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Mind Medicine Australia Podcast 'Season 2' aims to connect, listen and share the power of lived experience stories of mental health challenges and altered states that cultivate wellbeing and utilise the collective voices to inform research directions, policy and system change. This podcast will explore modalities including but not limited to altered states from the use of psychedelics, breath work, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, nutrition, sleep and exercise.

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2.11 - Dr Ted Cassidy

2.11 - Dr Ted Cassidy

2024-03-1301:13:38

Dr Ted Cassidy is a psychiatrist and co-founder of Monarch Mental Health Group which provides innovative next step treatments for people suffering from Depression, PTSD and anxiety.  Monarch Mental Health is Australia's first outpatient clinic offering psychedelic-assisted therapy and Australia's largest provider of outpatient magnetic stimulation therapy (TMS), as well as a range of other next step treatments including ketamine, portable direct current stimulation telepsychology and telepsychiatry. Ted is a Graduate of Mind Medicine Australia’s Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies (CPAT). From 2004 to 2015 Dr Ted Cassidy was co-founder and Chief Psychiatrist of The Hills Clinic Hospital and medical centres which treated over 10,000 patients during Ted's involvement.Dr Deb Roberts, PhD is the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast host for Season 2 and has been a MMA volunteer, guides the weekly staff meditation, on the MMA Lived Experience Panel and has a life-long relationship with mental (ill) health yet been able to navigate a fulfilling existence through various means.She is deeply passionate about conversations related to wellbeing. She uses her own lived experience as well as the reality of having two family members who ended their life seeing no treatment pathway forward. One was her older sister who tried countless medicine combinations, therapies and facilities over 30 years.--Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering and suicides caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. We will establish safe and effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses.In furtherance of this mission, The Mind Medicine Australia Podcast ‘Season 2’ aims to connect, listen and share the power of lived experience stories of mental health challenges and altered states that cultivate wellbeing and utilise the collective voices to inform research directions, policy and system change. This podcast will explore modalities including but not limited to altered states from the use of psychedelics, breath work, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, nutrition, sleep and exercise.--Thank you for listening to the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast. If what you’ve heard in this episode resonates with you, you can offer your support through zero cost means by jumping on to our website and sharing the site to your networks.  You can join our local chapter groups. You can also subscribe to the podcast and follow us and if you feel moved, you can give us a 5 star review. You can also support Mind Medicine’s work by making a tax deductible donation to us and more specifically you can support the Patient Support Fund. Your donation will support research, access and affordability for psychedelic medicine.The information provided in this podcast is for general information purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine or other professional health care services including the giving of medical advice. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional and medical recommendation, diagnosis or treatment. The use of information in this podcast is at one’s own discretion and is not an endorsement of use given the complexity inherent in this medicine under the current viable widespread illegality of their usage.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trigger Warning: Suicide & SA Annette Baulch & Graeme Sudholz have been relationship counsellors, sex therapists and retreat facilitators with a tantric flavour since 2006. Their inclusive approach is known for changing lives through changing relationships, as couples learn to open their hearts and come home to love.Dr Deb Roberts, PhD is the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast host for Season 2 and has been a MMA volunteer, guides the weekly staff meditation, on the MMA Lived Experience Panel and has a life-long relationship with mental (ill) health yet been able to navigate a fulfilling existence through various means.She is deeply passionate about conversations related to wellbeing. She uses her own lived experience as well as the reality of having two family members who ended their life seeing no treatment pathway forward. One was her older sister who tried countless medicine combinations, therapies and facilities over 30 years.--Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering and suicides caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. We will establish safe and effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses.In furtherance of this mission, The Mind Medicine Australia Podcast ‘Season 2’ aims to connect, listen and share the power of lived experience stories of mental health challenges and altered states that cultivate wellbeing and utilise the collective voices to inform research directions, policy and system change. This podcast will explore modalities including but not limited to altered states from the use of psychedelics, breath work, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, nutrition, sleep and exercise.--Thank you for listening to the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast. If what you’ve heard in this episode resonates with you, you can offer your support through zero cost means by jumping on to our website and sharing the site to your networks.  You can join our local chapter groups. You can also subscribe to the podcast and follow us and if you feel moved, you can give us a 5 star review. You can also support Mind Medicine’s work by making a tax deductible donation to us and more specifically you can support the Patient Support Fund. Your donation will support research, access and affordability for psychedelic medicine.The information provided in this podcast is for general information purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine or other professional health care services including the giving of medical advice. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional and medical recommendation, diagnosis or treatment. The use of information in this podcast is at one’s own discretion and is not an endorsement of use given the complexity inherent in this medicine under the current viable widespread illegality of their usage.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2.9 - Kerry Soorley

2.9 - Kerry Soorley

2024-02-1401:16:46

Kerry is a nurse of 44 years, mother of four and grandmother to nine, specialising in palliative care. She had suffered depression, addictions and suicidal ideation all her life. “Trauma by omission” Gabor Mate calls it. Every antidepressant, therapy, book, course and seminar failed and just left her feeling hopeless and wanting to die even though she was so blessed. At age 58 she had an opportunity to try DMT. It reset her brain and gave her joy, self-love and connection for the first time in her life. It’s not called the ‘God molecule’ for nothing. She is committed and passionate to helping others receive the benefits of psychedelic therapy in a safe environment and sees great potential for palliative care and end-of-life treatment as well.Dr Deb Roberts, PhD is the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast host for Season 2 and has been a MMA volunteer, guides the weekly staff meditation, on the MMA Lived Experience Panel and has a life-long relationship with mental (ill) health yet been able to navigate a fulfilling existence through various means.She is deeply passionate about conversations related to wellbeing. She uses her own lived experience as well as the reality of having two family members who ended their life seeing no treatment pathway forward. One was her older sister who tried countless medicine combinations, therapies and facilities over 30 years.--Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering and suicides caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. We will establish safe and effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses.In furtherance of this mission, The Mind Medicine Australia Podcast ‘Season 2’ aims to connect, listen and share the power of lived experience stories of mental health challenges and altered states that cultivate wellbeing and utilise the collective voices to inform research directions, policy and system change. This podcast will explore modalities including but not limited to altered states from the use of psychedelics, breath work, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, nutrition, sleep and exercise.--Thank you for listening to the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast. If what you’ve heard in this episode resonates with you, you can offer your support through zero cost means by jumping on to our website and sharing the site to your networks.  You can join our local chapter groups. You can also subscribe to the podcast and follow us and if you feel moved, you can give us a 5 star review. You can also support Mind Medicine’s work by making a tax deductible donation to us and more specifically you can support the Patient Support Fund. Your donation will support research, access and affordability for psychedelic medicine.The information provided in this podcast is for general information purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine or other professional health care services including the giving of medical advice. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional and medical recommendation, diagnosis or treatment. The use of information in this podcast is at one’s own discretion and is not an endorsement of use given the complexity inherent in this medicine under the current viable widespread illegality of their usage.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2.8 - Tony Mantz

2.8 - Tony Mantz

2024-01-3101:29:21

TW: SuicideTony Mantz aka “Jack the Bear” has been in the music industry since 1981 working in all facets of it , including being a radio announcer on MMM FM Melbourne for the duration of the 90’s. He has had an interest in psychedelics since first hearing about them on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast back in 2009.In Jan 2020 he had the most transformative experience of his life through an intense weekend of carefully administered and facilitated ceremonies with an experienced practitioner using 5MEO DMT. This medicine has helped Tony overcome his early childhood trauma.He now lives his life free of addiction, allowed him to heal the long standing rift with his children, become more aware of his thoughts and be a more empathetic and compassionate person. It is this journey Tony wishes to share in the hope of inspiring others.Dr Deb Roberts, PhD is the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast host for Season 2 and has been a MMA volunteer, guides the weekly staff meditation, on the MMA Lived Experience Panel and has a life-long relationship with mental (ill) health yet been able to navigate a fulfilling existence through various means.She is deeply passionate about conversations related to wellbeing. She uses her own lived experience as well as the reality of having two family members who ended their life seeing no treatment pathway forward. One was her older sister who tried countless medicine combinations, therapies and facilities over 30 years.--Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering and suicides caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. We will establish safe and effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses.In furtherance of this mission, The Mind Medicine Australia Podcast ‘Season 2’ aims to connect, listen and share the power of lived experience stories of mental health challenges and altered states that cultivate wellbeing and utilise the collective voices to inform research directions, policy and system change. This podcast will explore modalities including but not limited to altered states from the use of psychedelics, breath work, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, nutrition, sleep and exercise.--Thank you for listening to the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast. If what you’ve heard in this episode resonates with you, you can offer your support through zero cost means by jumping on to our website and sharing the site to your networks.  You can join our local chapter groups. You can also subscribe to the podcast and follow us and if you feel moved, you can give us a 5 star review. You can also support Mind Medicine’s work by making a tax deductible donation to us and more specifically you can support the Patient Support Fund. Your donation will support research, access and affordability for psychedelic medicine.The information provided in this podcast is for general information purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine or other professional health care services including the giving of medical advice. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional and medical recommendation, diagnosis or treatment. The use of information in this podcast is at one’s own discretion and is not an endorsement of use given the complexity inherent in this medicine under the current viable widespread illegality of their usage.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2.7 - John Lee

2.7 - John Lee

2024-01-1701:19:31

TW: SuicideRising into the public eye as esteemed Founder of Cutting Edge Post, one of Australia’s largest and most awarded post production companies and working on over 50 US and Australian movies and over 700 episodes of scripted drama television as well as many thousands of television commercials, John Lee is renowned as a skilled Technical Director and entrepreneur who has pursued a colourful and dynamic career.After Johns daughter Freyja committed Suicide and John was spiralling downhill, he went through 3 sessions of psychedelic therapy. The Therapy not only helped significantly with dealing with Freyja it significantly changing his life for the better in so many ways including giving up alcohol.Dr Deb Roberts, PhD is the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast host for Season 2 and has been a MMA volunteer, guides the weekly staff meditation, on the MMA Lived Experience Panel and has a life-long relationship with mental (ill) health yet been able to navigate a fulfilling existence through various means.She is deeply passionate about conversations related to wellbeing. She uses her own lived experience as well as the reality of having two family members who ended their life seeing no treatment pathway forward. One was her older sister who tried countless medicine combinations, therapies and facilities over 30 years.--Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering and suicides caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. We will establish safe and effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses.In furtherance of this mission, The Mind Medicine Australia Podcast ‘Season 2’ aims to connect, listen and share the power of lived experience stories of mental health challenges and altered states that cultivate wellbeing and utilise the collective voices to inform research directions, policy and system change. This podcast will explore modalities including but not limited to altered states from the use of psychedelics, breath work, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, nutrition, sleep and exercise.--Thank you for listening to the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast. If what you’ve heard in this episode resonates with you, you can offer your support through zero cost means by jumping on to our website and sharing the site to your networks.  You can join our local chapter groups. You can also subscribe to the podcast and follow us and if you feel moved, you can give us a 5 star review. You can also support Mind Medicine’s work by making a tax deductible donation to us and more specifically you can support the Patient Support Fund. Your donation will support research, access and affordability for psychedelic medicine.The information provided in this podcast is for general information purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine or other professional health care services including the giving of medical advice. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional and medical recommendation, diagnosis or treatment. The use of information in this podcast is at one’s own discretion and is not an endorsement of use given the complexity inherent in this medicine under the current viable widespread illegality of their usage.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2.6 - Simone Dowding

2.6 - Simone Dowding

2023-12-2001:15:35

TW: SuicideA passionate Mental Health Advocate, mentor, leader and speaker. Simone was voted (Inside Small Business Magazine) as one of the top 50 Business Leaders for 2020. She is a successful entrepreneur and CEO.  She was Head of social enterprise for World Vision Australia, responsible for the start up and international scaling of Change Coffee. Contributing all sales to the global economic empowerment of women. Simone holds a degree in Psychology and guest facilitates leadership workshops for Melbourne university, Monash and Deakin business schools.Having studied with the Dalai Lama in his monastery in India and living with indigenous tribes of the Amazon. A teacher of meditation, yoga and Buddhist philosophy, Simone runs ‘Feel Good Retreats’ Australia wide.Dr Deb Roberts, PhD is the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast host for Season 2 and has been a MMA volunteer, guides the weekly staff meditation, on the MMA Lived Experience Panel and has a life-long relationship with mental (ill) health yet been able to navigate a fulfilling existence through various means.She is deeply passionate about conversations related to wellbeing. She uses her own lived experience as well as the reality of having two family members who ended their life seeing no treatment pathway forward. One was her older sister who tried countless medicine combinations, therapies and facilities over 30 years.--Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering and suicides caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. We will establish safe and effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses.In furtherance of this mission, The Mind Medicine Australia Podcast ‘Season 2’ aims to connect, listen and share the power of lived experience stories of mental health challenges and altered states that cultivate wellbeing and utilise the collective voices to inform research directions, policy and system change. This podcast will explore modalities including but not limited to altered states from the use of psychedelics, breath work, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, nutrition, sleep and exercise.--Thank you for listening to the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast. If what you’ve heard in this episode resonates with you, you can offer your support through zero cost means by jumping on to our website and sharing the site to your networks.  You can join our local chapter groups. You can also subscribe to the podcast and follow us and if you feel moved, you can give us a 5 star review. You can also support Mind Medicine’s work by making a tax deductible donation to us and more specifically you can support the Patient Support Fund. Your donation will support research, access and affordability for psychedelic medicine.The information provided in this podcast is for general information purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine or other professional health care services including the giving of medical advice. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional and medical recommendation, diagnosis or treatment. The use of information in this podcast is at one’s own discretion and is not an endorsement of use given the complexity inherent in this medicine under the current viable widespread illegality of their usage.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2.5 - Brian Walker

2.5 - Brian Walker

2023-12-0601:22:02

TW: SuicideBrian Follett Walker (born 5 September 1954) is an Australian politician and medical practitioner.  At the 2021 Western Australian state election, Walker was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council as a Legalise Cannabis WA member for the East Metropolitan Region. His term commenced on 24 May 2021.Walker was born in Malaysia to Scottish parents, and was educated at Scotch College, Perth, prior to studying medicine at the University of Dundee.Walker has a longstanding commitment to holistic wellness, which continues to strongly influence his approach to both medicine and politics.Dr Deb Roberts, PhD is the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast host for Season 2 and has been a MMA volunteer, guides the weekly staff meditation, on the MMA Lived Experience Panel and has a life-long relationship with mental (ill) health yet been able to navigate a fulfilling existence through various means.She is deeply passionate about conversations related to wellbeing. She uses her own lived experience as well as the reality of having two family members who ended their life seeing no treatment pathway forward. One was her older sister who tried countless medicine combinations, therapies and facilities over 30 years.--Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering and suicides caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. We will establish safe and effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses.In furtherance of this mission, The Mind Medicine Australia Podcast ‘Season 2’ aims to connect, listen and share the power of lived experience stories of mental health challenges and altered states that cultivate wellbeing and utilise the collective voices to inform research directions, policy and system change. This podcast will explore modalities including but not limited to altered states from the use of psychedelics, breath work, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, nutrition, sleep and exercise.--Thank you for listening to the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast. If what you’ve heard in this episode resonates with you, you can offer your support through zero cost means by jumping on to our website and sharing the site to your networks.  You can join our local chapter groups. You can also subscribe to the podcast and follow us and if you feel moved, you can give us a 5 star review. You can also support Mind Medicine’s work by making a tax deductible donation to us and more specifically you can support the Patient Support Fund. Your donation will support research, access and affordability for psychedelic medicine.The information provided in this podcast is for general information purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine or other professional health care services including the giving of medical advice. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional and medical recommendation, diagnosis or treatment. The use of information in this podcast is at one’s own discretion and is not an endorsement of use given the complexity inherent in this medicine under the current viable widespread illegality of their usage.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2.4 - Marjane Beaugeois

2.4 - Marjane Beaugeois

2023-11-2201:10:47

TW: SuicideMarjane is a trauma-informed addictions and mental health counsellor with over 7 year’s experience in spiritual healing practices and ancestral plant medicines.Marjane grew up in France, completing a degree in Biology there, and then her Masters in Australia. Marjane undertook training as a trauma informed counsellor and has a strong understanding of the power of plants and medicinal fungi. She strongly believes in the power of psychedelic-assisted therapy for to help save lives.Marjane has her own unique lived experiences of trauma, PTSD and anxiety and is now an active member of Mind Medicine Australia’s Melbourne Chapter, strongly advocating for urgent reform in Australia to enable these important plant medicines to be used in a clinical setting to help those who are suffering with a range of mental illnesses.Dr Deb Roberts, PhD is the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast host for Season 2 and has been a MMA volunteer, guides the weekly staff meditation, on the MMA Lived Experience Panel and has a life-long relationship with mental (ill) health yet been able to navigate a fulfilling existence through various means.She is deeply passionate about conversations related to wellbeing. She uses her own lived experience as well as the reality of having two family members who ended their life seeing no treatment pathway forward. One was her older sister who tried countless medicine combinations, therapies and facilities over 30 years.--Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering and suicides caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. We will establish safe and effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses.In furtherance of this mission, The Mind Medicine Australia Podcast ‘Season 2’ aims to connect, listen and share the power of lived experience stories of mental health challenges and altered states that cultivate wellbeing and utilise the collective voices to inform research directions, policy and system change. This podcast will explore modalities including but not limited to altered states from the use of psychedelics, breath work, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, nutrition, sleep and exercise.--Thank you for listening to the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast. If what you’ve heard in this episode resonates with you, you can offer your support through zero cost means by jumping on to our website and sharing the site to your networks.  You can join our local chapter groups. You can also subscribe to the podcast and follow us and if you feel moved, you can give us a 5 star review. You can also support Mind Medicine’s work by making a tax deductible donation to us and more specifically you can support the Patient Support Fund. Your donation will support research, access and affordability for psychedelic medicine.The information provided in this podcast is for general information purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine or other professional health care services including the giving of medical advice. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional and medical recommendation, diagnosis or treatment. The use of information in this podcast is at one’s own discretion and is not an endorsement of use given the complexity inherent in this medicine under the current viable widespread illegality of their usage.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2.3 - Van Humphries

2.3 - Van Humphries

2023-11-2201:35:01

Van is first and foremost a heart-led man who lives through an intention of self-responsibility.He was gifted the opportunity to live a childhood dream as a professional Rugby Union player in Australia and abroad over 13 years, and as a professional coach over 7 years nationally.Van worked in a theatre support role for Orthopaedics and devices for three years on retirement and fell passionately into Permaculture organic farming and its synergistic relationship with nature and cycles.Navigating childhood experience around poverty, scarcity, lack and abuse, and as an adult through physical injuries, the loss of a child, sister and brother, he has felt divinely guided through his polarising experiences towards a place of radical love and acceptance.Dr Deb Roberts, PhD is the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast host for Season 2 and has been a MMA volunteer, guides the weekly staff meditation, on the MMA Lived Experience Panel and has a life-long relationship with mental (ill) health yet been able to navigate a fulfilling existence through various means.She is deeply passionate about conversations related to wellbeing. She uses her own lived experience as well as the reality of having two family members who ended their life seeing no treatment pathway forward. One was her older sister who tried countless medicine combinations, therapies and facilities over 30 years.--Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering and suicides caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. We will establish safe and effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses.In furtherance of this mission, The Mind Medicine Australia Podcast ‘Season 2’ aims to connect, listen and share the power of lived experience stories of mental health challenges and altered states that cultivate wellbeing and utilise the collective voices to inform research directions, policy and system change. This podcast will explore modalities including but not limited to altered states from the use of psychedelics, breath work, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, nutrition, sleep and exercise.--Thank you for listening to the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast. If what you’ve heard in this episode resonates with you, you can offer your support through zero cost means by jumping on to our website and sharing the site to your networks.  You can join our local chapter groups. You can also subscribe to the podcast and follow us and if you feel moved, you can give us a 5 star review. You can also support Mind Medicine’s work by making a tax deductible donation to us and more specifically you can support the Patient Support Fund. Your donation will support research, access and affordability for psychedelic medicine.The information provided in this podcast is for general information purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine or other professional health care services including the giving of medical advice. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional and medical recommendation, diagnosis or treatment. The use of information in this podcast is at one’s own discretion and is not an endorsement of use given the complexity inherent in this medicine under the current viable widespread illegality of their usage.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2.2 - Vanessa Bortolin

2.2 - Vanessa Bortolin

2023-10-2658:00

TW: Suicide Vanessa Bortolin is a retired accountant, mother to a teenage daughter and widow to her beautiful husband of 30 years, Franco, who she lost two years ago to suicide after his 3-year battle with treatment-resistant clinical depression.Vanessa had the foresight to begin documenting, via an excel spreadsheet, medication dosage increments and their side effects (total 19 different antidepressant/anti-psychotic drugs), treatments administered (total 96 ECT’s and 24 TMS’s), the 9 hospitalisations (4 involuntarily sectioned under mental health due to suicide risk), and the various professors of psychiatry seen, including the Black Dog institute. Vanessa hoped to access psychedelic therapies for Franco. This was his last hope.Dr Deb Roberts, PhD is the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast host for Season 2 and has been a MMA volunteer, guides the weekly staff meditation, on the MMA Lived Experience Panel and has a life-long relationship with mental (ill) health yet been able to navigate a fulfilling existence through various means.She is deeply passionate about conversations related to wellbeing. She uses her own lived experience as well as the reality of having two family members who ended their life seeing no treatment pathway forward. One was her older sister who tried countless medicine combinations, therapies and facilities over 30 years.--Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering and suicides caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. We will establish safe and effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses.In furtherance of this mission, The Mind Medicine Australia Podcast ‘Season 2’ aims to connect, listen and share the power of lived experience stories of mental health challenges and altered states that cultivate wellbeing and utilise the collective voices to inform research directions, policy and system change. This podcast will explore modalities including but not limited to altered states from the use of psychedelics, breath work, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, nutrition, sleep and exercise.--Thank you for listening to the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast. If what you’ve heard in this episode resonates with you, you can offer your support through zero cost means by jumping on to our website and sharing the site to your networks.  You can join our local chapter groups. You can also subscribe to the podcast and follow us and if you feel moved, you can give us a 5 star review. You can also support Mind Medicine’s work by making a tax deductible donation to us and more specifically you can support the Patient Support Fund. Your donation will support research, access and affordability for psychedelic medicine.The information provided in this podcast is for general information purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine or other professional health care services including the giving of medical advice. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional and medical recommendation, diagnosis or treatment. The use of information in this podcast is at one’s own discretion and is not an endorsement of use given the complexity inherent in this medicine under the current viable widespread illegality of their usage.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2.1 - Tommy Moore

2.1 - Tommy Moore

2023-10-0901:43:28

Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering and suicides caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. We will establish safe and effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses.In furtherance of this mission, The Mind Medicine Australia Podcast ‘Season 2’ aims to connect, listen and share the power of lived experience stories of mental health challenges and altered states that cultivate wellbeing and utilise the collective voices to inform research directions, policy and system change. This podcast will explore modalities including but not limited to altered states from the use of psychedelics, breath work, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, nutrition, sleep and exercise.--Tommy Moore is a qualified Nutritionist and Exercise Scientist, studying a Master's degree in Neuroscience (MNSc), and teaching at a Bioscience Education Centre. He also leads specialist educational programs that involve medical, health and biotechnologies to school students (ages 11-18), in the context of sport and human performance.Tommy was the previous host of the Mind Medicine Australia podcast.Dr Deb Roberts, PhD is the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast host for Season 2 and has been a MMA volunteer, guides the weekly staff meditation, on the MMA Lived Experience Panel and has a life-long relationship with mental (ill) health yet been able to navigate a fulfilling existence through various means.She is deeply passionate about conversations related to wellbeing. She uses her own lived experience as well as the reality of having two family members who ended their life seeing no treatment pathway forward. One was her older sister who tried countless medicine combinations, therapies and facilities over 30 years. Deb’s public health and academic professional background combined with executive roles in the private health care sector have enabled her to understand many facets of the service delivery system.--Thank you for listening to the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast. If what you’ve heard in this episode resonates with you, you can offer your support through zero cost means by jumping on to our website and sharing the site to your networks.  You can join our local chapter groups. You can also subscribe to the podcast and follow us and if you feel moved, you can give us a 5 star review. You can also support Mind Medicine’s work by making a tax deductible donation to us and more specifically you can support the Patient Support Fund. Your donation will support research, access and affordability for psychedelic medicine.The information provided in this podcast is for general information purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine or other professional health care services including the giving of medical advice. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional and medical recommendation, diagnosis or treatment. The use of information in this podcast is at one’s own discretion and is not an endorsement of use given the complexity inherent in this medicine under the current viable widespread illegality of their usage.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mind Medicine Australia exists to help alleviate the suffering and suicides caused by mental illness in Australia through expanding the treatment options available to medical practitioners and their patients. We will establish safe and effective psychedelic-assisted treatments to treat a range of mental illnesses.Mind Medicine Australia is a registered charity founded by Tania de Jong AM and Peter Hunt AM. We are supporting clinical research and working towards regulatory-approved and evidence-based psychedelic-assisted therapies. We operate as a peak body that connects medical practitioners, consumers, academia, government, industry, regulatory bodies, philanthropists, investors and other stakeholders. The charity is supported by a board, ambassadors, advisory panel and lived experience panel.In furtherance of this mission, The Mind Medicine Australia Podcast ‘Season 2’ aims to connect, listen and share the power of lived experience stories of mental health challenges and altered states that cultivate wellbeing and utilise the collective voices to inform research directions, policy and system change. This podcast will explore modalities including but not limited to altered states from the use of psychedelics, breath work, yoga, mindfulness, meditation, nutrition, sleep and exercise.Dr Deb Roberts, PhD is the Mind Medicine Australia Podcast host for Season 2 and has been a MMA volunteer, guides the weekly staff meditation, on the MMA Lived Experience Panel and has a life-long relationship with mental (ill) health yet been able to navigate a fulfilling existence through various means. She is deeply passionate about conversations related to wellbeing. She uses her own lived experience as well as the reality of having two family members who ended their life seeing no treatment pathway forward. One was her older sister who tried countless medicine combinations, therapies and facilities over 30 years. Deb’s public health and academic professional background combined with executive roles in the private health care sector have enabled her to understand many facets of the service delivery system.She has been a small business owner of a school’s based yoga company Yogabean which serves wellbeing programs to students and staff alike. She has since sold her business and is now a sole trader of Dr Deb Roberts Wellbeing which was born out of a deep longing to share lived experience in various capacities through yoga, meditation, speaking and writing to individuals, groups and corporates. Deb lives in the inner-city bayside suburb of Elwood, Melbourne (Australia) with her supportive and witty husband, teenaged sons and four legged companions Sparky and Indi.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This podcast discusses the current state of research on the use of psychedelics in psychiatry, especially psilocybin, for the treatment of depression and other mental illnesses, including the precautions that must be taken before treatment, the standardized four-stage treatment model for depression, and the obstacles that must be overcome to use psychedelic therapy on a larger scale.Current Status of Psychedelics in Psychiatry (D Nutt & R Cahart-Harris)Support the podcastCertificate in Psychedelic Assisted TherapiesDonate to Mind Medicine AustraliaIn this episode:The podcast reviews the clinical research on the use of psychedelics in psychiatry, including the history of psychedelic research, recent developments, and the potential of psilocybin as a treatment for various mental illnesses.Psilocybin may be useful in treating depression and has been shown to have antidepressant effects on people with resistant depression, anxiety, and depression symptoms caused by life-threatening cancer diagnoses, as well as in treating alcohol and tobacco dependence.Certain precautions must be taken before treatment, such as assessing whether the patient is suitable for psychedelic therapy and stopping medications that block or attenuate the effects of the psychedelic.Psychedelic therapy involves a standardized four-stage process for depression treatment, which includes assessment, preparation, experience, and integration.One of the main obstacles to using psychedelic therapy on a larger scale is the current resource-intensive model, which requires high-quality training and practice.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this podcast, we will provide a brief overview of psychedelic-assisted therapy, including its therapeutic process and the psychedelic experience. Support the podcastCertificate in Psychedelic Assisted TherapiesDonate to Mind Medicine AustraliaIn this episode:The definition of psychedelic-assisted therapyThe three phases of the therapeutic processThe importance of non-psychedelic elements in the therapySet and setting during the psychedelic experienceThe effects of psychedelic compounds on brain activity and subjective experience (aka phenomenology)The need for further research in the field of psychedelic-assisted therapySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this podcast, we discuss what the next steps are, following the TGA's decision to change the classification of psilocybin and MDMA to enable prescribing by authorised psychiatrists.Support the podcastIn this episode:The mission of Mind Medicine in light of the rescheduling of psilocybin and MDMA for medical use in Australia effective July 1st, 2023.The podcast will shift focus towards a more in-depth analysis of newly published research articles on psychedelics, as well as previous researchMind Medicine Australia is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing medical access and awareness of psychedelic-assisted therapies.Psychedelics are chemical compounds that temporarily alter brain function resulting in an "altered state of consciousness."Mind Medicine Australia aims to provide better treatment options for patients suffering from mental illness, with a focus on developing clinical implementation frameworks and therapist training protocols.Starting July 1, 2023, authorized prescribers will be able to prescribe psilocybin and MDMA for patients with treatment-resistant depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.Mind Medicine Australia is arranging for these medicines to be supplied through licensed pharmacists holding Schedule 8 permits.Only specialized psychiatrists who meet certain qualifications will be able to prescribe psilocybin and MDMA.Australia is the first nation in the world to reschedule these medicines for medical purposes.Mind Medicine Australia has trained 240 medical professionals through its Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies (CPAT) since 2021, and will shortly be launching dates for 2023 intakes.Certificate in Psychedelic Assisted TherapiesPatient Support Fund (Donate)Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Professor David Nutt is an English neuropsychopharmacologist specialising in the research of drugs that affect the brain.In this episode:The Endocannabinoid SystemTHC, CBD and other cannabinoidsCB1 and CB2 receptorsThe Entourage EffectConstituents of cannabisMedicinal CannabisSupport the podcast:Support the podcastSupport Mind Medicine Australia's mission:Mind Medicine AustraliaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dr James Fadiman is an American psychologist and writer. Fadiman received a Master's degree and a doctorate in Psychology from Stanford University back in 1960. His friend and former Harvard undergraduate advisor, Ram Dass (then known as Richard Alpert), introduced him to psychedelics. Fast-forward 60 years and Fadiman is now known and acknowledged for his research and clinical work in psychedelic therapy and microdosing. In this episode:Microdosing: Practice & BenefitsPsychedelics in psychiatryPsychedelics in optimisationHow psychedelics open up the capacity for changeSelf & SelvesSupport the podcast:Support the podcastSupport Mind Medicine Australia's mission:Mind Medicine AustraliaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Katrin Preller received her PhD in Psychology and Neuroscience from University of Zurich, Switzerland in 2013. After completing her PhD, she investigated the effects of psychedelics on self-perception and social cognition. Her research interests are centred around the neuropharmacology of emotional and cognitive processes in health and psychiatric illnesses, as well as (pharmacological) neuroimaging analysis methodology. She is particularly interred in substance use disorders as well as the role of the serotonin system in emotion and cognition. She uses psilocybin and LSD to elucidate the role of 5-HT2A/1A receptor functions in human cognition.In this episode:Ingestion, absorption, and receptor activation of psilocybin and LSDBrain-wide changesWhy understanding mechanism will help therapy outcomesImplications for psychedelic therapySupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Professor Karl Friston is a British theoretical neuroscientist at University College London and an authority on brain imaging.Karl has been awarded with countless different prizes and accomplishments, and is considered one of the most influential neuroscientists of the modern era. He invented statistical parametric mapping (SPM), voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and dynamic causal modelling (DCM). Friston currently works on models of functional integration in the human brain and the principles that underlie neuronal interactions. His main contribution to theoretical neurobiology is a free-energy principle for action and perception (active inference). In this episode:Functional segregation, integration, and connectivityThe brain's generative modelThe brain's predictive model, prediction error and how to correct prediction errorFree energy principle and active inferencePsychopathology (false inference)How psychedelics alter the hierarchical architecture of the brainSerotonin, interoception, and 5HT2a agonismBrain-mind theoriesSelf-awareness in understanding mindSupport the podcast:Support the podcastSupport Mind Medicine Australia's mission:Mind Medicine AustraliaSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dan Engle, MD, is a psychiatrist with a clinical practice that combines aspects of regenerative medicine, psychedelic research, integrative spirituality, and peak performance. Dan obtained his medical degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio. His psychiatry residency degree is from the University of Colorado Denver, and his child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship degree is from Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Engle is an international consultant to several global healing centers facilitating the use of long-standing indigenous plant medicines for healing and awakening. He is the Founder and Medical Director of Kuya Institute for Transformational Medicine in Austin, Texas; Full Spectrum Medicine, a psychedelic integration and educational platform; and Thank You Life, a non-profit funding stream supporting access to psychedelic therapies. Dr. Engle is the author of The Concussion Repair Manual: A Practical Guide to Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries, as well as his more recent new book, A Dose of Hope: A Story of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy.In this episode:Transformational Medicine - 'hardware and software'A Dose Of HopeThe Power Of StorytellingSelf-Compassion, Self-Worth, and Self-ValueTrauma - Implications, Expressions, and SubjectivityTruths - Objective and SubjectiveMDMA - Psychology and BiologyActivating Your Innate Inner Healing IntelligenceThe Future of Psychiatric CareLinks:A Dose Of HopeDr Dan Engle's WebsiteFull Spectrum MedicineKuya Institute for Transformational MedicineThank You LifeSupport the podcast:Support the podcast (Patreon)Support Mind Medicine Australia's mission:Mind Medicine AustraliaDonate to Mind Medicine AustraliaJoin a local chapterSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/mind-medicine-australia. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/mind-medicine-australia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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