Benefits and Risks of Psychedelic Use for Professional Growth with Jodie NewDelman, PsyD

In this episode, Jodie NewDelman, PsyD joins to discuss the benefits and risks of leveraging psychedelics for professional growth. For over three decades, Dr. NewDelman has been an executive consultant, health system advisor, licensed psychologist, and clinical supervisor. She is also trained and certificated in psychedelic medicine and has been working with growth-oriented professionals developing greater alignment between their leadership roles at work and their personal lives.

In this conversation, Dr. NewDelman discusses the typical struggles people experience in their professional lives and where psychedelic experiences may provide insight and empowerment to become more aligned with one's work. She unpacks the psychological experience of being "stuck," something that psychedelics may specifically help overcome. 

Beyond individualistic approaches to professional growth, Dr. NewDelman also discusses the importance of humanizing the workforce and how conscious leadership is crucial to achieve this goal. In closing, Dr. NewDelman warns against the danger of trying to implement radical changes after a psychedelic experience without sufficient integration, emphasizing the importance of a holistic approach to this work. 

In this episode, you'll hear:

• Navigating feelings of imposter syndrome and experiences of marginalization
• The importance of work life balance and how to psychedelic experiences can empower reflection on this topic
• Why clear intention is crucial for leveraging psychedelic experiences for professional growth
• The danger of spiritual bypassing after profound psychedelic experiences

Quotes:

"No matter who you are, you're going to have your own set of intentions. The intentions will be bespoke. And maybe you don't know the first or second time what you want to work on when you go into it—an experiential medicine session. But eventually we can narrow those themes down to what it is that we really need insight on." [22:01]

"if you need to focus on some nitty gritty, annoying detail [at work], no matter how transcendent your perspective is in your psychedelic medicine session, you still have to do the thing at work. You still have to make the practical changes. So we need to kind of stay tethered to reality in that way." [38:58]

"Our tendency is to avoid pain, right? We want to go away from the obstacles. And if psychedelics teach us nothing else, it's that we need to go through the storm. We need to turn toward the issue." [40:25]

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Email: jodie@essensuate.com