Gregory Roufa's guest appearances

Gregory Roufa

End-of-Life University

The Entrepreneur Ethos

The Psychedelic Invest Podcast

OwlTail

Lama Karma

Learn how virtual reality technology can be utilized in a powerful way to ease distress and find meaning for people facing life-limiting illness.  My two guests, Gregory Roufa and Lama Karma, both work for Anuma, a company specializing in developing sacred experiences in virtual reality. Gregory is the co-founder and CEO at Anuma and Karma is an experience designer. They discuss the work Anuma is doing to create VR experiences that can benefit patients facing serious illness, particularly at the end of life, without the use of drugs. Learn more at the website: www.anuma.com Watch on YouTube Listen here: This episode includes:  What is Virtual Reality What equipment is used for a VR experience The inspiration behind Anuma What is a “self-transcendent” experience How to use VR in a beneficial rather than a harmful way What to expect from the Clear Light Program Why a transcendent experience can be helpful for anxiety at the end of life Results seen so far from Anuma’s studies How to work with Anuma as a facilitator on pilot projects or as a capital partner How Virtual Reality has similar effects to a medium dose of psychedelic medication (and is legal and available now)  Links mentioned in this episode:  Previous interview on psychedelics at the end of life Nature Article on group VR experiences Contact Gregory at: greg@anuma.com  Leave me a message by email: kwyattmd@comcast.net, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram Support your local bookstore by buying my books on Bookshop and Indiebound: 7 Lessons for Living from the Dying and The Journey from Ego to Soul Subscribe to this podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Stitcher Radio Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past here Join the team at Patreon.com/eolu and receive free gifts like the “Mind if we talk about death?” mini-poster or Love Your Life sticker or coffee mug. PLUS get our regular bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, occasional movie reviews from 2 Doctors and a Movie, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously! Buy me a coffee Donate on Paypal  If you enjoy this content please share it with others and consider leaving a review on iTunes. Thanks again to all supporters on my page at Patreon.com/eolu, especially my newest patron Jean Oswald and also to Madeleine for buying me a coffee! Your contributions make all the difference.

Learn how virtual reality technology can be utilized in a powerful way to ease distress and find meaning for people facing life-limiting illness. My two guests, Gregory Roufa and Lama Karma, both work for Anuma, a company specializing in developing sacred experiences in virtual reality. Gregory is the co-founder and CEO at Anuma and Karma is an experience designer. They discuss the work Anuma is doing to create VR experiences that can benefit patients facing serious illness, particularly at the end of life, without the use of drugs. Learn more at the website: <a href="https://www.anuma.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.anuma.com</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/voXoq8ATXD4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch on YouTube</a> <a href="https://eolupodcast.com/2023/02/01/ep-389-virtual-reality-as-a-tool-for-end-of-life-anxiety-and-pain-with-gregory-roufa-and-lama-karma" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Listen here:</a> <h3>This episode includes:</h3> <ul> <li>What is Virtual Reality</li> <li>What equipment is used for a VR experience</li> <li>The inspiration behind Anuma</li> <li>What is a “self-transcendent” experience</li> <li>How to use VR in a beneficial rather than a harmful way</li> <li>What to expect from the Clear Light Program</li> <li>Why a transcendent experience can be helpful for anxiety at the end of life</li> <li>Results seen so far from Anuma’s studies</li> <li>How to work with Anuma as a facilitator on pilot projects or as a capital partner</li> <li>How Virtual Reality has similar effects to a medium dose of psychedelic medication (and is legal and available now)</li> </ul> <h3>Links mentioned in this episode:</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://eolupodcast.com/2020/11/16/ep-273-the-benefits-of-psychedelics-for-end-of-life-patients-with-ira-byock-md/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Previous interview on psychedelics at the end of life</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-12637-z.epdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nature Article on group VR experiences</a></li> <li>Contact Gregory at: greg@anuma.com </li> <li>Leave me a message by email: kwyattmd@comcast.net, <a href="https://twitter.com/spiritualmd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/eoluniversity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kwyattmd/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li> <li>Support your local bookstore by buying my books on <a href="https://bookshop.org/lists/books-by-karen-wyatt-md" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bookshop</a> and Indiebound: <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781786783110" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">7 Lessons for Living from the Dying</a> and <a href="https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780982685563" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Journey from Ego to Soul</a></li> <li>Subscribe to this podcast on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/end-of-life-university/id1033282990" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9lb2x1cG9kY2FzdC5jb20vY2F0ZWdvcnkvZW9scG9kY2FzdC9mZWVkLw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7bdr4odBlaaDy8NoJhcFsL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-end-of-life-university-31099550/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iHeart Radio</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/karen-wyatt/endoflife-university" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher Radio</a></li> <li>Check out the Series I’ve recorded in the past <a href="https://eolupodcast.com/series/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a></li> <li>Join the team at <a href="http://patreon.com/eolu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon.com/eolu</a> and receive free gifts like the “Mind if we talk about death?” mini-poster or Love Your Life sticker or coffee mug. PLUS get our regular bonuses: the monthly EOL News Update, occasional movie reviews from 2 Doctors and a Movie, and automatic access to A Year of Reading Dangerously!</li> <li><a href="http://buymeacoffee.com/eolu" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Buy me a coffee</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=WBYB7ECYB72Y8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Donate on Paypal</a></li> </ul> If you enjoy this content please share it with others and consider <a href="https://eolupodcast.com/reviews/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">leaving a review on iTunes</a>. Thanks again to all supporters on my page at <a href="http://patreon.com/eolu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon.com/eolu</a>, especially my newest patron Jean Oswald and also to Madeleine for buying me a coffee! Your contributions make all the difference.

Ep. 389  Virtual Reality as a Tool for End-of-Life Anxiety and Pain with Gregory Roufa and Lama Karma

Today on the podcast, I talk with Gregory Roufa, founder and CEO of Sodalis, a company that is transforming the way we interact with each other. Gregory started off in the mortgage brokerage business where he learned how to work with others to get stuff done. Gregory then went on to form Corrigo, a platform to help manage facilities with wireless work orders back in 1999.His time at Corrigo was a wild ride. At one point, it went from 200 people down to 16 in a single day. That taught him a lot about how to manage a business during a downturn but also the toll that stress and strain can take on you.One of Gregory’s proudest technical achievements was keeping Corrigo’s cloud service up and running during the early 2000’s -- which was the very beginning of cloud computing. To put that in perspective, Amazon Web Services did not even exist back then.Gregory also learned during those 20 years of ups and downs to take things one step at a time, prioritize, and to find good people. His team was what really made it all work. Without a good team that’s aligned to the goals, works well together, and can trust each other, Corrigo would have folded a long time ago.Gregory’s new venture, Sodalis, is totally different from real estate management. Sodalis is focused on helping people heal through deep connections with others through VR. It’s a fascinating idea whose time has come and if you’re interested in how to have transformative experiences without using drugs, this is one to listen to.Now let’s get better togetherActions to Try or Advice to Take You can be too early to a market -- especially when the industry is a laggard like real estate management. Switching to a recurring revenue model is what saved Corrigo in the early days. Being able to have customers pay for the service allows you to do continuous development. Team communications are essential. A shared background can help speed this up since the communications can be short and clear. Customization vs Configuration:  It’s better to configure instead of doing a lot of customization.  Selling into the Expense side is the lowest rung of the corporate hierarchy. It’s always better to sell into the revenue side since they (Sales, HR, Finance) always want to make more revenue or be more productive. You need an easy Return on Investment (ROI) story and it has to relate to generating revenue.Links to Explore Further Greg’s Company Sodalis Inc. Ring Central  Corrigo -- the world's most powerful facilities management platform Greg on LinkedIn  Founders NetworkKeep In TouchBook or Blog or Twitter or LinkedIn or JSYPR  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today on the podcast, I talk with Gregory Roufa, founder and CEO of Sodalis, a company that is transforming the way we interact with each other. Gregory started off in the mortgage brokerage business where he learned how to work with others to get stuff done. Gregory then went on to form Corrigo, a platform to help manage facilities with wireless work orders back in 1999.His time at Corrigo was a wild ride. At one point, it went from 200 people down to 16 in a single day. That taught him a lot about how to manage a business during a downturn but also the toll that stress and strain can take on you.One of Gregory’s proudest technical achievements was keeping Corrigo’s cloud service up and running during the early 2000’s -- which was the very beginning of cloud computing. To put that in perspective, Amazon Web Services did not even exist back then.Gregory also learned during those 20 years of ups and downs to take things one step at a time, prioritize, and to find good people. His team was what really made it all work. Without a good team that’s aligned to the goals, works well together, and can trust each other, Corrigo would have folded a long time ago.Gregory’s new venture, Sodalis, is totally different from real estate management. Sodalis is focused on helping people heal through deep connections with others through VR. It’s a fascinating idea whose time has come and if you’re interested in how to have transformative experiences without using drugs, this is one to listen to.Now let’s get better togetherActions to Try or Advice to Take<ul> <li>You can be too early to a market -- especially when the industry is a laggard like real estate management.</li> <li>Switching to a recurring revenue model is what saved Corrigo in the early days. Being able to have customers pay for the service allows you to do continuous development.</li> <li>Team communications are essential. A shared background can help speed this up since the communications can be short and clear.</li> <li>Customization vs Configuration:  It’s better to configure instead of doing a lot of customization. </li> <li>Selling into the Expense side is the lowest rung of the corporate hierarchy. It’s always better to sell into the revenue side since they (Sales, HR, Finance) always want to make more revenue or be more productive.</li> <li>You need an easy Return on Investment (ROI) story and it has to relate to generating revenue.</li></ul>Links to Explore Further<ul> <li>Greg’s Company Sodalis Inc.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ringcentral.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ring Central</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.corrigo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Corrigo</a> -- the world's most powerful facilities management platform</li> <li>Greg on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregoryroufa/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> </li> <li><a href="https://foundersnetwork.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founders Network</a></li></ul>Keep In Touch<a href="https://www.amazon.com/ENTREPRENEUR-ETHOS-Inclusive-Resilient-Entrepreneur/dp/1634925505/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Book</a> or <a href="https://thedailymba.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blog</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/thedailymba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jariebolander/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> or <a href="https://jsypr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JSYPR</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>