Conscious Leadership, Psychedelic Breakthroughs & Emotional Mastery for Founders with Laura Watson

On this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Aanya speaks with Laura Watson, founder of Venture Coaching International, about leading from the inside out. We unpack the gap between surface success and inner alignment, how guided psychedelic journeys can unlock core beliefs, and a practical framework for emotional mastery under pressure. Expect clear, actionable insights for executives, entrepreneurs, and team leads who want sustainable performance, better decision-making, and authentic leadership.

About the Guest

Laura Watson is a leadership and business coach with 30+ years guiding owners and executives. Her work bridges classic performance coaching with guided psychedelic journeys and integration, helping clients reconnect to authenticity, dissolve limiting beliefs, and lead with clarity.

Key Takeaways:

• Conscious leadership goes deeper than skills. It reconnects leaders to authenticity instead of copying past examples.

• “Be quick, but don’t hurry.” Mastery comes from focused practice; speed follows after skills are integrated—avoid random busyness.

• Symptoms vs. core issues. Procrastination, conflict, or disorganization often mask deeper beliefs and narratives formed by upbringing, education, and systems.

• Psychedelics as door-openers. Properly guided journeys can widen one’s sense of possibility and agency; the real work is post-journey integration.

• Emotional mastery in three steps: notice the trigger, shift from resistance to acceptance, then choose deliberate action.

• Lower emotional temperature to regain logic. You can’t be fully emotional and fully logical at once; regulate before deciding.

• Freedom follows mastery. Less reactivity creates time freedom, fewer workplace escalations, and better outcomes.

• Lead conversations, not drama. One thoughtful dialogue can prevent wasteful escalations and save time, money, and relationships.

How to Connect with the Guest

• https://venturecoaching.ca/

• LinkedIn

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