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Sergiy Kovalenkov, a visionary from Ukraine, who is determined to bring about positive change in his war-torn country joins us today from Wonder Land 2023. Sergiy is a firm believer in the power of psychedelics and natural materials to treat conditions such as PTSD, depression, and anxiety. In this interview, we will delve into the fascinating insights Sergiy shared during our conversation, exploring the potential impact of these modalities and the challenges he faces in implementing them.

Psychedelic Integration and a New Approach to Integrative Mental Health as High on Healthy welcomes Shari B. Kaplan, LCSW with Cannectd Wellness. Shari B. Kaplan is the founder and clinical director of Cannectd Wellness. With over 30 years of experience in NYC and Florida, Kaplan creates integrative mental health programs using trauma protocols to facilitate mind, body, and soul healing. She also develops plant extract formulations for enhancing cannabis to target specific disorders/diseases. Her line of plant medicine goes under the name::Shari B’s Potent Plant Medicine. As a leading mental health and plant formulation expert, Kaplan uses a transformative approach emphasizing the power of blending traditional therapy and medicine with innovative practices like plant medicine, ketamine therapy, trauma mind/body work, nutrition, fitness, and personal transformation. Her integrative protocols aim to empower individuals on their path to improved mental health and well-being.

We discover Rythmia and Their Plant Medicine Wellness Destination as Brandy Shapiro-Babin speaks with Dr. Jeff McNairy, Chief Medical Officer at Rythmia.Rythmia Life Advancement Center – the world’s first medically licensed plant medicine-based transformational center – is located in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, one of the five Blue Zones in the world, where people are believed to live happier, healthier lives, and a great percentage of residents live to bemore than 100 years old.  Rythmia is a luxury, all-inclusive, medically licensed program dedicated to helping guests heal past traumas and reconnect to their soul’s true nature through the time-honored wisdom of plant medicine with an innovative modern approach to deliver a highly effective pathway to lasting personal growth and change.  Rythmia has achieved a 97% guest satisfaction rate from the over 15,000 guests who have completed the Rythmia Way Program since 2016. Through the Rythmia Way program, guests work through Ayahuasca ceremonies,yoga, metaphysics cl

High on Healthy showcases ENERGYbits® and the Importance of Algae Nutrition with Catharine Arnston, the Founder/CEO and Chief Scientific Officer of ENERGYbits®ENERGYbits® is a premium brand of algae tablets sold nationwide through longevity, and biohacking clinics..Catharine has spent thirteen years speaking at over 250 conferences and podcasts sharing her research on the vast healing properties of algae -all of which are extensively and scientifically documented but virtually unknown outside of Asia. While Catharine is not a PhD, her scientific fluency allows her to explain algae’s health and longevity benefits with such simplicity and clarity, it quickly becomes obvious why algae nutrition is something we all urgently need. Algae is endorsed by the United Nations and NASA as the most nutrient dense food in the world. 

Angelique Green is the CEO of The Mighty Shed, a company that helps Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies prepare for entry into the cannabis industry. With a background in entrepreneurship and a passion for exploring the potential of plant medicines, Angelique is at the forefront of the movement to destigmatize and normalize the use of psychedelics for mental well-being.

Janet Qi is the co-founder and CEO of Pureminds NeuroPharma, a drug development company focused on treating neurological disorders using psychedelic and small molecule clinical programs. Pureminds NeuroPharma holds a Health Canada approved drug license for controlled substances, allowing them to produce, sell, import, and export psychedelic compounds.

Stephanie Wang is the founder of KA! Empathogenics, a company that specializes in creating supplements with Kanna, a natural plant known for its empathogenic properties. Kanna is a heart opener that promotes emotional availability, empathy, and social ease. It also acts as a natural antidepressant, anxiolytic, nootropic, and ergogenic, making it a versatile and beneficial supplement for overall well-being.

Caroline Sada is a representative of the Biohack Lab in Fort Lauderdale. The Biohack Lab's mission is to connect people back to their bodies and empower them to take steps towards a healthier and more authentic life. They offer non-invasive healing modalities that come from nature, focusing on mindset and the body's innate ability to heal.

High on Healthy speaks with Joe Moore, the CEO & Co-Founder at Psychedelics Today. Joe will be moderating panels on Psychedelic Retreats and Wellness Centers: Insider Strategies for Success and Expansion of Access: How to Make Psychedelics Treatments Affordable for All.Joe Moore co-founded Psychedelics Today in 2015 with Kyle Buller. As CEO, Joe has created one of the world's best known psychedelic podcasts, blogs and training platforms. Joe combines twenty years of avid research and training in psychedelics with twenty years of experience in software and multinational project management. Joe is an expert in transpersonal breathwork and much sought after international speaker on the intersecting subjects of psychedelic medicine and healing, breathwork, drug policy, medical innovation, international justice and environmentalism.

Richard Zwicky speaks with Dena Ladd. the Co-founder and Director of the Modern Health Alliance. The MHA develop and support legislative, regulatory, and other policies that encourage research, education, and product development derived from psilocybin and cannabis. This path will assist to identify benefits and treatments of new medicines in healthcare for patients with medical and mental health needs.Dena initially co-founded the Modern Health Alliance with Ross O’Brien, the Founder & Managing Partner of Bonaventure Equity, LLC and Michael Werner, Co-Founder + Policy Director who is also Healthcare and Life Sciences Partner at Holland & Knight.Recent ballots put forward in Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Colorado, and California have these states on track to permit psilocybin to be manufactured and used for medicinal purposes. Herein lies the challenge: delivering medicine is not a recreational or access issue. By bringing new medicines through the proper FDA regulatory pathway, supported by rigorous

Richard Zwicky welcomes Sara Vaughn, the VP Brand Leader of reMind, to talk about the upcoming reMind Psychedelics Business Forum in partnership with MJBizCon, returning to the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, Tuesday and Wednesday, November 28-29, 2023. Sara fills us in on what everyone can expect with an expanded, two-day agenda designed for entrepreneurs, investors, regulators, business, and licensed professionals interested in the latest developments that directly impact the growth of the Psychedelics industry.Sara recently stated “As new state-regulated markets come online in Oregon and Colorado, and as similar initiatives gain momentum in dozens of other states, the psychedelics movement is at a historic inflection point. There’s never been a better time for aspiring businesses, mental health practitioners, policymakers, and nonprofits to come together and help steer the future of this critically important industry."

High on Healthy showcases MycoMeditations and the Psychedelics Path Forward for Mental Health with their CEO Justin Townsend. With experience as an advisor to start-ups, most recently in the healthcare space, Justin brings a blend of business acumen, leadership skills and a nose for futuristic health models to the MycoMeditations team.Throughout his career Justin has worked as a business leader across a range of industries, helping innovative companies identify opportunities, communicate their vision and deliver profitable products. But he has also been on a personal quest to explore alternative healing therapies to combat his own anxiety and depression.Over the past 20 years Justin has delved into both transpersonal and Jungian depth psychology, explored psychedelic modes of healing and developed meditation and breath work techniques, which he taught in Germany.After attending a private retreat with MycoMeditations in 2017, he saw the opportunity to combine his unique business skills with his interest in alt

High on Healthy showcases WeShape and the Importance of Exercise vs. Movement with Katie Bramlett, the CEO and co-founder of WeShape. WeShape concentrates on the goal that you should strive to feel better in your body, not focusing on how to change your body. With over 20 years of experience, Katie is passionate about social change and is leading WeShape’s brand mission of bringing awareness to the toxic weight loss culture and helping people break free from needing to change how they look to feel validated and worthy. Her entire company and product is rooted in intention, movement, community, and beliefs.High on Healthy listeners can visit WeShape for a 2-week free trial .

Richard Zwicky welcomes Brad Wells, the founder of Reunion Costa Rica, a not-for-profit retreat center founded in 2019 providing transformational plant medicine journeys for healing and personal growth, is proud to welcome five additional Indigenous medicine carriers from across Central and South America as facilitators of its on-going program "The Reunion Experience: An Ayahuasca Journey."Reunion's expanded body of practitioners will provide an integral connection between ancient traditions and modern plant medicine practices for health and wellness.

Richard Zwicky welcomes Dr. Ingmar Gorman, a co-founder of Fluence, a psychedelic education company training mental health providers in psychedelic treatments. As a psychologist, he shares his expertise in empirically supported psychedelic treatments with his clients and trainees alike.He simultaneously served as site co-principal investigator on an FDA approved Phase 3 clinical trial of MDMA-assisted Psychotherapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and is currently a study therapist on the same study, as well as another FDA approved clinical trial of psilocybin for treatment resistant depression. Dr. Gorman has published on the topics of classic psychedelics, ketamine, MDMA, and Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration.

Richard Zwicky speaks with Stephen Gray, a writer, educator, podcaster, psychedelic conference organizer, speaker, and cannabis ceremony leader. Stephen is the author/editor of three books, including the popular "Cannabis and Spirituality: An Explorer’s Guide to an Ancient Plant Spirit Ally" and the forthcoming "How Psychedelics Can Help Save the World: Visionary and Indigenous Voices Speak Out."For the past 10 years Stephen has been the creative director of the iconic Spirit Plant Medicine Conference in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He shares information about their upcoming event on November 3-5, 2023.Since 2020, Stephen has also been interviewing leading influencers in psychedelics and consciousness transformation for the Stephen Gray Vision YouTube channel and related audio podcast formats.

Richard Zwicky welcomes Ruth Poniarski, a talented artist and author, who recently published her compelling memoir, "Journey of the Self-Memoir of an Artist." In this gripping account, Ruth shares her personal struggle with mental illness and how she courageously overcame life's most daunting challenges.The journey chronicled in Ruth's memoir begins when she inadvertently ingests angel dust (PCP) at a college party. This fateful event led to a series of death defying nervous breakdowns, culminating in a horrific accident that resulted in a thirty-foot fall. "I sailed between two worlds," says Ruth, "between the 'one' that I knew and the place that I feared."Throughout her memoir, Ruth candidly discusses her battle with anxiety, depression, and mania, leading to severe insomnia. She poignantly describes her journey to find the right treatment and diagnosis, and how she emerged stronger and more resilient than ever before. "Never abandon hope in the waking hours of af

Richard Zwicky discusses using AI for Optimizing Mycology Cultivation with Nic Levy, Director Research Development at Shroomy Psychedelic Labs. Nic recently announced on his LinkedIn page: "Excited to share a groundbreaking milestone in AI, healthcare, and consciousness expansion! As the Project Lead behind the successful TGA application for MDMA and psilocybin rescheduling, I'm thrilled to announce our next chapter. We've fed mushrooms to ChatGPT during a ceremony to pave the way for a harmonious future where humanity, technology, and nature unite in love.

Richard Zwicky welcomes with Charles Lazarus, the Head of Cultivation at Rose Hill Jamaica / Patoo. They discuss the Rose Hill Apothecary and Psilocybin Mushroom Cultivation in Jamaica. Charles, a Jamaican native and the visionary founder of Rose Hill Apothecary, has dedicated his entire adult life to farming and exporting agricultural goods, amassing vast knowledge and expertise in the process. In 2015, he boldly ventured into the uncharted territory of psilocybin mushroom cultivation, which led to commercial sales in 2018. Boasting over 16 years of experience in genetic development, cultivation, extraction, and logistics in the domain of agriculture, his unmatched expertise sets him apart as a true master of his craft. Under Charles’ leadership, Rose Hill Apothecary achieved an unprecedented milestone as the first entity to legally export psilocybin mushrooms on the planet, cementing his position as a trailblazer in the industry.

High on Healthy catches up with Charles Patti, Chief Brand Officer at MY Self Wellness about their Nonprofit Organization Warriors of Consciousness, Helping Those Who Cannot Afford Psychedelic Ketamine Therapy Treatments. MY Self Wellness, a cutting-edge ketamine clinic and pioneer in the psychedelics space, is launching its nonprofit organization Warriors of Consciousness, with the mission to help those who cannot afford psychedelic ketamine therapy treatments. The organization aims to assist those struggling with anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and other mental health conditions.