Microdosing, Biohacking Plant Medicines, Psychedelic-Enhanced Psychotherapy & More - How "Field Trip Health" Works For Ketamine, MDMA, DMT, Psilocybin & Beyond!
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🗓️ 25 June 2020
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Field Trip Psychedelics Inc. is the world's first mental wellness company focused on psychedelics and psychedelic-enhanced psychotherapy, is beginning to open the first medical centers - first in Toronto, New York and LA - dedicated exclusively to the administration of psychedelic-enhanced psychotherapy, in a "spa-like" setting.
So what exactly happens at one of these type of psychedelic therapy clinics? You're going to find out in today's podcast, and also discover what kind of biohacks, self quantification tools, supplements and more could potentially be combined with planet medicine for enhanced efficacy.
My first guest on today's show is Ronan Levy. An entrepreneur and a visionary, Ronan is Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Field Trip Psychedelics Inc. Concurrent with his work at Field Trip, he is a partner at Grassfed Ventures, a venture capital and advisory firm focused on the cannabis and biotech industries and a Member of the Board of Directors for Trait Biosciences Inc., a leading biotech company in the hemp and cannabis industries. Prior to his current roles, Ronan co-founded Canadian Cannabis Clinics and CanvasRx Inc., the latter of which was acquired by Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NYSE: ACB) in 2016, after which he served as Senior Vice President, Business and Corporate Affairs for Aurora. A lawyer by training, Ronan started his career as a corporate lawyer at Blake, Cassels Graydon LLP and Legal Counsel at CTVglobemedia Inc. (now Bell Media Inc.) He holds a Juris Doctor and a Bachelor of Commerce degree, both from the University of Toronto.
My second guest on today's show, Marshall Tyler, is a scientist with a deep interest in psychoactive molecules. He spent his academic career at Cornell and Harvard, exploring the intersection of chemistry and biology in an attempt to unravel the molecular basis of neuropsychiatric disorders. He subsequently worked as a leading scientist at PLUS, one of the largest cannabis edibles manufacturers in California. His passion lies in guiding research to arrive at a deeper understanding of consciousness with the ultimate goal of enhancing wellbeing.
During our discussion, you'll discover:
-Psychedelic therapy defined...10:00
-The work of Field Trip explained...13:00
-The importance of music in treatment and a variant of ketamine Field Trip is using...19:20
-How Field Trip incorporates psilocybin into their practice...29:06
-Other molecules that will be more common in future treatments...35:30
-How a psychedelic therapy session is conducted...39:45
-Prepping a patient on breath work before a session...45:30
-The patient experience from booking the appointment, to the treatment, and beyond...50:00
-Dream scenarios in the emerging landscape of psychedelic therapy...54:15
-Microdosing between the therapeutic protocols to enhance the therapy...1:03:30
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| 0:00.0 | On this episode of the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast, that's what's really cool about |
| 0:05.8 | psychedelic therapy overall is because we can start changing the conversation around mental |
| 0:10.1 | health, which has typically been reactive, which is you go see a therapist because you're |
| 0:14.3 | depressed or you're anxious to something that's proactive where you're going through this |
| 0:18.5 | because you just want to have a better life. |
| 0:20.8 | This was so cool about psychedelics, it's not only can they treat depression and anxiety, |
| 0:24.8 | they can increase empathy and creativity and awareness and self understanding. |
| 0:28.7 | And you don't have to be sick to benefit from those kind of things. |
| 0:31.6 | Pelt, performance, nutrition, longevity, ancestral living, biohacking, and much more. |
| 0:43.2 | My name is Ben Greenfield, welcome to the show. |
| 0:46.1 | All right, I told you all about psychedelic assisted psychotherapy in last week's podcast |
| 0:59.1 | episode with Dr. Matt Johnson. |
| 1:01.1 | Now we're going to dive a little bit more into ketamine and how a lot of these clinics |
| 1:04.8 | actually work with my friend Ronan Levy and a scientist who works with his company, |
| 1:09.6 | Phil Tripelth, named Marshall Tyler. |
| 1:12.2 | So if you're not sick of psychedelics yet, then sit back and get ready for even more. |
| 1:16.6 | But I would recommend you go back and listen to that initial episode with Matt Johnson, |
| 1:20.4 | where I also talk about my friend Tim Ferriss's initiative to raise a bunch of money for |
| 1:27.0 | the Maps Foundation. |
| 1:28.8 | And if you want to be a part of that initiative, please go to the show notes in that original |
| 1:33.6 | episode at Ben Greenfield Fitness.com slash psychedelics to get in on the $10 million |
| 1:39.5 | raise that they're doing for the Maps Foundation, which supports initiative similar to what |
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