Ayelet Waldman: Exploring Microdosing

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Ayelet Waldman is a former federal public defender, current adjunct professor at UC Berkeley Law School, and a bestselling author. Her books include Love and Treasure, Daughter's Keeper, and A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Ayelet about the practice of microdosing with small quantities of psychedelic drugs in order to treat mental health conditions. Ayelet shares her own story of microdosing with LSD and how it helped her climb out of a pit of suicidal depression. Tami and Ayelet discuss the legal limitations on microdosing, the difficulty of researching the effects of psychedelics, and the possible future of the war on drugs. Finally, they talk about the many clinical applications of MDMA, including a surprising application for couples therapy. (59 minutes) Tami's Takeaway: Research! Research! Research! If we are to understand how to effectively microdose with LSD and other psychoactive substances, we need open minds and quality research to guide our way. Let's move beyond any preformed biases we might have (pro or con) and pursue research that will give us the data, proper protocols, and safeguards we need.

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0:24.0	Sounds True.com. You're listening to Insights at the Edge. Today my guest is A Yellit Waldman.
0:43.2	Ayyellit is the mother of four children and was a federal public defender and adjunct professor
0:48.8	at UC Berkeley Law School, where she developed and taught a course on the legal implications of the
0:56.2	War on Drugs.
0:58.0	She is the best-selling author and editor of a number of books, novels, and essay collections, including the book A Really Good Day.
1:08.0	How micro-dosing made a mega difference in my mood, my marriage, and my life.
1:14.5	She's also the author of Love and Treasure,
1:18.0	and Inside this place, not of it,
1:21.5	narratives from women's prisons and has been called America's most
1:26.6	outrageous writer for her Frank books and essays on motherhood.
1:33.3	I have such a great appreciation for I yell it's tremendous authenticity and bravery to speak
1:41.4	from her own experience and also her advocacy that we have the right to take charge
1:50.5	of all of the different medicines and tools that are available to help us find balance and health in our lives.
2:01.0	Here's my conversation. With the very talented and funny, I yell at your book a really good day how micro dosing made a mega difference in my mood, my marriage, and my life.
2:24.5	Came to the attention of our editorial team here at Sounds True.
2:30.2	And someone said, Tammy, you have to talk to I yell it about micro dosing.
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