Liana Sananda's guest appearances

Liana Sananda

Ten Laws with East Forest

Life is a Festival

Charles Eisenstein

sara gael

Nick Mulvey

Erik Davis

Julian Treasure

Duncan Trussell

Raghu Markus

Marc Lesser

Robert Thurman

Sachin Patel

Trudy Goodman

Tim Chang

Kyle Kingsbury

Chip Conley

Cody Wiggs

OwlTail

The Psychedelic Renaissance is a profound step forward in our understanding of the mind, but there’s growing concern that important lessons and a vibrant culture may be left behind in the rush to medicalization. My guest today, Liana Sananda, has spent a lot of time considering the cultural delivery mechanism of psychedelics into society.Liana is the Development Officer of MAPS and co-founder of North Star and the Auryn Project, which just released the North Star pledge. With input from over 100 stakeholders, North Star is setting a foundation for psychedelic values for an emerging industry. The pledge is an initiative by the Auryn Project, authors of last Autumn’s “We Will Call It Pala,” a cautionary tale about the dark side of psychedelic business.On the show, we set a foundation through Liana’s own story from festivals to Occupy to the Archview Group, and MAPS. We talk about the philosophy behind North Star and the unique participatory process of becoming a signatory. We go over each of the seven invitations and how you can join this growing coalition. I also have an exciting announcement! I have been looking for a community building role in the psychedelic space and speaking regularly with Liana over the past year as I explored different organizations. I am proud to announce I’ve accepted a position leading community for Maya, a psychedelic therapy intelligence platform co-founded by my friend, David Champion. Today we are launching the Psychedelic Therapy Podcast a new show for therapists, healers and enthusiasts. If you’d like to help build it, please join us in the Psychedelic Therapy Facebook Group. The psychedelic movement is at a threshold point where it is vitally important to create an attractor coalition of value-driven leadership. However, in order to get this right we need to co-create and move at the speed of trust.LINKSNorth Star: https://northstar.guide/ethicspledgeAuryn Project: https://aurynproject.org/“We Will Call It Pala”: https://aurynproject.org/palaNorth Star Town Hall Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcOCsrToqHtyfVS8Q1GM0wEBzPe6dqINRMaya: https://www.mayahealth.com/The Psychedelic Therapy Podcast: https://www.mayahealth.com/podcastThe Psychedelic Therapy Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2876946142342178/TIMESTAMPS:12 - How Liana got involved in this work:20 - The cultural delivery mechanism of psychedelics into society:23 - Liana’s background in Occupy and the Cannabis industry :29 - Will psychedelics go the way of cannabis? :33 - “We Will Call It Pala”:36 - The process of creating the Northstar pledge:44 - MAPS and Northstar:50 - How the pledge starts a conversation:59 - 1. “Start Within”1:05 - 2. “Study the Traditions”1:09 - 3. “Create Equality and Justice”1:12 - 4. “Focus on Process”1:18 - 5. “Build Trust”1:21 - 6. “Consider the Gravity”1:26 - 7. “Pay It Forward”1:31 - How can individuals support this pledge?1:36 - How do we impact the “big boys” in psychedelic medicine?1:42 - North Star Town Hall

The Psychedelic Renaissance is a profound step forward in our understanding of the mind, but there’s growing concern that important lessons and a vibrant culture may be left behind in the rush to medicalization. My guest today, Liana Sananda, has spent a lot of time considering the cultural delivery mechanism of psychedelics into society. Liana is the Development Officer of MAPS and co-founder of North Star and the Auryn Project, which just released the North Star pledge. With input from over 100 stakeholders, North Star is setting a foundation for psychedelic values for an emerging industry. The pledge is an initiative by the Auryn Project, authors of last Autumn’s “We Will Call It Pala,” a cautionary tale about the dark side of psychedelic business. On the show, we set a foundation through Liana’s own story from festivals to Occupy to the Archview Group, and MAPS. We talk about the philosophy behind North Star and the unique participatory process of becoming a signatory. We go over each of the seven invitations and how you can join this growing coalition. I also have an exciting announcement! I have been looking for a community building role in the psychedelic space and speaking regularly with Liana over the past year as I explored different organizations. I am proud to announce I’ve accepted a position leading community for Maya, a psychedelic therapy intelligence platform co-founded by my friend, David Champion. Today we are launching the Psychedelic Therapy Podcast a new show for therapists, healers and enthusiasts. If you’d like to help build it, please join us in the Psychedelic Therapy Facebook Group. The psychedelic movement is at a threshold point where it is vitally important to create an attractor coalition of value-driven leadership. However, in order to get this right we need to co-create and move at the speed of trust. LINKS North Star: https://northstar.guide/ethicspledge Auryn Project: <a href="https://aurynproject.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://aurynproject.org/</a> “We Will Call It Pala”: <a href="https://aurynproject.org/pala" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://aurynproject.org/pala</a> North Star Town Hall Meeting: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcOCsrToqHtyfVS8Q1GM0wEBzPe6dqINR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcOCsrToqHtyfVS8Q1GM0wEBzPe6dqINR</a> Maya: <a href="https://www.mayahealth.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mayahealth.com/</a> The Psychedelic Therapy Podcast: <a href="https://www.mayahealth.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mayahealth.com/podcast</a> The Psychedelic Therapy Facebook Group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2876946142342178/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/2876946142342178/</a> TIMESTAMPS :12 - How Liana got involved in this work :20 - The cultural delivery mechanism of psychedelics into society :23 - Liana’s background in Occupy and the Cannabis industry :29 - Will psychedelics go the way of cannabis? :33 - “We Will Call It Pala” :36 - The process of creating the Northstar pledge :44 - MAPS and Northstar :50 - How the pledge starts a conversation :59 - 1. “Start Within” 1:05 - 2. “Study the Traditions” 1:09 - 3. “Create Equality and Justice” 1:12 - 4. “Focus on Process” 1:18 - 5. “Build Trust” 1:21 - 6. “Consider the Gravity” 1:26 - 7. “Pay It Forward” 1:31 - How can individuals support this pledge? 1:36 - How do we impact the “big boys” in psychedelic medicine? 1:42 - North Star Town Hall

#65 - A North Star for Psychedelic Ethics | Liana Sananda (Auryn Project)

Liana Sananda Gillooly

Liana Sananda Gillooly is a lifetime activist for social justice, drug policy reform, ending war, and the environment.  She is the Development Officer at Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). MAPS is the largest non-profit investigating the therapeutic uses of psychedelics. Currently, we are in Phase III FDA trials utilizing MDMA Therapy to treat PTSD. Results have been so promising, it earned the designation of Breakthrough Therapy from the FDA. In addition to her role at MAPS, Liana is engaged in transformational technology movement, with an interest in VR/AR therapy and emergent blockchain technologies. To highlight the connection between the psychedelic and cryptocurrency community, she instigated the formation of CryptoPsychedelic, an event series that kicked off last February in Tulum and gathers together these communities all over the globe. Before joining MAPS, Liana worked as Outreach Manager for a prominent cannabis investment and market research firm, The Arcview Group, where she helped grow the accredited investor network, advocated for legalization, and supported the work of Marijuana Policy Project. She has worked in event, festival, and film production, as well as artist representation, art curation, and art creation. She owned a visionary art gallery in Venice Beach, California, called Sananda Gallery. She has produced fundraisers, parties, and art happenings for special events and festivals, including High Times Cannabis Cups, MAPS conferences, Envision Festival, Serenity Festival, and Fractal Planet at Burning Man. She has been a featured speaker at numerous events, lobbied Congress, lectured MBA students, and given a TedX talk. She is an experienced meditator and trained death midwife. LianaSananda on Instagram MAPS.org

Liana Sananda Gillooly is a lifetime activist for social justice, drug policy reform, ending war, and the environment. She is the Development Officer at Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). MAPS is the largest non-profit investigating the therapeutic uses of psychedelics. Currently, we are in Phase III FDA trials utilizing MDMA Therapy to treat PTSD. Results have been so promising, it earned the designation of Breakthrough Therapy from the FDA. In addition to her role at MAPS, Liana is engaged in transformational technology movement, with an interest in VR/AR therapy and emergent blockchain technologies. To highlight the connection between the psychedelic and cryptocurrency community, she instigated the formation of CryptoPsychedelic, an event series that kicked off last February in Tulum and gathers together these communities all over the globe. Before joining MAPS, Liana worked as Outreach Manager for a prominent cannabis investment and market research firm, The Arcview Group, where she helped grow the accredited investor network, advocated for legalization, and supported the work of Marijuana Policy Project. She has worked in event, festival, and film production, as well as artist representation, art curation, and art creation. She owned a visionary art gallery in Venice Beach, California, called Sananda Gallery. She has produced fundraisers, parties, and art happenings for special events and festivals, including High Times Cannabis Cups, MAPS conferences, Envision Festival, Serenity Festival, and Fractal Planet at Burning Man. She has been a featured speaker at numerous events, lobbied Congress, lectured MBA students, and given a TedX talk. She is an experienced meditator and trained death midwife. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lianasananda/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LianaSananda on Instagram</a> <a href="http://maps.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MAPS.org</a>

Liana Sananda Gillooly - MAPS, Psychedelic research (#56)