Meet Austin
Austin West is a certified psychedelic medicine practitioner and entrepreneur who guides people into lives of freedom, joy, abundance, and purpose.
Through one-on-one guidance, small-group cohorts, two communities, and his mission Entheos Holistics, he empowers people to dissolve limiting belief systems, break free from conditioned patterns, and reconnect with their Truth frequency, unlocking their innate power through profound self-awareness. His approach integrates psychedelic-assisted self-inquiry, esoteric teachings, and community-based healing to bring about the freedom all seek.
As founder of Entheos Holistics, Austin is also revolutionizing healing through the thoughtful fusion of ancient plant medicine and modern science. The spiritual mission leverages the healing potential of entheogens to achieve genuine transformation through the reconnection of mind, body, and soul.
"Before I met Austin, I had no idea what my life purpose was. All of his techniques and teachings have influenced how I do and will live my entire life. I would not be the man I am today if I hadn’t trusted him. "
Timur Akdemir, previous client, Blockchain Strategist & Entrepreneur
My Why
Men are trapped in cycles of addiction, numbing, and empty success while their lives slip away.
I’ve seen it in many people around me and I’ve lived it myself. They could be the epitome of success on the surface, but behind closed doors, they're disconnected, purposeless, and powerless.
I envision a world where strength isn't measured by status, but by unwavering inner truth and the courage to face yourself. Where all are empowered with the resources, practices, and support to reclaim authority over their lives.
My Story
Rock bottom became my launch pad.
Before the age of 14, I experienced sexual molestation, divorce, and debilitating shame programming. Unable to process this trauma, I began numbing my pain:
At 14, I started drinking
By 15, I was getting high
At 16, I was snorting cocaine
Through the rest of my teens, I progressed to muscle relaxers, painkillers, and meaningless sex
Later, I injected steroids to bolster my self-worth, which led to sexual dysfunction, anxiety, and porn addiction
In my 20s, I got hooked on Adderall, Viagra/Cialis, Xanax, and Valium
Over these years, I spent over 10,000 hours gaming, nearly 420 days lost in screens
Every abuse/addiction lasted at least 12 years, dominating my life from 14 to early 30’s. Yet on the outside, I was thriving:
I was a high school football captain & state champion and track star
At 22, I opened my first $2M business
By 24, I was the youngest manager at JP Morgan Chase, managing a $500M book of business
At 28, I built a $100M company, became VP of Sales, and named to “30 Under 30” lists in the largest publications in my industry
Throughout my career, I steadily made between $350-500k+
I owned a $1.25M new-build condo 10 minutes from the beach in San Diego and drove a custom $90k BMW
Outside, I was polished, successful, and everyone's best friend.
Inside, I was anxious, depressed, and felt virtually nothing.
I never identified as an addict because I could stop drinking, snorting coke, and sleeping around during the week, but what I didn't see was I'd just swapped in workaholism, pharmaceuticals, and gaming. I wouldn't let myself be still or sober enough to look within.
At 29, everything changed when a friend offered me mushroom microdose, and for the first time I saw my life clearly. I was no longer able to unsee what I now saw - I hated my life. Over the next few years, with the intentional use of psychedelics and pursuit of inner work, I shattered the walls of the prison I’d built and reclaimed sovereignty in my life.
Through intentional microdosing, I ended my use pharmaceuticals, coke, and drinking
I dumped my ED pills and began a 2-year healing journey with sex and intimacy through conscious abstinence and shadow work
I left my successful career, sold my home, and channeled the money into fulfilling my purpose and service
These medicines gave me the ability to look at my life honestly and served as a doorway to reclaiming my joy and peace. It opened the door to other transformative practices, inner work, and aligned community, laying the foundation for a life of purpose, abundance, and authenticity.
Now, I help other men do the same.
My Philosophies
I believe…
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Whatever you seek is seeking you and whatever you choose is choosing you. The world is your mirror, constantly reflecting back your beliefs, choices, and emotions. Your entire experience of life is shaped by your perception, making you the creator of your reality. By embracing this reflection, you can identify the blind spots keeping you from becoming who you’re meant to be. When you shift from victim consciousness to taking responsibility ownership for EVERYTHING in your life, every experience becomes a lesson in your evolution.
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We were taught that desire is the problem. That wanting is weakness, or ego, or something to transcend. I reject that completely. Desire is the mechanism. It's what calls the catalyst toward you. The more clearly you name what you want, and the less shame you wrap around it, the more purely the lesson you’re meant to learn arrives. The problem was never desire. The problem is what we were taught to feel about it and how we engage with it.
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Suffering of the mind is truth unspoken. Suffering of the body is truth unfelt. Suffering of the soul is truth unlived. If something in you aches and you're honest with yourself, there's a truth somewhere that hasn't been spoken, felt, or acted on. The distance between truth and action is a measure of your healing. Not a metaphor. Simply physics.
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What irritates you is trying to teach you something. What angers you is a part of you that hasn't been integrated yet. The trigger is not the problem, it's the messenger. When you can genuinely bless it, not spiritually bypass it, you stop feeding it. Shameful stories told in safe spaces are where they go to die. The thing you want to run from is the thing that will set you free. Look at shit in the face, take accountability for your actions, thoughts, and feelings inside of it, then find your sovereignty.
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The path isn't accumulation. You don't need another framework, another teacher, another modality. What you need is to stop carrying what was given to you by systems designed to keep you small. The education that trained compliance, the religion that used shame as currency, the medicine that pathologized what is natural. Healing isn't getting more. It's getting free. It's remembering what was true before you were taught otherwise.
