Daniel Cleland Podcast #5 | Solocast Pt 1: Before Ayahuasca Dennis McKenna

<p>It’s easy to notice if you’re playing small. Maybe you feel inadequate, like you’re not contributing to the world at large, or maybe you’re just getting sick of living a comfortable life. Maybe you need adventure. Sometimes it takes half a lifetime to integrate these feelings into your experience. It did for me. Throughout our journeys, we almost always have a sense that something greater is calling. That calling led me to become an expat. This solocast dives deep into the origin of my journey to becoming an expat entrepreneur and outlines in detail the heavy amount of risk taking that came along the way. Welcome to part one of my story: before ayahuasca integration.</p> <p> </p> <p>Dan discusses the healing benefits of ayahuasca & plant medicine & his entrepreneurial journey in the plant medicine industry. He talks with top minds like Aubrey Marcus, Dorian Yates, Dennis McKenna, & Patrick Bet-David. </p> <p> </p> <p>“No one can have your psychedelic experience for you; you just have to screw your courage up & raise the cup to your lips & face what's in there.” - Dennis McKenna on psychedelics & plant medicine</p> <p> </p> <p>“Ayahuasca is a symbiotic ally of the human species.” - Dennis McKenna on ayahuasca & plant medicine</p> <p> </p> <p>“Ayahuasca is changing global environmental consciousness.” - Dennis McKenna on ayahuasca & plant medicine</p> <p> </p> <p>“Life itself is a drug experience.” - Dennis McKenna on psychedelics & plant medicine</p> <p> </p> <p>“Psychedelics are not suppressed because they are dangerous to users; they’re suppressed because they provoke unconventional thought.” - Dennis McKenna on psychedelics & plant medicine</p> <p> </p> <p>“We never feel completely ready for life’s big decisions; but in taking the leap, we push ourselves to the next level.” - Patrick Bet-David on entrepreneurship</p> <p> </p> <p>“You're going to use experiences to become either bitter or better.” - Patrick Bet-David on entrepreneurship</p> <p> </p> <p>“If you always make the right decision,