Men Talking Mindfulness

Psychedelics #2 with veterans Jesse Gould and Juliana Mercer

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Join Jon and Will as they discuss psychedelics with Heroic Hearts Project founder, former Army Ranger Jesse Gould, and Sabe Chief Experience Officer, Marine Corps veteran Juliana Mercer.  Announcements and links:  Speaking of psychedelics! Will and I are joining former Army Ranger guest from our episode on Trust Neil Markey - at an upcoming 5 day entheogenic wellness retreat at the BEAUTIFUL Imiloa Institute in Costa Rica November 19-23. There are still spots available! We’d love to meet you there… we’ll drop the link in the comments here in a second. https://imiloainstitute.com/retreat/reflect-reset-rewire/  The next Mindfulness and Movement Experience with Movement Rx kicks off Octtober 27th. If you’re ready to improve your mental and physical wellness, join me and Will with our partners from MovemementRx for this 21 day online journey. https://movement-rx.com/mtm If you’re not sure, join me and Dr. Theresa Larsonin either one of two upcoming webinars where we will introduce you to how mindfulness and movement work together to improve overall health and wellness.  These webinars are October 14th at 11am ET or October 21 at 6pm ET. Again, you can directly register for the experience through the MTM link provided earlier OR you can sign up for one of the two webinars at Movement-rx.com or with this link https://offers.movement-rx.com/mindfulness-movement-workshop-2  https://www.heroicheartsproject.org  Juliana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianamercer  Jesse in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-gould  If you like the show, leave us a review here: Leave a review! If you really like the show, subscribe here: Subscribe now! If you'd like to watch the show, check out our YouTube Channel here (DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE!!):  Men Talking Mindfulness on YouTube If you'd like to know more about upcoming and past guests, about Jon and Will, or find resources check out our website mentalkingmindfulness.com  Time stamps:  3:45 Welcome to our guests Jesse Gould and Juliana Mercer  6:30 Will leads Opening Grounding Practice  10:00 Juliana’s story  16:00 Jesse’s story  19:00 What is Ayahuasca?  22:00 Something needs to change  23:30 What is the Heroic Hearts Project providing for Vets?  26:00 Juliana’s Experience with HHP  27:00 Building a support team  28:30 Sabe Journeys Retreats  29:30 The importance of creating a setting  33:00 Not just for Vets!  34:00 What it means to “download”  35:00 D.A.R.E. kids unite!  38:30 This is not for everyone, but for some people it is life-changing  40:00 Know if this right for you before you jump in  44:00 MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD (https://maps.org/research/mdma)  47:00 Psycobilin, Ayahuasca, MDMAetc. - not all medicine is the same  51:00 The Ceremonial Aspect  52:00 A guide or coach is a great resource  54:30 The decriminalization of drugs  1:00:00 What life enhancing properties?  1:05:00 Spirituality  1:10:00 We're great at "one-upping" but Are you “one-downing” yourself?  1:16:30 Jon leads Closing Grounding Practice  Opening and closing Music: Malecon by Soyb & Amine Maxwell https://soundcloud.com/soybmusic https://soundcloud.com/aminemaxwell Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/al-malecon Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/xbWzYbtMgIE