Psychedelic Leadership & Embodying The Medicine | Laura Dawn (2020)

Laura Dawn joins us for Season1 of Birdsong (2020).

Laura is a psychedelic advocate, author and international speaker, who has been leading transformational retreats for 10 years.

She teaches how to intentionally explore psychedelics and sacred plant medicines within a holistic framework as powerful visionary tools for growth, transformation and creative manifestation.

Laura is passionate about teaching people how to consciously microdose psychedelics within the framework of a daily morning practice, to inspire you to open your creative channel, up-level daily habits and tap into flow states so you can create with a purpose.

She grew her first online brand to 1.5M people on FB, sold it for 6-figures, wrote 2 published books, built a volcanic hot spring retreat center from scratch and built a 6-figure retreat business — all using the visionary techniques and practices she teaches.

Laura’s website: livefreelaurad.com

Laura's Instagram: @livefreelaurad

 

TIMESTAMPS:

[2:00] The polarization and division on social media and finding shared ground

[5:00] Social media trauma

[7:45] The extension of our nervous system through technology

[9:00] Co-regulation and the devolution of humanity?

[13:15] Offering gratitude to the land of Hawaii

[17:30] There is no good or bad: sami and hucha energy

[19:40] Laura's entrepreneurial upbringing

[23:30] Meltdowns and nomadic travels

[26:00] Psychedelics on the beach and building a retreat centre

[30:00] The intersection between psychedelics and creativity

[32:00] Microdosing within the framework of a morning practice

[33:45] Microdosing, flow states and leveraging the window of opportunity

[36:30] Integrating and Preparing for psychedelics and sacred medicine experiences

[39:00] Strengthen your body: it's a vessel for creation

[40:30] Cultivating emotional resilience: filling your own cup

[43:00] Becoming more aware and connecting with your underlying energy

[46:00] How to deal with haters and navigate resistance

[47:40] What does it mean to be a leader and bridge the gaps of division

[48:30] Working with ayahuasca and microdosing

[52:30] The importance of having a clear heart

[54:30] Embodying the medicine

[55:00] Shame is the toxicity of our time

[56:00] The stickyness of cultural appropriation

[58:00] How can we all #dobetter?

[1:02:00] Navigating a very broken system

[1:03:45] The warriors path and being a true leader

[1:07:00] Instead of seeking to be right, what if we could seek the right answers?

[1:08:00] Implementing higher reaching questions?

[1:09:30] Becoming experts at ourselves

[1:13:30] Seek first to understand before being understood

[1:17:00] A prayer for humanity and protecting the sacredness of earth

[1:19:00] Beyond anthropocentrism: plant medicines as teachers

[1:21:30] Navigating cultural appreciation