Jerod Napier is the owner and operator of Rising Ridge, a retreat center in Sperry, Oklahoma that hosts transformational experiences serving veterans, first responders, and those seeking healing/change with safety, autonomy, and empowerment as the bedrock. As a retired Military Medical Provider with 20+ years experience, he has witnessed and experienced firsthand the shortfalls of the Military Medical system and the benefits of psychedelics. He served in combat on 6 deployments to include “The Battle of Fallujah” in Iraq, and “Operation Mountian Lion” in Afghanistan, before being selected to serve at SEAL-TEAM 6 as a Medical Operations Officer in East Africa. He is a psychedelic preparation and integration coach that focuses on nervous system regulation through value driven behavior, behavior modification in a peer supported approach. He believes feeling safe at a cellular level, being witnessed, and experiencing self-love/forgiveness in an unconditionally accepted and unjudged container of peers is a catalyst for healing. Jerod believes all individuals have the sovereign right to experience healing, safety, and transformation with plants and compounds with decriminalization as the way forward. He is also an experienced Kambo practitioner, Yoga teacher, Husband and Father of two whose mission is to end Veteran suicide and raise the vibration of the collective with value driven behavior.