Welcome to today's show!

WHAT WE'LL LEARN:

• Kristen describes her deepest roots and her mother's influence on shaping her future identity.
• How to use technology to remove barriers for mental health.
• Ketamine as a dissociative and what that means for our treatment.
• How is Ketamine different from the traditional medications we take to reduce depression & anxiety.
• When adding a psychedelic treatment you are going deeper within and finding out the root cause of the issue versus a flattening of symptoms that occurs with SSRI's.
• Kristen talks about the neurobiology of Ketamine which is so interesting (says Adina!).
• Kristen on Ketamine and how it creates this embodied experience: "Once you see something, it's hard to unsee."
• What happens after each treatment or "journey" to keep the new learning from fading away.
• Kristen talks about integration as a three step process to develop new habits: 1) Journaling, 2) Bulletting the key takeaways & streamlining the information 3)Committing to engaging once a day from the key takeaways list.
• Kristen goes through the safety of a telehealth guided Ketamine treatment.

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• Mindbloom.com

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