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Dec 1, 2019

The ‘Last Mile Problem’ for Psychedelic Medicine

Originally published at https://thetripreport.substack.com. There has been incredible scientific, regulatory and policy progress in moving Psychedelics and psychedelic based treatment forward legally and responsibly. This is due to a network of passionate advocates, therapists, clinicians, researchers, and enthusiasts. The work of MAPS is probably the most obvious place to start…

Healthcare

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Healthcare

8 min read


Apr 28, 2019

The Solution for Mindfulness Dropouts

Give me your tired, distracted, and fidgety huddled masses yearning to get this whole meditation thing. The ever-popular lines from Emma Lazarus’ Sonnet The New Colossus: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore” immortalized on the Statue…

Meditation

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The Solution for Mindfulness Dropouts
The Solution for Mindfulness Dropouts
Meditation

4 min read


Apr 17, 2019

Stand and Deliver: Standing Meditation for Underperforming Athletes, Performers, and Professionals

Standing Meditation is the practice of developing awareness, understanding, and control over reflexive actions that undermine performance on the playing field, on stage or at work. After you have practiced a skill, technique, sport or instrument for long enough the neural circuitry that controls it will become more and more…

Neuroscience

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Stand and Deliver: Standing Meditation for Underperforming Athletes, Performers, and Professionals
Stand and Deliver: Standing Meditation for Underperforming Athletes, Performers, and Professionals
Neuroscience

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Apr 4, 2019

Is Acupuncture a Performance Enhancing Drug?

Dr. White is a good friend from high school, he is an orthopedic surgeon and whenever we talk it reliably devolves into a debate about the legitimacy of my profession. You see, I am an Acupuncturist. To him, it is inconceivable that tiny needles inserted at seemingly random parts of…

Sports

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Is Acupuncture a Performance Enhancing Drug?
Is Acupuncture a Performance Enhancing Drug?
Sports

4 min read


Apr 2, 2019

Medical Nihilism and the Use of Second-Order Effects

Russ Roberts presented a great interview on his podcast EconTalk this week with philosopher and author of Medical Nihilism, Jacob Stegena. The long and short of it: we overestimate the value and effectiveness of medical interventions and underestimate or don’t know the side effects and unintended consequences. For the interested…

Health

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Medical Nihilism
Medical Nihilism
Health

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Mar 28, 2019

Peak Mindfulness and the Emergence of ‘Emptiness’ in the West

We have reached ‘Peak Mindfulness’ in America. The meditation practice excised from Buddhism has made its way into classrooms, boardrooms, locker rooms, and living rooms. The idea of mindfulness, at least in theory and advertising, is recognized in hospitals and healthcare and programs are popping up for people in prison. This is great. It makes the world…

Meditation

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Peak Mindfulness and the Emergence of ‘Emptiness in the West
Peak Mindfulness and the Emergence of ‘Emptiness in the West
Meditation

4 min read


Mar 25, 2019

I lost My Edge as an Athlete. Can Psychedelics Help Me Find it Again?

I loved soccer at a young age. I watched older kids play and thought it was the greatest thing I ever saw. I started playing at school recess and was one of the better players in my class. I made the traveling team by the time I was 7. I…

Psychedelics

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I lost My Edge as an Athlete. Can Psychedelics Help Me Find it Again?
I lost My Edge as an Athlete. Can Psychedelics Help Me Find it Again?
Psychedelics

6 min read


Mar 23, 2019

Ataraxia: Robust Equanimity in the Face of Adversity, Disaster, and Chaos

I don’t actually hate myself but you wouldn’t guess it if you could hear the way that I talk to myself in the privacy of my own consciousness. “I am too dumb, too lazy, too weak. I am unoriginal. I can’t stick to anything. No one will read what I…

Stoicism

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Ataraxia: Robust Equanimity in the Face of Adversity, Disaster, and Chaos
Ataraxia: Robust Equanimity in the Face of Adversity, Disaster, and Chaos
Stoicism

4 min read


Mar 21, 2019

Combining Meditative Traditions for Peak Athletic Performance

Dzogchen + Zhan Zhuang For the Win I’ve wanted to create a practice that brings the best out of myself for a long time. …

Meditation

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Dzogchen + Zhan Zhuang For the Win
Dzogchen + Zhan Zhuang For the Win
Meditation

6 min read


Jan 10, 2019

Hormetic Preconditioning: How to Build a Shield Against Chronic Disease

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” - Benjamin Franklin Trapped in a one-man tent I hate feeling trapped. The thought of being buried alive is dreadful. I’m uncomfortable in tight spaces and I don’t like not being able to move. …

Health

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Hormetic Preconditioning: How to Build a Shield Against Chronic Disease
Hormetic Preconditioning: How to Build a Shield Against Chronic Disease
Health

7 min read

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