After 200+ ayahuasca ceremonies, former stock trader Yasha Shah learned something that changed everything: surrender beats strategy every time.

Sound impossible? That's your ego talking.

In this episode, I sit down with the founder of Mahadevi Ayahuasca Retreats to explore why burned-out coaches, founders, and CEOs—the ones who've already optimized everything, tried every framework, and still feel stuck—are turning to ancient plant medicine for the breakthrough they can't achieve anywhere else.

Yasha gets it—because he lived it. As a retail stock trader for 4.5 years, he built success on paper while spiraling into depression. His "dark night of the soul" led him from India to Nepal to the Colombian Amazon, where he found what no amount of strategic thinking could deliver: actual transformation.

Now training under Taita Miguel of the Kamsa tribe (12 generations of healers), Yasha works specifically with high-achievers ages 30-55 who've hit the ceiling of what conventional solutions can offer.

If you're a coach, founder, or CEO who's exhausted from performing at the top while feeling empty inside, this episode delivers:

• Why you feel stuck despite external success: The link between your wellbeing and performance that hustle culture deliberately ignores
• The surrender paradox: How the most successful people struggle hardest with letting go—and why that's exactly what's blocking your breakthrough
• Beyond the morning routine: Why another framework won't fix what's actually broken (and what will)
• Trust your body's intelligence: Stop ignoring the Sunday anxiety, the client dread, the gut feeling screaming that something needs to change
• The real ROI of transformation: Why working on yourself isn't selfish—it's the most leveraged thing you can do for your business and community

This episode isn't about selling you on ayahuasca. It's about understanding why the next level of your growth requires a completely different approach than what got you here.

✓ Coaches feeling the weight of holding space for everyone but themselves

✓ Founders who crushed their goals and still feel unfulfilled

✓ CEOs waking up with Sunday scaries about clients they resent

✓ Leaders who've "done the work" but know there's another layer waiting

✓ High-performers tired of performing

The 200-Ceremony Truth - Why the first 20-30 experiences are about healing trauma, and what comes after for those who stay on the path

Your Body Already Knows - That Sunday anxiety about your biggest client isn't weakness—it's data you've been trained to ignore

The CEO's Surrender Paradox - Why the most successful people struggle hardest with letting go, and what that reveals about how you built your identity

From Breakdown to Breakthrough - Yasha's journey from depressed stock trader to shamanic student, and why his "dark night of the soul" was the beginning, not the end

The Promise You Keep Breaking - Why transformation isn't about more information or another framework—it's about following through on what you already know you need to do

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