#370 Paul Austin: Can Psychedelics Unlock Performance—Without Losing the Plot?
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Who is Paul Austin and what led him to Third Wave?
But first thing first, Paul, can you tell us a bit about yourself? What have you done in the past? And how has those experiences shaped who you are and what you do today?
The story starts when I'm 16 years old and I grew up in a pretty traditional Midwest family in the United States, just outside of a city called Grand Rapids. And the Christian church was very central to my upbringing. And so every Sunday we would be at church, we would go to church. I was raised in a very sheltered environment. But by the age of 15 or 16, I started to have some of those rebellious tendencies that many teenagers have. And I had a friend at the time who introduced me to cannabis. marijuana. And I experimented a little bit with cannabis at the age of 16. And soon after I experimented, my parents found out that I had been smoking cannabis. And of course, they did not like this at all because it was an illegal drug, because they had been raised in the 70s when the war on drugs and a lot of the propaganda around drugs was very prevalent. And so they sat me down one Sunday after church. And my dad looked at me and said, I haven't been this disappointed since my brother passed away in a car accident 30 years prior to this experience.
And so that obviously was so hard and difficult to hear. And it just showed how impactful this experience was to my parents. And so after that point in time, I knew that I couldn't necessarily be super open with my parents like so many teenagers about what I was up to and where I was going. Now, fast forward a few years later, and that same friend who introduced me to cannabis then introduced me to psychedelics, which is going to be the main topic that we talk about today. And those early psychedelic experiences that I had at the age of 19 and 20 were very impactful. They helped me to recognize how much shame and guilt I had been conditioned into in my religious upbringing.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Who is Paul Austin and what led him to Third Wave?
4:43–8:53
2
What are psychedelics and how have they been used historically?
8:53–13:46
3
What are the benefits and risks of responsible psychedelic use?
13:46–19:15
4
How can psychedelics enhance leadership, creativity, and decision-making?
19:15–23:07
5
What is microdosing and how does it differ from higher-dose psychedelic experiences?
23:07–31:26
6
How can psychedelics help people who feel stuck or burnt out?
31:26
7
What safety precautions and preparation are essential for psychedelic use?
15:32–40:12
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