Description

Dr. Sam Gandy joins us is on Adventures Through The Mind to explore eco-therapy, nature-immersion, where the scientific observation that psychedelics increase nature-relatedness does and does not weave into our facing of the climate crisis.

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Episode Breakdown

• the transformative power of awe in the psychedelic experience
• psychological disconnect and the climate crises
• some criticism of Extinction Rebellion's Gale Bradbrook's comments at Breaking Convention
• nature-relatedness and its connection to pro-environmental behaviors
• eco-anxiety and  environmental melancholia
• the ecological costs of civilization's materialist success
• Gandy's research showing that psychedelics increase nature-relatedness
• the difference between nature-relatedness and nature-immersion
• the massive diversity of benefits of nature immersion
• the connection between nature-relatedness and pro-sociability
• nature-immersion and nature-connection increase capacity for self-reflection
• psychedelics as tools for eco-therapy
• ego-dissolution and the impact of nature-immersion
• how nature immersion might fit in clinical practice with psychedelic therapy
• the sense of 'connection' and its value in positive outcomes with psilocybin for depression
• the practice of acknowledging nature and the value it offers our wellbeing and cognition
• microdosing the forest
• there's something special about psilocybin over other psychedelics
• are psychedelics "agents" or "tools"?
• psilocybin is more like ayahuasca than LSD
• future research with psilocybin and nature-relatedness
• what is psilocybin's role in nature? Debunking the insect repellant theory
• the failures of sensationalist reporting on psychedelic science
• psychedelics will not save us from the climate crisis, but they might help
• the risks of going mainstream
• why I won't read Michael Pollan's How To Change Your Mind
• the value of feeling the grief and pain of ecological destruction
• the wellbeing benefits of accepting unpleasant emotional state
• details about Sam Gandy's upcoming research plans and contact details