So also I've been activates this receptor produces the set of effects

specific for psychedelics and people can experience, you know, unusual visions,

unusual sensations. Some memories can come up, but mostly people have the ability to

look at their life narrative from a different perspective. They are kind of unencumbered

by their previous patterns and convictions. So they can reassess, re-evaluate their life

narratives and generate new insights that can potentially lead to changes in unproductive patterns.

That's the voice of Dr. Ekaterina Malib Skaya, the co-founder and chief innovation officer

of Compass Pathways, a mental healthcare company dedicated to accelerating patient access

to evidence-based innovation like psychedelic therapy. I'm Liz Arlin, this is the Liz Arl

well-being show. The podcast helping us all have a better second half, and as you may well know,

by now I am on a bit of a mission to find ways for us all to thrive in later life

by investing in our health and our well-being today. Well last week we heard from Mary Biles,

she does extraordinary investigative research explaining the incredibly wide-ranging benefits

of medical cannabis. And this week, as a follow-on from that conversation, I want to dive deeper

into the world of psychedelic therapy and the use of psilocybin in particular to potentially

treat mental health and pain problems. psilocybin by the way is a psychedelic compound found in

hundreds of mushrooms, notably the one nicknamed Magic Mushrooms or Shrooms. Well my own interest

was sparked in this when our legendary columnist at Liz Arl well-being magazine Eleanor Mills

wrote an article for us detailing her own experience of taking psilocybin in Jamaica.

Well initially highly skeptical, this former editor of the Sunday Times magazine no less

concluded that it was a very powerful and positive experience for her. I was even tempted by her

offer to go at myself. I haven't taken that up yet, but who knows. Well my interest was then

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