Ep. 1084 – Billionaires, Psychedelics, and a Future Worth Fighting For with Diana Colleen

About this episode

Diana Colleen discusses her journey as a psychedelic facilitator and author, emphasizing hope and emotional health.

“You have to be able to look for the gems that are in the darkness, that something to hold on to that will give you some kind of hope. It doesn't have to be anything big, but just even one thing that you can hold on to that gives you hope.” – Diana Colleen Today’s featured award-winning author is a trained psychedelic facilitator, and a survivor, Diana Colleen. Diana and I had a chat about her book, “They Could Be Saviors: A Near Future Climate Thriller about Billionaires, Psychedelics, and Power”, the importance of embracing emotions rather than suppressing them, and more! Key Things You’ll Learn: What led her to become a trained psychedelic facilitator after originally wanting to be a lawyer What inspired Diana to become an author and make her first book a speculative fiction novel What was challenging about writing her first book, and what helped her finally finish it Her words of encouragement for folks going through trauma Diana’s Site: https://www.dianacolleenauthor.com/ Diana’s Book: https://a.co/d/03FAWhYv The opening track is titled, “Unknown From M.E. | Sonic Adventure 2 ~ City Pop Remix” by Iridium Beats. To listen to and download the full track, click the following…

People in this episode

Host: Dom Brightmon

Guest: Diana Colleen

Topics covered

• psychedelics
• billionaires
• climate thriller
• emotional health
• trauma recovery

Keywords

• psychedelics
• billionaires
• climate change
• emotional health
• trauma
• speculative fiction
• Diana Colleen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Diana's Site, Diana's Book

Books & works: They Could Be Saviors: A Near Future Climate Thriller about Billionaires, Psychedelics, and Power

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