Culture
Microdosing at Work: How Psychedelics are Creating Better Leaders
August 9, 2024
Featuring: Tiffany Hurd
A recent report estimated that four million people in the U.S. started microdosing in the last year, with many microdosing at work to improve their leadership skills. But most people start their practice alone, which leads to the question: How much do preparation and peer support change the microdosing experience?
A recent report estimated that four million people in the U.S. started microdosing in the last year, with many microdosing at work to improve their leadership skills. But most people start their practice alone, which leads to the question: How much do preparation and peer support change the microdosing experience?
In this episode of Vital Psychedelic Conversations, David interviews Tiffany Hurd: microdosing coach, speaker, business leadership advisor, and student in our current cohort of Vital.
After 15 years in the corporate healthcare industry and several years on antidepressants, she started microdosing psilocybin and saw an immediate change in her life, tapering off antidepressants within a few months. She realized that she could blend her background in business development and strategy with microdosing, helping companies (and specifically company leadership) become more vulnerable, heart-centered, and innovative. She has found that the changes in people have (not surprisingly) led to improved employee mental health, better team relationships, and more open-mindedness and authenticity, and likely, a large reason for that is not the microdosing itself, but the increased attention to preparation and integration – two huge factors often not discussed with microdosing.
She talks about:
- Why mentorship/coaching has not been seen as an integral part of a microdosing practice, and why it should be
- Her drive to normalize the use of low-dose psychedelics, especially in our Western ‘go all in’ culture
- The benefits of pairing microdosing with other healing modalities, and how microdosing can help you embrace more of them
- Why she signed up for vital and how she feels about the course half way through
- How she deals with the illegality of substances in the corporate world
and more!
Microdosing is one of the new specialization tracks featured in our next cohort of Vital, beginning September 16. If you want to know more, send us an email or attend one of the next Vital Q+As!
Links
Microdosing as a Coaching Tool: Navigating the Path to Inner Truth, with Tiffany Hurd (A PT webinar)
Positivepsychology.com: The Philosophy of Ikigai: 3 Examples About Finding Purpose
