Essays and articles on mindfulness, contemplative practice, somatic healing, psychedelic-assisted therapy, and the evolving science of consciousness.
The endocannabinoid system may help explain why cannabis affects pain, mood, memory, and perception. A research-informed look at what we know, what we do not, and why careful inquiry matters.
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IFS-informed coaching offers a compassionate way to understand the inner parts behind self-criticism, avoidance, overwork, and emotional reactivity, without treating those parts as problems to defeat.
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Artificial intelligence may transform civilization. Consciousness will determine what we choose to do with it.
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Most people think mindfulness requires a cushion, a retreat center, or twenty minutes of silence. After years of working with leaders, trauma survivors, veterans, and caregivers, I've found that the most important moments of practice rarely happen during formal meditation.
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For thirty years I've worked at the intersection of mind, body, and spirit. What I've learned is that the most stubborn suffering rarely lives in our thoughts, it lives in the body. Somatic therapy is the practice of using the body as both compass and territory for healing.
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Keith speaks with Stephanie Wang, founder of KA! Empathogenics, on the ancient plant Kanna, a natural serotonin modulator used for centuries by the Khoikhoi and San people of Southern Africa, and its emerging role in conscious wellness.
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Mindfulness has largely been framed as a personal practice, a way to reduce stress, increase focus, and find peace within. But there is a deeper dimension to it: a civic one. When individuals do the inner work, the collective benefits.
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Where psychedelic therapy, immersive virtual reality, and AI-driven personalization converge, exploring a new frontier of healing for depression, PTSD, addiction, and the full spectrum of mental health challenges.
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A deeply personal reflection on end-of-life care, psychedelic chaplaincy, and the growing role of plant medicines in helping individuals, and those who love them, face death with grace, clarity, and peace.
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For thousands of years, human civilizations accessed altered states through plants, ritual, and rhythmic practice. What did they know that we are only now rediscovering, and what does their wisdom offer us today?
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A first-person dispatch from the Wonderland Miami 2022 Psychedelics Conference, where indigenous elders, scientists, venture capitalists, and therapists converged to imagine what a psychedelic-informed future might look like.
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As Americans increasingly leave organized religion in search of personal spiritual meaning, a growing number are turning to psychedelics and plant medicines as sacrament, and the law is beginning to recognize their right to do so.
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Adapted from The Mindfulness Experience, ten practical ways to interrupt daily autopilot and bring moments of genuine awareness into waking, working, and unwinding.
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