Knowledge

Topics

Things to explore from PTSD to LSD, and everything in between.

Stellate Ganglion Block

SGB injects anesthetic near the neck to block nerves, "resetting" stress response. Used for PTSD, anxiety, and depression.

Zen Buddhism

Zen Buddhism encourages direct, experiential realization through meditation and mindfulness, favoring personal insight over doctrinal study.

Non-Sleep Deep Rest (NSDR)

NSDR, or Non-Sleep Deep Rest, is a mindful state that rejuvenates mind & body without sleep. It draws from meditation, neuroscience & more.

Polyvagal Theory

Polyvagal Theory is our body's 'triage system'–using social engagement, fight/flight, or freeze, to handle life's curveballs.

Shiva the Hindu God

In Hinduism, Shiva is central as the cosmic destroyer and restorer, revered for his roles in death, regeneration, meditation, and dance.

Interoception

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

Books

My favorite books on life transitions and personal transformation.

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.

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.

How to Love

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

People

Key figures in the fields of mental health, spirituality, and transformation.

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

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

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

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

Terrence McKenna

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)

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

Thich Nhat Hanh

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robert Sapolsky

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lawrence Kohlberg

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

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

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

"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."

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

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

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

Dr. Matthew Johnson

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

Dr. Gabor Maté

"The past is present until it is resolved."

Francine Shapiro

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

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

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

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

Dr. Stanislav Grof

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

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

Daniel Kahneman

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

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

"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

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

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

"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."

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

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

Bessel van der Kolk

Video

Summaries and key points from in-depth interviews and lectures

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.

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.

Dr. Gabor Mate and the Power of Connection

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

Treating Mental Health with the Ketogenic Diet

Professionals

Coaches, therapists, healers and guides who I personally endorse.

Tracy Lawrence

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

Jonny Miller

Entrepreneur, teacher, and expert in nervous system management who focuses on emotional resilience for entrepreneurs and high-performers.

Nervous System Management

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.

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