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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison LSD research, phenomenology, and the future of LSD-assisted psychotherapy.

(1:03) Albert Hofmann's description of the first LSD experience on "bicycle day"
(4:13) Alex Grey artwork
(5:38) The stigma against LSD
(8:51) LSD as a treatment for alcoholism
(9:50) Big pharma
(12:15) Hofmann's letter to Steve Jobs
(13:44) LSD and creativity
(16:23) Default Mode Network
(17:51) LSD for anxiety disorders
(20:25) LSD is a "promiscuous" molecule
(22:00) The connection between creative genus and mental chaos
(24:37) LSD dosage pharmacology
(26:40) Ram Dass and Maharajji
(29:56) The importance of testing substances with kits like Dance Safe
(32:00) MK Ultra and the CIA
(32:41) Our LSD clinical trial
(34:12) Set and setting
(36:53) Fear of losing your mind on LSD
(39:49) Risks of LSD use

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss the concepts of motivation, drive, goal-setting and living a self-actualized life.

(1:17) Is goal-setting stupid?
(3:53) Goals compared to intention-setting in psychedelic therapy
(7:07) Abraham Maslow and the book Transcend, by Scott Barry Kaufman
(14:54) Native American medicine wheel
(17:04) Big picture thinking and checking goals against your values
(21:42) Goals, habits, and tuning your instrument
(25:17) Self-compassion and being ready for change
(29:12) The driving forces in Reid's life
(34:32) Perspective granted by psychedelic experiences
(37:46) Episodes on the Middle Way on on Purpose
(38:20) The relationship between equanimity and growth
(40:40) BDSM and enlightenment 

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss the psychedelic Dimethyltryptamine (DMT).  DMT and similar psychedelics have been used by indigenous peoples for healing, development, and spiritual purposes for thousands of years. Western science is now exploring how this molecule might be used to treat modern mental health conditions.

(1:24) Terence McKenna
(3:35) What is DMT?
(5:41) Ayahuasca
(6:36) Similarities between the DMT and psilocybin experience
(7:45) Hamilton Morris and Dr. Mark Plotkin on The Tim Ferriss Show
(8:18) 5-MeO-DMT and the Sonoran Desert toad
(14:15) Studies on the mystical experience and improved life satisfaction
(18:03) Potential relationship between duration of psychedelic experience and the potential for a "bad trip"
(21:28) Is the psychedelic experience necessary for the therapeutic effect?
(21:58) DMT "entities"
(23:18) Steve's DMT experience 
(27:41) Reid's ayahuasca experience
(31:48) The exercise of surrender
(36:15) Risks of DMT use
(47:55) Spirit Pharmacist 
(51:28) DMT clinical trials and therapeutic potential compared to other psychedelics  

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss whether or not cannabis is considered a psychedelic and how it might be used for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.

(1:57) Is cannabis a psychedelic?
(2:53) Hallucinations, by Oliver Sacks
(7:23) Cannabis as a tool
(11:10) Potential risks of cannabis use
(14:18) The set and setting factors for a cannabis experience
(17:26) Is cannabis a "non-specific amplifier" like other psychedelics?
(23:45) Steve's first cannabis experience
(28:30) Approved psychiatric uses for cannabis in Utah
(30:22) Cannabis variants, THC concentration, and strains
(38:00) Cannabis dosing
(42:42) Cannabis-assisted psychotherapy
(46:28) The Plan Medicine Podcast
(48:02) Cannabis for the improvement of sexual function and health

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison joined by Paul Austin. Paul is the CEO and Founder of The Third Wave, author of Microdosing Psychedelics: A Practical Guide to Upgrade Your Life, a public speaker, and a coach. 

(1:44) Paul introduces himself and tells his story 
(6:20) Psychedelic experiences calling people to the work
(8:14) Integrating psychedelic experiences using collective, community support
(21:10) Altered states can lead to altered traits
(23:28) We need to be wiser to avoid catastrophe
(26:17) Initiation and rites of passage
(29:59) Terence McKenna, "find the others"
(33:20) Coaching vs Psychotherapy 
(46:50) Microdosing research and possible efficacy 

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison joined again by Hannah Cross, LCSW. Hannah is a licensed clinical social worker, excellent therapist, reiki master, yoga teacher, ecstatic dance facilitator, and an expert at using psychedelic medicines to enhance the psychotherapy process. Like many therapists, Reid, Hannah, and Steve have benefited tremendously from receiving their own therapy and coaching over the years. In this episode, they discuss some of those experiences in an effort to normalize seeking help, especially for those of you who are in or aspire to be in the helping profession.

(1:22) A Brief For The Defense, poem by Jack Gilbert
(3:10) Jack Kornfield on The Tim Ferriss Show
(6:34) Hapé snuff
(8:27) Learning therapy skills by being in therapy
(11:25) You can only take someone as deep as you've gone yourself 
(14:11) What is hapé snuff?
(18:40) Benefitting from the therapeutic tools we offer our clients
(20:32) Some of the originators of modern Western psychotherapy 
(24:40) Somatic and experiential therapies 
(27:09) What to consider when looking for a therapist
(31:42) The difference between therapy and coaching
(35:17) Steve reflects on personal therapy journeys 
(39:20) What makes therapy special?
(42:44) Reid reflects on personal therapy journeys
(46:27) Hannah reflects on personal therapy journeys
(50:20) Returning home to the body

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss how habits shape our lives, both for good and for not so good.

(0:58) Batman Begins
(2:25) Habit inventory
(6:30) Atomic Habits, by James Clear
(11:22) Steve's dad, Douglas H. Thayer
(12:22) Is it harder to establish a healthy habit or break an unhealthy one
(14:11) Mental illness and addiction through the lens of habit
(18:19) How practice relates to habit formation
(22:00) The Tools, by Phil Stutz
(23:29) How to establish healthy habits
(32:00) James Clear's 4 Laws of habit formation 
(38:10) Psychedelics and habit change
(45:40) Habit change research and being on autopilot 
(49:30) Mindfulness as a strategy for habit change
(55:10) Don't give up, simply begin again

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss the neuroscience of psychedelics and mental health. Introduce basic neurochemistry, discuss the major neurotransmitters implicated in mental health, explore how psychotropic medicines affect neural circuits, and talk about how psychedelics affect neural circuitry.

(0:54) Positive review for the podcast
(2:07) The story of Phineas Gage
(7:15) Are we just meat machines? Biological reductionism
(12:13) Reid and Steve discuss their professional and personal journeys with psychedelics
(18:11) How to Change Your Mind, by Michael Pollan
(19:07) The ineffability of the psychedelic experience
(21:51) Default Mode Network
(28:54) What do psychiatric medications actually do?
(31:26) Non-medicine neurological interventions
(32:45) The Huberman Lab Podcast
(33:25) The electrical properties of physiology and mental health
(37:00) Serotonin and SSRIs
(38:56) Dopamine
(41:52) "feel good" and "negative" neurotransmitters
(46:20) The Art of Impossible, by Steven Kolter
(46:50) Oxytocin
(53:20) What are SSRIs doing?
(58:40) The Body Keeps The Score, by Bessel van der Kolk
(01:00:10) SSRI vs psilocybin
(01:05:46) LSD and DMT
(01:07:50) MDMA and neurotoxicity
(01:14:11) Roll Safe Kit
(01:17:14) Ketamine 
(01:21:25) Critical learning periods opened by psychedelic medicines

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss imposter syndrome--its origins, the many ways it manifests, and what to do about it. If you know someone who struggles with this, then send them this episode.

(1:14) Imposter syndrome quiz
(2:32) Defining imposter syndrome
(4:07) Over-pathologizing
(6:26) Could imposter feelings be good for you?
(12:35) Reid helps Steve with his own imposter syndrome
(16:55) Your Life Without Ed, by Jenni Schaefer
(18:58) Societal impacts on imposter syndrome
(21:50) Can be worse for marginalized groups
(22:23) Self-esteem vs self-compassion
(26:48) Mindset, by Carol S. Dweck
(29:00) Imposter syndrome rating scale
(30:48) What to do about imposter syndrome
(34:27) Susan Cain on The Tim Ferriss Show
(36:20) Stages of human development

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison  discuss breathwork. Breathwork is all the rage in the wellness community right now, but humans have been using the power of the breath to heal and transform for thousands of years. We discuss a variety of breathwork practices and explore the similarities between certain of those practices and psychedelic medicine experiences.

(1:11) Intro to the topic
(2:28) Poem about a practice of breathing meditation
(4:51) The breath is the bridge between the mind and the body and between the conscious and subconscious
(8:04) Steve's psychedelic breathwork experience
(10:30) The power of the breath to alter physical capacity
(14:18) Correlation between slower respiratory rate and longer life
(15:25) Some breathing practices to calm down and become present
(17:00) Fitness is to do more while breathing less
(18:38) Breath, by James Nestor
(19:20) Intake nasal dilator
(21:00) Science of breathing
(22:50) Breathwork "lobster claws"
(27:24) Does holotropic breathwork release endogenous DMT?
(30:27) Psychedelic breathwork practices
(34:41) Research findings on holotropic breathwork
(35:45) Benefits of breathwork
(43:40) Start with a breathing practice before meditation
(57:00) Breathwork Beats YouTube channel
(57:22) Othership breathwork app
(57:48) Heart, Breath, Mind, by Leah Lagos
(59:26) Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy

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