My Shroomie Depeche Mode Concert Experience: An Extraordinarily Beautiful Night
On December 1st, 2023, I took some magic mushrooms two hours before a Depeche Mode concert (from their Memento Mori tour).
I created a new 8-minute video to share what that experience was like – deeper, richer, and more beautiful than I’d imagined. I think it’s the best video I’ve made thus far.
My Letter to Depeche Mode
Dearest Depeche Mode,
My intention in writing this is simply to thank you for what your music has meant to me.
I first becoming aware of DM during the 80s (I was born in ’71). I have a fond memory of singing “People Are People” with my classmates to our te...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - February 14, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Lifestyle Source Type: blogs
Yes, people really believe this
Tom Sullivan at Digby ' s blog excerpts and discusses an interview by Chauncy DeVegawith Robert Jones of the Public Religion Research Institute. If you want to read the entire interview, Sullivan gives a link, or you may be satisfied just with his discussion.What you don ' t get a strong sense of from the post, however, is some of the specific content of white Christian nationalism. As we ' ve been reading the Bible, we know that it ' s riddled with contradictions, manifest nonsense, and theology that is inconsistent with what fundamentalist Christians claim to believe. You may have heard that Speaker of the House Mike Joh...
Source: Stayin' Alive - November 6, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Deathcap mushrooms – Amanita phalloides
What makes the death cap fungus (toadstool or mushroom), Amanita phalloides, so poisonous?
Well, the primary toxin present in this fungus is alpha-amanitin. This chemical goes by the following systematic name, although you’re unlikely to see it spelled out in full in the news about the ongoing murder trial that’s in the Australian news at the moment:
2-[(1R,4S,8R,10S,13S,16S,34S)-34-[(2S)-2-Butanyl]-13-[(2R,3R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2-butanyl]-8,22-dihydroxy-27-oxido-2,5,11,14,30,33,36,39-octaoxo-27-thia-3,6,12,15,25,29,32,35,38-nonaazapentacyclo[14.12.11 .06,10.018,26.019,24]nonatriaconta-18(26),19,21,23-tetraen-4-yl]...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - November 2, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Chemistry Health and Medicine Source Type: blogs
The Ultimate Guide to Superfoods: Nourishing the Brain Beyond Basics
Conclusion
As we stand at the crossroads of ancient tradition and groundbreaking technologies, it's evident that our past still holds the key to our future. And in researching longevity and the desire for an active and healthy life, nutrition emerges as our ally.
We broke down the benefits of the 5 most overlooked superfoods and how to introduce them into our diet seamlessly, as well as the juxtaposition between age-old wisdom and cutting-edge science by showcasing humanity's continuous journey towards holistic well-being.
Incorporating them into our diets is more than just a trend; it's a testament to...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - October 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nahla Davies Tags: featured health and fitness productivity tips self-improvement superfoods Source Type: blogs
The Power of Spirit – Join the Event
This post is an invitation for you on multiple levels. First, there’s the human-level invitation, which you’ll get by reading the words here. I’m hosting a live event on Zoom this weekend called The Power of Spirit, and I invite you to join us for it. It will be 3 hours each day, 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM Pacific Time on October 7 and 8, 2023.
The second level of this invitation is the spirit level. I’m writing this invitation while feeling very tuned in (thanks in part to a minidose of magic mushrooms this morning). As I’m writing, I can also feel some of the energy of the upcoming event flowing...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - October 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Announcements Creating Reality Emotions Lifestyle Relationships Source Type: blogs
Shhhhh! The secret we don ’ t talk about …
For all my writing about ACT, there are some things that ACT doesn’t directly deal with: what do people use to help them do what matters in their life? OK we do discuss actions, values, perspective-taking, mindfulness, willingness and defusion, but we don’t talk about the specifics of what people living with pain might do to live well. The skills or ways of going about daily life, using things that help people with pain do things. *Scroll to the bottom to see my totally unscientific survey for people with pain*
So for a few weeks I’m exploring self-management: this is one of those poorly-defined terms ...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - October 1, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Back pain Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Coping Skills Coping strategies Low back pain Occupational therapy Research Science in practice biopsychosocial Health pain management self-management Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
Two Weeks of Purging, Releasing, and Opening
Integration of my recent MDMA journey has been going well and keeping me busier than I expected. It actually feels like I’m still going through that journey. I sense that the energies involved knew that I’d have two weeks to myself with Rachelle out of town (she’s visiting family in Canada and returns tonight), so they invited me to have an extended solo experience. I’d kept my schedule very open during those two weeks, so I feel that on some level I said yes to that invitation.
I haven’t taken any substances since a microdose of mushrooms on the 16th, opting for a longer break, but that ha...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - September 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Emotions Source Type: blogs
Money Is a Psychedelic Too
Money is actually psychedelic. Let me ‘splain…
Money isn’t as intense as the psychedelics you put directly into your body – physical consumption changes the intentionality – but money still behaves very much as a psychedelic substance.
Money responds powerfully to set and setting, the set being your mindset and the setting behind the environment of other relationships that you bring to your interactions with money.
When this realization popped in, I asked my higher self if this was true, and he said, “Bingo! Indeed it is.”
I see this very clearly in my own relationship with money as it...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - September 27, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Creating Reality Source Type: blogs
The Spirit of Money Live Call
This Saturday September 9, 2023, at 10:00 AM Pacific Time, I’m hosting a very different kind of Zoom call to help you and many others delve into and better understand the spiritual role of money in your life. It’s called The Spirit of Money, and I invite you to attend. This post has all the details. It’s coming up fast, which is by design, so I suggest you read this now and then decide if you’re going to join us.
On this call I’ll share information and insights that I’ve never shared before, and we’ll talk you through some guided exercises as well. This is going to be new and di...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - September 8, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Announcements Creating Reality Values Source Type: blogs
The Spirit of Money Live Call (This Saturday)
This Saturday September 9, 2023, at 10:00 AM Pacific Time, I’m hosting a very different kind of Zoom call to help you and many others delve into and better understand the spiritual role of money in your life. It’s called The Spirit of Money, and I invite you to attend. This post has all the details. It’s coming up fast, which is by design, so I suggest you read this now and then decide if you’re going to join us.
On this call I’ll share information and insights that I’ve never shared before, and we’ll talk you through some guided exercises as well. This is going to be new and di...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - September 8, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Announcements Creating Reality Values Source Type: blogs
The Spirit of Money Live Call: Saturday September 9, 2023
This Saturday (September 9, 2023), I’m hosting a live Zoom call – The Spirit of Money – to help you deeply explore and uplift your relationship with money. We’ll be working at the spirit / energy / purpose level for the entire call.
I’ll be sharing information and insights and guiding you through simple exercises on this call that I’ve never shared before. So it’s going to be new and different. We’re going to spend much of this call in the space of vibes, energy patterns, and spirit-level insights.
The purpose of this call is to help you understand the role of money in your lif...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - September 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Source Type: blogs
Neurological Benefits of Lion ’ s Mane Mushrooms
Someone turned me on to this article today about the potential neurological benefits of lion’s mane mushrooms, which I’ve been taking for several weeks now:
Lion’s mane mushroom compounds found to boost memory and nerve growth in new study
“Neurons are very tricky to culture and more often than not decide to die unless given copious amount of serum and neurotrophins such as BDNF. The lion’s mane mushroom extracts promote the generation of very long neurites and many branches even in the absence of serum and BDNF which was surprising in itself.”
“Further, at the tip of each of these b...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - August 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Source Type: blogs
Exploring Psychedelic Microdosing
Recently I’ve taken an interest in microdosing, specifically with magic mushrooms. I began learning about it a few months ago and then learned even more at the Psychedelic Science conference in June. I’ve also had some recent conversations with people I know who’ve been microdosing, all of them reporting positive long-term effects. Most use mushrooms for microdosing, although one prefers microdosing with LSD.
The point of microdosing is to take a very small amount of a psychedelic substance in order to access some neurological gains without any obvious psychedelic effects or impairments. Those gains can be both sh...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - August 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Emotions Health Lifestyle Productivity Source Type: blogs
A Trio of Mushroom Dishes for a Trio of Mushrooms
If you’re ever in the Lake Winnipesaukee area, as we were last month visiting family, stop in at the New Hampshire Mushroom Company in Tamworth. If you’re lucky, the mushroom-growing rooms will be open to the public when you visit. Unfortunately, most of the crew was out giving a mushroom foraging tour the day we visited, so no back room tour for us. Nonetheless, we still managed to score a HUGE box of gorgeous shrooms – Lion’s Mane, Chestnut and Blue Oyster. I was a bit worried we’d never manage to use them all, but my fears were ungrounded, as we had several occasions the following week to s...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - August 4, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Appetizers Pasta Rice & Potatoes Dried mushrooms Lasagna Mushroom crostini mushroom toasts Source Type: blogs
Consciously Exploring Your Relationship with Drugs
Humanity has a complex, long-term relationship with a wide variety of drugs. In this article let’s delve into your personal relationship with drugs, how you frame them, and how you might upgrade these relationships to be more conscious and aligned with your path of self-development. Let’s include common drug sources like coffee, tea, and chocolate too, so this will be very inclusive.
My purpose here isn’t to encourage or discourage you from using any particular substances but rather to invite you to take a more conscious and honest look at your current frames, attitudes, biases, and behaviors, and dete...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - July 21, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Emotions Health Lifestyle Relationships Values Source Type: blogs
