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What you’ll hear in this episode:

- Psychedelic therapy for trauma, PTSD, addiction, and mental health

- Vance’s journey from combat trauma and survivor’s guilt to healing through psilocybin

- Mary’s path from Whole Foods and cannabis advocacy to plant medicine, Indigenous wisdom, and psychedelic policy

- Why veterans are helping push psychedelic medicine into the mainstream

- Texas’s growing role in psychedelic policy and the push for safe, legal, affordable access

- Consciousness, the soul, God, Oneness, and what transcendent experiences may reveal about reality

About Mary Olivar:

Mary Olivar is Co-Executive Director of Texans for Greater Mental Health, helping lead psychedelic policy, public education, and safe, legal access to emerging treatments. Her career spans nutrition, natural foods, cannabis advocacy, and nonprofit leadership, including Whole Foods Market and the Center for Shamanic Education and Exchange. Mary’s work centers on healing, access, Indigenous wisdom, and the connection between plant medicine and consciousness.

About Vance McMurry:

Vance McMurry is Co-Executive Director of Texans for Greater Mental Health. A U.S. Army veteran, he served in the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and at the White House. He later spent decades in business, technology, operations, and social entrepreneurship. Vance’s own experience with resurfacing combat trauma drew him into psychedelic advocacy. Today, he focuses on expanding access to mental health treatments, especially for veterans and others living with trauma.

Timestamps:

0:01:00 — Preview

0:01:37 — Intro: Lizzi Cutler, psychedelics

0:05:59 — Welcome Mary Olivar and Vance McMurry

0:09:15 — Psychedelic policy, veteran PTSD, safe legal access, opioids, addiction recovery

0:23:42 — Mission-driven work, healthy eating, cannabis, plant medicine, Indigenous wisdom, consciousness

0:36:08 — Psychedelic approval, state policy, public education, harm reduction, national coordination

0:57:44 — AI consciousness, ultimate reality, soul growth, animism, interconnectedness

1:17:11 — Brain-computer interfaces, embodiment, quantum sentience, intentionality, spiritual humility

1:30:11 — Closing reflections

Books mentioned in this episode:

- The Disappearance of the Universe — Gary Renard

- Mind Magic — James R. Doty

- Into the Magic Shop — James R. Doty

- The Dawn of Everything — David Graeber, David Wengrow

- The Celestine Prophecy — James Redfield

- Sand Talk — Tyson Yunkaporta

- Journey of Souls — Michael Newton

Links:

“Love Conquers Fear” a USA TODAY bestseller: https://tinyurl.com/4u9fmwdd

LCF episode #76 (Lizzi Cutler): https://youtu.be/GNnkT3kZ_1g

Executive order to fast-track psychedelic research: https://tinyurl.com/33by6ynm

LCF episode #66 (Decoding Psychedelics): https://youtu.be/Z0TF71mN3MU

Foresight Institute: https://foresight.org/

Heroic Hearts Project: https://tinyurl.com/3crt9zvw

Texans for Greater Mental Health: https://www.t4gmh.com/

Americans for Ibogaine: https://tinyurl.com/27yhvjcs

LCF episode #53 (Bryan Hubbard): https://youtu.be/MNaBF6Ej2UQ

LCF episode #30 (John Mackey): https://youtu.be/NUnkEuZwC4I

Subscribe to Brett’s newsletter “The Superfecta Signal”:

LinkedIn: https://tinyurl.com/2fzwfmtk

Substack: https://tinyurl.com/mr8rxsz3

COMP360 psilocybin treatment: https://tinyurl.com/5n84wtsu

Xi Jinping calling for global governance of AI: https://tinyurl.com/ycys2t2v

Pope Leo’s first encyclical: https://tinyurl.com/3s9u2dwk

Encyclical infographics: https://tinyurl.com/42bfchk7

Brett speaking at Do More Good’s conference: https://tinyurl.com/4xazj2yy

Texas first state to pass psychedelic research legislation: https://tinyurl.com/2uc29m4k

LCF episode #11 (Aneil Mallavarapu): https://youtu.be/dXuLsRyIl9k

Anil Seth’s TED Talk on consciousness: https://tinyurl.com/465a9jyt

LCF episode #31 (Piraye Beim): https://youtu.be/cgjv-4aAdYA

“Inside the Mind of a Dog” documentary: https://tinyurl.com/nh9sb838