Marc-John Brown

Marc-John Brown is a visionary leader, healer, and high-performance coach blending ancient indigenous wisdom with modern transformational practices. As the Co-Founder and Co-Director of Native Wisdom Hub, Marc-John leads an organisation that brings ethics, responsibility, and ancestral guidance to the psychedelic and healing renaissance. Once a high-achieving entrepreneur who burned out after building multiple ventures, Marc-John returned to his roots in indigenous traditions and created a holistic path to wellness. Today, he supports athletes, entrepreneurs, politicians, and change-makers through what he calls “Integral Performance Coaching,” combining ceremony, mentoring, and healing to help people reconnect with themselves and their deeper mission. His work is about more than recovery—it’s about reconnection and wholeness.

What if the cure to burnout, overwhelm, and discontent isn’t more productivity—but more connection?

In this heartfelt episode of Talking with the Experts, Rose Davidson is joined by Marc-John Brown, Co-Founder of Native Wisdom Hub, for a transformative discussion about the power of re-indigenisation. It’s a conversation that cuts through modern noise and invites us to return to what truly matters—ancestral wisdom, community, and purpose.

Marc-John shares his story of building six companies before burning out completely. That experience sent him on a deep healing journey, reconnecting with the indigenous wisdom he had studied in his youth. Today, he supports high-performing professionals—athletes, politicians, entrepreneurs, and changemakers—through a blend of coaching, ceremony, and holistic healing.

This episode challenges modern assumptions about success and reveals the deep costs of disconnection in our lives and work. You’ll walk away with insights into how to create meaningful transformation not just in your business—but in your being.

📌 Inside the episode:

• What re-indigenisation means and why it matters now
• How to reconnect with your core identity in a fast-paced world
• Tools to help you slow down, align, and thrive

If you’re ready to reclaim your wholeness and lead from a grounded, empowered place, don’t miss this conversation.

✅ Three Key Takeaways

1. Re-indigenisation is the antidote to modern disconnection.
2. Burnout is a wake-up call—not a failure. Use it as a path to healing.
3. Ancestral wisdom can guide leaders toward sustainable success and purpose.

Introduction to Marc-John Brown and Native Wisdom Hub

• Rose Davidson introduces Marc-John Brown as the co-founder and co-director of Native Wisdom Hub.
• Native Wisdom Hub is an ethical for-profit organization aimed at stewarding the world’s psychedelic renaissance and industry with ethics, responsibility, and integrity.
• Marc-John Brown has been a student of Indigenous wisdom traditions since their late teens and qualified as a language interpreter and translator at age 22.
• From age 24 onwards, Marc-John Brown opened six companies, successfully launching two before experiencing burnout in 2018-2019.
• The burnout led Marc-John Brown to their deepest calling, Indigenous Wisdom Traditions.
• Native Wisdom Hub offers coaching, teaching, mentoring, ceremonial healing, and retreats to help individuals reach their best version.

Marc-John Brown’s Journey into Indigenous Medicine

• Marc-John Brown always had a sentiment to explore traditional healing systems and medicine systems.
• They almost studied Ayurvedic medicine at the University of Middlesex but life took them into their own roots.
• Marc-John Brown’s ethnic roots are Scottish, British, and Irish, but they grew up surrounded by South Americans.
• They lived in South America for extended periods and became enamored with Indigenous ways and wisdom during a transformative trip to Bolivia and Peru.
• The seed for their interest in Indigenous wisdom was planted during this trip.

Ancient Secrets for Reconnection and Thriving

• The highest performance can be found in the deepest level of simplicity according to Indigenous wisdom.
• Indigenous wisdom helps individuals remember what it is to be human.
• Marc-John Brown works with high-performing individuals to help them connect with their true selves, dreams, and what truly drives them.
• The goal is to peel back layers of noise and narratives to find the core of one’s being.
• Reconnecting with oneself and nurturing that connection is the key to true prosperity and highest performance.

Native Wisdom Hub’s Approach and Offerings

• Native Wisdom Hub teaches and trains leaders in the field, currently focusing on cacao ceremonial leaders.
• They run an annual retreat in Peru, collaborating with three different indigenous populations.
• The retreat offers participants an experience of ancient civilizations and their connection with the natural world, themselves, and communal living.
• Participants are exposed to sacred indigenous plant medicines used by these populations to maintain their connections.

Benefits of Attending Native Wisdom Hub Retreats

• Attendees can discover what prosperity truly means to them.
• The retreats help individuals reach new levels of performance and upgrade other areas of their life.
• Participants find a deeper sense of purpose and tap into the magic of legacy, going beyond corporate or business ventures.
• The impact left on the world is a significant part of the legacy discovered during the retreats.

Sacred Plants and the Psychedelic Renaissance

• There is a surge in interest and research into psychedelic compounds for uprooting childhood traumas and enhancing self-connection.
• Native Wisdom Hub ensures that their use of plant medicines is rooted in native traditions spanning thousands of years.
• Retreat participants experience these medicines in their original context with the original bearers, maintaining the connection to their roots.

Trauma to Triumph Guide

• Marc-John Brown offers a free guide titled ‘Trauma to Triumph’ for business owners experiencing or recovering from burnout.
• The guide shares wisdom on reconnecting with what is most important to rise again and find purposeful work.
• It helps rebuild energy reserves and establish a solid foundation to move forward in life without being defeated by burnout.

• Introduction of Marc-John Brown and his journey into Indigenous medicine, including his background and the influence of his South American experiences.
• Discussion on the ancient secrets of Indigenous wisdom that help individuals reconnect and thrive, emphasizing simplicity and human connection.
• Explanation of how Native Wisdom Hub operates, including training leaders, running retreats, and collaborating with indigenous populations.
• Benefits of attending retreats, including understanding true prosperity, reaching new performance levels, and finding a deeper sense of purpose and legacy.
• Role of sacred plants in the psychedelic renaissance and their use in retreats to help individuals reconnect with their roots and traditions.
• Introduction of the ‘Trauma to Triumph’ guide aimed at helping business owners recover from burnout by reconnecting with their purpose and joy.
• How the offerings from Native Wisdom Hub can help individuals recover from burnout by reconnecting with their purpose, joy, and energy reserves.

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