We talk with author Sara Schley about bipolar as a spectrum and the different variations of bipolar disorder; why it is that so many people with bipolar are misdiagnosed and the issues this presents to those individuals and their families; major triggers for bipolar episodes and why medication isn’t enough to keep people stable; the self-care system Schley has developed for living with a bipolar brain; and how to support your friends/family that are in a bipolar crisis.
Pierre Bouchard is on the show to talk about somatic therapy, the traumatic roots of depression, and the role ketamine-assisted somatic psychotherapy can play in healing that trauma, and thus the depression it produces.
I was recently interviewed on the Living Mirrors podcast, hosted by Dr. James Cooke. We spoke about the power of psilocybin mushrooms to heal…
Dr. Rosalind Watts joins us on the show to help breakdown and better understand the nuances of the psilocybin for depression trials she leads at Imperial College London, and the new trials she is currently leading.
I recorded several short, on location interviews during my travel through Europe in the summer of 2018. Most of them we shot at OZORA FESTIVAL, in Hungary. I had the amazing opportunity to be surrounded by the amazing psychedelic thinkers and researchers and I took that opportunity to ask them some questions. Three questions in fact.
If a psychedelic / psilocybin ego death does not necessarily help us with our fear of dying, why does the research suggest that it does?
In honor of World Mental Health Day and the #letstalk movement, here is a story about my journey with mental illness.
Have you ever suffered the “Gloomy Tuesday” after a weekend with MDMA? Or maybe you are like me and it’s not just Tuesday but Monday through Friday and maybe into the following weekend. I get hit hard with the MDMA hangover and so I was SUPER grateful to learn about this hack for curing it
Watch: Listen: This week’s episode features an interview with Mark Wolynn. Mark is a leading expert on inherited family trauma. He is also the director of…
Watch: Listen Here: PART 1 – Episode PART 2 – Q&A download Part 2 by right-clicking ‘save as’ here. The first episode of 2017! Number…
Exploring the pharmacology treating depression with Ketamine, includes comparisons to psilocybin.
Originally titled “Psilocybin: A Spiritual Experience That Has The Potential To Unearth Your True Self” and published on Collective Evolution, Nov 29 2015 ~…
One taps their deep consciousness in storytelling, and through the ‘vehicle’ of language offers far more than the storyteller is able to recognize on their own. The real value of a book comes from meaning unlocked by the reader. So without you, this book, this project, this mission, means nothing. It is only for and through a community that the co-creative process of cultural and personal transformation can occur. It is through this ‘community’ that great possibilities can come to fruit.
Is it safe to take psychedelic drugs when depressed, or sad, angry, etc? Will this help or worsen the situation? …