The Sonya Morton Firth Show

How psychedelics can help women & military veterans with Dr. Grace Blest-Hopley


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Did you know that psychedelics can be used to help a variety of different conditions, from PTSD, to anxiety, to the effects of the menopause? đź’ˇ

In today’s episode, Sonya chats to Grace Blest-Hopley, a researcher, neuroscientist and reserve army officer who looks at how psychedelics can be used safely by women, to combat the effects of the menopause.

Grace’s work also looks into how psychedelics can help military veterans, who’re suffering from PTSD or trauma.

During the episode, Grace details how can psychedelics help treat conditions like PTSD and anxiety, why she set up Hystelica, an organisation set up to research what safe and effective psychedelic use for women is, and what options there are to access these substances.

By listening to this episode, you’ll gain an understanding into how psychedelic science is unfolding to help groups often underserved by current treatment methods, like military veterans and women.

VALUABLE RESOURCES:

Website: www.hystelica.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hystelica/

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/grace-blest-hopley-msc-akc

GUEST BIO:

Dr. Grace Blest-Hopley is a Neuroscientist with a focus on cannabinoids and psychedelics, backed by over 10 years of research experience. She earned her PhD in Neuroscience from King’s College London and is currently the Chief Scientific Officer at NWPharma Tech.

Additionally, Dr. Blest-Hopley directs research at the Heroic Hearts Project, a charity supporting combat veterans with mental health challenges from trauma.

She is also the founder of Hystelica, a company advancing and advocating for understanding of safe and effective psychedelic use for women.

ABOUT THE HOST:

Sonya Morton-Firth has a history of reinventing herself and has been nick-named “the Queen of Transformation”. She is proof that age is no barrier to achieving dreams.

After a full on 17-year career as an international sales director in the Finance Industry where she travelled the world, burning the candles at both ends, she realised there was more to life, she was successful but unfulfilled. It was at this turning point that Sonya decided to leave the rat race with its fat cats behind.

She went on to pursue her passion in health and fitness, transforming into a physique athlete and launched a fashion brand of fitness clothes for women.

Competing on stage against 20-year-olds in bodybuilding at the age of 44, proving that age is just a number!

Sonya’s journey of personal growth was enhanced when she became leader of UK’s largest personal growth community, as the MC, she interviewed renowned speakers on stage.

Financial Freedom was one of Sonya’s goals and having built up a property portfolio, she achieved this and she is now investing her knowledge in other forms of wealth creation.

Today, she is on a mission through her podcast The Sonya Morton Firth Show, with the help of her expert guests, to equip her audience with all she has gained to help empower entrepreneurs, creators and leaders to become masters of their health, wealth, and mindset.

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