Rupert Radio Blake Rupert

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This is a conversation with Dr. Mitch Earleywine.
Mitch Earleywine, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Psychology trained at Columbia University, Indiana University, and the Jackson VA Medical Center. He has over 20 teaching awards, including the Teacher of the Year Award from the University of Southern California and the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from the State University of New York. He has published over 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including dozens focused on psychedelics and their impact, addressing everything from how clinicians can improve their practice to ironing out methodical concerns. Over ninety of his papers address issues related to minoritized individuals. He’s also authored edited books address drugs of abuse, substance use problems treatment, subjective effects of psychoactive substances, and humor. He’s made media appearances as an expert consultant for Netflix series “Rotten,” the History Channel documentary “Marijuana: A Chronic History,” as well as an NPR.

OUTLINE:

Here are timestamps for the episode with references mentioned

(00:00) - Conversation Highlights
(00:55) - Introduction
(03:16) – Conversation start. Taking risks as a professional
(08:37) – Introducing "Integration" and Wise Interventions - https://www.wiseinterventions.org/
(15:11) – Defining Integration - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00221678221085800?journalCode=jhpa
(21:20) – Earleywine's protocol for integration
(27:28) – Cultivating relationships as a healthy move - https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/psymed.2023.0020.
(33:46) – Lessons from Earleywine's dad
(38:08) – Supporting questions for folks who are integrating
(41:49) – Oceanic Boundlessness
(46:30) – Trim tabs and treating depression
(57:50) – Choosing identities, importance of selecting values
(1:04:49) – Earleywine's relationship to buddhism and non-duality -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Water
(1:13:53) – Are mindfulness and non-duality the same thing?
Thoughts Without a Thinker, an introduction to buddhism for a western audience, by Mark Epstein https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37082.Thoughts_Without_A_Thinker
(1:24:00) – Advice for counsellors, therapists and clinicians
(1:10:55) – Does buddhism suggest we shouldn't have desires?
(1:16:46) – Should we avoid suffering? There is no good or bad
(1:21:20) – Thoughts Without a Thinker, by Mark Epstein
Great book if you only read the introductions to buddhism intended for a western audience. Ignore the author's outdated claims about psychology, neuroscience or anything Freud related
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37082.Thoughts_Without_A_Thinker
(1:28:11) – Power of intentional reflection combined with simple steps
(1:40:43) – Introduction to 5-MeO-DMT with Aga Postawska -
https://pnc.st/s/rupert-radio/670e439e/lessons-from-a-world-class-psychedelic-facilitator-w-aga-postawska
(1:41:01) – Treating End of Life Anxiety with Psilocybin with Thomas Hartle - https://pnc.st/s/rupert-radio/f3d91148d12243c9/treating-anxiety-with-mushrooms-side-effects-include-improved-quality-of-life-w-thomas-hartle
(1:44:01) – Roland Griffiths, Psychedelic Science pioneer - https://tim.blog/2022/12/08/roland-griffiths/
(1:48:26) – Don't Wake and Bake: Morning use predicts cannabis problems -
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2016-35741-009

Have you served as a trip sitter (someone who's sat with and supported another person undergoing a psychdelic experience) and want to help Mitch with his research by participating a quick and easy zoom call, you can reach Mitch and his team at 420research@gmail.com

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This is a conversation with Adrian Oberg. Adrian is one of the first professionals to go through a Canadian Health Approved training to become a psychedelic clinical counsellor. Adrian works as a harm reduction professional and integration specialist who has been holding space for transcendent experiences for the past 6 yrs. He is the director of Victoria Association of Psychedelic Studies as well as the Celium, a volunteer based harm reduction organization.

OUTLINE:
Here are timestamps for the episode with references mentioned
(00:00) - Intro
(01:04) - Welcoming Exercise
(16:14) – The value of "check ins"
(20:16) – Training to be a legal psychedelic counsellor
https://www.therapsil.ca/
(30:00) – How to establish connection and support others
(34:10) – Client centered care
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person-centered_care
(42:40) – Adrian's history with psychedelics
(48:47) – The war on drugs and against people of color
https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000004642370/jay-z-the-war-on-drugs-is-an-epic-fail.html
(52:01) – Studying psychedelics at school
(54:00) – Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
https://mapscanada.org/
(1:01:40) – The importance of honesty
(1:04:28) – Adrian's relationship with these medicines
(1:06:50) – Potential for healing and growth
(1:10:55) – Does buddhism suggest we shouldn't have desires?
(1:16:46) – Should we avoid suffering? There is no good or bad
(1:21:20) – Thoughts Without a Thinker, by Mark Epstein
Great book if you only read the introductions to buddhism intended for a western audience. Ignore the author's outdated claims about psychology, neuroscience or anything Freud related
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37082.Thoughts_Without_A_Thinker
(1:25:13) – Surrendering to the experience in a good way, and the buddha's notion of the third path or the middle way
(1:32:33) – Do our hangups all come from childhood trauma?
Already Free, by Bruce Tift. Excellent book on finding contentment and fulfilment in all moments
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/12400671
(1:49:00) – Adrian book recommendation
Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52036.Siddhartha

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You can connect with Blake Rupert on Facebook or Twitter at @blakerupert_

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Stephanie MacKay, founder of Fianna Wilderness School - https://fianna.ca/
This conversation is an exploration of nature based mentorship! We focus on the reasons someone might want to participate in a nature school and explore take aways that can help folks learn wherever they are in life.

OUTLINE:
Here are timestamps for the episode with references mentioned.
(00:00) Highlight
(00:40) Intro
(02:00) Welcoming Exercise
(09:03) – What is Nature Connection and Wilderness School?
Wilderness Awareness School: https://www.wildernessawareness.org/
Forest Schools: https://forestschoolassociation.org/what-is-forest-school/
(16:01) – A typical day at Wilderness School
(24:56) – Mentorship
(31:05) – Public school systems connection to factories
Sir Ken Robinson Ted Talk on Education: https://youtu.be/zDZFcDGpL4U?t=13
Factory model school wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_model_school
(34:15) – Field guides, resources for learning about nature
(36:28) – Coyote Mentoring super power for learning and teaching
(46:10) – Wilderness Awareness School, Duvall Washington: https://www.wildernessawareness.org/
(47:02) – 3 Tools for mentoring: Trickster, Questioning and Didactic
(48:00) – Art of Questioning
Jon Young: https://www.jonyoung.online/
(50:11) Lasting lessons and the Google Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_effect
(55:22) – Shine Edgar Quote: https://rupert-radio.pinecast.co/episode/2e64a1b6/sound-healing-music-medicine-and-more-w-shine-edgar
(56:44) – The value of risk
(1:05:30) – Rights of passage and Initiation
(1:15:20) – Sit Spot, aka the shortcut to nature connection
(1:29:55) – Liminal spaces

Thanks for tuning in!
You can connect with Blake Rupert on Facebook or Twitter at @blakerupert_

Find out more at https://rupert-radio.pinecast.co

Show Notes
The following is a conversation with Deus Fortier. Deus is a plant medicine facilitator who leads workshops in Mexico and does other forms of transformational coaching in Vancouver, Canada. To find out more about him go to https://www.deusfortier.com/ or https://www.thesomaheart.com/

Show Notes:
(1:00) Starting a meeting with presence. Grounding, gratitude, and intention

(2:44) Example of establishing a container, a welcoming ritual

(9:51) Introducing Deus Fortier

(11:00) Long term growth. Value of preparation and integration

(13:05) Are Psychedelics for growth or healing?
Potential limitations of western science in evaluating psychedelic healings

Rak Razam on 5-MeO-DMT: https://youtu.be/0PtZ-58xZjQ

(18:40) Bufo and 5-MeO-DMT
Deus's partner Aga's episode https://pnc.st/s/rupert-radio/670e439e/lessons-from-a-world-class-psychedelic-facilitator-w-aga-postawska

(19:15) How to prepare for optimal psychedelic outcomes

Somatic Scan. https://www.mindfulnessmuse.com/mindfulness-exercises/increase-somatic-awareness-with-a-body-scan-mindfulness-exercise

Also an introduction to Somatic Work. Waking The Tiger: Healing Trauma, by Peter Levine and Ann Frederick - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/384924.Waking_the_Tiger

(27:00) Tips for solo psychedelic trips

(31:30) Devon Christie, of Numinus Wellness. Emphasis on somatic experiencing for psychedelic processes
https://numinus.ca/team/dr-devon-christie-md-ccfp

(30:09) Spotlight of attention and addressing difficult sensations
https://pnc.st/s/rupert-radio/d0244d42/psychedelic-buddhism-how-to-quit-suffering-w-andras-lenart

(32:15) Science vs Spirituality

Observational Studies: https://www.iwh.on.ca/what-researchers-mean-by/observational-vs-experimental-studies#:~:text=Observational%20studies%20are%20ones%20where,two%20types%20of%20observational%20studies.

Initiative to collect data on psychedelic therapies
https://www.quantifiedcitizen.com/

(35:44) Entourage effects. How psychedelics are both therapeutically potent as well as holistically powerful across "many dimensions of our beings simultaneously"

https://psychedelicreview.com/the-entourage-effect-in-magic-mushrooms/

(40:33) Psychedelics eliciting "Mystical Experiences" that participants rate as 1 of their top 3 life experiences, research by R. Griffiths of John Hopkins University

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/press_releases/2006/griffithspsilocybin.pdf

(43:09) What should people avoid when going into a psychedelic experience? The importance of intentions

(48:20) The basic don'ts

(50:10) Examples of great psychedelic practitioners. The benefit of letting go, having support, and acknowledging whatever is true in the present moment

(56:05) The value of having a facilitator, and group vs solo settings

(1:01:19) The size of groups, 2:1 ratio of participants to facilitators

(1:03:13) Research showing group therapy and solo therapy may have equal healing outcomes

https://societyforpsychotherapy.org/individual-vs-group-psychotherapy/

(1:07:57) Role of Music in psychedelics

You can also check out https://pnc.st/s/rupert-radio/2e64a1b6/australian-digeridu-master-and-plant-medicine-guide-shine-edgar

The range of your sensory awareness, aka the Umwelt:
https://eagleman.com/science/sensory-substitution/
And
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygRNoieAnzI

Medicine Songs, South American Icaros
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icaro

(1:16:21) Modern medicine songs for Westerners
https://www.youtube.com/user/BeautifulChorus
And
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singularity_(Jon_Hopkins_album)

(1:18:00) Deus's Mentors:
Satyen Raja: https://acceleratedevolutionacademy.com/
Chris Austen Fletcher: www.9Rings.ca
www.HalfmoonHaven.ca
www.WholeFamilyHealing.ca
Trevor Yelich: https://www.numasomatics.com/trevor-yelich
Dana Lynne Andersen: danalynneandersen.com
awakeningartsacademy.com
Paramahansa Yogananda: https://www.yogananda-srf.org/
"Authobiography of a Yogi"
Blackfoot First Nations, Blood tribe of Southern Alb

Show Notes
The following is a conversation with Shine Edgar. Shine is a renowned didjeridu master, sound healer and plant medicine guide with 30+ years of experience. He is also worked as a nurse and trained as a permaculture designer.

(3:22) Western Australia Indigenous Group, Noongar https://tinyurl.com/yhk3bmhz
(3:30) The Dreaming, how the world is sung into being. How to find your personal purpose https://tinyurl.com/2cz9fwfs
(4:45) Noongar elder and Shine's mentor, Maxine Fumagalli. Maxine was an accomplished artist, poet, healer and teacher
(7:23) Didjeridu for sound healing
(20:06) "Consciousness Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom, Entheogens, and Expanded States of Consciousness for Healing and Growth", by Francoise Bourzat and Kristina Hunter https://tinyurl.com/743n3f29
(22:40) What to look for in a psychedelic guide
(25:48) How music and sound forms our reality
(26:00) Plants responding to music https://tinyurl.com/jfsh3znz
(30:10) Music and Psychedelics, for recreation or growth?
(33:55) Safety in ceremony, the advantages of staying on a mat or bed, at night
(37:24) The importance of listening! Tips to improve your listening https://tinyurl.com/t5h547us
(41:31) Songlines or Dreaming Tracks, maps that are sung https://tinyurl.com/y48w3j67
(49:27) Self Mastery
(51:56) Tips for Self Mastery, becoming masterminds
(59:00) Instruments overview
(59:25) World Music Masters: Mamady Keïta, Master Drummer from Guinea. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakastani Sufi devotional music composer
(1:03:20) Exercises for growing musicians
(1:09:33) Being Nothing. Self acceptance and right effort. Particles vs. Waves, how things are solid or potentiality
(1:17:28) The power of making the other band members sound great, not just yourself

You can find more about Shine at:
www.shinelikethesun.ca or reach him on facebook under Shine Edgar

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Vancouver Psychedelic Meetup is pleased to bring you a talk by Blake Rupert.

Blake shares his insights at the intersection of psychedelics and Buddhism. He will explore how we might integrate practices, enhance our epistemic and ontological foundations, and deeply ground ourselves in the unyielding present. Blake will consider how this knowledge can allow us to alleviate suffering, discover our true freedom, and surf the uncertainty in our lives.

Blake is an accomplished mentor who combines a Buddhist practice with psychedelic insights and nature-based wisdom. He has a BA from Dalhousie where he doubled majored in psychology and philosophy, studying topics like consciousness and the feasibility of producing thinking machines.

Find out more at https://rupert-radio.pinecast.co