By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 7 Oct 22
How Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Promotes Neural Plasticity — A Q&A With Molly Maloof, MDMolly Maloof, MD is here to share with us the neuroscience behind using psychedelic-assisted therapy to support trauma healing and promote structural and functional neural plasticity.†What makes the neuroplastic state promoted by psychedelics different from existing neuroplastic capabilities of the brain?Anyone can harness neuroplasticity through exercise, meditation, and other activities that engage cognition. However, when someone is suffering from poor mental health or chronic stress, this can make the brain more rigid. Research suggests that a deficiency in neuroplasticity is associated with mood disturbances, along with sleep difficulties, and overstimulation. Psychedelics can
How Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Promotes Neural Plasticity — A Q&A With Molly Maloof, MDMolly Maloof, MD is here to share with us the neuroscience behind using psychedelic-assisted therapy to support trauma healing and promote structural and functional neural plasticity.†What makes the neuroplastic state promoted by psychedelics different from existing neuroplastic capabilities of the brain?Anyone can harness neuroplasticity through exercise, meditation, and other activities that engage
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 19 Dec 21
Psychedelic Capitalism, The Sacred & Counterculture VisionContinue reading on Rebel Wisdom »
Psychedelic Capitalism, The Sacred & Counterculture VisionContinue reading on Rebel Wisdom »
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 May 21
Part 1: I look at a front-page story in the New York Times about how psychedelic drugs, such as ecstasy and magic mushrooms, are poised to reshape psychiatry. I make the case that this is a significant move in the evolution of human consciousness. Part 2: I play excerpts from a fascinating conversation between John McWhorter and Bill Maher on race relations, and imagine how an understanding of developmental theory would have improved it. Here’s to another week in cultural evolution! ~ Jeff Salzman The post Psychedelics go Mainstream + John McWhorter & Bill Maher on Race appeared first on
Part 1: I look at a front-page story in the New York Times about how psychedelic drugs, such as ecstasy and magic mushrooms, are poised to reshape psychiatry. I make the case that this is a significant move in the evolution of human consciousness. Part 2: I play excerpts from a fascinating conversation between John McWhorter and Bill Maher on
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 May 21
Part 1: I look at a front-page story in the New York Times about how psychedelic drugs, such as ecstasy and magic mushrooms, are poised to reshape psychiatry. I make the case that this is a significant move in the evolution of human consciousness. Part 2: I play excerpts from a fascinating conversation between John McWhorter and Bill Maher on race relations, and imagine how an understanding of developmental theory would have improved it. Here’s to another week in cultural evolution! ~ Jeff Salzman The post Psychedelics go Mainstream + John McWhorter & Bill Maher on Race appeared first on
Part 1: I look at a front-page story in the New York Times about how psychedelic drugs, such as ecstasy and magic mushrooms, are poised to reshape psychiatry. I make the case that this is a significant move in the evolution of human consciousness. Part 2: I play excerpts from a fascinating conversation between John McWhorter and Bill Maher on
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 15 Jul 20
https://medium.com/media/372093558bee456ecdd7dc7d7cd8938c/hrefThe pandemic has ramped up the intensity of our experience, as it stress tests individuals and societies. What began as a question of disease and quarantine, has since become a truly generational shock to the system. Major institutions and social structures are under question. Complacency and ‘normality’ are in the dock. Amid all the chaos of this altered state, how can we best emerge with our societies — and our minds — intact?Stanislav Grof, a Czech psychiatrist and early pioneer of psychedelic therapy, suggests that drugs like LSD act as ‘non-specific amplifiers’ of experience: undiscriminating catalysts for the light and shadow embedded in our
https://medium.com/media/372093558bee456ecdd7dc7d7cd8938c/hrefThe pandemic has ramped up the intensity of our experience, as it stress tests individuals and societies. What began as a question of disease and quarantine, has since become a truly generational shock to the system. Major institutions and social structures are under question. Complacency and ‘normality’ are in the dock. Amid all the chaos of this altered state, how
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 15 Jul 20
https://medium.com/media/372093558bee456ecdd7dc7d7cd8938c/hrefThe pandemic has ramped up the intensity of our experience, as it stress tests individuals and societies. What began as a question of disease and quarantine, has since become a truly generational shock to the system. Major institutions and social structures are under question. Complacency and ‘normality’ are in the dock. Amid all the chaos of this altered state, how can we best emerge with our societies — and our minds — intact?Stanislav Grof, a Czech psychiatrist and early pioneer of psychedelic therapy, suggests that drugs like LSD act as ‘non-specific amplifiers’ of experience: undiscriminating catalysts for the light and shadow embedded in our
https://medium.com/media/372093558bee456ecdd7dc7d7cd8938c/hrefThe pandemic has ramped up the intensity of our experience, as it stress tests individuals and societies. What began as a question of disease and quarantine, has since become a truly generational shock to the system. Major institutions and social structures are under question. Complacency and ‘normality’ are in the dock. Amid all the chaos of this altered state, how