Psychedelic Psychiatry & Cosmic Connections W/ Dr. David Rabin #284

Hello, cosmic cowboys and cowgirls. Are you ready to venture inwards? Because we have a fantastic new episode with Dr. David Rabin, a board-certified psychiatrist and translational neuroscientist who co-founded Apollo Neuroscience and one of the vanguards leading the revolution of wellness. Dr. Rabin co-invented the Apollo, the first scientifically-validated wearable system to improve HRV, focus, sleep, and access to meditative states by delivering gentle layered vibrations to the skin. It sounds pretty crazy, but I use it pretty much every day and the results are remarkable. And in this episode, you’ll learn all about the science behind why it works. If you want to try out an Apollo after listening to this episode, you can use code LUKE15 for 15% off at apolloneuro.com. But that’s not all. Dr. Rabin is also helping to organize the world’s largest controlled study of psychedelic medicines, and we really get into how psychedelic therapies can help treat things like addiction, trauma, and a variety of mental illnesses. This is a glimpse at a new paradigm of psychiatric care that is safer, more effective, and longer-lasting than our current pharmaceutical-driven system.  As someone who’s had a lot of experience with these issues in the past, and as someone who has had a lot of success healing with some of the modalities that Dr. Rabin brings to light, it brings me extreme pleasure to be able to share this information with all of you.   07:10 — Dr. Rabin’s exploration of what it means to be alive today, what it means to be well, and how he’s helping others achieve that ideal Taking a step back, as a doctor, to examine how well the treatment options available are working Why Dr. Rabin first became interested in treatment-resistant PTSD,  depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders My personal experience with psychiatric medicine   15:45 — The clinical use of psychedelics Psychedelic means “mind manifesting” When we talk about mental illness, we’re talking about patterns of behavior that we develop to cope with trauma or stress over time Looking at the brain on psychedelics using fMRI Luke’s experience with addiction Disrupting the neural pathways of addiction How shame and trauma lead us into addiction   33:20 — Getting to the root causes of addiction Getting sober isn’t the thing that’s going to make you happy, which is hard to deal with when you first get sober Hope is the most powerful medicine, although we give it a lot of different names We need a radically accepting and radically nonjudgemental clinical environment Human beings are the most adaptable creatures on this planet (that we’re aware of) The Four Pillars Using gratitude as a tool   56:05 — Using the Apollo We’re both using the “social and open” setting during this interview What it’s like to wear one of these devices There’s a lot of misinformation in the wearable device space Most of the things I try don’t actually seem to do anything How Apollo works My “junk drawer” for tech Tips for...