Tonia Erin - Practitioner Spotlight: Bridging Psychedelics with Technology

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Tonia Erin left her dream job at Adobe to become a psychedelic coach after her own psychedelic experiences revealed a deeper purpose.

The episode features Tonia Erin, a former Adobe product manager who enrolled in Third Wave's inaugural practitioner certification program. She left her corporate job after psychedelic experiences revealed a lack of meaning in her tech career. Tonia explains how psychedelics opened a door to higher consciousness, helping her prioritize purpose over security. She highlights the importance of community support from her cohort during this transition. Tonia co-founded the startup Energy.Work with technical co-founder David Gonzales to bridge technology and spirituality, aiming to use tech to support psychedelic well-being. She discusses the iterative, experimental nature of psychedelic work, comparing it to engineering processes. The conversation delves into ultra-low-dose 5-MeO DMT, which Tonia describes as more accessible and safer than high doses, offering significant breakthroughs with minimal risk. She shares her personal connection to 5-MeO DMT as her introduction to psychedelics. Tonia also talks about her focus on working with women, emphasizing the need to restore feminine archetypes in culture through ceremony and ritual. She addresses the role of data and AI in improving psychedelic protocols and outcomes. The episode concludes with reflections on building companies modeled after nature's intelligence.

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A shift from Adobe to psychedelic practice frames a careful look at using technology without being ruled by it.

Technology can look like the natural opponent of spiritual practice, but this PlayNext episode finds a more interesting middle ground. Its subject moves from product management at Adobe into psychedelic work, with stops in startup life and prep and integration coaching.

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You want a grounded look at leaving Adobe product management for psychedelic practitioner work, with startup life in the frame.

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