LIFE LESSONS INTO EVERYDAY ROUTINES, LAURA’S STORY OFFERS PRACTICAL WISDOM AND INSPIRATION. LINKS & RESOURCES LAURA LEWANDOWSKI ON LINKEDIN: HTTPS://WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/IN/LAURA-LEWANDOWSKI SMART CHIEFS NEWSLETTER: HTTPS://SMARTCHIEFS.BEEHIIV.COM/ LEARN MORE ABOUT GUIDED TRUFFLE JOURNEYS ON THE NEW HEALTH CLUB PODCAST- HTTPS://PODCASTS.APPLE.COM/US/PODCAST/DR-JULIE-HOLLAND-PSYCHEDELICS-MAKE-US-LOOK-AT-THE/ID1474605227?I=1000557560929 TAKEAWAYS LETTING GO OF CONTROL CAN UNLOCK DEEP INSIGHTS AND JOY PSYCHEDELIC JOURNEYS CAN BE A TOOL FOR PERSONAL GROWTH, EMOTIONAL INTEGRATION, AND BODY AWARENESS INTUITION IS STRENGTHENED WHEN YOU OBSERVE WITHOUT OVERTHINKING PRIORITIZING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS, LIKE FAMILY, TRANSFORMS HOW WE STRUCTURE LIFE AND WORK. THIS EPISODE WILL BE IN GERMAN, BUT SPOTIFY ALLOWS YOU NOW TO LISTEN TO IT IN ENGLISH. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Hi, today’s guest is Veronika Gold, a therapist and counselor based in San Francisco with extensive experience in psychology. Originally from the Czech Republic, she grew up under communist rule and traveled worldwide before settling in the Bay Area in 2003. She’s passionate about contemplative practices like meditation, mindfulness, and exploring consciousness. Veronica holds an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Charles University and an M.A. in Integral Counseling Psychology from CIIS. She is involved in MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy at SF Insight and Co-developed Ketamine Assisted Therapy at New Pathways and Polaris Insight Center. She’s known for her outstanding work and shares her inspiring journey from life under communism to becoming a therapist specializing in transformative trauma work. https://www.polarisinsight.com/the-team/ IG: @Thenewhealthcliub @Thenewhealthinstitue ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

DR. CHRISTOPHER TIMMERMANN IS NEUROSCIENTIST AND CO-DIRECTOR OF THE UCL CENTRE FOR CONSCIOUSNESS RESEARCH IN LONDON. HE OBTAINED A BSC IN PSYCHOLOGY IN SANTIAGO, CHILE AND AN MSC IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA IN ITALY. HE WAS ALSO LEADING ONE OF THE FIRST DMT RESEARCH GROUPS AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON. HIS EMPIRICAL AND THEORETICAL WORK FOCUSES ON THE NEUROSCIENCE, PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOLOGY, AND BELIEFS OF PSYCHEDELICS, THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CONSCIOUSNESS AND APPLICATIONS IN MENTAL HEALTH. THE WORK HE HAS LED HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN HIGH-REGARDED JOURNALS, AND HAS BEEN WIDELY COVERED BY MASS MEDIA OUTLETS. HE ALSO FOUNDED AND IS THE DIRECTOR OF AN EDUCATIONAL NON-PROFIT IN CHILE, THE ECOH FOUNDATION. HE IS THE EXPERT ON 5MEO DMT RIGHT, WHICH HAS BEEN DUBBED THE “MOUNT EVEREST OF PSYCHEDELICS,” AND FITTINGLY, TIMMERMANN WRITES, “ITS EXPERIENCES ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS “WHITEOUTS.” BUT BEYOND ITS ABILITY TO ELIMINATE THE SENSE OF SPACE AND TIME, ITS MOST INTERESTING EFFECT LIES IN THE WAY IT DISSOLVES THE SELF. THIS IS KEY. THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE SELF IS NECESSARY FOR CONSCIOUSNESS TO OCCUR HAS BEEN DEBATED BY PHILOSOPHERS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS — AND IT REMAINS UNSETTLED. BUT WITH 5MEO, SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT HAPPENS: IT RADICALLY DECONSTRUCTS ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS, SPARING ONLY AWARENESS. IG: CHRISTOPHERTIMMERMANN OUR INFO: IG: @THE.NEWHEALTHCLUB @THENEWHEALTHINSTITUTE WEBSITE: HTTPS://WWW.THENEWHEALTHINSTITUTE.ORG/ ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Hadas Alterman is an attorney who co-founded Plant Medicine Law Group, the first psychedelic industry focused law firm. She helped shape the legal psychedelic frameworks in Colorado and Oregon and the professional standards for psychedelic-assisted therapy. She is also working as a the director of legislative strategy for Stand With Us. Our topic today is how we can tolerate and accept very different world views in a conversations. In these times, this seems to be the number one talent we need to come up with human being. So how can psychedelic journeys contribute to this and have us tolerate messy conversations and understand the other camp?  Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/hadasalterman/ ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Dr. Leor Roseman, Senior Lecturer and Psychedelic Researcher at the University of Exeter, has explore this avenue. His study “Relational Processes in Ayahuasca Groups of Palestinians and Israelis” a few years ago, was fascinating.I read about it in 2021, (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8170481/) and we recorded the first podcast. To me the idea made a lot of sense. Now, with the urgency amid the current situation after October 7th, his work seems more important than ever. In his scientific work Leor examines how psychedelics can serve as peacemaking tools by altering consciousness through a biopsychosocial lens, incorporating neuroscience, psychology, anthropology, and phenom enology. With a background at the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London, under Prof. Robin Carhart-Harris and Prof. David Nutt, Leor was curious how psychedelics now can deliver a new peacemaking tool. His foundation Ripples, a non-profit dedicated to peace building supported by psychedelics, is now researching new ideas around understanding, without ignoring the actual conflict. The urgency right now is on the Israel and Palestine Conflict. But his work can be valid for other conflicted parties too.   ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.