Keep the magic. Lose the chaos.
Operational leadership for organizations working at the edge of healing and transformation.
Mystic Ops helps psychedelic, healing, retreat, and transformational organizations turn their visions into clear priorities and strong systems, without losing the soul of the work.
I help turn ideas into programs, products, strategies, and systems that actually work, without relying on a few overextended people to hold everything together.
My work sits at the intersection of strategy, operations, product development, clinical care, and organizational design. I step in when the work has outgrown an organization’s current way of operating.
Depending on the engagement, I may serve as a strategic advisor, lead a focused operational initiative, or work as an embedded fractional COO.
My experience spans technology, national nonprofits, behavioral health, and psychedelic care.
Experience across
Fastly
Rollbar
Keen IO
Technology
Mission-Driven
The Democratic National Committee
MoveOn
Healing & Psychedelic Care
Jefferson Center for Mental Health
Rainbow Reflections
Shefa
Wild Glow Alchemy
Reset, LLC
I help organizations:
turn visionary ideas into clear plans, programs, and launches
decide what matters now vs what can wait
clarify ownership and decision-making
design operations that support clinical integrity and a strong participant experience
get stalled projects moving
build systems the team will actually use
create new offerings and revenue streams without adding unnecessary chaos
move critical knowledge out of a few people’s heads and into the organization
Depending on the engagement, I may advise leaders, lead a focused operational initiative, or serve as an embedded fractional COO.
Where I Step In
Why Mystic Ops?
I’m Rivkah Standig, a licensed clinical social worker and psilocybin facilitator with a senior-level background in product, technology, and organizational operations.
I began my career as a software engineer, where I created and led an internal tools team focused on solving company-wide operational problems, including building a system that generated significant new revenue. From there, I kept moving toward roles that required me to connect strategy, technology, operations, and people.
I later owned strategy for six internal engineering platforms at Fastly that supported how hundreds of engineers built, shipped, documented, and governed software. At the Democratic National Committee, I led five mission-critical products spanning voter protection, compliance, delegate operations, research, and national polling-place data during a presidential election cycle.
Across those roles, my work was never just keeping projects on track. I set priorities, made decisions with incomplete information, aligned people across functions, and turned complexity into plans that could actually be executed.
Today, I bring that same business judgment to organizations working in healing and transformation, alongside direct clinical and psychedelic experience.
I understand the business, the systems, the people, and the ethical stakes of the work.
That is why Mystic Ops exists.
How Engagements Work
I take on a small number of clients at a time.
Engagements are tailored to the scope of the work. Ongoing fractional leadership partnerships generally begin with a three-month commitment, while shorter advisory or focused project engagements may be available.
Fractional COO engagements typically include up to 40 hours of monthly capacity and start at $8,000 per month. Retainers are paid monthly in advance.
For embedded work that includes developing new revenue-generating products or programs, compensation may also include a negotiated share of the upside.
I reserve limited reduced-rate capacity for small, mission-aligned nonprofits with constrained budgets.