A scientific insight into arguably the biggest debate surrounding the drug.
When Matthew went to the local Stop & Shop that warm summer morning to buy a couple of avocadoes and a Doritos packet, he returned home only with the tortilla chips, completely forgetting about the other product he went to the supermarket for. The week after, for a couple of days in a row, Matthew kept completely forgetting his appointments with his friends, his girlfriend, and his dentist.
He had always considered himself a daydreamer, which sometimes, he said, was a problem, as he wasn’t really able to fully focus on his daily tasks. …
Everything you need to know about the relationship between marijuana use and lung health
My good friend Julian used to jog for 7 miles every single day. Back when I was working in the States, he used to be a bartender at a renowned local restaurant during the night — that left him with a lot of free time during the day.
He would wake up at 9 am, stretch, meditate, and either go jogging on the beach or riding his bicycle for 2 hours without stopping. …
How this unconventional method might become the next big thing in the mental-health industry
“The MDMA assisted therapy allowed me to communicate the truth of my experience while remaining connected to my therapist.” Those were the words of Elizabeth Matthews, in the MAPS Bulletin Annual Report, when she talked about her experience with dealing with a long-lasting PTSD. “Before MDMA,” she argued, “I couldn’t tell my story without being rocked for days by the shame that surfaced in the telling.”
Psychedelics have become a hot topic in the past few years. Due to this fact, today, dozens of personal stories and scientific studies about the effects, both negative and positive, of substances such as LSD, MDMA, DMT, psilocybin, and ayahuasca, have flooded the world of the Internet. …
The hallucinogenic industry is on its way to becoming the new big thing now, as cannabis might no longer help people with mental disorders the way it used to
Recently, I’ve written a lot about weed and psychedelics. However, I never (until now) managed to get around to write about the connection between them both. Cannabis, in the past couple of decades, had become the savior for many people suffering from different mental & physical conditions, including anxiety, stress, PTSD, glaucoma, and so many more.
The same could be said about psychedelics, as well — numerous studies and personal stories so far have shown that substances such as ayahuasca, LSD, MDMA, and psilocybin (the active ingredient in “magic mushrooms”) have had a positive impact on its users’ health.
MDMA (ecstasy), for example, is now being pushed into the mainstream market. How come? A couple of Silicon Valley tech execs are currently pushing for new reforms in the psychedelics industry with a donation of $30 million. Our lives have become more fast-paced than ever and as our societies constantly push us to “become the best versions of ourselves,” inevitably, the stressors have also increased. This ultimately has lead to more anxiety, depression, and thus overall unhappiness. …
What we can learn about living a better, more merit life from the ancient Greek philosophers
Life is particularly unfair sometimes. Often, harshly unjust.
Some are born more unequal than others, and basically everything in this world is distributed unequally, be that wealth, statute, or whatever you may think of. The thing is that there might not be an actual reason behind all this — often, it is just the way the world works.
Due to this fact, frequently, people feel it’s the world’s or other individuals’ fault for that. So, they start to become unjust too. You can even consider this as an anger towards the universe.
This issue whether unjust people lead more pleasant lives than the just ones, is perfectly depicted in Plato’s renowned The Republic. As in most dialogues written by Plato, here, the main character is considered to be Socrates (although the philosopher Socrates died two decades before the book came out). …
How only 10 minutes a day can help you successfully reframe stress
Today, everyone copes with stress differently. It’s highly individualistic, depending on each person’s traits, emotions, lifestyle, and much more.
Some drink alcohol to the point that they forget about the stress, some start to exercise, others smoke cannabis. There might not be a “right or wrong” tactic for handling difficult moments, that’s why it’s of no use for one person to judge another how she/he is coping.
As long as the “activity” does not cause your health to deteriorate and does not lead to long-term consequences, it is alright. …
Today, the search for meaning at the workplace is at its peak. Here’s how to more easily find it.
In order to be the best at what we do at the workplace and to get the greatest satisfaction out of our job, we first need to find the deeper purpose behind it all. Today, however, according to the UK economist Pawel Adrjan, “more than half of full-time workers consider pay to be more important than purpose at work or even getting a promotion.”
Consider this and now ask yourself the next question: “What do I have to change or achieve at work for it to become more meaningful to me?”
Although money is indeed one of the most important factors at the workplace, I think it may not be the biggest drive. People desire their work to be a meaningful one. As the writer Malcolm Gladwell says, “Meaningful work is work that is autonomous — one that is complex, that occupies your mind. There should be a relationship between effort and reward.” …
The relationship between the two may not be as simple as we think it is
In today’s modern capitalistic society, we are taught to think and live by the maxim that money brings happiness. The more of the former one we have, the more likely we are to experience more of the latter one. Having as much money as possible and being at the top of the corporate ladder, is being considered to be the ultimate recipe for success.
But what is success anyway?
There’s a famous saying that money can’t buy happiness. On the contrary, some have argued that indeed stuff can make you experience a greater sense of joy.
However, there is a certain threshold, above which money stops making any sense when it comes to increasing happiness. But is this really true? In the are of consumerism, we are being thrown in the face with endless deals that will presumably change our lives for the better. …
#3: Get Rid Of Perfectionism
We all get frustrated sometimes. Especially at work.
Working from home was new to most of us at the beginning of the pandemic. People thought this would eliminate all of the negatives associated with working in the office. This might not be entirely true.
Certain feelings like frustration, irritability, and tension are bound to arise at some point. I have come to realize that the workplace location has nothing to do with them. Rather, it’s the work itself.
It might be easy to change the location we work at (one day we can be in our kitchen, the next in the living room, and so on), however, it might not be that easy to constantly change our jobs. …
How some Silicon Valley tech execs are pushing for new reforms in the psychedelics industry with a donation of $30 million.
With the raise of awareness towards psychedelic-assisted therapies recently, it was inevitable for places such as the Silicon Valley not to get involved, as the usage of MDMA and LSD in the form of micro-dosing is no longer stranger to employees in the global tech center.
As our society is progressing, so is the demand for better, faster, and more-engaged workers, which ultimately leads to more workload, and inevitably, more stress. That’s where micro-dosing comes in.
The practice of taking 1/10th to 1/20th of a normal recreational dosage is renowned to help employees to more easily cope at their workplaces; and life in general. Some report that their lives have significantly improved since they’ve started micro-dosing. …
