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An evolving collection of wisdom, information, stories, research and more on mental health, personal transformation, and the pursuit of meaning and purpose.

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Things to know from PTSD to LSD and everything in between.

Bowlby's Attachment Theory

Bowlby's theory suggests infants' emotional/social growth is deeply influenced by primary caregiver bonds, a survival-rooted mechanism.

Interoception is our body's sense of its internal state, like hunger or heart rate. It influences emotions, self-awareness, and well-being.

Chronic Stress Symptoms

Chronic stress keeps your body and mind in a state of high alert, increasing the risk of chronic illnesses like heart disease and depression.

Somatic Experiencing

Somatic Experiencing is a body-focused therapy for trauma healing. It aims to reset the nervous system by releasing stored stress and tension.

Greco-Roman Philosophy

Greco-Roman philosophy laid the groundwork for Western thought, spanning ethics, politics, and metaphysics. It urged rational inquiry and moral virtue.

Vipassana Meditation

Vipassana is a mindfulness practice for gaining insight into reality. It uses body scans and focused awareness to change mental habits and promote balance.

Courses

Brief, self-guided courses for those that want a deep-dive into a particular topic.

Preparation and Integration for Psychedelic Therapy

A toolkit for safe and effective psychedelic therapy, including a detailed 6-month timeline for preparation and integration.

Quickly manage your nervous system

A five lesson course from nervous system expert Jonny Miller that will teach you how to build nervous system regulation in just five days.

The Models of the Mind

Explore 13 models from Western psychology for deep self-understanding and radical self-discovery and explore how various factors shape us.

Book Reviews

More knowledge in less time. Books for the mind in 15 minutes or less.

The Myth of Normal

"Myth of Normal" explores the rise in illness due to societal norms like stress & trauma. The key to health? Addressing these root causes.

"How to Love" by Thich Nhat Hanh offers deep wisdom on cultivating love, mindfulness, and compassion in our relationships and daily lives.

The Power of Now

"The Power of Now" is a bestselling spiritual guide that teaches readers how to live in the present moment and find inner peace.

The Four Agreements

"The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz is a bestselling book that provides four powerful principles for personal freedom and fulfillment.

People

Experts and game-changers you can learn a lot from

“The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway.”

"Fungi are the interface organisms between life and death."

"Psychedelics, used responsibly and with proper caution, would be for psychiatry what the microscope is for biology."

"Psychedelic therapy is more psychotherapy than most pharma companies & neuroscientists know how to deal with."

Dr. Matthew Johnson

"The universe is not only stranger than we suppose, but stranger than we can suppose."

Terrence McKenna

Each of us can manifest the properties of a field of consciousness that transcends space, time, and linear causality.

Dr. Stanislav Grof

"Our very lives as ex-problem drinkers depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs."

I’m not a fan of self-care culture. It’s created a standard of perfectionism that’s self-defeating.

"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."

Friedrich Nietzsche

"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world."

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.

Siddhartha Gautama (aka The Buddha)

"You don't actually experience the world—instead, you filter reality through the state of your nervous system."

"Not all addictions are rooted in abuse or trauma, but I do believe they can all be traced to painful experience."

Dr. Gabor Maté

"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few."

"If you love someone, the best way to show it is to respect their freedom."

Thich Nhat Hanh

"One of the most important things you can do to change your brain is to change your mind."

Robert Sapolsky

"Trauma is not what happens to you, but what happens inside you as a result of what happens to you."

Bessel van der Kolk

"Culture is the collective programming of the mind that distinguishes the members of one group of people from another."

"The mind is not a blank slate, but an intricate tapestry of biological and cultural influences."

"My ultimate goal is to reduce the number of street dogs in the world by fifty percent."

"Play is the highest form of development in childhood. It alone is the free expression of what is in a child's soul."

"The view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life."

"Morality is not a subject; it's a perspective from which every subject can be taught."

Lawrence Kohlberg

"The mind is a collection of specialized modules, each designed to solve specific adaptive problems."

"Our brains have been sculpted by evolution to solve the adaptive problems of our ancestors."

"Human emotions are complex adaptations that solve adaptive problems related to survival and reproduction."

"Evolution is not a ladder with humans at the top. It's a branching tree with all species connected and interdependent."

George Williams

"The goal of neuroscience is to understand the brain well enough to repair it when it breaks."

"The most creative people are those who habitually resist the security of habit and embrace the uncertainty of the new."

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

"The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it's conformity."

"Our perception of reality is not a direct reflection of the world; it is filtered through our biases and expectations."

"Intuition feels just the same when it's wrong and when it's right, that's the problem with intuition."

Daniel Kahneman

"Perception is not the passive receipt of sensory information, but an active process of interpreting it."

"Family members who have the least amount of reactivity to others in the family are the most emotionally mature."

"The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man."

"I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence, but it comes from within. It is there all the time."

"The most inspiring achievements of civilization are the ones that expanded the scope of human sympathy."

"Our brain is a complex biological organ that is constantly changing in response to experience."

"We are all controlled by the world in which we live, and part of that world has been and will be constructed by men."

"Mental disorders are metabolic disorders of the brain."

Christopher Palmer, MD

"Man's main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life."

"The principle goal of education is to create men who are capable of doing new things, not simply of repeating what other generations have done."

"The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination."

"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself."

"Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is."

"The richest and fullest lives attempt to achieve an inner balance between three realms: work, love, and play."

"The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well."

"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become."

"The past is present until it is resolved."

Francine Shapiro

"Anxiety and depressive affect are not a sign of personal weakness, but a manifestation of the human condition."

"One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful."

"If you want to understand your own life, you have to understand your mother's life."

Video

Summaries and key points from in-depth interviews and lectures

Dr. Gabor Mate and the Power of Connection

Dr. Maté links ADHD to trauma, stressing the role of childhood, culture, and connection in health

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: A Modern Understanding of Addiction

Dr. Maté links addiction to trauma, stress, and the need for empathy in recovery.

How to Understand Emotions with Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett

Dr. Barrett explores emotion's complexity, brain's guesses, and language limits on Huberman Lab Podcast.

Andy's Unifying Theory of Personal Transformation

I created a holistic framework for personal transformation, the stages involved, and what you can expect throughout it.

Pros

Hand-picked professionals who specialize in helping heal others

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Nervous System Management

Entrepreneur and ex-CEO of a Silicon Valley tech company who now coaches leaders using psychedelic integration and somatic practices.

Psychedelic Integration

Somatic Therapy

Entrepreneurship

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