😀Lina Ismail is an entrepreneur, a former business executive, a mother, the daughter of immigrants and a global citizen;
😀She started The Catherine Wheel to help early-stage start-ups achieve their growth objectives by touching every aspects of their business and enable transformation;
😀With her clients, in her business and in her personal life, Lina builds transformation via continuous, thoughtful, incremental changes;
😀The impetus for Lina’s personal transformation came from hardships; she had the courage to go into unfamiliar territory and reach out for professional support, by way of a therapist;
😀“I can treat you for 25 years and you will get the same results than if you are going to this Ayahuasca retreat and in 1 year you will come out of this as a different person”;
😀From her perspective, a psychedelics retreat can be massively transformational for people looking to really fully experience life;
😀There is a paradox between all the things we absorb that are not good for our health but are socially acceptable and plant medicine that is not yet socially acceptable but has incredible benefits.
😀Lina, who was a “glass half-empty” type of person, now has a very positive outlook on life. She feels reinvigorated, with a new lease on life.
😀She believes that anyone can transform at any age with the help of a mindful psychedelics’ practice.
😀The combination of regular microdosing with a retreat every 12-18 months seems to be the optimal plan for continuous improvement towards significant transformation (meaning back into your authentic self😀).
😀The combination of plant medicine with other modalities, such as coaching, therapy, tapping, guided mediation, hypnosis, and visualization, will turbocharge the benefits coming from the psychedelics.
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Peggy Van de Plassche is a value creation strategist and senior advisor with over 20 years of experience in private equity, financial services, healthcare, and technology. She works with investment firms, boards, and C-suite leaders to accelerate portfolio company performance, drive operational transformation, and unlock long-term value. Peggy specializes in the execution of complex value creation plans—spanning capital allocation, digital enablement, transaction advisory, and leadership alignment. Her work consistently bridges strategy and implementation, helping investors and operators maximize EBITDA and enterprise value. A founding board member of Invest in Canada, she also brings deep expertise in public-private partnerships and institutional capital deployment—critical levers for competitive advantage in today’s global landscape. Her clients have included BMO, CI Financial, HOOPP, OMERS, GreenShield Canada, Nicola Wealth, and Power Financial. Learn more at peggyvandeplassche.com.
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