Don't hold anything too tightly. Just wish for it, want it, let it come from the

intention of real truth for you, and then let it go. For me our soul is like it's

unbound, it's limitless, but we will use words to limit ourselves. When people

stop believing that somebody's got your back or Superman's coming we turn to

ourselves and that's where you become empowered. Courageous participation attracts positive things.

I'm Gwyneth Paltrow. This is the Goop podcast bringing together thought leaders,

culture changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers and seekers.

Here to start conversations because simply asking questions and listening has the power to change

the way we see the world. Today is no exception. I'll let Elise fill you in on her extraordinary

guest. All right, over to Elise. Jeffrey Becker is a functional medicine psychiatrist and the

co-founder and chief scientific officer for Bexin Biomedical. He is quite unusual as he looks at all

the underlying factors that might contribute to depression or anxiety, particularly in the genome,

in the gut and in the micronutrient levels, before moving on to prescription drugs. He's also one

of the foremost thinkers and clinicians when it comes to ketamine for treating depression,

suicidal ideation and complex trauma. In short, he has a lot to teach us all. Dr. Becker and I talk

about his unique functional approach to mental health and what the markers can often be for depression

and anxiety. We also discuss the profound healing effects both chemically and symbolically of ketamine

and clinical depression. We also talk about ketamine's potential to help in the opioid crisis,

which is what Bexin Biomedical is focused on addressing. People may be walking around with energy

ups and downs crashing in their brain from low blood sugars and things like that,

and it's getting called out as cyclothymia or sometimes it gets called out as ADD or it's depression.

And that's just one of many examples of why I think psychiatry, I hope,

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