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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison explore how you can use those moments when you are triggered as opportunities for personal exploration, insight, and growth. They discuss the following topics:

(1:35) Introduction to the topic
(4:44) Why avoidance of triggers is not a useful strategy
(8:50) What is spiritual bypassing?
(10:48) The Science of Enlightenment, by Shinzen Young
(13:12) Triggers show us the work we need to do
(14:45) Triggers and meditation
(17:37) Trigger warnings
(21:21) Sometimes you need to retreat from triggers
(22:30) Habitual responses to triggers
(23:00) Atomic Habits, by James Clear
(23:02) The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg 
(27:08) Cold plunging
(30:43) Transference, defense mechanisms, and projection
(34:03) Compassionate inquiry by Gabor Mate
(37:51) Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and opposite action
(41:08) Process of self-exploration
(42:39) How to handle triggers in relationships
(46:21) Physical pain
(50:47) PTF: Hannah Cross, LCSW, on Sex, Tantra, Psychedelics, and making relationships work
(51:02) Existential Kink, by Carolyn Elliott
(53:20) The Obstacle is the Way, by Ryan Holiday
(55:23) Don't be ashamed of your triggers

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison explore the causes of, symptoms of, and treatment options for ADHD. They discuss the following topics:

(3:00) Introduction to the topic
(5:47) What is ADHD? What are the symptoms?
(8:38) Executive functioning and ADHD
(11:02) Emotional dysregulation in ADHD
(18:50) Thinking of ADHD on a spectrum of functioning
(21:11) Pros and cons of the ADHD label
(24:46) Possible causes of ADHD
(27:13) The role that trauma plays in the development of ADHD
(28:58) Differing manifestation of symptoms in boys vs girls
(33:14) Outliers, by Malcom Gladwell
(34:45) Sleep disruption and ADHD
(39:00) What ADHD is NOT
(40:50) Stimulants
(42:30) The differences in attention problems with ADHD vs anxiety or depression
(46:33) The strengths of ADHD
(48:48) Mismatch between brain type and environment
(50:25) Kelley Starrett and the importance of movement for learning
(56:13) Ecstatic dance
(59:19) Treatments for ADHD
(01:22:37) Dr. Russell Barkely
(01:22:53) ADHD Alien comic
(01:23:09) How to ADHD YouTube channel
(01:24:03) Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
(01:24:15) Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison are joined for the third time on the show by Hannah Cross to discuss sex, tantra, psychedelics, and making relationships work.  Hannah is a licensed clinical social worker, expert therapist, reiki master, yoga teacher, ecstatic dance facilitator, and super cool. They discuss the following topics:

(1:45) Introduction to the topic
(2:58) What is tantra?
(5:30) Reserving and channeling sexual energy and "no fap"
(9:57) Non-monogamy and polyamory
(13:03) David Deida
(15:34) Relationship to self and synchronizing your life with a partner 
(18:15) Aubrey Marcus and his polyamorous phase
(21:07) The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships, by Neil Strauss
(21:42) The Ethical Slut, by Janet Hardy and Dossie Easton
(21:54) Come as you are, by Emily Nagoski
(21:55) Esther Perel's books
(22:01) Sex at Dawn, by Christopher Ryan
(23:10) Navigating the challenges of romanticism
(24:15) Steve reflects on his marriage
(25:49) Divorce, break-ups, and conscious uncoupling
(27:38) Grow As We Go, by Ben Platt
(28:04) The "soul" of a relationship
(31:00) Polarizing energies in a relationship (feminine and masculine, yin and yang)
(37:40) Kink and BDSM
(38:52) Existential Kink, by Carolyn Elliott
(41:35) Sex, Love, and Goop on Netflix
(45:00) The power of sensuality
(46:16) Embodiment
(47:10) Journeys of Embodiment at the Intersection of Body and Culture, by Niva Piran

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison are joined by Dr. Erica Baiden, MD. Erica is a family medicine physician who is passionate about providing evidence-based care using an integrative, patient-centered approach. They explore issues related to diversity, equity, representation, and inclusion in mental healthcare broadly and in psychedelic medicine specifically. They discuss the following topics:

(2:36) Erica introduces herself
(4:32) Serving underserved populations and the need for diverse representation among medical/mental healthcare professionals
(5:30) How Erica developed her passion for safe, compassionate, humane, and destigmatizing healthcare
(10:25) How do we decide what to pathologize and being sensitive to neurodiversity
(13:13) Educating clinicians in cultural competence
(15:34) Generational differences in cultural sensitivity and mental health stigma
(18:16) Erica's medical practice philosophy
(19:39) Your Symphony of Selves, by James Fadiman
(20:49) BIPOC history of medicinal, spiritual, and ceremonial use of psychedelics
(24:00) Should we change the name "psychedelic" to something that better represents what these substances do?
(25:25) Dr. Carl Hart and the war on drugs
(26:37) The importance of representation among psychedelic therapy facilitators
(30:17) Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace, by Angel Kyodo Williams
(33:06) The People of Color Psychedelic Collective (POCPC)
(33:09) Psychedelic Liberation Collective
(33:25) Maria Sabina
(34:18) Fireside Project
(34:23) The Ancestor Project
(34:26) Women on Psychedelics
(37:00) The potential professional risks of working in the psychedelic medicine space
(39:01) Claudio Naranjo
(42:50) Diversity and representation in clinical trials 

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison are joined by Kyle Buller from Psychedelics Today. Kyle is a mental health counselor, transpersonal breathwork instructor, and psychedelic therapy educator. Co-founded by Kyle and Joe Moore, Psychedelics Today is an education platform committed to exploring and discussing the field of psychedelics and non-ordinary states of consciousness.  They discuss the following topics:

(1:47) Introductions and how Kyle got interested in transpersonal psychology
(3:32) Kyle's near-death experience
(9:16) DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research into the Biology of Near-Death and Mystical Experiences, by Rick Strassman
(9:58) Similarities between NDEs and psychedelic experiences
(14:15) Psychedelic compounds without the psychedelic experience
(16:06) What is transpersonal psychology?
(17:45) Dr. Stan Grof and trusting the process
(23:35) When should a therapist intervene in the process?
(26:28) Appropriate therapeutic touch in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP)
(27:58) To Redeem One Person Is to Redeem the World: The Life of Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, by Gail Hornstein
(33:05) The origins of Psychedelics Today
(39:44) Breathwork and psychedelics
(42:02) Pros and cons of at-home ketamine treatments
(45:48) Rebirthing process in breathwork
(51:56) What is a "spiritual emergency"?
(59:23) How to support someone with integration of a transformative experience?
(1:05:53) Vital psychedelic therapy training program from Psychedelics Today
(1:09:04) What might be required to become a certified psychedelic therapist?

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison explore what it takes to cultivate stillness in our chaotic modern world. They discuss the following topics:

(1:12) Blaise Pascal and the challenge of being alone with oneself
(7:32) Bad habits, the monkey mind, and cognitive-behavioral therapy
(10:54) Be Here Now, by Ram Dass
(10:55) The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle
(12:00) Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
(14:47) Meditation research on open vs focused practices
(16:59) Waking Up meditation app with Sam Harris
(17:38) Staying present
(20:50) Psychedelics and their effect on the default mode network
(23:45) Flow states
(24:30) The Art of Impossible, by Steven Kolter
(30:43) Mindful eating
(33:41) Urge surfing
(39:12) Compassionate awareness 
(40:45) Journaling for introspection 
(41:30) Physical practices for cultivating presence 
(44:30) Integration of transcendent experiences 

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison explore the the many facets of anger. They discuss the following topics:

(1:44) Steve's story of coping with anger
(7:47) What is the function of anger?
(9:00) When the Body Says No, by Gabor Mate
(10:13) The problem with being too "nice"
(11:24) Emotions have a bodily felt sense
(12:23) Bodily maps of emotions
(13:13) Emotions are connected to an underlying need
(14:39) Conditioning affects how we process emotions like anger
(17:01) Primary, secondary, and instrumental emotions
(26:55) Self-compassion in the face of the challenges of dealing with anger
(27:53) Riding the waves of emotion
(30:00) The two types of anger
(32:05) Anger management
(33:55) The ART of emotion processing
(35:08) The corrective emotional experience afforded by MDMA-assisted psychotherapy
(38:00) Healing trauma by addressing the entire nervous system
(40:38) The 3 "As" of emotion processing
(42:15) Validating emotions
(45:05) Kristen Neff on self-compassion
(47:40) Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child, by John Gottman
(50:33) Process of emotional self-exploration
(53:33) Fundamental human needs and self-actualization/enlightenment
(57:40) Ram Dass
(59:45) Dealing with anger in others
(1:00:02) Talking to Crazy, by Mark Goulston
(1:00:25) Defense mechanisms against anger

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison explore the topic of depression and whether or not psychedelic medicine can help treat it.  They discuss the following topics:

(4:20) PTF Podcast Episode on anxiety
(4:50) Defining depression. What it is and what it isn't.
(7:55) DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for major depressive disorder
(10:08) Depression manifests in many different ways
(10:43) Depression as an "illness" or "brain disease"
(14:45) PTF Podcast Episode on personality and psychedelics
(16:09) Depression and suicidal ideation
(18:08) Biological causes of depression
(24:07) Psychological causes of depression
(32:12) Psychotherapy for depression
(34:14)  Neuromodulation for depression (e.g., TMS)
(39:02) ECT for depression
(40:53) Ketamine treatment for depression
(42:46) Psychedelics will not do the work for you
(45:00) Stumbling on Happiness, by Dan Gilbert
(48:06) The many sources one can turn to for help
(53:35) The qualities to look for in a professional helper 

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison explore whether or not a psychedelic medicine can change your personality.  They discuss the following topics:

(2:24) Alter states for altered traits
(3:03) Nature vs Nurture
(7:00) Difference between personality and temperament
(9:00) Jerome Kagan's, PhD, work on the link between temperament and personality development
(9:40) Personality theories of the early psychoanalysts, Freud, Jung, and Adler
(14:04) "Ego" and how psychedelic medicine can lead to personality changes
(18:05) Why personality changes are so difficult
(21:20) The concept of "do your own research"
(23:55) How your decisions and what you focus on shapes personality development
(25:47) Why change can be hard
(28:39) Phineas Gage and how brain injury and disease affect personality
(33:39) How to we measure personality traits?
(35:35) Jordan Peterson's Understand Myself personality test
(38:05) "Dandelion" vs "Orchid" children
(42:58) How psychedelics are correlated with personality factor changes
(51:00) Playing to your strengths rather than trying to be someone you are not
(52:00) Quiet, by Susan Cain

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison explore the current state of modern technology as it interfaces with mental health and mental healthcare. They discuss the following topics:

(1:30) Reid's experience with COVID-19
(4:09) Genetic testing and Dr. Rhonda Patrick at Found My Fitness
(5:48) GenoPalate and DNA Fit genetic reports
(6:50) Digital phenotype and the quantified self
(8:45) Sleep tracking devices like the Oura Ring
(9:02) The Quantified Scientist YouTube channel
(10:45) Eight Sleep mattress
(12:50) Medium article: In VR, You Can Become Your Own Psychologist
(16:15) The effects of embodiment and disembodiment in VR and with psychedelics
(18:53) VR exposure therapy treatment for phobias and PTSD
(24:36) The healing potential of the psychedelic experience
(26:04) Reid's Instagram and Steve's Instagram
(26:44) VR psychedelic experience like Tripp VR and Soundself
(28:33) Big Tent Ketamine Google Group
(29:23) Psychedelics Today blog post: No, VR Will Not Give You a Psychedelic Trip
(32:16) Artificial intelligence (AI) therapists and chatbots like Youper and Woebot
(38:35) Somryst app for insomnia
(39:11) Biofeedback and Neurofeedback treatment for mental health conditions
(42:15) The utility of self-help apps for tracking and improving mental health
(44:58) AliveCor personal EKG
(47:10) Advantages of telehealth
(50:18) Virtual reality therapy for refractory auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia: A pilot clinical trial
(55:35) Immersive entertainment technology
(59:44) Tristan Harris and the Your Undivided Attention podcast

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