In this episode Lara speaks to Michael Hebb, founder and co founder of DeathOverDinner.org, DrugsOverDinner.org and GenerationsOverDinner.com, all three projects have the common theme of gathering people around the dinner table in order to open the space to explore some difficult topics which are – perhaps not so anymore – taboo. Many thousands of dinners around the globe later and just a few weeks ago, Michael relaunched Drugs over Dinner alongside brilliant partners, advisors and friends which is now focused on gathering groups across the globe to have a compassionate conversation about the benefits and challenges of psychedelics. Michael and Lara crossed paths many years ago via their common friend Dr. Gabor Mate, Michael has an incredible track record in social activism blended with originality and fierce dedication.

After almost 700 episodes, Lara is picking up where Joanna left off with new and old voices, documenting the shift in consciousness, the psychedelic renaissance and the global rise in awareness about our interconnections with all things and Gaia.

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In this episode Lara talks with Dr Rosalind Watts talks with Lara about the challenges and the gifts in her journey as a clinical psychologist within the clinical trials in psychedelic therapy at Imperial College, the true qualities of a good therapist whether licensed or not and the 12 month community integration program she has created as a result of these experiences, which is based on 12 trees, one for each month and is informed by evidence-based psychological theories and older ways of knowing: the nature codes – the patterns of nature

Dr Rosalind Watts is a clinical psychologist and the founder of ACER Integration. Her contributions to the field of psychedelic therapy are numerous and include the development of the the ACE model ‘Accept, Connect, Embody’, which has been used in clinical trials of both psilocybin and DMT, as well as the Watts Connectedness Scale, which is a psychometric tool for measuring outcomes of psychedelic therapy. Dr Watts is the former clinical lead on the Psilocybin for Depression trial at Imperial College London, and sits on the clinical advisory board of the Usona Institute.
She is the founder of the 12 month group integration program ACER. https://acerintegration.com

After almost 700 episodes, Lara is picking up where Joanna left off with new and old voices, documenting the shift in consciousness, the psychedelic renaissance and the global rise in awareness about our interconnections with all things and Gaia.

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In this episode, Lara Tambacopoulou interviews Kylea Taylor about her concept of InnerEthics® and Right Relationship.

Kylea Taylor is a Marriage and Family Therapist, licensed in California (MFC #34901), a consultant, and author of The Ethics of Caring. Kylea does consulting and teaching related to InnerEthics® based on her successful title The Ethics of Caring. The book won a 2018 Nautilus Book Award (the year following publication) in the category, “Relationships & Communication.”

Kylea feels a personal mission to decrease client harm and increase client benefit by inspiring and educating therapists, teachers, and other care providers to take a compassionate, self-reflective approach to ethics. She shares her method InnerEthics® through consulting, training, and peer and formal supervision.

Kylea envisions a paradigm shift in therapeutic, academic, and medical cultures in which ethical self-reflection will become the norm.

After almost 700 episodes, Lara is picking up where Joanna left off with new and old voices, documenting the shift in consciousness, the psychedelic renaissance and the global rise in awareness about our interconnections with all things and Gaia.

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In this episode Lara Tambacopoulou interviews Lila Vega about the psychedelic therapy training and the multiple meanings of psychosis.

Lila Vega is a transpersonal psychologist and integrative psychotherapist, transpersonal thanatologist, somatic therapist, herbalist, curandero, activist, advocate of the mystical experience, and lover of the mystery, of psychosis, and of the gaze of panthers at night. He is the director of the non-profit AWE through which he coordinates projects with shamanic communities from Central Africa, Mexico, and the Amazon; and serves as the director of the Psychedelic Therapy Training. He has been learning to heal with power plants from his family and community since 7 years old, and has been collaborating with other indigenous communities for twenty years.

After almost 700 episodes, Lara is picking up where Joanna left off with new and old voices, documenting the shift in consciousness, the psychedelic renaissance and the global rise in awareness about our interconnections with all things and Gaia.

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In this first episode after almost two years, Lara Tambacopoulou interviews Christopher Bache about the gift of becoming aware of the porous veil of consciousness.

Christopher M. Bache, Ph.D. is professor emeritus in the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Youngstown State University where he taught for 33 years. He is also adjunct faculty at the California Institute of Integral Studies, Emeritus Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and on the Advisory Council of Grof Legacy Training. Chris’ passion has been the study of the philosophical implications of nonordinary states of consciousness, particularly psychedelic states. An award winning teacher and international speaker, Chris has written four books: Lifecycles – a study of reincarnation in light of contemporary consciousness research; Dark Night, Early Dawn – a pioneering work in psychedelic philosophy and collective consciousness; The Living Classroom, an exploration of collective fields of consciousness in teaching; and LSD and the Mind of the Universe, the story of his 20 year journey with LSD.

After almost 700 episodes, Lara is picking up where Joanna left off with new and old voices, documenting the shift in consciousness, the psychedelic renaissance and the global rise in awareness about our interconnections with all things and Gaia.

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