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In this episode of The Psychedelic Podcast, Paul F. Austin welcomes back Rick Doblin, Ph.D., Founder and President of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), for a deeply personal and visionary conversation on the recent FDA rejection of MDMA-assisted therapy. Find full show notes and links here: https://thethirdwave.co/podcast/episode-306/?ref=278 Rick opens up about the painful setbacks, internal missteps, and his own process of recovery and renewed hope. He explains why this isn't the end—but a critical turning point for psychedelic medicine. Rick and Paul unpack the nuances of drug plus therapy, exploring why context, integration, and culture matter as much as pharmacology. They reflect on the future of MAPS, the psychedelic renaissance beyond FDA approval, and how business, politics, and spirituality intersect with healing. The episode also explores Rick's enduring belief in public benefit models, global collaboration, and the potential of a spiritualized humanity. Rick Doblin, Ph.D., is the Founder and President of MAPS. He received his doctorate in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and has spent nearly four decades advancing the safe and legal use of psychedelics and marijuana through science, education, and advocacy. Highlights: The cost of MAPS' quiet period Why MDMA therapy was rejected by FDA Pharma vs. therapy: What's best for patients? Drug-only treatments vs. integrated therapy Ibogaine's role in brain healing and PTSD MAPS' path forward: Phase 4 vs. Phase 3 What the Dutch got right about MDMA Spiritualized humanity and self-transcendence The global impact of MAPS' work Business, love, and psychedelic ethics Want to attend this year's Psychedelic Science 2025 Conference? For our community: Use code THIRDWAVE15 for 15% off registration. Learn more and register at psychedelicscience.org — See you there! Episode Links Psychedelic Science 2025 Conference MAPS Website Psychedelic Science on Instagram MAPS on Instagram Psychedelic Science on LinkedIn MAPS on LinkedIn Psychedelic Science on X Episode Sponsors: Golden Rule Mushrooms - Get a lifetime discount of 10% with code THIRDWAVE at checkout Psychedelic Coacing Isntitute's Intensive for Psychedelic Professionals in Costa Rica - a transformative retreat for personal and professional growth.

Zach Leary returns to Mindrolling to discuss his upcoming book on navigating the psychedelic boom of the 21st century. Preorder your copy of Zach's book, Your Extraordinary Mind: Psychedelics in the 21st Century and How to Use Them, HERE.Mindrolling is brought to you by Reunion. Reunion is offering $250 off any stay to the Love, Serve, Remember community. Simply use the code “BeHere250” when booking. Disconnect from the world so you can reconnect with yourself at Reunion. Hotel | www.reunionhotelandwellness.com Retreats | www.reunionexperience.orgThis week on Mindrolling, Raghu and Zach chat about:What propelled Zach to write his new book The explosion of psychedelic use in the 21st century Zach's personal history as the son of Timothy Leary and a close friend of Ram DassLaura Huxley's book on her father Aldous Huxley, This Timeless MomentThe film, Dying to Know, about Tim Leary and Ram DassThe origin story of LSD in the book Tripped by Norman OhlerMAPS work in redefining the modern age of psychedelics Pros and Cons of the medical movement in psychedelic research The benefits of practice coincided with psychedelics for inner expansionThe necessity of integration after a psychedelic experience Psychedelic research into neuroplasticity and transforming trauma Check out this MAPS page, where you can see a video of Ram Dass and Laura Huxley reading This Timeless Moment togetherAbout Zach Leary: Zach is a speaker, writer, Dharmic realizer, and psychedelic advocate. He is also a journey facilitator at Evolution Retreats and Heroic Path to Light. Zach hosts the MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) Podcast where he explores an incredible treasure trove of audio archives sourced from the amazing talks, presentations, and panels that have taken place at past Psychedelic Science conferences and other unique events.Keep up with Zach on Instagram “I see far more success in the psychedelic sphere with people that have something to augment the experience with. If you go back to your desk on a Monday morning and are just unaware of these transformations and not making any effort to tap in, it will fade. I think it's an essential ingredient that you need to make it successful.” – Zach LearySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Episode 86 | Spirit Science:Today, we step into a doorway—one that leads us to the past, the present, and the future of healing. It is the doorway of psychedelic medicine—once revered, then forbidden, and now returning as a powerful force in mental health, trauma recovery, and spiritual awakening.  Key Topics Include:Historical background on plant medicinesScientific data on the therapeutic benefitsUsing these substances in ceremony versus recreationallyMy journey of liberation.This is my offering in the Podcasthon event happening this week, uniting podcasters globally to dedicate an episode to a cause close to their heart.  Mind is the use of plant medicines for therapeutic purposes in an ethical and legal way that protects both clients and practitioners doing this life-affirming work. The organisation I'm featuring here is MAPs (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies). Learn more about retreats, courses, workshops, 1:1 sessions and sign up for my e-newsletter on www.consciousness-medicine.comCheck out the blog associated with this podcast too!If you'd like to donate to this podcast, your gift will be directly applied to production costs! Stay Connected on Social Media:Facebook: www.facebook.com/CentreforConsciousnessMedicineInstagram: www.instagram.com/wellnesswisdomwithjulieLinked In: www.linkedin.com/in/julie-williams-cxmed Production assistance from Podlad.com | Art image by Joma Sipe

This week, on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam is pleased to welcome Psychedelic Author & Researcher, David Jay Brown.David is the author of The Illustrated Field Guide to DMT Entities, Dreaming Wide Awake: Lucid Dreaming, Shamanic Healing and Psychedelics, and The New Science of Psychedelics. He is also the coauthor of seven bestselling volumes of interviews with leading-edge thinkers, Mavericks of the Mind, Voices from the Edge, Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse, Mavericks of Medicine, Frontiers of Psychedelic Consciousness, Women of Visionary Art, and his newest book Psychedelics and the Coming Singularity. Brown holds a master's degree in psychobiology from New York University, and was responsible for the California-based research in two of British biologist Rupert Sheldrake's books on unexplained phenomena in science: Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home and The Sense of Being Stared At. His work has appeared in numerous magazines, including Wired, Discover, and Scientific American, and he was the Senior Editor of the special edition, themed MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) Bulletins. Tune in and share all of your questions and comments about psychedelics on our YouTube livestream or on our Facebook page. www.davidjaybrown.com https://amzn.to/3ZZk0abSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-conscious-consultant-hour8505/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Key Takeaways:• Psychedelic therapies are a controversial way to open up areas within the brain that can assist in healing depression, PTSD and aphantasia.• There are studies done about psychedelic therapies all over the world.• Psychedelics are illegal in most countries. Also, as with any therapy, please follow your knowing - you know what is true and what will contribute to you.Resources: • MAPS - Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies• Fantastic Fungi Movie• More from Katarina Wallentin

Andrew has been closely following the efforts of organizations like MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) and Lykos Therapeutics as they pioneer the use of MDMA-assisted therapy for treating PTSD. Recently, the FDA delivered a surprising and disappointing decision, declining to approve MDMA-assisted therapy despite promising clinical data and asking the company to conduct an additional Phase 3 Study. This ruling has sent shockwaves through the field of psychedelic medicine, especially for those who had high hopes that MDMA would become the first federally regulated psychedelic treatment. In our conversation today, Andrew will share his insights on the FDA's decision, the implications for Lykos Therapeutics, and what this means for the future of psychedelic therapies. We'll delve into the challenges faced by Lykos, including the FDA's request for an additional clinical trial, which could add years and significant costs to the approval process. We'll also explore the broader context of this decision—how it affects the momentum of the psychedelic medicine movement, the reaction from supporters and critics alike, and the potential shifts in strategy as the industry continues to navigate regulatory hurdles. For those interested in the intersection of health, science, and business, this discussion promises to be both timely and insightful. So, without further ado, let's dive into our conversation with Andrew Jacobs. Link to Andrew's New York Times bio: https://www.nytimes.com/by/andrew-jacobs Social Media: X: @AndrewJacobsNYT Other Links/Mentions: F.D.A. Declines to Approve MDMA Therapy, Seeking More Study What Is MDMA Therapy and What Are Its Risks? A Psychedelics Reporter With a Changing Perspective Show Credits: This episode was hosted by Lewis Goldberg and Anne Donohoe of KCSA Strategic Communications. Special thanks to our Program Director, Shea Gunther. You can learn more about how KCSA can help your cannabis and psychedelic companies by visiting www.kcsa.com or emailing greenrush@kcsa.com. You can also connect with us via our social channels: X: @KCSAPodcastLabs Instagram: @KCSAPodcastLabs LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kcsapodcastlabs/

More and more research points to Psychedelics as a powerful tool when it comes to trauma recovery. Unfortunately, a lot of misconceptions also exist about the use of psychedelics. Join us for an amazing conversation with Steven Huang, Founder, Set the Setting, and Director, Social Justice at MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies). Make sure to follow Steven's work and more on his substack!

On this episode we are joined by psychopharmacologist, psychiatrist, and author Julie Holland MD. Julie and Drew discuss the importance of psychedelics for healing, unpacking the prevalent role it can by in psychotherapy and treating trauma. Julie also speaks about the danger of improperly used substances and why integration is essential for these tools.  From a therapists point of view, they tackle common arguments related to touch in therapy, spirituality, and mixing meds with psychedelics.  This is a great discussion for anyone wanting a closer look at the future of psychedelic therapy. ==== 0:00 Intro  1:17 How Julie Became Interested in Psychedelics 5:35 Speaking to Adolescence About Drugs 8:45 The Danger of Street Drugs 10:55 Why Integration is Essential  13:35 The Risk of Too Much Neuroplasticity  18:04 How Trauma is Stored in the Body  21:45 Is Touch in Psychotherapy Okay? 23:45 Are Psychedelics a Miracle Solution 26:48 Addressing the Argument of SSRIs 28:10 Should Psychedelics be Limited to Therapy? 32:48 What Therapists Should be Thinking About 38:31 Mixing Spirituality with Medicine 41:15 This is Changing Everything 44:03 How to Extend Accessibility  46:40 Guiding a Session Empathically  47:50 Scalability & Group Sessions 52:08 Do You Need to Stop Your Meds?  57:17 Ketamine & Paving the Way for the Future 1:00:00 Treating Alcoholism with Ketamine 1:00:54 Giving Patients Options 1:04:10 Nutrition & Emotional Eating 1:09:20 The Risk Factors of Psychedelics 1:16:49 Julie's Personal Wellness Practices  1:24:31 Bringing it All Together 1:27:50 Conclusion ==== Julie Holland is an American psychopharmacologist, psychiatrist, and author. She is the author of five books, including Weekends at Bellevue: Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych ER, a memoir documenting her experience as the weekend head of the psychiatric emergency room at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. An advocate for the appropriate use of consciousness expanding substances as part of mental health treatment, she is a medical monitor for MAPS studies, which involve, in part, developing psychedelics into prescription medication. * When the Body Says No, By: Gabor Mate https://drgabormate.com/book/when-the-body-says-no/ * The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748/ * Books by Geneen Roth https://geneenroth.com/books/ * Polaris Insight Center https://www.polarisinsight.com/ * MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) https://maps.org/about-maps/ * Soulquinox: psychedelic science and spirituality summit https://vermontpsychedelic.org/soulquinox * Spruce Mental Health https://www.sprucejh.com/ * Dr. Xiaojue Hu: https://drewramseymd.com/who-we-are/xiaojue-hu/ * Dr. Tanmeet Sethi: https://drewramseymd.com/who-we-are/tanmeet-sethi/ * Julie Holland: https://drholland.com/ ==== Connect with Dr. Drew Ramsey: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drewramseymd/ Website: https://drewramseymd.com

Lauren Taus is the fiercest medicine I know of. Truly. Her very being-ness is salve for the soul. Our sisterhood, the way we jam, her phenomenal wisdom, her words, wow wow super wow. Lauren and I share a lot, we have a lot of similar life experiences that allow us to see the world through a similar lens. Witnessing the deaths of our mothers, both of us struggled with anorexia for years, both of us are in the healing space, and we are even born 1 day apart. There is so much juicy goodness in this episode, we talk about inner child work and how to cultivate a more loving relationship with ourselves. We talk about psychedelics and how to use them with reverence. We hone in on grief and loss and moving through them both. I'm so glad you're here and willing to listen, as this episode with Lauren was such a pleasure co-create. If you haven't already, will you take a moment to leave a 5-star review and a written review of this episode, and if it resonates, please share it far and wide. Below you'll find a bit more about Lauren, and be sure to follow her @lauren.taus LET'S GO! Lauren graduated summa cum laude from Barnard College at Columbia University with a BA in Religion before completing her Masters in Social Work at NYU. Lauren focuses on the matrices that hold individuals, rejecting mainstream efforts to pathologize people as if their symptoms could be isolated from their environments. Licensed as a clinical therapist in both New York and California, Lauren believes that life - and good psychotherapy - is psychedelic. She is trained by MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies), the Ketamine Training Center and in the shamanic realms. Lauren feels honored to partner with plant and compound allies in her work, but will always hold loving relationships as the most important medicine, and the only one we all really need. Lauren's biggest prayer is to wake people up to the magic of life and what they're part of. Lauren understands that the highest form of personal healing contributes to collective liberation. She feels particularly excited to share her work publicly. Lauren is a frequent contributor on stages at psychedelic conferences such as Meet Delic, Wonderland and Trail Blazers. Her work has also been featured in magazines such as Double Blind, New York Magazine, Chacruna, the Guardian, and Forbes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zach Leary, the host of the MAPS podcast, shares a conversation with Raghu about Ram Dass' significant impact on the scientific exploration of psychedelics.This episode was originally recorded on the MAPS podcast.Two cultural icons. Two unique perspectives... One understanding of the presence of the way.Ram Dass' Love Serve Remember Foundation and the Alan Watts Organization invite you to open your mind, open your heart, and tap into the living truth of Alan Watts and Ram Dass. Learn more about this special 4-week Virtual Course:"The Presence of the Way: The Dharma of Alan Watts and Ram Dass" In this special MAPS feature on Mindrolling, Raghu Markus and Zach Leary discuss:Ram Dass' ability to describe the ephemeralThe burgeoning scientific research on psychedelicsThe story of Neem Karoli Baba and LSDFinding a way to extend the psychedelic state into everyday lifeSelfish Altruism and the personal benefit of serviceMethods to experience GodHow we can remember the divinity within all of usHeartfulness, Loving Kindness, and Being Here NowThe first steps to starting a mindfulness practiceUpcoming Psychedelic SummitsNourishing our awe and wonder day-to-dayNeuroscience and changing our habitual patterns“Psychedelics give you a glimpse. We are connected. We are not separate. There is something; we can't name it, but I completely experienced it.” – Raghu MarkusLinks & Recommendations From this Episode:Dive into the recently re-released book LSD, written by Richard Alpert and Sidney Cohen, with unique illustrations by Lawrence SchillerWatch Dying to Know to learn more about Ram Dass and Timothy LearyAbout Zach Leary: Zach is a speaker, writer, Dharmic realizer, and psychedelic advocate. He is also a journey facilitator at Evolution Retreats and Heroic Path to Light. Zach hosts the MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) Podcast where he explores an incredible treasure trove of audio archives sourced from the amazing talks, presentations, and panels that have taken place at past Psychedelic Science conferences and other unique events.Keep up with Zach on Instagram“Ram Dass didn't stop doing psychedelics entirely. I think it's just he found a way to (instead of going up and down) make it a lateral exploration. If you are doing this intense Sadhana and have a deep connection to spirit outside of psychedelics, it makes the use of it much more gentle.” – Zach LearySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Zach Leary is the host of the MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) Podcast and the son of psychedelic pioneer Timothy Leary. Zach grew up surrounded by the deities of the counterculture, and had the extraordinary karma of being partially raised by Ram Dass, but life wasn't all rainbows and orange sunshine growing up Leary. In an intimate conversation with Jaymee, Zach generously shares the pain and the magic of being raised in and out of the shadow of the most polarizing public figures and brilliant minds of the 20th century. Chalked full of rarely heard stories from the dinner table of the psychedelic revolution, including Ram Dass's secret grudge and Timothy's final moments on Earth, call a trip sitter as we journey through the extraordinary life of Zach Leary. MAPS PODCAST https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/maps-podcast/id1217974024 ZACH ON INSTA! @zachlearydrome LOVE IS THE AUTHOR PODCAST! produced, edited, and hosted by Jaymee Carpenter. LITA ON INSTA! @loveistheauthor + @unconventionalgardener  BOOK MENTORSHIP SESSIONS w/ JAYMEE or LACEE! email: lacee@loveistheauthor.com

An emerging therapy is the use of MDMA for PTSD, as well as other psychedelics for mental health. Listen in as Allison A Feduccia PhD explains the promising potential of psychedelics for mental health.    Featured Studies  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31572236/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33221932/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34114250/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33408811/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33235285/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30196397/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34708874/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34150406/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34063505/   Continue Learning I Feel the Love book: https://www.amazon.com/Feel-Love-Quest-Connection-Fractured/dp/1635579570  Psychedelic Support: https://psychedelic.support/resources/author/alli/  Realms of the Human Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research by Stanislav Grof:  https://www.amazon.com/Realms-Human-Unconscious-Observations-Research/dp/1788163710/ref=sr_1_6?qid=1690851486&refinements=p_27%3AStanislav+Grof&s=books&sr=1-6  Maps (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies): https://maps.org/  Courses, free guides, and more: https://drruscio.com/resources?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=drruscio.com_resources   Timestamps 00:00 Intro  03:13 Allison's Background 04:47 Pharmaceutical Use to Party Drug and Back  10:52 The Therapeutical Benefits of Psychedelics  14:57 How & Why Does MDMA Work?   17:20 Does it affect the Limbic System?  19:35 Post-Therapeutic Effects  21:01 MDMA for PTSD 24:44 Psychedelic Protocol 30:47 Side-Effects & Risks 34:49 More Healing Stories  40:50 Other Resources   Get the Latest Updates Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/DrRusciodc Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/drrusciodc Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.ca/drmichaelrusciodc DISCLAIMER: The information on this site is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified healthcare provider before starting any new treatment or discontinuing an existing treatment. Music featured in this video: "Modern Technology" by Andrew G, https://audiojungle.net/user/andrew_g  *Full transcript available on YouTube by clicking the “Show transcript” button on the bottom right of the video.

We take a deep dive into a Navy SEAL's Journey with psychedelics and how it inspired him to create a wellness software program that is having incredible success. After years of covert special operations missions and deadly combat, former SEAL Jonathan Wilson found himself with a great job at Goldman Sachs. On paper everything was great. But like many combat veterans understand, life would soon get out of control.Wilson describes his post-military pain in vivid detail, and how taking the psychedelic plant Ibogaine changed his life. After his life altering trip to Mexico, he teamed up with researchers from Oxford University and developed a new web-based, wearable technology solution called INVI Mindhealth.We talked about how exactly INVI Mindhealth works. And we explore how it is changing the lives of many of his fellow veterans.For more information on INVI Mindhealth:https://www.invimh.com/For more info psychedelic therapy research check out MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies):https://maps.org/ See also Heroic Hearts Project – Ayahuasca and Psychedelic Therapyhttps://www.heroicheartsproject.org/Psychedelic Therapy for Caregivers and Spouseshttps://thehope-project.org/To reach CBS Eye on Veterans email phil@connectingvets.comFollow on Twitter:@philbriggsVet @eyeonveteransSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lauren Going joins the show to talk about ketamine assisted therapy, psychedelic therapies, and how you can combine psychedelics with a variety of different therapies to help with depression, anxiety, with even end of life circumstances. Lauren discusses what happens physiologically in the brain when you do psilocybin and psychedelic assisted type therapies, and how this can be the missing piece to let people get to the next stage of their mental health journey. Lauren also covers the science backed research of these therapy modalities, including MDMA, and how these therapies could be the future of mental health work.    On today's podcast, you will learn: How psychedelic treatments are used to address many mental health disorders. The way psychedelics help to process trauma and traumatic memories. The 3 phases of psychedelic assisted therapies and how they contribute to healing. Ketamine and MDMA assisted therapies and how they work. What's happening on a neurological level when doing psychedelic assisted therapy. The future of the psychedelic assisted therapy industry.   Lauren Going's Bio: Lauren Going, LCSW-C is a leading educator in the field of psychedelic assisted therapy and founder of Inner Path Wellness, Baltimore's first psychedelic assisted therapy center. She began her work in psychedelic therapy assisting with some of the major studies at Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research conducted by Dr. Roland Griffiths, Dr. Bill Richards, Mary Cosimano.  She trained in Psilocybin therapy under Dr. Brian Richards at the Aquilino Cancer Institute - featured in the Netflix series “How to Change Your Mind”, trained in MDMA therapy with Dr. Rick Doblin at MAPS - Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies, and trained in Ketamine Assisted Therapies at PRATI - The Psychedelic Research and Training Institute.  Lauren is a trauma specialist trained in Internal Family Systems, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and several somatic therapies. She has studied with Richard Schwartz, Bessel Van der Kolk, Dan Siegel, Laurel Parnell among others.   Lauren has been on faculty with organizations such as the Bodywise Institute and the DMV Ketamine Training Center.  Lauren can be found https://innerpathbaltimore.com/   ✨SUBSCRIBE✨ http://bit.ly/38pyo1U

In this episode, we have the pleasure of having Rachel Nuwer, author of "I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World." as a guest. She is an award-winning freelance science journalist and has contributed to prominent publications such as the New York Times, Scientific American, and National Geographic.During our conversation, we delved into the intriguing aspects of MDMA, exploring its history, varied uses, and the factors that propelled it to become both a therapeutic tool for therapists and a popular recreational drug. Tune in to this engaging episode and expand your knowledge of MDMA's fascinating narrative.Book Giveaway Alert! Listen to this episode and learn how to win a FREE copy of "I Feel Love: MDMA and the Quest for Connection in a Fractured World"! In this episode, we cover:Rachel's passionsWhat is MDMA, its history, and its uses?How did MDMA come to be used by therapists and as a recreational drug?What do you experience when you take MDMA?How do you get into trial?Research in reopening critical periods and learning skillsWhat are the side effects and risks of using MDMAI Feel Love title Helpful links: Rachel Nuwer - is an award-winning freelance science journalist and author.Twitter: @RachelNuwer and Instagram: @rachel_nuwer MAPS - Multidisciplinary Association for PsychedelicHow a dose of MDMA transformed a white supremacistAustralia legalises psychedelics for mental health by Tiffany WertheimerThe Nine Gifts by Christine Marie Mason with Jeff Greenwald, Illustrations by Sammy KimuraPlayboy: Ecstasy Was Legal in 1984, and It Was GloriousRadiant Farms Find Rosebud Woman on Instagram as @rosebudwoman, Christine on Instagram as @the.rose.woman, and on Tiktok as @therosewoman108. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The universality of guilt - I think that my life as a child therapist has a lot of advantages; we carry the idea that ‘we are all the ages we've ever been' and those magic years never disappear. There are some great things about that - there are some problems with it too. That kind of irrational self-centered construction to explain what is intolerable and difficult to grasp comes from that. Early in this whole process, I remember talking to the pediatrician taking care of us: ‘Was it something in the environment? Was it the street we lived on? Was it that we lived in the basement? Was that an explanation? How close we were to the boiler room?  What could it be?' And he just looked through all of that to say: ‘You did nothing wrong'. It stays with me as I remember it - how potent that was. There's a part of me that wants to keep manufacturing the explanation that I can get my head around, and there's something penetrating about realizing that those explanations don't serve."    Episode Description: We begin with Phil sharing with us the family tragedy that is described in his book A Short Good Life. It describes the illness and death of his younger daughter Liza, who he says is his second child. When I ask him about his use of the present tense, he says that he "is parenting her memory." He describes the process of writing this book and the help he sought from other parents who have lost children. He reads sections from the book that allow us to listen in on Liza's struggles with her older sister, her facing the guilt of imagining having caused her leukemia, and then her efforts to come to terms with her dying - at the age of six. We conclude with Phil's evolution as a therapist, which now includes his use of psychedelics to assist those who are struggling with trauma. I share how grateful I am to have learned of his work and how he has brought forth something special for others to learn from what I consider to be a tutorial on love. Our Guest: Philip Lister, M.D., is an adult and child psychiatrist and an adult and child psychoanalyst working in private practice. He is the author of a memoir, A Short Good Life, based on the experience of his family as his second child faced her death due to cancer. In addition to private practice, he is involved with MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), working as a therapist in the research study using MDMA-Assisted Therapy for the treatment of PTSD. Dr. Lister can be reached through his website https://ashortgoodlife.com/   Linked Episode: Episode 23: Psychedelic Psychotherapy for PTSD Recommended Readings: https://ashortgoodlife.com/resources/  

Why are religious and mystical experiences important to our sense of meaning and purpose in life? What is a spiritual emergency and how can it actually help us in the long run? Are transpersonal experiences illusions of the mind or can they tell us anything about the nature of reality? In this episode, we have the extraordinary topic of Transpersonal Psychology to learn about. With the steady rise in popularity of western secular spirituality, meditation, psychedelic research, altered states of consciousness and embodied practices in general, during the 60's some psychologists felt there was a part of psychology missing from the old humanist and behaviourist models. It was as if the overwhelmingly materialist scientific view of humans, that sees our bodies and brains as fundamentally separate from other beings, the natural world and any hypothetically transcendent reality, was missing out a huge source of data about the way our minds work. So a bunch of them coined a new term, Transpersonal psychology, and with it came a new field of study and practice.  It's a really wide field and at its cusps starts to get into areas that science can't actually study using the method; some of which we're going to touch on towards the end of this episode. But above all it makes a place for the importance of the transpersonal that crosses those boundaries between our bodies and brains and everything else out there, both known and unknown. So fortunately today's guest has over 25 years of experience both as a psychologist and a workshops leader, David Lukoff. Dr. Lukoff has published over 80 articles on spirituality and mental health, and is an active workshop presenter internationally on spiritual competency, grief, death, recovery, and spiritual crises. He is a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the Sofie University, previously known as the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, in CA and previously served on the faculties of Harvard University and UCLA. He is also the co-founder of the Spiritual Competency Academy, that offers mental health professionals courses on the skills and knowledge to become more spiritual competent. What we discuss: 00:00 Intro 05:30 A psychedelic psychotic episode and a spiritual crisis 07:00 Spirituality and religion as resources and practices 07:42 The history of transpersonal psychology  14:00 Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs VS behaviourism 16:45 Spiritual emergencies  18:00 Jospeh Cambell's ‘Hero's Journey' and Jung's ‘Compensatory psychosis' 22:30 David's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) entry 24:00 The post scientific revolution meaning crisis, and spiritual assessment as a solution 29:45 Ceremonial, shamanic and plant medicine approaches 32:30 Bringing altered states into mainstream psychology 37:00 Holotropic breathing: simulating an LSD-like research after LSD research was banned 40:15 The strength of the mystical experience correlates with positive outcomes 41:15 Stan Grof: NDE, OBE, psi, afterlife and interdimensional communications 45:00 The Spiritual Competency Academy: forgiveness, compassion, mindfulness References: Spiritual Competency Academy Journal of Transpersonal Psychology Rick Doblin - Founder of MAPS - Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies ‘Spiritual and religious problems' included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of mental disorders Jung's ‘Compensatory psychosis' The Spiritual Emergency Network Johns Hopkins and NYU studies - Intensity of mystical experiences correlation with positive clinical outcomes.

We take a deep dive into a Navy SEAL's Journey with psychedelics and how it inspired him to create a wellness software program that is having incredible success. After years of special operations missions and deadly combat, former SEAL Jonathan Wilson found himself with a great job at Goldman Sachs. On paper everything was great. But like many combat veterans understand, life would soon get out of control.Wilson describes in vivid detail, his pain and how the psychedelic plant Ibogaine changed his life. After his life altering trip to Mexico, he teamed up with researchers from Oxford University and developed a new web-based, wearable technology solution called INVI Mindhealth.We talked about how exactly INVI Mindhealth works. And we explore how it is changing the lives of many of his fellow SEAL teammates.For more information on INVI Mindhealth:https://www.invimh.com/For more info psychedelic therapy research check out MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies):https://maps.org/ See also Heroic Hearts Project – Ayahuasca and Psychedelic Therapyhttps://www.heroicheartsproject.org/Psychedelic Therapy for Caregivers and Spouseshttps://thehope-project.org/To reach CBS Eye on Veterans email phil@connectingvets.comFollow on Twitter:@philbriggsVet @eyeonveteransSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's episode features a tour of a culinary mushroom farm, a deep dive on the new legislation around magic mushrooms in Colorado, and making music from mushrooms. This is your go-to place for mushroom news, mushroom education, and mushroom entertainment. There is so mush happening right now in the Mushroom Universe, and we're going to cover it all right here on The Mushroom Show!0:00 - Intro0:20 - Welcome Back!1:47 - Marvelous Mushrooms Farm Tour in Miami, Florida6:20 - Legalized Psilocybin in Colorado, USA (Proposition 122)10:43 - Breaking Down Legal Magic Mushrooms with Devon Phillips, Creative Strategist at MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies)18:50 - FreshCap Mushrooms Sponsor Ad19:40 - Mushroom Language Turns to Music!21:14 - Making Music with Plants and Mushrooms (Interview with Joe Patitucci of PlantWave)23:33 - OutroFollow us for more, and let us know what you think of this inaugural episode of The (re-visioned) Mushroom Show. Big things are happening in the mushroom space, and we're super stoked to share it with you. Thanks for listening!

In the next couple of weeks, we will be sharing the different live talks from the Sensing Woman: A multisensory event that took place at C24 Gallery in Chelsea, New York City, five days of Art by 50 contemporary visual artists, along with conversation, storytelling and music – altogether around the future of being female. The first in this series is about Women and Psychedelics, this panel is led by the Rose Woman Christine Mason with Gita Vaid, M.D., and Dr. Kelly O'Donell. Our guest speakers have been not just researching psychedelic-assisted therapy but have found it to be a successful tool for treating depression in some patients. Listen in and learn how psychedelics have the potential to shift how we view and manage our mental health. In this episode, we cover:What is MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) and its mission?To whom are these useful?Session experience stories Healing from trauma and sufferingNature of consciousness and relationship to medicinesDifferent effects of psilocybin and ketamine in patients' use Helpful links: Gita Vaid, MD - Gita Vaid, MD is a board certified psychiatrist and psychoanalyst practicing ketamine assisted psychotherapy in New York City. She is a co-founder of the Center for Natural Intelligence, a multidisciplinary laboratory dedicated to psychedelic psychotherapy innovation and clinical practice. Follow her on Instagram @gitavaidDr. Kelly O'Donell - Board-certified psychiatrist, psychedelic researcher, and Director of Clinical Education at the NYU Langone Center for Psychedelic Medicine.he is the a lead therapist and clinical supervisor on a number of trials of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (including psilocybin and MDMA) for a variety of therapeutic applications.Follow her on Instagram @mandorlawellness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steve recently returned from the MAPS MDMA therapist training retreat, so we thought we would discuss his experience and Reid's MAPS training a few year back. We discus the differences between the live and zoom versions of this training, some of the challenges MAPS is facing with therapist training, accessibility & feasibility, and other post-FDA approval considerations.(1:45) Steve introduces his trip report(2:23) MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies)(5:51) Colorado is a hub for spirituality(8:57) Training model(14:45) Predictable future of the clinical trials(17:18) Proactive MAPS studies and the future of legal treatment(18:49) FDA(19:30) MDMA benefits for couples(20:06) Anne Wagner study(25:49) Co-therapists (27:27) The use of music(31:30) Steve's inner-healer (33:53) Reid's inner-healer(35:11) The OG's of psychedelicsEmail us questions and feedback at psychfrontiers@novamind.ca Learn more about our podcast at https://www.psychedelictherapyfrontiers.com/Learn more about Numinus at https://numinus.com/Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drstevethayer/https://www.instagram.com/innerspacedoctor/https://www.instagram.com/numinushealth/Disclaimer: The content of this podcast does not constitute medical advice or mental health treatment. Consult with a medical/mental health professional if you believe you are in need of mental health treatment.

Gizma is a Psy Trance artist and a MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) research physician. She is a native Mexican who grew up both there as a young child but is now based in SF. Gizma recieved her M.D. from the University of Michoacan in 2009, and comes from a family of doctors. She talks about coming to San Francisco to attend Pyramind Music & Audio Production Institute because of her passion for music and love for the city. "The Opening" is the first track played, and she credits the instructors at Pyramind that helped her learn the sound design techniques and Apple's Logic Pro that gave her the skills and creative workflow to produce at this level. Greg and Gizma discuss the influences that went into this track, and how her work as a research Physician for MAPS influences the music she makes. Being an indigenous Mexican drew her to her research with MAPS because psychedelic medicine is such a big part of her culture and has inspired the music she makes. They dive into the sound design process of her music, and she talks about many of the plugins and techniques that are staples of producing Psy-Trance music as well as how she likes to sit down and start a track, usually by choosing a vocal or spoken word sample. They then get into talking about the record labels that Gizma has worked with over the years, including Spun Records, and Antu Records where she releases music now. The conversation turns to collaboration with fellow label artist, including the next track they listen to, "Cognitive Liberty" produced in collaboration with Psy Trance artist Ital. Gizma talks about the inspiration for the song, as well as the collaboration process that went into making the track. The Psy-Trance scene in Mexico is discussed, and how it's no longer the underground thing it was back in 2003 when she started going to events there, and why it's now a great thing that it's much more visible and accessible. The conversation then turns to how the psychedelic medicine of her culture and family influences her work and music, and how she applies that knowledge in her medical practice. They close out the episode by listening to the track "Ainu" by Gizma and Amplify, which was inspired by the Aboriginal Ainu people of Japan. Check out Gizma at https://gizma44.wixsite.com/gizmamusic Listen to the songs in this episode at https://www.beatport.com/artist/gizma/767546 Check out Antu Records at http://www.anturecords.com Check out MAPS at https://maps.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this fascinating episode, Taraleigh and Dr. Leah talk with Dr. Raymond Turpin about the past, present, and future of psychedelic-assisted therapy. Dr. Raymond tells his inspiring story of being turned on to psychedelics in the 1980s and knowing they would be part of his career path. He shares all the research and training he has done from that point on and how he is now the Executive and Clinical Director of one of the first MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) recognized extended access programs for MDMA assisted therapy. Dr. Raymond describes the three major goals of his non-profit, The Pearl Psychedelic Institute, to research, teach best practices, and offer equitable psychedelic-assisted therapy to those in need. Listeners will find out why the drug companies aren't interested in psychedelics for healing and the major differences between psychiatric and psychedelic therapy. Also included is a discussion on how this relates to the live music experience and ancient healing rituals. For the “Did you Know,” Dr. Leah shares how you can find out more about the research of MAPS and the work of the Pearl Psychedelic Institute and Taraleigh encourages listeners to check them out now for the “Daily Jam.”Dr. Turpin was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and attended the University of Georgia where he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology. He went on to earn an MA in psychology from West Georgia University and then a doctorate in clinical psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. He has lived in the mountains of western North Carolina since 2001 and founded and operated a mental health agency that provided free and low-cost mental health services to over 40 local public schools from 2004-2016. He has been in private practice since 2018. Dr. Turpin is a co-lead-investigator at one of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) Expanded Access sites studying the use of MDMA as an adjunct to psychotherapy for treatment-resistant PTSD. He is also the current Executive and Clinical Director of the Pearl Psychedelic Institute which is intended as a research, treatment and training organization assisting in bringing psychedelic medicines into acceptance as mental health treatments. He is a lifelong amateur musician and attended 100 Grateful Dead shows by the mid-90s and countless Jerry Garcia Band and Garcia/Grisman shows over the years. Find out more at https://www.pearlpsychedelicinstitute.org/.This podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Please leave us a rating or review on iTunes and join our Facebook group to dive deeper into the conversation of live music and health and wellness.Groove Therapy is brought to you by Osiris Media. To discover more podcasts that connect you more deeply to the music you love, check out osirispod.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Philip shares how all his medical degrees might have helped his family and daughter through her life's transition to death, it never prepared him for his grief as a bereaved father.Dr. Philip Lister is an adult and child psychiatrist in private practice in New York City. He received his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine and moved to New York to enter psychiatric training. Trained in adult and child psychiatry at the Payne Whitney Clinic of Weill Cornell Medical Center, Dr. Lister joined the voluntary faculty there supervising residents and teaching medical students. Overlapping with residency and fellowship, he trained in adult and child psychoanalysis at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. He then joined the faculty at the Psychoanalytic Center, participating in the basic course surveying the work of Freud.Most recently, he has trained with MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies). That training prepared him to be a team of therapists offering research participants MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in a Phase 3 study to determine whether MDMA will provide a new, more effective treatment for entrenched, treatment-resistant PTSD [Post Traumatic Stress Disorder]. The research is currently underway.Dr. Lister is here with us today as a father and author of A Short Good Life, and he shares Liza's story of facing death.Support the show (https://healgrief.org/donations/)

Interested in working with me one on one in the aspects of life, relationship and professional coaching? I work with individuals, couples, and athletes, just head over to www.nicobarraza.com to learn more and book a session.Head over to Instagram and TikTok and follow @ThatBarrazaBoy to stay connected with my on social and be sure to tag me if you share the show or parts of my work. You're engagement is appreciated!Dr. Beth DuPree has been an innovative thought leader in breast cancer care nationally and internationally. He passion to empower healing in her patients on their cancer journey has lead her to a new phase of her career. She has shifted her focus from the operating room to becoming medical advisor to innovative companies focused on aspects of survivorship.  Post operative pain management, generalized mental wellness to groundbreaking psychedelic therapies are  current her areas of focus. She will receive her Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies Research from the California Institute for Integral Studies in March of 2022. She will also complete her MAPS ( Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) certification as well. Dr. DuPree, who received her medical degree from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia in 1987, has written a book entitled The Healing Consciousness: A Doctor's Journey to Healing. It is the true story of her journey as a surgeon who awakens to the healer that resides within her. Proceeds from the book are donated to The Healing Consciousness Foundation, a nonprofit organization Dr. DuPree founded in 2007 to fund holistic and wellness therapies for women and men living with a breast cancer diagnosis. Dr. DuPree, who is a master-level Reiki practitioner, strongly urges patients to integrate healing therapies, whether it is through yoga, meditation, life coaching, Reiki, massage, grief counseling, exercise programs, reflexology, integrative nutritional counseling, or lifestyle modification. She believes that “whatever it takes to help a person find healing and peace within their heart should be an integral part of their treatment process.” In addition to her clinical teaching, speaking and humanitarian work, she is a sought-after teacher of new surgical technologies and travels nationally and internationally educating surgeons on the latest and greatest surgical procedures. Her greatest accomplishment in life has been parenting her two amazing sons, Tom and Dean with her husband of 35 years, Joe. Show Links Below:Transformational organizations dedicated to improving mental and physical wellness, alternatives to traditional drug treatments and promoting true healing.www.within.healthhttps://gatewaysciences.comKetamine Clinics Santa Monica currently. Sedona and Scottsdale in the near future “Leading the Human Race to Inner Space”www.signlrelief.comwww.meetjovi.comThe Healing Consciousness Foundationwww.hcfbucks.orgTo Purchase the book The Healing Consciousness: A Doctor's Journey to HealingAll proceeds go to the https://www.thehealingconsciousness.com/the-healing-consciousnessFollow Dr DuPreewww.drbethdupree.comYou Tube , Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook@drbethdupree

Today on Live Life in Motion, I talk with Rachel Parrish and Betty Aldworth. They work at MAPS, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. MAPS was founded in 1986 by Dr. Rick Doblin. We talk about the stigma around MDMA and psychedelics. How the stigma formed in the 1970's and 1980's. How it has been an uphill battle since. Most importantly we talk about the future of MDMA and psychedelics and how they are legit treatments for mental health! MAPS: https://maps.org/

We discuss previously underappreciated personal stories of how the Psychedelic Renaissance was sparked since 1971. Description: 1971 was the year when drug prohibition came into force. Did we tell you the story of how the tables were turned against the prohibition of drugs? Or did we tell you the hurdles that were needed to be overcome. Well, that's exactly the point of the episode. We are here to bring to you how the road to psychedelic renaissance was built. And if you think, it came from overwhelming people with data, just like how a typical scientist thinks, you would be amazed at the personalities who paved the way, as much as the ones that broke it for themselves and for the world. We discuss the unconventional paths taken by Amanda Feilding of Beckley Foundation, Rick Doblin of MAPS - Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies and more importantly, the trailblazers who initiated the clinical studies before anyone did - The Heffter Research Institute. We interview the original members - Dr. Mark Geyer of UCSD to tell us the never-reported personal stories of the creation of Heffter Research Institute and the Psilocybin studies. 

In this episode, I discuss using psychedelics and plant medicine to heal our big ticket wounds. There has been amazing strides in the arena of psychedelic-assisted therapies. I believe these substances to be medicine even though they're stigmatized as drugs. I will always refer to them as medicine because that is what they have been for me. Types of medicines now being considered for therapy:  MDMA/MDA, Medical Marijuana, LSD, Ibogaine, Ayahuasca, DMT, Ketamine, Mescaline, Peyote, Psilocybin  Treatable conditions & behaviors: Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Addiction, Chronic Illness, Trauma-induced Mental Illness Disorders, Trauma-related issues MDMA has shown to be incredibly effective in treatment of trauma, specifically PTSD. Psilocybin has shown to be incredibly effective in treatment of anxiety, depression and addiction. For more information, please visit MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) https://maps.org  MAPS Mission: Founded in 1986, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana.   Follow me on IG! @thewildholistik  Article I mentioned: https://www.businessinsider.com/magic-mushrooms-change-brain-connections-2014-10                

“Psychedelics saved my life,” says Payton Nyquvest. “Now [I'm] on a mission to pay that forward.” Nyquvest is the CEO of Numinus Wellness, a publicly traded Vancouver start-up that manufactures such illegal psychedelics as MDMA and psilocybin for clinical drug trials. The intent is to determine how effective they are as a therapy for mental illness. And if their potential pans out, Numinus Wellness wants to administer the drugs to patients in guided sessions across the continent. In this episode, the second of a two-part series, host Shaun Francis walks Nyquvest through his fascinating life story, his predictions for the future of psychedelic therapies—and how ayahuasca kickstarted his journey. Episode 85 webpage. Part one of the series.   LINKS Check out Numinus Wellness and read Payton Nyquvest's bio here. Check out Payton on Linkedin, Twitter and Instagram.   Learn more about MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) and John Hopkins Centre for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research, two of the leading entities in psychedelic research.  Read up on some exciting studies on psychedelics and mental health:  MDMA and PTSD trial in Nature Medicine  Trial on psilocybin and depression in New England Journal of Medicine  Psilocybin clinical trial for treatment-resistant depression Ketamine clinical trial to treat bipolar depression Psilocybin-based compound clinical trial for MSP-1014 to treat mood disorders MDMA clinical trial to treat PTSD (phase 3) Learn about Project MK-Ultra, which experimented on human subjects with LSD, in this episode of The Fifth Estate by CBC.  Check out this study in Nature Medicine to learn more about ayahuasca and its effects. Read this story in The New Yorker to learn more about its cultural history and current popularity. Learn about how marijuana was legalized in Canada in October 2018. Read the Cannabis Act here.   Read some books that spurred the hype around psychedelics and wellness: How To Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan A Really Good Day by Ayalet Waldman Learn more about True Patriot Love and its support of military members, Veterans and their families, founded by Eat Move Think host Shaun C. Francis. Plus here's a link that provides information on how TPL is supporting innovative therapies to treat PTSD.    INSIGHTS Nyquvest turned to psychedelics as a last-ditch therapy for chronic pain. He had been trying treatments for years with no results. “When you're in the emergency room,” he says, “and physicians are looking at you sort of compassionately, saying, ‘Sorry… we don't have answers here for you,' it's a very lonely and isolating place.” Eventually, Nyquvest became desperate for relief. “I was getting hospitalised two to three times a week, and had really run out of options, and turned to psychedelics, really as a last ditch effort to try and save my life.” Nyquvest insists that psychedelics aren't a panacea or a magical solution, but they were the first thing that worked for him to treat his chronic pain. [02:55] Rather than making psychedelics available on the open market, Nyquvest believes psychedelic therapies should be administered by experienced professionals in guided sessions. “It's a service-based model, not a product-based model,” says Nyquvest. By way of contrast, cannabis is a product-based model, which sees the substance available for sale for recreational use by civilians. Nyquvest doesn't want to see the same thing happen to psychedelics. “The integration, the working with therapists, the support system is as much, if not more, important than just the psychedelic experience itself,” he says. [12:58] “When you have depression, you become labelled as a depressed person. You get put on some kind of an SSRI, and it's this symptom management thing that pharmaceutical companies have been profiting from significantly over the last number of years,” says Nyquvest. Psychedelics, in contrast, are already showing that they have potential not just to treat, but to cure mental illnesses, Nyquvest says. He mentions a MAPS study where “over 66 percent of the people who did MDMA for post traumatic stress disorder no longer met the PTSD criteria after three treatments.” In other words, two-thirds of participants were cured. Today, psychedelics may be administered as a last-ditch effort to cure a certain mental illness. In future, Nyquvest wants psychedelics to be administered on a “preventive mental health model, where people are able to get ahead of some of these things before they become a significant problem… so that they can get back to continuing to do their jobs, and living more happy and full lives.” [23:20] With the help of psychedelic-assisted therapy, Nyquvest has been able to separate his physical and mental health from the conditions that once plagued him. “I was labelled as someone who was very, very sick… and the recognition that there's actually inherently nothing wrong with me, [but that] there were events that happened in my life that I was struggling with… that was a big thing for me,” he says. Nyquvest uses the metaphor of dentistry to describe the way he sees psychedelics being used preventively. “Most people have great teeth… and still go to the dentist twice a year. I think it's a similar sort of thing in the way we should be treating the brain. I don't know a person who gets out of life unscathed in terms of some kind of event that happens in their life that they could probably use some looking at, and some support. And I think that's a huge opportunity for psychedelics.” [26:03] Nyquvest says that the old stereotype, of psychedelics users simply looking for an escape from reality, is just plain false. “A lot of the people that I know that have worked with psychedelics are very high-performing, entrepreneurial or otherwise type of people,” he says. “They've been able to clear a lot of the noise and really look at what is motivating [them]. The more deeply you understand some of those motivations, the better you can work with them, and the better you are at some kind of control or understanding of what's driving you.” [27:35] When Payton Nyquvest co-founded Numinus Wellness, his focus was on healing, curing, and developing new treatments. “The plan was always to just build a company that could make a significant impact, there was no plans of taking the company public, it wasn't even really something we thought was going to be on our radar screen for quite some time,” he says. But the world's excitement around psychedelics has led to more interest, more research and more funding. “It made sense for us to go public,” he says, because that's provided the funding to acquire mental health clinics, where Numinus may one day provide guided psychedelic therapies to patients at large. Going public came with challenges, though. “People talk about the overnight success and huge amount of enthusiasm in the psychedelic space, but when we went public, it was actually met with a significant amount of challenge and scrutiny.” Numinus has come a long way since then, holding onto a cash balance of more than $63 million in their latest quarter. [29:38] Asked to predict the future of Numinus Wellness, and the psychedelic space in general, Nyquvest says that he believes we're only just starting to learn about what psychedelics can do for mental healthcare. He hopes Numinus will remain at the forefront of the field. “Our goal has always been to be the number one most trusted brand in the psychedelic space… Our licencing out of the lab is an international licence, so we can work with any organisation all over the world… when you think about doing psychedelic therapy, [we hope] you go to a Numinus location in order to do that.” In the short term, Numinus Wellness will continue to collaborate with mental health clinics and MAPS, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. [31:20]

Hope y'all are ready to take the drug policy conversation to the next level! In Episode 2, we are joined by Ismail Ali, an esteemed colleague who is best known for serving as legal counsel at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). For over a decade, Ismail has been involved with efforts around drug policy reform, ending mass incarceration, and creating conditions for social and cultural transformation. It was a delight to dive into this dialogue and remember the glimmers of what we're all working toward together. About Ismail: As MAPS' Acting Director of Policy and Advocacy, Ismail advocates to eliminate barriers to psychedelic therapy and research, Links mentioned in our conversation: MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) Update on California's SB519 What's in this episode: How Fruiting Bodies and Ismail met (haha!) (4:25) Ismail's bio and background (6:15) Seeing through the American Dream mythology (7:25) Pursuing law as a facet of social and cultural change (8:20) Building MAPS policy and advocacy department (9:50) Emergent space in psychedelics (11:55) History of MAPS & current efforts (12:38) Self-sustaining, MDMA-powered drug policy engine (15:09) What would a legal post-prohibition environment look like? (15:50) Measure 109 - State level policy change on the rise (16:35) Public education and harm reduction (18:00) The current system is not working (20:07) Nuance of the highly regulated healthcare system (20:50) What binds us together? (21:45) Thinking big picture, multi-generational (22:40) Drug policy in an existential expansion (23:20) “Shared imagination of what is possible” (24:30) “Working within or without the superstructure, the status quo” (26:22) Idealism (27:30) “A battle of the imagination” (28:15) Mental health in mainstream conversation (29:05) Activism and Incrementalism (30:11) “Revolution is not just theory, it's also infrastructure” (31:55) What's happening in California - SB519 (34:20) Dreamy dream (41:50) Celebration without reservation (42:30) Huge thank you to the forever inspiring Ismail Ali for joining us. What a gift. Follow him on Instagram at @sage_izzy. And special thank you to the people behind the scenes who help make the Fruiting Bodies podcast possible. Be sure to send them some love! · Podcast Editor, Sydney Bogan · Studio space, Mariah Makalapua & Medicine Collective · Equipment & support, Joe Izzo from Conscious Cloud Podcast · Our awesome volunteer team: Yicela Alvarado, SunMee Sandusky, and Allison Holmes · Our sponsors, Dr. Bronner's, Mimosa Therapeutics, and Psychedelics Today · All of our incredible supporters, collaborators, and listeners Stay connected by following us on Instagram @fruitingbodiesco. Visit our website to find past show notes, become a monthly supporter and join our email list. Thank you for supporting our shared mission! -Elan & Rebecca --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fruitingbodies/support

Meet Kayse Gehret… Kayse Gehret is the founder of Micro-dosing for Healing, a nationwide virtual program combining micro-dosing education, experience and supportive community. In their group programs they offer a unique, intimate community of individuals drawn to practice with diverse intentions... including physical healing, mental wellness, emotional balance and spiritual connection. The intention of the program is to introduce individuals to the beautiful practice of micro-dosing, inspire a lifelong connection to nature, instill a reverence & respect for sacred plant medicine and create the conditions for healing in a fun, welcoming and supportive container.Kayse has been in the healing arts for more than two decades, with a successful healing arts practice and studios in Northern California. Her passion is inviting individuals to rediscover their own natural, innate healing and building community around healing, discovery and possibility.The topic of our podcast today is Micro-dosing with plant medicine and the incredible work that is being done at Johns Hopkins and in numerous cities around the country that have decriminalized and even legalized mushrooms as medicine. Kayse, as you just heard, is doing some amazing work to empower her clients in the knowledge of plant medicine in combination with healthy living practices.Kayse shares with us her background in the healing arts and how she grew her spa in Northern California, Soulstice Spa to include 4 locations. The work she did with celebrities and well known folks around the world is legendary, yet during the pandemic she had to shift and grow in a new direction and she hasn't looked back since.The transformation that is possible with these plant medicines is pretty amazing and I feel it needs to be shared to the greater masses. I love when she states about mental health and plant medicine “ you don't cure these emotions you shift your relationship with anxiety or depression. You don't numb your feelings you feel them but not as intensely.”The world of plant medicine, medicinal mushrooms and functional mushrooms as you will learn is opening up so many possibilities for healing from so many diverse perspectives.We talk about the work currently going on at Johns Hopkins with Dr. Roland Griffiths at the Center for Psychedelics and Consciousness Research, the personal reports of healing and clarity that so many of her clients have experienced. We also spend some time talking about the healing properties of what are called functional mushrooms that you can easily find, grow and use in your daily life, things like Reishi, Lions Mane, Turkey Tail…and many others. The show notes are full of links to explore some of these ideas and places to source these mushrooms and learn more about the benefits.Stick with me here and maybe this will open your eyes and mind to a world of healing that is within reach for you or someone you know.SHOW LINKS *******Kayse Gehret contact info:https://www.microdosingforhealing.com/https://www.instagram.com/kaysegehret/Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelics and Consciousness Researchhttps://hopkinspsychedelic.org/Dr. Roland Griffiths Tedx Talkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKm_mnbN9JYPaul Stametshttps://fungi.com/pages/about-ushttps://www.instagram.com/paulstamets/Santa Cruz California Decriminalization movement.https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidcarpenter/2020/02/01/santa-cruz-is-third-us-city-to-decriminalize-psilocybin-plant-medicine-as-advocacy-expands/?sh=5be975e85d0dFunctional Mushrooms - Four Sigmatichttps://us.foursigmatic.com/Lions Manehttps://ommushrooms.com/blogs/blog/lions-mane-mushroom-benefits-m2Paul Stamets mushroom supplements:https://hostdefense.com/Supplements from Paul Stametshttps://hostdefense.com/collections/in-stockThe Movie Fantastic Fungihttps://fantasticfungi.com/watch/Clinical Trial for PTSD in Veteranshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/javierhasse/2020/08/12/psilocybin-trial-ptsd-veterans/?sh=2b9451d44601James Fadiman - MIcrodosinghttps://www.jamesfadiman.com/Book: https://www.amazon.com/Psychedelic-Explorers-Guide-Therapeutic-Journeys/dp/1594774021Melissa Lavasani Decriminilization in Washington DChttps://www.washingtonian.com/2020/07/27/how-the-most-normal-person-ever-became-the-face-of-a-movement-to-decriminalize-magic-mushrooms/MAPS - Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies with Rick Doblin:https://maps.org/news/media/7810-ted2019-the-future-of-psychedelic-assisted-psychotherapy-rick-doblinMichael Pollan's books:https://michaelpollan.com/books/how-to-change-your-mind/https://michaelpollan.com/books/this-is-your-mind-on-plants/Book link - Braiding Sweetgrasshttps://www.amazon.com/Braiding-Sweetgrass-Indigenous-Scientific-Knowledge/dp/1571313567

Nicholas Bruss is an integrative psychotherapist who was instrumental to Jordan's mental health growth and healing from 2015 to around 2018. Since working together, he's evolved his traditional practice to become a researcher, advocate, and specialist in the field of psychedelic-assisted therapy, a topic close to Jordan's heart.  This episode goes beyond the anecdotal reflections of psychedelic experiences and deep dives into the science and current research surrounding psychedelics as medicinal tools. Nicolas Bruss is a member of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) and the founder of The Psychedelic Coalition. Both groups are committed to eliminating the stigma attached to "drugs," such as ketamine and MDMA, by advocating for their health benefits with solid research. It's fascinating to learn more about how the legalization process is progressing for MDMA, which is on the cusp of being FDA approved to treat PTSD. If you have burning questions on psychedelic therapies, this episode delivers so much factual information, grounded in scientific understanding and clinical research, to sate your curiosity. Nick generously shares how he trained with MDMA himself and invites us all to connect to the study and investigate this new paradigm of mental health. Thanks to https://www.organifishop.com/pages/balanced?utm_source=balanced&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=direct (Organifi )for sponsoring this episode. Jordan is such a fan of their superfood blends of adaptogenic herbs and mushrooms to fight stress and boost energy. Simply mix a scoop with water or plant-based milk of your choice to uplevel your nutrition on the go. Head to https://www.organifishop.com/pages/balanced?utm_source=balanced&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=directhttps://www.organifishop.com/pages/balanced?utm_source=balanced&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=direct (organifi.com/balanced) and use the code “BLONDE” for 20% off all products.  Thanks to https://www.sakara.com/pages/balanced (Sakara Life) for sponsoring this episode. This plant-based food brand delivers delicious organic meals and daily wellness essentials straight to your door. Get 20% off your first order by going on https://www.sakara.com/pages/balanced (sakara.com/balanced) and enter “BLONDE20” at checkout.  To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: http://www.thebalancedblonde.com/podcast/ (http://www.thebalancedblonde.com/podcast/) Resources: Website: https://apracticeoffreedom.com/ (apracticeoffreedom.com) + https://www.psychedeliccoalitionforhealth.com/ (psychedeliccoalitionforhealth.co)             Learn More:  Read: https://michaelpollan.com/books/how-to-change-your-mind/ (How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence) by Michael Pollen Read: https://www.amazon.com/Consciousness-Medicine-audiobook/dp/B07WW1KTPJ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwmqKJBhAWEiwAMvGt6AhuxFRPMooEUtRrnPKVVTtoF4nliV1dcJhpcbsY3n5_FnxwtcXhOBoChKgQAvD_BwE&hvadid=338622190012&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9028287&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=9040459720681823440&hvtargid=kwd-699848168068&hydadcr=15522_10340746&keywords=consciousness+medicine&qid=1630083357&sr=8-1 (Consciousness Medicine: Indigenous Wisdom, Entheogens, and Expanded States of Consciousness for Healing and Growth) by Françoise Bourzat, Kristina Hunter, et al. https://psychedelic.support/education/ (psychedelic.support/education) https://maps.org/ (Maps.org ) https://clinicaltrials.gov/ (clinicaltrials.gov) Website: https://www.thebalancedblonde.com/ (thebalancedblonde.com) Store: https://www.thebalancedblonde.podia.com/ (thebalancedblonde.com/shop) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thebalancedblonde/ (@thebalancedblonde) The Balanced Blonde is a production of...

Ever wondered what it's like to do ayahuasca, MDMA (molly), or psilocybin (magic mushrooms)? Are they right for you (can they help boost your sexual confidence, feel less anxious overall, and/or let go of old trauma)? Here, we share our experiences with different "medicines," as well as their huge advantages and drawbacks. People with relationship issues, including anxious/avoidant attachment now have even more ways of healing and moving forward. Psychedelics like ayahuasca, psilocybin, ketamine, MDMA, and more are increasingly used therapeutically, and have a lot of potential to help boost and accelerate personal growth, recovery from PTSD, and more.Mentioned on this episode:MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies): https://maps.org/Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research: https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/

Dane explores a handful of cutting-edge Psychedelic Therapy offerings and looks at what other Psychedelic Prescription Drug companies entering the LEGAL market are doing. Get some laughs with your facts! As psychedelics go mainstream, and gen pop interest in therapies gains momentum, it's important to be aware of the contraindications to treatment... but also to know that even for those who are presently contraindicated (they cannot undergo psychedelic therapy), help may soon be on the way. And that's why Dane sings and psychoanalyzes the lyrics to the TOOL song "The Patient" from Lateralus. Don't miss this one!WE ARE GROWING! Support the show by donating on Patreon! Recur your donation across 3 months for exclusive merch, depending on your tier! The featured art is "Psychedelic Healing" by Alex Grey of cosm.org, made to support MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies).Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/danecurley)

At the non-profit MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), Berra Yazar-Klosinski oversees research on the risk/benefit profile of psychedelics in compliance with the global regulatory landscape. In this episode, we hear more about how various psychedelics- such as MDMA and cannabis- have been successful in treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (or PTSD), sleep disorders, and more. See full show notes at www.northstarsleepschool.com/podcast

This week at the Round Table we open up about a major tool we have used for growth.... Psychedelics. We discuss MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), the scientific and medical exploration of these powerful tools along with going into some of our own personal experiences with the use of psychedelic's. We discuss the importance of using them not as recreation but as a tool for personal, emotional and spiritual growth/inquiry. We Hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did and we look forward to being completely open and transparent with this side of our lives moving forward. Love you all!

This week's guest is Ismail Ali of MAPS [Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies], who tells us about the hidden history of drug criminalization.

We discuss previously underappreciated personal stories of how the Psychedelic Renaissance was sparked since 1971. Description: 1971 was the year when drug prohibition came into force. Did we tell you the story of how the tables were turned against the prohibition of drugs? Or did we tell you the hurdles that were needed to be overcome. Well, that's exactly the point of the episode. We are here to bring to you how the road to psychedelic renaissance was built. And if you think, it came from overwhelming people with data, just like how a typical scientist thinks, you would be amazed at the personalities who paved the way, as much as the ones that broke it for themselves and for the world. We discuss the unconventional paths taken by Amanda Feilding of Beckley Foundation, Rick Doblin of MAPS - Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies and more importantly, the trailblazers who initiated the clinical studies before anyone did - The Heffter Research Institute. We interview the original members - Dr. Mark Geyer of UCSD to tell us the never-reported personal stories of the creation of Heffter Research Institute and the Psilocybin studies. 

Rick Doblin is the founder and executive director of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies). He received his doctorate in Public Policy from Harvard's School of Government. MAPS was founded in 1986 and has been granted FDA approval for MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. Find him on IG @rickdoblinmaps Find MAPS at https://maps.org/ Please leave us a review and help us get new guests!

Dr. Tammy talks with therapist, mediation & transformation teacher, and psychedelic medicine expert John Harrison, about the potential and limitations of using plant medicine to responsibly explore relationships, sex and intimacy.PROMO CODES & DEALS!Want a simple, luxurious lubricant that comes in a discreet and elegant bottle?  We know you do! Check out uberlube.com and get 10% off your first order with promo code: DRTAMMY. Uberlube ships for free within the USA.  DR. TAMMY WANTS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS about Sex, Love & Relationship and help you with your Trouble with Sex. Send your questions to drtammy@thetroublewithsex.com.GUEST BIOAfter spending over two years as a fugitive, and another two and a half years in prison on erroneous drug charges, John Harrison became a lifelong seeker of personal transformation, healing, and a student and teacher of Zen meditation.  As a principal investigator for MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) pilot study, John explored the efficacy of the psychedelic plant medicine Ibogaine in the treatment of Opiate addiction. As a therapist, he prepares patients for Ibogaine treatments and helps them to integrate the lessons learned from the dream-visions during a transformative Ibogaine experience. John is also a long-time student of the potentials and limitations of psychedelic medicines in the treatment of various addictions, depression, PTSD, relationship issues, and in the facilitation of personal transformation. He has a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology, and he is currently working on his Doctorate at Pacifica Graduate Institute. THE TROUBLE WITH SEX RESOURCES, REFERENCES & INFO· To read more about how to improve your sex life, check out Dr. Tammy's Getting the Sex You Want: Shed Your Inhibitions and Reach New Heights of Passion Together.· Learn more about love, marriage, monogamy and how to redefine your commitment to each other in Dr. Tammy's TEDX talk - The New Monogamy - or her book by the same name. ·  Want more Dr. Tammy?  Read: The New Monogamy, When You're the One Who Cheats.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thetroublewithsex)

Rick Doblin is the founder and executive director of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies). He received his doctorate in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. MAPS was founded in 1986 and has been granted FDA approval for MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. Find him on IG @rickdoblinmaps Find MAPS at https://maps.org/ More from us at trendswithbenefits.com Please leave us a review. It takes less than 60 seconds and helps us snag new guests. We read all the reviews! 

Rick is the founder and executive director of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) ­– a non-profit research and educational organization that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics.In the first of our two-part discussion – Rick talks about his upbringing and education and how he was first introduced to psychedelics. Then, the moment Rick dedicated his life to the study and advancement of psychedelics – which he views as the path for mass mental health in a better world – and a fundamental right. Plus, how MAPS plays a unique role – much like a public utility – to align drug policy reform with drug research and advocate for healing and justice. Finally, Rick agrees to chat more with Ronan in part two.Show Notes: Rick discusses his entrance into the psychedelic space – and how both the holocaust and his heritage influenced his upbringing (3:05)Rick had a sense of possibility during his childhood that was coloured by immigrant stories of his family (6:00)Initially, Rick believed all the anti-psychedelic propaganda and discusses his approach to resisting the draft – including the implication of a felony conviction, mass incarnation, and the drug-war (7:20)Rick immersed in Russian language to learn about ‘the other’. It’s where his underground career first started when a book was given to him which was partially written under the influence of LSD (11:30)Palmcourt parties were psychedelic parties at college, and it was Rick’s first exposure to psychedelics – and nudist colonies. It was the first time he saw the underground in the open. (14:20)Rick’s first few times with LSD were both emotionally difficult and remarkable (15:20)Rick loves Mescaline – “the most important psychedelic not being studied” (16:40)In 1972 Rick’s guidance counselor gave him an early copy of Stan Grof’s book – which was fortunate (18:00)The moment Rick realized he wanted to work on psychedelics for the rest of his life (20:00)As an 18-year-old, Rick wrote to Stan Grof – and to his surprise – Stan wrote back! That was the genesis for Rick, and he remains his mentor to this day (22:30)Rick describes a pivotal and influential dream he had – which continues to guide him (23:41)Rick discusses some of the accomplishments of MAPS and how it can operate as a non-profit and public-benefit corporation mix. MAPS has a role to play – and part of a national health care approach around the world. It has built public value – and is leading the way in regulatory systems and a credentialing of therapists (30:00)How do we get this covered by national health care – and demonstrate cost-effectiveness? (33:40)Rick views ketamine clinics in different ways: those who offer a pharmacological treatment and those who offer treatment in conjunction with talk therapy – which is much more durable for the patient (35:30)The difference between drug policy reform and drug research – and how they can be aligned (39:00)Ronan apologizes for some public comments he previously made that were misunderstood regarding his views on underground therapy – and Rick talks about a Martin Luther King statue and quote about “those who violate an unjust law to educate others on the injustice have the most respect for the law” (43:20)Rick agrees to join Ronan for a second chat in Part #2 to talk more about the work of MAPS (48:00)

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Dr. David Rabin joins to show to talk about his revolutionary invention, Apollo, and how this device is being used to successfully address stress and psychological disorders in ways that conventional treatments can not. On today’s podcast, you will learn: Why Stress interferes in recovery outcomes. Why meditation and breath-work benefits are so short lived. How you can use wearable technology to remain in a relaxed state and beat stress before it beats you. How Dr. Rabin’s invention, the Apollo, is being used to address conditions resistant to conventional treatments like addiction, PTSD, depression, etc. Dr. David Rabin's Bio: Dr. David Rabin MD, PhD, a board-certified psychiatrist and translational neuroscientist, is the Chief Innovation Officer, Co-Founder, and Co-Inventor at Apollo Neuroscience; the first scientifically-validated wearable system to improve HRV, focus, sleep, and access to meditative states by delivering gentle layered vibrations to the skin. Dr. Rabin is helping to organize the world’s largest controlled study of psychedelic medicines in collaboration with colleagues at Yale, the University of Southern California, Mt. Sinai, and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) to determine the mechanisms of the dramatic therapeutic benefits observed following psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in treatment-resistant mental illness. Learn more about Apollo and get a special 15% off! Go to Are toxic metals causing your fatigue and health issues? Find out by taking Wendy’s Heavy Metals Quiz at

This week we welcome Jonathan Lubecky, Veterans and Governmental Affairs Liaison for MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies). Jonathan discusses his personal experience combating PTSD, and the breakthroughs he made while participating in MAPS' Phase 2 FDA trial. MAPS is currently researching the use of MDMA assisted psychotherapy to treat PTSD and anxiety. Jonathan outlines the great strides MAPS is making in defeating veteran suicide and providing hope to everyone struggling with PTSD.

Michael Oliver is the Volunteer Coordinator and Executive Assistant for MAPS Canada. MAPS Canada is focused on researching the therapeutic uses of psychedelic drugs in treating a variety of mental illness. They recently have helped pass MDMA as an approved substance for use in therapeutic settings set for 2021. You can check out some of their work at their website (https://maps.org/) or follow them on Instagram. 

Today, I talk to Rick Doblin, the Founder and Executive Director of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) A “non-profit research and educational organisation that develops medical, legal, and cultural contexts for people to benefit from the careful uses of psychedelics and marijuana.” Some people say Rick is a “Mensch” and that’s yiddish for a a person of integrity and honour, which I would like to confirm 100% regarding Now, after decades of focused, strategic effort, MAPS has achieved securing FDA approval to conduct a Phase III study of a psychedelic drug – in this case MDMA – for treatment-resistant PTSD.

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways Rick founded MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) as a non-profit organization in 1986 to raise awareness and understanding of psychedelic substance56% of patients no longer required treatment for PTSD after two months of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy “Most subjects received just two to three sessions of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy” – Tim FerrissThe average patient in the study suffered from PTSD for 17.8 YEARS before being treated and healed with MDMA In humans, taking MDMA releases the association of trauma to a negative memory and makes people feel safe the next time they recall that incident“The next time that you remember the incident, you remember the incident with a different emotional tone and that can be encoded in new neural pathways in your brian” – Rick DoblinYou need MDMA and therapy to get the most effective treatment for PTSD“It’s not really MDMA, it’s psychotherapy facilitated by MDMA” – Rick DoblinMDMA brings unconscious thoughts to the surface, but if you’re not prepared for that you could have a breakdown instead of a breakthrougheval(ez_write_tag([[728,90],'podcastnotes_org-medrectangle-3','ezslot_0',122,'0','0']));Read the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgRick Doblin — The Psychedelic Domino That Tips All Others | Brought to you by Helix Sleep and LinkedIn JobsRick Doblin, PhD, (@rickdoblin) is the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). He received his doctorate in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where he wrote his dissertation on the regulation of the medical uses of psychedelics and marijuana and his master’s thesis on a survey of oncologists about smoked marijuana vs. the oral THC pill in nausea control for cancer patients. Rick was also one of the early students under the legendary Dr. Stanislav Grof.Please listen to this entire episode, as there is a $10M surprise at the end.If you are interested in learning more about MAPS’s critical work and Phase 3 studies to make MDMA-assisted psychotherapy an approved treatment for PTSD, please visit maps.org/capstoneThis podcast episode is brought to you by Helix Sleep! Helix was selected as the #1 best overall mattress pick of 2020 by GQ magazine, Wired, Apartment Therapy, and many others. With Helix, there’s a specific mattress for each and everybody’s unique taste. Just take their quiz—only two minutes to complete—that matches your body type and sleep preferences to the perfect mattress for you. They have a 10-year warranty, and you get to try it out for a hundred nights, risk free. They’ll even pick it up from you if you don’t love it. And now, to my dear listeners, Helix is offering up to 200 dollars off all mattress orders plus two free pillows at HelixSleep.com/TIM.This episode is also brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs. Whether you are looking to hire now for a critical role or thinking about needs that you may have in the future, LinkedIn Jobs can help. LinkedIn is an active community with more than 675 million members worldwide. LinkedIn screens candidates for the hard and soft skills you’re looking for and puts your job in front of candidates looking for job opportunities that match what you have to offer.With LinkedIn, you can hire the right person quickly when you need them. And if you need to hire for healthcare or essential services, you can post your jobs for free. When it’s time to find and hire that right person, LinkedIn is here to help. Just visit LinkedIn.com/Tim to get started! Terms and conditions apply.***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please fill out the form at tim.blog/sponsor.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss

In our inspired podcast, Day navigates the nuanced landscape of the burgeoning psychedelic renaissance with unmatched clarity; She confronts the vital conversations that are immediately pressing and those important talks that are around the bend and forthcoming. We cover psychedelic medicines, culture, integration, COVID-19, and the paramount importance of the value of intentional language when retelling the story of what might be possible for our human family.    Podcast #31 Day HJ Show Notes: We Discuss; 2:57 - MDMA Phase 3 trials - https://maps.org/research/mdma/ptsd/phase3/timeline 3:46 - 4:50 - Madison Psychedelic Society -http://www.madisonpsychedelic.com/ - Madison Psychedelic Society Meetup - https://www.meetup.com/Madison-Psychedelic-Society/  - May 28th, 7 pm CST “Worth The Fight” presentation: https://www.meetup.com/Madison-Psychedelic-Society/events/270374700/ - June 17th. 6 pm CST “Worth The Fight” Bookclub: https://www.meetup.com/Madison-Psychedelic-Society/events/270374821/   5:20 - 6:10 - Psilocybin and MDMA assisted therapy research at UW Madison: https://pharmacy.wisc.edu/testing-innovative-mental-health-treatments/   10:16  - Milwaukee Psychedelic Society meetup- https://www.meetup.com/Milwaukee-Psychedelic-Society/   14:17 - MAPS - Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies - https://maps.org/ - Decriminalization - https://maps.org/policyreform   14:35 -Harm-reduction - https://maps.org/resources/responding-to-difficult-psychedelic-experiences   15:35 - Rick Doblin - https://maps.org/about/staff/ ----- https://www.facebook.com/rickdoblin/ ----- https://www.ted.com/speakers/rick_doblin   17:38 - Some mental Health info/stats - https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/mental-illness.shtml - Veteran suicide info - https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/suicide_prevention/data.asp - The opioid crisis - https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/epidemic/index.html ----- https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/index.html    22:37 - "The only constant in life is change" NOT SPOKEN BY EINSTEIN! https://socraticlife.com.au/heraclitus-the-only-constant-is-change/   24:25 - Ayahuasca - https://maps.org/research/ayahuasca   25:41 - Simon Sinek - https://simonsinek.com/   28:45 - using raw/ceremonial cacao with meditations -    31:20 - "The Psychedelic Renaissance" - https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/hygieias-workshop/201908/the-psychedelic-renaissance   32:30 - "set and setting" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_and_setting   32:46 - Peak Experience - https://maps.org/news-letters/v09n3/09323rob.html - The mystical Scale - https://www.uni-bielefeld.de/(en)/theologie/forschung/religionsforschung/forschung/streib/methoden/mysticismscale.html   36:38 - Dr Robin Carhart-Harris - https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/r.carhart-harris   42:37 - Wisconsin hone to 10 of top 20 drunkest cities: https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/report-wisconsin-is-home-to-12-of-the-nations-top-20-drunkest-cities   48:12 - The War on Drugs - https://www.drugpolicy.org/issues/brief-history-drug-war ----- https://www.britannica.com/topic/war-on-drugs - Harm reduction - https://maps.org/resources/responding-to-difficult-psychedelic-experiences - Risk reduction -https://maps.org/policyreform   50:42 - Mesculine - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01571-2 - DMT - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/dd52796e-5935-414e-af0c-de9686d02afa - Indigenous reparations for medicinal plants - https://www.omicsonline.org/the-dilemma-of-plant-knowledge-and-compensation-for-native-people-living-in-brazilian-biomes-2157-7625.1000108.php?aid=6072   56:38 - FDA fast-tracking psilocybin and MDMA assisted therapy: https://www.popsci.com/story/health/psilocybin-magic-mushroom-fda-breakthrough-depression/  - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/ecstasy-could-be-breakthrough-therapy-for-soldiers-others-suffering-from-ptsd/2017/08/26/009314ca-842f-11e7-b359-15a3617c767b_story.html   1:01:22 - Madison Psychedelic Society -http://www.madisonpsychedelic.com/ - Madison Psychedelic Society Meetup - https://www.meetup.com/Madison-Psychedelic-Society/  - May 28th, 7 pm CST “Worth The Fight” presentation: https://www.meetup.com/Madison-Psychedelic-Society/events/270374700/ - June 17th. 6 pm CST “Worth The Fight” Bookclub: https://www.meetup.com/Madison-Psychedelic-Society/events/270374821/

Noor talks with Michael Oliver from MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies).  Michael talks about the goals set out by MAPS and legalizing the use of psychedelics for medicinal purposes.  He also shares some of the brightest spots in psychedelic research mainly MDMA and its effects on PTSD.  He shares what its like to partake in a psychedelic therapy session and also the paths to become a psychedelic therapist. Noor and Michael also discuss the how psychedelics have benefited themselves and how they can be used for personal growth.  They discuss how they have the power to change personal values and the possibility for them to change societal values in the future. Check out MAPS here:  www.mapscanada.org Check out Michael's clothing line hear: http://www.theflyingsage.ca/                                                         15 % Discount code = noor Michael on Instagram: @the_flyingsage Please follow Noor Kidwai on:                                               Instagram: @noorkidwai                                                      Youtube: Noor Kidwai                                            www.noorkidwai.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Natalie Lyla Ginsberg is the head of policy for MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies). Through clinical trials, MAPS studies the medicinal effects of psychedelics. Some of the results they're seeing are not only promising they're potentially transformative. Link Drop!MAPS website: https://maps.org/Article by Natalie: https://maps.org/news/bulletin/articles/420-bulletin-spring-2017/6626-psychedelics-and-the-trauma-of-daily-injusticeNatalie's Socialshttps://www.instagram.com/natalielyla/?hl=enMy SocialsTwitta: https://twitter.com/AdarWeinrebInsta: https://www.instagram.com/adarweinreb...The book: https://www.facebook.com/AdarWeinrebSupport more content: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=28922972Honorable MentionsEdit by: @rafaelkutMusic by Ariel Saponar: https://www.facebook.com/arielsaponar.

My friend, Dr. David Rabin MD, PhD,  is a board-certified psychiatrist and translational neuroscientist, is the Chief Innovation Officer, Co-Founder, and Co-Inventor at Apollo Neuroscience; the first scientifically-validated wearable system to improve HRV, focus, sleep, and access to meditative states by delivering gentle layered vibrations to the skin. Dr. Rabin has also organized the world’s largest controlled study of psychedelic medicines in collaboration with colleagues at Yale, the University of Southern California, Mt. Sinai, Modern Spirit, and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) to determine the mechanisms of the dramatic therapeutic benefits observed following psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in treatment-resistant mental illness.   Dr. Dave will speak at MeetDelic.com  Learn more about him at apolloneuro.com  

This is a 30 minute preview. To listen to the full interview - and get all of our premium content join the "Night Club" Lucid Dreaming & Dream Yoga Community Online! For the full interview visit: ⭐ nightclub.andrewholecek.com/interviews/david-jay-brown Join Andrew and David Jay Brown for a delightful romp through a host of topics that surround lucid dreaming and altered states of consciousness. David writes a great deal about non-ordinary states, so the conversation begins with a look at whether waking consciousness is the altered state, and the unconventional idea that traditional altered states actually point out aspects of the natural state. David then shares his “go-to” induction methods, and a battery of practical tips about having lucid dreams. The conversation transitions into his area of expertise, which is supplemental agents for initiating lucidity (like Mexican and African dream herbs, velvet bean, mugwort, vitamin B-6, galantamine), and tips for how to use these available substances. The dialogue shifts into a discussion of psychedelics, and their extraordinary potential. Emphasis is placed on how to bring these mind-altering experiences onto the path. What's the best thing to do before and after a trip? What is the promise and peril of these agents? What's the safest way to use them? David then shares some of his most transformative lucid dream experiences, and closes with how to use lucid dreams for healing (including surrogate healing). David's work around lucid dreaming is among the most radical, innovative, controversial, provocative, researched, and mind-expanding approaches I've seen. No stone is left unturned. - Because David was unable to do this recording with our usual platform, the audio is a bit compromised. We apologize for this, but had no other options. After a technical hiccup about seven minutes in, the conversation proceeds without interruption. - ABOUT DAVID JAY BROWN David Jay Brown is the author of Dreaming Wide Awake: Lucid Dreaming, Shamanic Healing and Psychedelics, and The New Science of Psychedelics: At the Nexus of Culture, Consciousness, and Spirituality. He is also the coauthor of five other bestselling volumes of interviews with leading-edge thinkers, Mavericks of the Mind, Voices from the Edge, Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse, Mavericks of Medicine, Frontiers of Psychedelic Consciousness, and of Women of Visionary Art. Additionally, Brown is the author of two science fiction novels, Brainchild and Virus, and he is the coauthor of the health science book Detox with Oral Chelation. Brown holds a master's degree in psychobiology from New York University, and was responsible for the California-based research in two of British biologist Rupert Sheldrake's books on unexplained phenomena in science: Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home and The Sense of Being Stared At. His work has appeared in numerous magazines, including Wired, Discover, and Scientific American, and he was the Senior Editor of the special edition, themed MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) Bulletins from 2007 to 2012. In 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brown was voted “Best Writer” in the annual Good Times and Santa Cruz Weekly's “Best of Santa Cruz” polls, and his news stories have been picked up by The Huffington Post and CBS News. To find out more about his work see: www.davidjaybrown.com

I feel like there is no better person to start off the Missouri Psychedelic Podcast with than Rick Doblin. Founder of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies). MAPS is making incredible strides expanding the world of psychedelic medicine. I’ve looked up to Rick Doblin for nearly a decade and the moment I started doing radio with my partner Steven George Elgin, he’s been the person I’ve wanted to sit down for an interview with more than anyone. Rick is an incredibly warm and inviting human being and made having a conversation really easy. I hope you enjoy!

Join Andrew and David Jay Brown for a delightful romp through a host of topics that surround lucid dreaming and altered states of consciousness. David writes a great deal about non-ordinary states, so the conversation begins with a look at whether waking consciousness is the altered state, and the unconventional idea that traditional altered states actually point out aspects of the natural state. David then shares his “go-to” induction methods, and a battery of practical tips about having lucid dreams. The conversation transitions into his area of expertise, which is supplemental agents for initiating lucidity (like Mexican and African dream herbs, velvet bean, mugwort, vitamin B-6, galantamine), and tips for how to use these available substances. The dialogue shifts into a discussion of psychedelics, and their extraordinary potential. Emphasis is placed on how to bring these mind-altering experiences onto the path. What's the best thing to do before and after a trip? What is the promise and peril of these agents? What's the safest way to use them? David then shares some of his most transformative lucid dream experiences, and closes with how to use lucid dreams for healing (including surrogate healing). David's work around lucid dreaming is among the most radical, innovative, controversial, provocative, researched, and mind-expanding approaches I've seen. No stone is left unturned.Because David was unable to do this recording with our usual platform, the audio is a bit compromised. We apologize for this, but had no other options. After a technical hiccup about seven minutes in, the conversation proceeds without interruption.--ABOUT DAVID JAY BROWNDavid Jay Brown is the author of Dreaming Wide Awake: Lucid Dreaming, Shamanic Healing and Psychedelics, and The New Science of Psychedelics: At the Nexus of Culture, Consciousness, and Spirituality. He is also the coauthor of five other bestselling volumes of interviews with leading-edge thinkers, Mavericks of the Mind, Voices from the Edge, Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse, Mavericks of Medicine, Frontiers of Psychedelic Consciousness, and of Women of Visionary Art. Additionally, Brown is the author of two science fiction novels, Brainchild and Virus, and he is the coauthor of the health science book Detox with Oral Chelation. Brown holds a master's degree in psychobiology from New York University, and was responsible for the California-based research in two of British biologist Rupert Sheldrake's books on unexplained phenomena in science: Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home and The Sense of Being Stared At. His work has appeared in numerous magazines, including Wired, Discover, and Scientific American, and he was the Senior Editor of the special edition, themed MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) Bulletins from 2007 to 2012. In 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brown was voted “Best Writer” in the annual Good Times and Santa Cruz Weekly's “Best of Santa Cruz” polls, and his news stories have been picked up by The Huffington Post and CBS News. To find out more about his work see: www.davidjaybrown.com

After a nightmarish sexual assault at age 15, Mitch's life felt over. Wracked by daily dread, panic, and a desperate longing to die, he eventually found his way 22 years later to the MAPS trial of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for severe PTSD. In this astonishing account, Mitch describes how MDMA was able to reactivate his innate healing intelligence to allow him to go directly into the hottest fires of his trauma with a powerful shield of openness, safety, self-compassion, and trust. Mitch describes the actual "how" behind MDMA-assisted therapy and why it shows such promise for the future of trauma treatment.MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies)https://maps.orgDr. H interview on Therapy Chat podcast about working with MDMAhttps://baltimoreannapolispsychotherapypodcast.libsyn.com/218-understanding-the-research-on-psychedelics-with-trauma-survivors-with-dr-craig-heacockBFTA in the top psychedelic podcasts of 2020!!https://blog.feedspot.com/psychedelic_podcasts/MDMA and inner healing intelligence https://maps.org/news/bulletin/articles/383-bulletin-winter-2014/5427-a-conversation-with-mdma-assisted-psychotherapy-researchers-winter-2014https://maps.org/news/bulletin/articles/435-maps-bulletin-winter-2018-vol-28-no-3/7515-cultivating-inner-growth-the-inner-healing-intelligence-in-mdma-assisted-psychotherapy-winter-2018Dr. Hhttps://www.craigheacockmd.com

Dr. David Rabin MD, PhD is the chief innovation officer, co-founder and co-inventor at Apollo Neuroscience Inc. In his role, Dr. Rabin is developing Apollo Neuroscience's IP portfolio and running clinical trials of the Apollo technology, the first scientifically-validated wearable system to improve focus, sleep and access to meditative states by delivering layered vibrations to the skin. Dr. Rabin is a board-certified psychiatrist, translational neuroscientist, inventor and has been studying the impact of chronic stress in humans for more than 10 years. He has specifically focused his research on the clinical translation of non-invasive therapies that improve mood, focus, sleep and quality of life in treatment-resistant illnesses. Dr. Rabin received his MD in medicine and a PhD in neuroscience from Albany Medical College and trained in psychiatry at Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Rabin organized the world’s largest controlled study of psychedelic medicines in collaboration with colleagues at Yale, the University of Southern California, Mt. Sinai, I’Dor, Modern Spirit, and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) to determine the mechanisms of the dramatic therapeutic benefits observed following psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in treatment-resistant mental illness. Biological specimens are being collected from the first cohort of patients diagnosed with treatment-resistant PTSD in the MAPS FDA phase 3 double-blind randomized placebo-controlled crossover trial that began in 2019. Dr. Rabin is also the founder and executive director of the Board of Medicine, a nonprofit charity focused on improving the safety and effectiveness of medication-based treatments for patients and healthcare providers. Dr. Rabin built and led a team of expert physicians and scientists to spearhead the development of the world’s first evidence-based peer-reviewed clinical guidelines for the safe use of medical cannabis and other complementary and alternative medicines. The Board of Medicine uses these guidelines to train and certify healthcare providers and industry partners, as well as to provide quality control standards for natural and unregulated medicines to support the community goals of high-quality clinical research and harm-reduction. Dr. Rabin continues his clinical psychiatry practice providing psychiatric treatment as well as psychotherapy services to his clients and patients in California and Pennsylvania.

This week, I'm excited to welcome Dr. Dave Rabin to the show. Dr. David Rabin MD, PhD is the chief innovation officer, co-founder and co-inventor at Apollo Neuroscience Inc. In his role, Dr. Rabin is developing Apollo Neuroscience's IP portfolio and running clinical trials of the Apollo technology, the first scientifically-validated wearable system to improve focus, sleep and access to meditative states by delivering layered vibrations to the skin. Dr. Rabin is a board-certified psychiatrist, translational neuroscientist, inventor and has been studying the impact of chronic stress in humans for more than 10 years. He has specifically focused his research on the clinical translation of non-invasive therapies that improve mood, focus, sleep and quality of life in treatment-resistant illnesses. Dr. Rabin received his MD in medicine and a PhD in neuroscience from Albany Medical College and trained in psychiatry at Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Rabin organized the world’s largest controlled study of psychedelic medicines in collaboration with colleagues at Yale, the University of Southern California, Mt. Sinai, I’Dor, Modern Spirit, and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) to determine the mechanisms of the dramatic therapeutic benefits observed following psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in treatment-resistant mental illness. Biological specimens are being collected from the first cohort of patients diagnosed with treatment-resistant PTSD in the MAPS FDA phase 3 double-blind randomized placebo-controlled crossover trial that began in 2019. Dr. Rabin is also the founder and executive director of the Board of Medicine, a nonprofit charity focused on improving the safety and effectiveness of medication-based treatments for patients and healthcare providers. Dr. Rabin built and led a team of expert physicians and scientists to spearhead the development of the world’s first evidence-based peer-reviewed clinical guidelines for the safe use of medical cannabis and other complementary and alternative medicines. The Board of Medicine uses these guidelines to train and certify healthcare providers and industry partners, as well as to provide quality control standards for natural and unregulated medicines to support the community goals of high-quality clinical research and harm-reduction. Dr. Rabin continues his clinical psychiatry practice providing psychiatric treatment as well as psychotherapy services to his clients and patients in California and Pennsylvania. Questions we ask in this episode: What is HRV and why should we pay attention to it? How can touch and vibration help where stress is concerned?   What is the Apollo wearable and what led you to create it? This week, I'm excited to welcome Dr. Dave Rabin to the show. 00:48 Dr. Rabin is a board certified psychiatrist and neuroscientist who specializes in the treatment of chronic stress. He's the co-founder of Apollo, a new wearable wellness device scientifically validated to lower stress. In this episode, we discuss how touch and vibration can positively impact HRV, that's heart rate variability, and learn how the Apollo can adapt to enhance focus recovery and sleep. Over to Dr. Rabin. Hey, guys. This is Stu from 180 Nutrition, and I'm delighted to welcome Dr. David Rabin to the podcast. Dr. Rabin, how are you? Dave 01:29 Good, thanks. How are you, Stu? I really appreciate you having me. Stu 01:32 I really appreciate you sharing some of your time. I know that we got lots to talk about this morning and there's a particular device that we're really intrigued in finding out a lot more about. Before we dial into that, and for all of our listeners that may not be familiar with you or your work, I'd love it if you could just tell us a little bit about yourself please. Dave 01:53 Sure. I'm a psychiatrist and a neuroscientist. I see patients currently focused on treatment resistant, posttraumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety, substance use disorders and chronic pain, insomnia, pretty much most mental health conditions that are worsened by stress and some of them that crossover even into physical health. That's a lot of conditions and we see a lot of overlap between those conditions in people. I was working with those patients for a while and I realized that there were a lot of commonalities between these folks that prevent them from achieving their therapeutic goals from treatment. If you have anxiety or depression, your goal of treatment is to feel less anxious and feel happier during the day and have more energy and sleep better at night. 02:41 But less than 50% in a lot of cases are getting that kind of result from their depression treatment in Western medical situations. I started to look at other techniques for how we could help people access those skills and access better sleep, better focus, better energy levels during the day, better mood, that we're starting to look into sort of where Eastern and Western medicine meet, really looking at the breathwork biofeedback and starting to look at meditation and mindfulness practices and the neuroscience of that, right, and how we've evaluated those over the years. 03:19 We know that biofeedback practices boost heart rate variability, something that we'll probably talk about a little later, and heart rate variability turns out to be really interesting, particularly in this day and age, because it is the rate of change of the heartbeat over time, which doesn't sound that interesting. But when you actually look at it more deeply, what you see is that heart rate variability is the single biggest predictor of the effect of stress on our bodies over time. It causes these imbalances in our autonomic nervous system, our stress response system, our recovery response system that prevent us from recovering effectively and then that impairs our performance down the road. Heart rate variability allows us to evaluate that. 03:58 We saw the patients you have PTSD, depression and anxiety all have low heart rate variability. People who have chronic pain, insomnia, they all have low heart rate variability almost across the board. That's really interesting because their bodies and their reports from their mouth when they talk to me would say or my colleagues would say, "I feel really stressed out. My body's always under duress, always under threat. Never feeling like it can rest, take a break, truly feel safe." All of these kinds of language was used. We developed Apollo as a strategy to help give people something that's accessible, that's a wearable technology. 04:37 It vibrates in a very gentle frequency of sound that stimulates the nervous system very much like biofeedback through our sense of touch to help balance the nervous system. We wanted to make something that was accessible and easy for people to use that could actually have realtime benefit in terms of improving our autonomic nervous system balance and helping us access high performance states, high recovery states, and meditative states more effectively.      

Charles L. Raison, MD, returns to the Psychcast to conduct a Masterclass on psychedelics for patients with major depressive disorder. Dr. Raison, professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, previously conducted a Masterclass on the risks and benefits of antidepressants. He disclosed that he is director of translational research at the Usona Institute, also in Madison. Later, Renee Kohanski, MD, raises questions about the felony child abuse case of pediatric emergency department doctor John Cox. Takeaway points Psychedelics are a range of compounds that share a common mechanism as agonists at the postsynaptic 5-HT2A serotonin receptor. Psychedelic agents have a novel therapeutic quality. Studies suggest that a few or even one exposure to a psychedelic compound, which has a short-term biological effect, leads to long-lasting therapeutic effect, such as remission of mood disorder or change in personality characteristics. The clinical outcomes are mediated by the intensity of the psychedelic experience. A psychedelic experience is characterized by profound, rapid alterations in what is seen, sensed, felt, and thought. It often leads to personal growth with experiences of transcendence. Subjects in trials often report a “mystical experience” they describe as a sense of unity with the universe and understanding of one’s deeper purpose. Psychedelic experiences also are characterized by a difficulty in describing them with words. Because psychedelics are illegal substances, the traditional route of pharmaceutical companies’ funding the research for clinical trials is not available. Organizations such as Usona Institute and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) are leading the way. The Food and Drug Administration has granted psilocybin a “breakthrough therapy designation” for the treatment of major depressive disorder. Summary Psilocybin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), mescaline, ayahuasca (active ingredient: N,N-dimethyltryptamine [DMT]), and 3,4-methylendioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA) are all classified as psychedelics. Psychedelics have been used for thousands of years for spiritual ceremonies. Psychedelics came to the attention of medicine and science after 1943 when Albert Hofmann, PhD, a chemist at a Sandoz Lab in Basel, Switzerland, synthesized LSD and accidentally ingested it, serendipitously identifying its mind-altering properties.  Until 1970, psychedelics were widely used in clinical research, and more than 1,000 academic papers about their use were published. For example, psychedelics were used as a model for schizophrenia and helped identify the role of serotonin in psychosis. They also were studied to treat addiction and as a treatment for existential anxiety in cancer. In 1971, psychedelics were declared illegal under the U.N. Convention on Psychotropic Substances. Researchers returned to psychedelics in the 2000s, examining a variety of uses, including the capability to reliably induce psychedelic experience in healthy normal volunteers (no previous psychiatric diagnosis) and promote emotional well-being in healthy normal volunteers. The role of psychedelics as medicine are once again being studied in a variety of contexts, such as mood disorders, PTSD, addiction, and phase-of-life problems. Most notable from the research is the capability of psychedelic compounds to induce long-lasting effects on personality, mood disorders, and PTSD after one or a few ingestions. What is remarkable is how the therapeutic effect remains long after the biological presence of the compound is gone from the body. The clinical outcomes are mediated by the intensity of the psychedelic experience. The Usona Institute, a medical research organization, started as a nonprofit to advance the research into psychedelics needed for the FDA to approve psychedelics as a treatment. Because psychedelics are still illegal, the traditional route of pharmaceutical companies funding this type of research is not available. The FDA has granted psilocybin a “breakthrough therapy designation” for the treatment of major depressive disorder. The breakthrough therapy designation “indicates that the drug may demonstrate substantial improvement on a clinically significant endpoint(s) over available therapies.” The breakthrough therapy designation is for major depressive disorder, not for treatment-resistant depression, suggesting that the FDA recognizes the shortcomings of current treatments for depression. References Johnson MW, Griffiths RR. Potential therapeutic effects of psilocybin. Neurotherapeutics. 2017 Jul;14(3):734-40. Griffiths RR et al. Psilocybin-occasioned mystical-type experience in combination with meditation and other spiritual practices produces enduring positive changes in psychological functioning in trait measures of prosocial attitudes and behaviors. J Psychopharmacol. 2018 Jan;32(1):49-69. Johnson MW et al.  Long-term follow-up of psilocybin-facilitated smoking cessation. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2017 Jan;43(1):55-60. Griffiths RR et al. Psilocybin produces substantial and sustained decreases in depression and anxiety in patients with life-threatening cancer: A randomized double-blind trial. J Psychopharmacol. 2016 Dec;30(12):1181-97. Rozzo M. Book review: “‘How to Change Your Mind.” Columbia Magazine. 2018 Fall. *  *  *   For more MDedge Podcasts, go to mdedge.com/podcasts Email the show: podcasts@mdedge.com

In our first episode we introduce ourselves, the podcast, and help you understand this so-called ‘Psychedelic Renaissance'. We synthesized over 7000 years of history to explain how cave paintings of mushroom-wielding shaman have led to FDA approved research, millions in VC funding, and an emerging early-stage industry. If you want to dive deeper into some of the leading academic research we referenced you should start with the work at Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research [https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/publications] and Imperial College's Center for Psychedelic Research [https://www.imperial.ac.uk/psychedelic-research-centre/research/]. Additional resources discussed in the episode include: MAPS: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies [https://maps.org/about/mission] What the Dormouse Said: How the Sixties Counterculture Shaped the Personal Computer Industry by John Markoff [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_the_Dormouse_Said] Other great timelines that helped inform our research included those by Psychedelic Times [https://psychedelictimes.com/psychedelic-timeline/] and Psychedelic Science Review [https://psychedelicreview.com/timelines/cultural-events/] We'd love to read your feedback and answer any additional questions that you may have; email us at hello@psychedelicmemos.com and follow-us on Twitter (@arminkhaya & @colinrball) to continue the discussion. Copyright 2020. All Rights Reserved.

Dr. David Rabin, MD, PhD is a guy who designed a fascinating wearable that he showed me a few weeks ago when he came to my house in Spokane, WA. A board-certified psychiatrist, translational neuroscientist, and inventor specializing in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders, Dr. Rabin has spent the last 14 years researching treatments to combat the negative effects of chronic stress on physical and mental health. He received his MD in medicine and his PhD in neuroscience from Albany Medical College and trained in psychiatry at Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Rabin helped to organize the in collaboration with colleagues at Yale, the University of Southern California, Mt. Sinai, Modern Spirit, and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) to determine the mechanisms of the dramatic therapeutic benefits observed following psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in treatment-resistant mental illness. The study has begun and is collecting DNA samples from patients with treatment-resistant PTSD who are participating in the MAPS-sponsored Phase 3 FDA trial of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy to evaluate the gene expression changes that result from the therapy. He is also the founder and executive director of the Board of Medicine, a nonprofit organization of physicians and scientists spearheading the development of the world’s first evidence-based peer-reviewed clinical guidelines for the safe use of complementary and alternative medicines including medical cannabis. Dr. Rabin works with patients with treatment-resistant conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and substance use disorders. In his work, he found that when patients were in a calm, safe environment their physiological markers of stress improved, their mood got better, and they were better able to focus and manage their symptoms. He also found that mindfulness techniques and deep breathing worked quite well to reduce stress in patients, but that his patients had a difficult time practicing these techniques on their own in their day-to-day lives. In 2014, Dr. Rabin began his research on what would become the device I'm referring to, "Apollo" in a neuroscience lab at the University of Pittsburgh. After exploring academic research on mindfulness, biofeedback, deep breathing, and a host of sensory techniques including music therapy, Dr. Rabin found that touch is an often overlooked, but an incredibly vital pathway for quickly establishing relaxation in the mind and in the body. He quickly got to work developing , a breakthrough wearable technology that uses the neuroscience of touch and vibration to combat the negative effects of stress during his research at the University of Pittsburgh. sends gentle waves of vibration to your body that are clinically shown to bring your heart, lungs, and mind into balance, resulting in improved heart rate variability (HRV). By signaling safety to the body through your sense of touch, Apollo offers you control over your stress, so you can tackle whatever comes next. After clinical trials of the Apollo technology demonstrating its reliable effects on mood, sleep, and focus, Dr. Rabin co-founded  to make the discovery available to the public. Chronic stress tells your body that you’re under threat. These consistent disturbances put your body into fight-or-flight, making it difficult to stay calm, focus your attention, and get good sleep. ’s vibrations work by signaling safety to the brain, thereby soothing the stress response and rapidly restoring balance to the body. has created the first wearable system that upgrades your body instead of just tracking it. Clinical studies show that Apollo increases physical endurance, , , and helps users reach relaxation before bed rapidly by . Apollo’s effects occur within 5 minutes of use and have no known side effects. Apollo’s AI mobile app delivers gentle layered vibration frequencies to the body via a small modular wearable worn on the ankle or wrist. Users will be able to connect to Apple Health Kit to see how their biometrics improve with Apollo use over time. The Apollo system has been tested and independently validated by individual members of a number of different institutions in the military and many Veterans, several academics at Universities, >10 elite athletics clubs, as well as in with 6 more trials currently underway. The Company has over 1500 beta testers and has conducted over 500 long-term case studies with consistent results. Positive symptom improvements and voluntary reductions in habit-forming substances such as opioid narcotics, benzodiazepines, amphetamines, and caffeine have been reported in those with chronic conditions worsened by stress including insomnia, chronic pain, and PTSD. The at the University of Pittsburgh comparing EEG patterns of 25 naive meditators to 25 experienced meditators demonstrated that Apollo frequencies made naive meditators’ brainwaves look nearly identical to those of experienced meditators within 12 minutes. Apollo is currently being studied in a between the University of Pittsburgh and the New School (NYC) with an FDA trial for PTSD at the Pittsburgh VA Hospital in planning for Winter 2020. All studies and trials of the Apollo technology have been supported entirely with non-dilutive funding and grants. The system has been developed to FDA ISO 13485 regulatory requirements and HIPAA Compliance. During this discussion, you'll discover: -The link between the natural need to feel safe and stress...11:45 Autonomic balance: Understanding the link between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems is key Safety and threat are two major stimulants to the nervous system Safety to the parasympathetic Threat to the sympathetic Both natural instincts for self-preservation (diverting energy for the situation) Downsides of constantly being in sympathetic state Affects fertility and libido Athletes experience loss of libido during training Corporate burnout is considered a physical condition due to constantly being in a state of stress (sympathetic system) Preschoolers are often prescribed antidepressants due to stressors in their environment The human body is not meant to tolerate the stressors of modernity The body may be under a lot of stress even if we feel safe (roof over our head, food in the fridge, etc.) -How trauma affects one's ability to feel safe...23:30 "Trauma" by definition may be more far-reaching than one may think Safety includes, but is not limited to the physical element Trauma is one or many meaningful or intense unsafe experiences over time Parents ignore multiple times Perceptions of being unlovable or cannot love others Constantly worried about finances Affects the parasympathetic nervous system Book: by Bronnie Ware More connected w/ friends Worked less Choose to be happier Courage to express true self Courage to be who I am rather than who people expected me to be Trauma is a disconnection from self Sanskrit word for "self" is synonymous with "health" and (Telling your body you have time to breathe and relax) You must let go of attachment to things in the past in order to present to the world your true self -Whether or not epigenetic trauma is a legit concept...34:55 At one time a theory, now well-established in the scientific field Rachel Yehuda: Dutch potato famine: descendants experienced similar symptoms (depression, obesity, schizophrenia, etc.) -How psychedelics are used to reverse trauma...45:00 Psilocybin and : Used traditionally to release trauma Are being used to reverse trauma Highly efficacious while used w/  on PTSD patients Psychedelics are for "mind-manifesting"; not a party drug Ketamine is the only legal psychedelic in the U.S. (MDMA, psilocybin expected to clear hurdles soon) Everyone has trauma; they're all manifesting in different ways Depression Schizophrenia Anxiety Apollo to be used (eventually) after MDMA is administered We don't heal because of the medicine; the medicine empowers the body's innate ability to heal itself Breath is the gateway to the spirit Apollo was created to replicate the effects of expensive MDMA treatments with much more accessibility -The technology behind the Neuroscience wearable...1:01:25 Gentle vibrations to the body (like an ocean wave, or cat purring on you) Touch is the most effective means of creating the feeling of safety Made up of sound frequencies Skin perceives it much more than the ear Music changes resonance patterns in our bodies in different settings (working out, meditating, etc.) The 7 states in the device: Wakefulness (first thing in the morning) Clear and focused (for long deep work, public speaking, etc.) Rebuild and recover Social and open (social safety and flow, need to be "on") Meditation Relax and recharge Sleep Amount of time you'll use the device are case-dependent It becomes more effective over time; the body becomes sensitized to it -What the is made of...1:11:40 Built to FDA specs Hypo-allergenic Only active w/ Bluetooth when using the app (very low EMF exposure) HIPAA compliant -Rapid-fire questions about the Apollo...1:15:55 Is it safe for children and the elderly? Yes, it's been tested successfully on ages 3-93 Can it work on any part of the body? Yes, provided you adjust the settings appropriately Is it currently available to the general public? Yes. Click to get the Apollo (use code BENGREENFIELD15 to get a 15% discount) -And much more... Resources from this episode: - The wearable (use code BENGREENFIELD15 to get a 15% discount) - - - - - website - - - - Episode sponsors: -: Support for normal blood sugar levels and healthy energy metabolism, even after large, carb-rich meals. Ben Greenfield Fitness listeners, receive a 10% discount off your entire order when you use discount code: BGF10. -: Enjoy all the benefits of the 11 superfoods and their micronutrients that help increase resting metabolism, support cardiovascular health, and remove toxins to turn back the hands of time! 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Dr. Hannah McLane is a physician, psychotherapist, and founder of the SoundMind Project in Philadelphia, PA. This nonprofit mental health center is poised to become one of the country’s first FDA-approved MDMA therapy clinics and will soon offer safe, legal, clinician-supported MDMA treatment for PTSD to the general public. MDMA is showing “incredible efficacy” at tackling treatment-resistant PTSD in Phase 3 trials at MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), with the majority of patients no longer meeting the diagnosis of PTSD and never going back on pharmaceuticals after the completion of the therapy. In this conversation, Hannah talks about what these sessions look like, how the brain deals with trauma, and her mission to provide these revolutionary therapies to the most marginalized communities with the highest rates of PTSD. Join her mission at SoundMindProject.org. More podcasts where podcasts are found and on MauraJames.com. [“Behind That Locked Door (George Harrison cover)” - Jim James]

Welcome to 2020 my friends today we are talking about communication and most importantly communication with our loved ones. For New Year’s Eve, I decided to go on a vision quest with the help of psychedelic mushrooms and I had one of the most beautiful experiences of my life and knew I needed to tell my parents about it. But, I was so nervous about what they were going to think that I presented the idea of recording the experience with them for the podcast as I told them the story. Most likely you will never hear that recording, but it allowed me to feel safe as I was telling them the story. Which then inspired this coffee talk about communication and speaking and living our truth. More information about psychedelic mushrooms can be found at MAPS Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) Follow me on Instagram Be part of the 12 Week Find Your Light Within Group Coaching Program CLICK HERE

Dr. David Rabin MD, Ph.D is a board-certified psychiatrist and translational neuroscientist. He's the Chief Innovation Officer, co-founder, and co-inventor at Apollo Neuroscience, the first scientifically-validated wearable system to use skin vibration to improve heart rate variability, focus, sleep, and access to meditative states. Dr. Rabin has also organized the world’s largest controlled study of psychedelic medicines in collaboration with colleagues at Yale, the University of Southern California, Mt. Sinai, Modern Spirit, and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) to determine the mechanisms of the therapeutic benefits of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Special Guest: David Rabin.

Vi är evolutionärt missanpassade till den solitära betongvärld många lever i. Kan ett naturläkemedel, som inte vore lönsamt nog för läkemedelsföretagen att lansera, vara lösningen när en stor del av jordens befolkning blir psykiskt sjuka? I veckans avsnitt av Outsiders utforskar investerarna Anna Svahn och Karl-Mikael Syding den senaste forskningen inom och marknaden för psykedeliska substanser. 00:39 - Avsnittsöversikt 02:40 - Psilocybin och Paul Stamets räddade bina 03:21 - Svamparnas historia 03:57 - Psykedeliska substanser mer lovande än cannabis 04:35 - Exempelportföljer hos sponsorn Vontobel 05:48 - Ångest och mental ohälsa 05:49 - Vi är evolutionärt missanpassade 07:26 - Läkemedelsindustrin saknar incitament för att bota sjukdomar 08:35 - Många är sjuka och det finns bara ”dåliga” preparat 09:24 - Genomgång av befintliga läkemedel mot mental ohälsa 10:58 - Problemet med dessa läkemedel 11:31 - Naturläkemedel 12:28 - Stoned Ape Hypothesis 13:25 - Vad har hänt inom forskningen de senaste åren: 13:39 - 2016. Psilocybin mot stress, depression och ångest hos cancersjuka 13:58 - 2017. MDMA får breakthrough therapy-status 15:36 - 2018. Även psilocybin får breakthrough therapy-status 16:01 - Psilocybin med ögonbindel 17:02 - Denver och Oakland har legaliserat magisk svamp 17:25 - MAPS: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies 17:56 - Knark som botar knarkberoende? 18:18 - Drömmiljö i vaket tillstånd för att hantera PTSD 19:26 - Skillnaden mellan antidepressiva och psykedelika 20:17 - Marknadsvärde på 4200 miljarder dollar 20:35 - Inkommande IPO-kavalkader 21:35 - Nykteristen Christian Angermeyer och Peter Thiel i Compass Pathways 22:12 - The Yield Growth Corp - Kaffe med svamp I 23:10 - ATAI - Big data + AI för att hitta nya psykedeliska läkemedel 23:39 - Sammanfattning

Vi är evolutionärt missanpassade till den solitära betongvärld många lever i. Kan ett naturläkemedel, som inte vore lönsamt nog för läkemedelsföretagen att lansera, vara lösningen när en stor del av jordens befolkning blir psykiskt sjuka? I veckans avsnitt av Outsiders utforskar investerarna Anna Svahn och Karl-Mikael Syding den senaste forskningen inom och marknaden för psykedeliska substanser. 00:39 - Avsnittsöversikt 02:40 - Psilocybin och Paul Stamets räddade bina  03:21 - Svamparnas historia 03:57 - Psykedeliska substanser mer lovande än cannabis 04:35 - Exempelportföljer hos sponsorn Vontobel 05:48 - Ångest och mental ohälsa 05:49 - Vi är evolutionärt missanpassade 07:26 - Läkemedelsindustrin saknar incitament för att bota sjukdomar 08:35 - Många är sjuka och det finns bara ”dåliga” preparat 09:24 - Genomgång av befintliga läkemedel mot mental ohälsa 10:58 - Problemet med dessa läkemedel 11:31 - Naturläkemedel 12:28 - Stoned Ape Hypothesis 13:25 - Vad har hänt inom forskningen de senaste åren: 13:39 - 2016. Psilocybin mot stress, depression och ångest hos cancersjuka 13:58 - 2017. MDMA får breakthrough therapy-status 15:36 - 2018. Även psilocybin får breakthrough therapy-status 16:01 - Psilocybin med ögonbindel 17:02 - Denver och Oakland har legaliserat magisk svamp 17:25 - MAPS: Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies 17:56 - Knark som botar knarkberoende? 18:18 - Drömmiljö i vaket tillstånd för att hantera PTSD 19:26 - Skillnaden mellan antidepressiva och psykedelika 20:17 - Marknadsvärde på 4200 miljarder dollar 20:35 - Inkommande IPO-kavalkader 21:35 - Nykteristen Christian Angermeyer och Peter Thiel i Compass Pathways 22:12 - The Yield Growth Corp - Kaffe med svamp I 23:10 - ATAI - Big data + AI för att hitta nya psykedeliska läkemedel 23:39 - Sammanfattning

David Jay Brown is the author of The New Science of Psychedelics: At the Nexus of Culture, Consciousness, and Spirituality. He is also the coauthor of five bestselling volumes of interviews with leading-edge thinkers, Mavericks of the Mind, Voices from the Edge, Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse, Mavericks of Medicine, and Frontiers of Psychedelic Consciousness. Additionally, Brown is the author of two science fiction novels, Brainchild and Virus, and he is the coauthor of the health science book Detox with Oral Chelation. Brown holds a master’s degree in psychobiology from New York University, and was responsible for the California-based research in two of British biologist Rupert Sheldrake’s books on unexplained phenomena in science: Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home and The Sense of Being Stared At. His work has appeared in numerous magazines, including Wired, Discover, and Scientific American, and he was the Senior Editor of the special edition, themed MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) Bulletins from 2007 to 2012. In 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brown was voted “Best Writer” in the annual Good Times and Santa Cruz Weekly’s “Best of Santa Cruz” polls, and his news stories have been picked up by The Huffington Post and CBS News. His recently wrote a book about lucid dreaming and shamanic healing titled Dreaming Wide Awake.  He also co-authored the book with Rebecca Ann Hill titled Women of Visionary Art which is an exploration of the role that dreaming, psychedelic experiences, and mystical visions play in visionary art. LINKS: David's Books- https://www.innertraditions.com/author/david-jay-brown/  www.davidjaybrown.com   Book by Blake C. Erickson:  The Forbidden Fruit & The Tree of Knowledge: Opening the Third Eye- www.amazon.com/Forbidden-Fruit-Tree-Knowledge/dp/0557019524/ Music by ZencesTry on Spotify, iTunes, or visit- www.soundcloud.com/zencestry  Podcast Logo Art by Zachary Brown (Visonary Voyager)- https://www.instagram.com/visionaryvoyager/?hl=en Patreon support for The DMT Xperience Podcast- www.patreon.com/dmtxp

Dit is Ongehoord. Dé podcast over seksualiteit in al haar verschijningsvormen. Twee keer per maand kan je een nieuwe aflevering beluisteren. De ene keer een interview met een expert en de andere keer deelt iemand diens persoonlijke seksuele levensverhaal, onder de noemer Dicht op de Huid.Deze keer komt Laura aan het woord. Na het beluisteren van de aflevering over chemsex mailde ze me om haar eigen ervaringen met drugs en seksualiteit te delen. Verhalen die weer heel anders waren dan die in de chemsex aflevering te horen waren. In deze aflevering vertelt ze over wat ze is tegenkomen toen ze MDMA gebruikte. Verder hebben we het ook over kwetsbaarheid, de behoefte aan controle en het verlangen naar overgave. We praten over het beeld wat we van onszelf hebben, over hoe we denken dat we zouden moeten zijn en hoe bevrijdend het is om dat los te laten. In het gesprek hebben we kort over de onderzoeken die momenteel worden gedaan naar de mogelijkheden van MDMA in de behandeling van PTSD. Dit gebeurt met name in de Verenigde Staten, maar ook in Nederland zijn er onderzoeken aan de gang. Wil je hier helemaal in duiken, dan is MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) een goed startpunt. Je kan er onder andere de ervaringen van Annie Sprinkle lezen, de oermoeder van het sekspositief feminisme. In dit artikel beschrijft ze welke impact psychedelica hebben gehad op de beleving van seksualiteit. Ben je nieuwsgierig naar een verhaal van nu.Ben je benieuwd naar wat Laura nog meer doet, je kan haar vinden via haar website Dat Kan Makkelijk. Ben je geïnspireerd geraakt door het verhaal van Laura en wil je ook jouw seksuele levensverhaal met ons delen? Dat kan! Stuur ons een mail op marije@marijejanssen.nl met een korte introductie van jezelf en dat wat je zou willen delen. Support ons via PatreonGeniet van je de podcast? Heeft het je kennis, inzichten of simpelweg een goede ervaring gebracht? Overweeg dan of je ons financieel wil steunen in het werk dat we doen. Elke maand werken we keihard om gesprekken op te nemen die seksualiteit vanuit een ander perspectief laten zien. We gaan op zoek naar relevante gasten uit binnen- en buitenland en doen uitgebreide research in aanloop naar de interviews. We geloven dat ons werk van waarde is. Geloof je dat ook en heb je de mogelijkheid om een financiële bijdrage te leveren, ga dan naar onze Patreon pagina. Voor slechts 5 euro per maand help je ons om de kwaliteit van ons werk te verbeteren. Je helpt ons ook enorm door een recensie achter te laten op iTunes. Hoe meer recensies en beoordelingen, hoe beter we te vinden zijn voor anderen. We houden van contactWe zijn altijd benieuwd naar jouw gedachten over Ongehoord. Heb je iets gehoord waar je je in kon vinden? Zei een van onze gasten iets wat je raakte? Of misschien wel iets waar je het helemaal niet mee eens was? Stuur ons een mail! Ook als je suggesties hebt voor onderwerpen of interessante mensen die wellicht passen bij de podcast. Mail naar marije@marijejanssen.nl of laat van je horen via instagram @ongehoord_podcast

Download In this episode, Kyle and Joe host Rebecca Ann Hill and David Jay Brown, Authors of the book, Women of Visionary Art. The book showcases the work and inspiration of female artists such as Josephine Wall, Allison Grey, Amanda Sage, Martina Hoffman, Carolyn Mary Kleefeld and many others. 3 Key Points: Rebecca Ann Hill and David Jay Brown are co-authors of the book, Women of Visionary Art, which includes discussions with 18 female artists. The book and the episode are an exploration of the role that dreaming, psychedelic experiences, and mystical visions play in visionary art. There is a strong need for a balancing of masculine and feminine energies. Females tend to be more nurturing and more cooperative, and it's exactly the factors that are missing in our current world and are causing problems of greed. Support the show Patreon Leave us a review on iTunes Share us with your friends – favorite podcast, etc Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics Show Notes About David David’s background is in Psychobiology, the interface between psychology and biology He spent 10-15 years working in neuroscience and research labs His interest in Neuroscience came from his experience as a teenager, experimenting with psychedelics He wrote his first book, The Science of Psychedelics, about 10 years ago David mentions that the psychedelic renaissance has allowed him to write openly about psychedelic topics that he’s been preparing his whole life researching for About Rebecca aka Molly Moon Sparkles She has a huge creative drive She is currently studying psychology and is playing in the art program She is fascinated by entheogens, plant medicines and psychedelic compounds She is a painter and is working on the Molly Moon Magick Series that focuses on the divine feminine She wrote and illustrated the book Ecstatic Love, Lost Dreams and Mystic Visions Psychedelics and Creativity There is strong evidence that psychedelics improve creativity Music, art, technology, so many great things are influenced by psychedelics Putting the Book Together David was so fascinated with the visions he would see on psychedelics and wished that he had the talent to portray it through artwork, and then he began to see artists bring these visions to life He also saw a lot of gender inequality, that there were more men than women in the visionary art space It urged him to highlight the under recognized women in visionary art Rebecca was experimenting with other realms with plant medicines and psychedelic compounds She says her consciousness was so drastically different from any other time in her life, and she started painting her psychedelic experiences This led her to begin building community with other artists who shared the same ‘vision’ as her She said that the psychedelic experience has so much feminine nature to it that wasn't being voiced “We are going through a serious ecological crisis right now and the teachings behind the psychedelic experience is to heal the collective and help climate change” - Rebecca Stanley Krippner conducted a survey of artists and psychedelics The Imbalance of Masculine and Feminine There is an uprising of feminism with the “Me Too” movement, women in congress, women’s marches Our species has been so dominated by men and we need the nurturing and caring aspects of the feminine perspective Surprising Aspects of the Women The most surprising aspect is how much in common the women had David says it was beautiful how well each artist was connected to each other through their stories Laura Holden is completely self taught There were two women from the book that had never touched a psychedelic substance They were inspired through dreams and daydreams The psychedelic experience not only inspires the artwork, but it creates a new way of viewing artwork Kyle mentions that he always wished he could record his dreams Joe says he has been seeing research around capturing visual or imagined imagery Discovering the Artists David discovered most of the artists that he had not previously known through the community Rebecca had been a part of as visionary artists COSM and Entheon August 3rd, Rebecca and David are giving a presentation as COSM in New York Entheon, the Sanctuary for Visual art may be open by them Entheon will have workshops, painting classes, rooms to stay in, full moon ceremonies, etc. It will be an art sanctuary, a church with a spiritual and psychedelic essence Visionary art is getting into museums and becoming a recognized art form The Desperate Need for Balance Terrence McKenna told David that early on in human civilization, men didn't understand the role that sex had in creating babies The power of reproduction was within women and sex was something else Once men began thinking that they were responsible for the generation of life, they starting saying its “my baby” its “my wife” instead of ‘our’ baby or the community’s baby. It kept developing into “my child” into “my country”, “MY”. Then people started using less psychedelics and started consuming more alcohol and now everything is an over exaggerated male dominance “Females tend to be more nurturing and more cooperative, and it's exactly the factors that are missing in our current world and are causing problems of greed. It could be balanced and harmonized with more feminine energy.” - David There is a crucial imbalance from male and female in history alone But more than an imbalance between just males and females, it's about an imbalance of masculine and feminine energies Each of us, male and females have both a masculine and feminine energy We can see the masculine and feminine imbalance in the world and our planet right now. We don't need to shift to a goddess worshiping planet, but we just need to be back in balance and bring more feminine energy of nurturing and compassion and caring and healing Penny (an artist highlighted in the book) mentions about Sandos giving LSD to researchers who gave it to artists Getting Involved “If you want to get involved in painting, dancing, making jewelry, clothing, gardening, don't wait. Do it. If you are true to yourself and your own inner visions, you will succeed” - Rebecca One thing all artists have in common is fear and insecurity, so you can't let it hinder you from beginning Final Thoughts Artists like Android Jones are doing visionary artwork in virtual reality mediums David thinks visionary artwork will become only even more interactive and immersive spaces We need to find a more yin-yang balance between masculine and feminine Links Women of Visionary Art (Amazon) Women of Visionary Art (Inner Traditions) David’s Site Rebecca’s Site MollyMoonSparkle blog About Rebecca Rebecca Ann Hill (AKA Molly Moon Sparkle), is a visual artist with a wide range of experience in different creative mediums. She is the co-author and illustrator of “Ecstatic Love, Lost Dreams & Mystic Visions”, as well as “Women of Visionary Art.” Primarily a painter, she is creating a new series entitled “Molly Moon Magick,” and her other projects include dancing with “Gold Town Burlesque,” writing a blog -“Go Ask Molly”- and working on a new book about her spiritual awakening. About David David Jay Brown is the author of Dreaming Wide Awake: Lucid Dreaming, Shamanic Healing and Psychedelics, and The New Science of Psychedelics: At the Nexus of Culture, Consciousness, and Spirituality. He is also the coauthor of five other bestselling volumes of interviews with leading-edge thinkers, Mavericks of the Mind, Voices from the Edge, Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse, Mavericks of Medicine, Frontiers of Psychedelic Consciousness, and of Women of Visionary Art. Additionally, Brown is the author of two science fiction novels,Brainchild and Virus, and he is the coauthor of the health science book Detox with Oral Chelation. Brown holds a master’s degree in psychobiology from New York University, and was responsible for the California-based research in two of British biologist Rupert Sheldrake’s books on unexplained phenomena in science: Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home and The Sense of Being Stared At. His work has appeared in numerous magazines, including Wired, Discover, and Scientific American, and he was the Senior Editor of the special edition, themed MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) Bulletins from 2007 to 2012. In 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brown was voted “Best Writer” in the annual Good Times and Santa Cruz Weekly’s “Best of Santa Cruz” polls, and his news stories have been picked up by The Huffington Post and CBS News.

Paul Stamets (@PaulStamets) is an intellectual and industry leader in the habitat, medicinal use, and production of fungi. Part of his mission is to deepen our understanding and respect for the organisms that literally exist under every footstep taken on this path of life. Paul is the author of a new study in Nature's Scientific Reports, which details how mushroom extracts—specifically extracts from woodland polypore mushrooms—can greatly reduce viruses that contribute to bee colony collapse.Paul is the author of six books, including Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World, Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms, and Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World: An Identification Guide, and he has discovered and named numerous species of psilocybin mushrooms. Paul is also the founder and owner of Fungi Perfecti, makers of the Host Defense mushroom supplement line, and it is something I've been using since Samin Nosrat recommended it in my last book, Tribe of Mentors.Paul has received numerous awards, including Invention Ambassador (2014-2015) for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the National Mycologist Award (2014) from the North American Mycological Association (NAMA), and the Gordon & Tina Wasson Award (2015) from the Mycological Society of America (MSA).The implications, applications, and medicinal uses of what we discuss in this interview are truly mind-boggling, and we get into some of my favorite subjects, including psychedelics and other aspects of bending reality. If you're interested in contributing to psychedelic science and research, you can do so at MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), or if you've got $100,000 or more to spare, visit me at tim.blog/science.I hope you enjoy this entire interview, but if you only have time to listen to one part, I recommend checking in at the [56:25] mark to hear how Paul's first experience with psilocybin mushrooms affected his lifelong stutter. Enjoy!This podcast is brought to you by Peloton, which has become a staple of my daily routine. I picked up this bike after seeing the success of my friend Kevin Rose, and I've been enjoying it more than I ever imagined. Peloton is an indoor cycling bike that brings live studio classes right to your home. No worrying about fitting classes into your busy schedule or making it to a studio with a crazy commute.New classes are added every day, and this includes options led by elite NYC instructors in your own living room. You can even live stream studio classes taught by the world's best instructors, or find your favorite class on demand.Peloton is offering listeners to this show a special offer. Visit onepeloton.com and enter the code TIM at checkout to receive $100 off accessories with your Peloton bike purchase. This is a great way to get in your workouts, or an incredible gift. Again, that's onepeloton.com and enter the code TIM.This podcast is brought to you by Audible. I have used Audible for years, and I love audiobooks. I have a few to recommend:Ready Player One by Ernest ClineThe Tao of Seneca by SenecaThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanAll you need to do to get your free 30-day Audible trial is visit Audible.com/Tim. Choose one of the above books, or choose any of the endless options they offer. It's that easy. Go to Audible.com/Tim or text TIM to 500500 to get started today.***If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews!For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Visit tim.blog/sponsor and fill out the form.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss

Have you been following the increased attention around the use of Psychedelic substances? Whether it's a new study from Johns Hopkins or MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Study), it seems like these substances are gaining more clout in our society… Erick Godsey is a Podcaster, Copywriter, and Psychologist who recently returned from a pretty life changing experience in the Amazon rainforest where he learned from these “Plant Medicines” under the mentorship of a true master of the shamanic arts. Today we are going to chat about how these plants can be used to trigger massive personal growth and acceleration of human consciousness. Enjoy! To follow Erick's work in solving Depression, just go to https://www.fuckingsmile.com/ .  Make sure you subscribe to the show! Talk soon! -Paul

In this conversation, Joey and I go deep down the rabbit hole into Alice's Wonderland where we talk about our recent heroic doses with Psilocybin, experiencing infinity, and using psychedelics for spiritual and personal development.    MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) MAPS Research MAPS Free Books Zendo Project (Harm Reduction) Joey's Artwork Joey's Instagram Email me at thecosmicperspectivepod@gmail.com Linktree: https://linktr.ee/thecosmicperspectivepod My Podcast: Apple Podcast https://apple.co/2otAn0F Google Play http://bit.ly/CosmicPerspectivePodGooglePlay Spotify: http://bit.ly/Thecosmicperspectivepodspotify Stitcher: http://bit.ly/thecosmicperspectivepodstitcher My Website: http://www.kevinsuniverse.com KDTV Links: IG: http://bit.ly/KDTVIG FB: http://bit.ly/KDTVFB94 YT: http://bit.ly/KDTVYT Twitch: http://bit.ly/KDTVTwitch My Insta: http://bit.ly/cosmickevinsta My Facebook: http://bit.ly/cosmickevfb My Twitter: http://bit.ly/cosmickevtwitter The Cosmic Perspective Pod Social Media: Insta: http://bit.ly/thecosmicperspectivepodinsta Facebook: http://bit.ly/Thecosmicperspectivepodfb Twitter: http://bit.ly/thecosmicperpsectivepodtwitter    

In this episode of Beyond the Margin, host Michael Shields welcomes in studio Katherine MacLean, a research psychologist with expertise in studying psychedelics and meditation. Katherine is the founding director of the Psychedelic Program of New York where she leads trainings in psychedelic harm reduction. A true and passionate psychedelic ambassador, Katherine has worked with MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies), The Center for Optimal Living, and the Brooklyn Psychedelic Society in order to further psychedelic research and offer patients a safe place to receive treatment and education. Her Ted Talk entitled “Open Wide and Say Awe” details the ways in which psychedelics allow for deeply enriching experiences with long lasting improvements in well-being, greater confidence in making life changes, and reductions in psychedelic distress, and .In the podcast Michael and Katherine discuss Katherine’s extensive research background and experiences with psychedelics, the reasons for, and benefits of, psychedelic integration, the stigmas surrounding psychedelics, RAFT meditation (a process she originated), microdosing, “openness to experience,” the potential benefits of psychedelic use, and much, much more. So dive deep as Beyond the Margin examines a tool that could possibly, and profoundly, enrich lives with one of the foremost experts on the topic!Subscribe to Across the Margin: The PodcastCheck out Across the Margin the magazine for exciting stories & much, much more! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr. Ben Sessa is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist, and is currently leading the first clinical trials for the therapeutic use of MDMA in a psychiatric setting in the United Kingdom. As Ben goes over in this episode, the way the psychedelic compound MDMA works on the brain of an individual very dramatically allows them to process and discuss extremely traumatic experiences and effectively work through them. MDMA, in a therapeutic setting, shows enormous potential, and as Ben stated in his TED talk and elsewhere, MDMA may be as revolutionary to psychiatry as antibiotics were to modern medical practice. The use of MDMA, as well as other psychedelics, is heavily prohibited under law, both within the United Kingdom as well as in the United States, and is very difficult and expensive to research to research for scientific and medical purposes. We discuss how the funding and research by organizations like MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies, an organization Ben works with) is currently opening the door for the therapeutic use of psychedelics, as well as potentially loosening the prohibitive laws surrounding the recreational use of the substances. We are currently experiencing a Psychedelic Renaissance, and Dr. Ben Sessa is one of the key figures in it. Episode Notes: - Go to Ben's site to find out more about his work: http://www.drsessa.com/ - Learn more about "The Psychedelic Renaissance" by Ben Sessa: https://goo.gl/LyCZCY - Purchase: https://goo.gl/dRfZss - Follow Ben on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrSessa - Support psychedelic research: http://www.maps.org/ - Watch Ben's TEDx talk "Is MDMA psychiatry’s antibiotic?": https://youtu.be/UygZnBTWW0M - Watch Ben's talk at Psychedelic Science 2017: https://goo.gl/NUVu15 - The songs featured in this episode are "Children of the Atom (Instrumental)" and "Hovercrafts and Cows" by Captain Murphy (Flying Lotus) from the album "Duality." - Podcast website: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com - Support the podcast: PATREON: www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness ONE-TIME DONATION: www.ko-fi.com/lastborninthewilderness - Follow and listen: SOUNDCLOUD: www.soundcloud.com/lastborninthewilderness ITUNES: www.goo.gl/Fvy4ca GOOGLE PLAY: https://goo.gl/wYgMQc STITCHER: https://goo.gl/eeUBfS - Social Media: FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/lastborninthewildernesspodcast TWITTER: www.twitter.com/lastbornpodcast INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/patterns.of.behavior

This episode we feature the founder of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), Rick Doblin, Ph. D. Rick will go down in history as one of the greatest contributors to the legalization of psychedelic medicines which, as we discuss with him, will have an evolutionary shift for mental health and quite possibly a relative harmonization-effect upon the human race. Rick takes us through some of the key milestones of the 30+ year journey of MAPS as well as share the next big steps ahead as they work to have MDMA acknowledged to become a prescription medicine with it’s combinatory work with psychotherapy to treat PTSD. Please share this message and donate what you can. http://www.maps.org

Aired Wednesday, 18 January 2017, 3:00 PM ET Join us for this “WISDOM WEDNESDAY” at 12pm PST / 1PM MT / 2pm CST/ 3pm EST on INSPIRED LIVING RADIO as we welcome special guest; David Jay Brown. http://omtimes.com/iom/shows/inspired-living/OM TIMES INTERNET RADIO CALL-IN LINE: 1-202-570-7057 David Jay Brown is the author of Dreaming Wide Awake: Lucid Dreaming, Shamanic Healing and Psychedelics, and The New Science of Psychedelics: At the Nexus of Culture, Consciousness, and Spirituality. He is also the coauthor of five bestselling volumes of interviews with leading-edge thinkers, Mavericks of the Mind, Voices from the Edge, Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse, Mavericks of Medicine, and Frontiers of Psychedelic Consciousness. Additionally, Brown is the author of two science fiction novels, Brainchild and Virus, and he is the coauthor of the health science book Detox with Oral Chelation. Brown holds a master’s degree in psychobiology from New York University, and was responsible for the California-based research in two of British biologist Rupert Sheldrake’s books on unexplained phenomena in science: Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home and The Sense of Being Stared At. His work has appeared in numerous magazines, including Wired, Discover, and Scientific American, and he was the Senior Editor of the special edition, themed MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) Bulletins from 2007 to 2012. In 2011, 2012, and 2013 Brown was voted “Best Writer” in the annual Good Times and Santa Cruz Weekly’s “Best of Santa Cruz” polls, and his news stories have been picked up by The Huffington Post and CBS News. To find out more about his work see: www.mavericksofthemind.com

Another amazing episode recorded at the 2016 Float Conference in Portland Oregon. Dr. Rick Doblin from MAPS, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies founded in 1986. Dr. Doblin came on the Podcast to discuss all the amazing research MAPS has been doing for the past 20 years. They're projected to have MDMA approved by 2021 to be used as a prescription in treating PTSD. We discuss a variety of topics during this episode and you will no doubt learn something new. Enjoy!   MAPS online- http://www.maps.org/ MAPS on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/mapsmdma/

Rick Doblin, Ph.D. is the founder of the non-profit research and educational organization MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies). In this podcast, hear about his 30-year journey researching and advocating for the legalization of certain psychedelic substances, all of the exciting momentum that is currently building in this field after decades of resistance, and how MAPS is on track to legalize MDMA for therapeutic use by 2021.

Brad Burge of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) returns to the podcast again to talk with Jason Abbott and @cosmologicka. MAPS is a non-profit, private donation funded organization. We discuss how MAPS takes legal avenues for studies of controlled substances. They envision a world where psychedelics and marijuana are safely and legally available for beneficial uses, and where research is governed by rigorous scientific evaluation of their risks and benefits. They currently have an indigogo campaign for legalizing psychedelic medicine. Our music is brought to you by Secrets and can be found on soundcloud. Come join in the discussion and support the IGC at www.intellectualgentlemensclub.com/support . You should follow us on Twitter @igccast and on Facebook to receive updates and random interesting information. The podcast is available on iTunes and other directories as well. Please share this Podcast… Get the word out! MAPS – Website, Facebook, Twitter, Indigogo campaign Cosmo Logica - Twitter Secrets - Soundcloud

     It’s been one year now since the IGC Podcast pilot. We started off in search of interesting conversations and ideas, and what an experience it’s been so far! Many thanks going out to the Co-Hosts and Guests that made this happen, and of course the listeners for tuning in and support.      Jason Abbott is joined again by Brad Burge of MAPS. It was a real treat to welcome Dennis McKenna to this 2 hr. special podcast. Dennis is a world renowned ethno-botanist who helped change the landscape of altered and expanded states of consciousness in the world. His new book “The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss” chronicles his life and adventures with his brother Terrence McKenna. We catch up with Brad on the newest studies with MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies) on MDMA and PTSD, and Dennis talks about The Heffter Institute and their studies on psilocybin. We cover a preview of The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss, and altered states of consciousness in general. We also get into the depths of deep plant knowledge, and how we are basically biochemical engines making our way through the world.      Our intro music is brought to you by Secrets and can be found on Soundcloud. Our featured exit music is “Star Bucks” from Decap and Brady Watt. Come join in the discussion and support the IGC by using our Amazon, Audible, Onnit and PayPal links at www.intellectualgentlemensclub.com/support  . You should follow us on Twitter @igccast and on Facebook to receive updates and random interesting information. The podcast is available on iTunes and other directories as well. Please share this Podcast… Get the word out!      Dennis McKenna – www.brotherhoodofthescreamingabyss.com and www.heffter.org      Brad Burge – www.maps.org      Secrets – www.soundcloud.com/secrets        Decap and Brady Watt – www.decapmusic.com

Jason and Matt Abbott Talk with Brad Burge of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) in Santa Cruz, CA. MAPS is a non-profit, private donation funded organization. We discuss how MAPS takes legal avenues for studies of controlled substances. They envision a world where psychedelics and marijuana are safely and legally available for beneficial uses, and where research is governed by rigorous scientific evaluation of their risks and benefits. They believe in respectful, honest, and forthright transparency of the research they perform. We cover MDMA and PTSD, LSD and end-of-life, Psilocybin, Ibogaine, Ayahuasca, and Marijuana risks and benefits, as well as the general misunderstandings, ignorance, disinformation, and propagandizing of the substances themselves.  We hope you can come to the conversation with an open mind. The MAPS website can be found at www.maps.org, on Facebook and on Twitter @mapsnews. Our music is brought to you by Secrets and can be found on soundcloud. Come join in the discussion and support the IGC at www.intellectualgentlemensclub.com and come get your swag. You should follow us on Twitter @igccast and on Facebook to receive updates and random interesting information. The podcast is available on iTunes and other directories as well. Please share this Podcast… Get the word out!

Nicole Sandler speaks with Randy Hencken - director of communications and marketing of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedlic Studies) about the use of psychedelic drugs for PTSD and anxiety.