Skippy Mesirow
Skippy Mesirow – SANCTUM Facilitator + Owner
Skippy Mesirow is a public-service leader and strategist with more than 20 years of experience spanning presidential campaigns, statewide races, nonprofit leadership, and elected office
He is the creator of The COURAGE Method™, a whole-human leadership framework that has trained more than 1,000 public leaders nationwide, and the host of the top-10% global Civic Courage Lab Podcast, featuring guests such as Byron Katie, David Allen, and Rick Doblin.
A psychedelic healing retreat in 2019 changed his life as he witnessed these treatments transform and even save others.
Determined not to wait for federal action, he helped establish the nation’s first municipal therapeutic model in Aspen and later served on Colorado’s Natural Medicine Advisory Board, shaping the framework SANCTUM now operates under.
At SANCTUM, Skippy focuses on guests seeking leadership development, peak performance, and team optimization.
He holds the strategic vision and relational gravity that enable SANCTUM to achieve peak excellence, creating a field of connection, coherence and transformation aligned with the Aspen Idea.
Upcoming Programs by Skippy Mesirow
Psilocybin-Assisted Leadership Retreat for Clarity in Aspen, CO (3 Nights)
EXPLORE A 3-Day Executive Retreat EXPLORE is a three-day immersive experience for executives seeking clarity, forward momentum, and trusted peer connection. Designed for leaders who feel stuck, restless, or aware that something beneath the surface is misaligned, this retreat leverages low-dose psychedelic acceleration within a structured coaching container to illuminate root challenges and surface what […]
Psilocybin-Assisted Leadership Retreat for Burnout in Aspen, CO (5 Nights)
Also With Dr. Dave Rabin - Chief Medical Advisor
SIGNATURE for Burnout A 5-Day Executive Leadership Retreat for Burnout Recovery and Renewal SIGNATURE is for executives and leaders who have achieved success but now feel exhausted, overwhelmed, anxious, stressed, isolated, or questioning whether it’s still all worth it. Through a combination of executive coaching, psychotherapy, and psychedelic medicine, we create the conditions for you […]
Psilocybin-Assisted Leadership Optimization Retreat in Aspen, CO (5 Nights)
Also With Dr. Dave Rabin - Chief Medical Advisor
SIGNATURE for Leadership Optimization A 5-Day Executive Retreat to Achieve Your Arête (Your Highest Potential) in Leadership SIGNATURE for Leadership Optimization is for executives already performing at a high level and ready to go beyond it. Arête is the ancient Greek concept of your highest embodied potential in service. This retreat is designed to help […]