PT430 – Maya Albert – Psychedelics for Eating Disorders, Davos' House of Psychedelics, and The Future of the Synthesis Institute
Psychedelics Today
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4.6 • 598 Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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In this episode, Joe interviews Maya Albert: Co-Founder of the Psyched conference, and Director of Operations at Tabula Rasa Ventures and the Synthesis Institute.
She shares her journey of how she became involved in the psychedelic space through her mother, and her personal experience as a patient in a clinical trial on psilocybin for the treatment of anorexia – a much more common and deadly affliction than most people realize. She discusses her involvement with the various psychedelic gatherings surrounding Davos and the World Economic Forum, as well as the work she's doing with Tabula Rasa and some of their clients seeking to expand insurance coverage to psychedelic-assisted therapy.
She discusses the Synthesis Institute's recent struggles that shook up the psychedelic space, what they're doing to save the company, how Retreat Guru has helped them, and the implications for the wider psychedelic movement. And she talks about much more: the legality and vetting process for training in Oregon and Colorado; truffles in the Netherlands vs. classic psilocybin; the idea of alcohol as poison and 'Cali sober,' and how can we all be more collaborative and not sling mud at each other?
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| 0:00.0 | To our New York City community, join us for a rare and intimate in-person evening, August 10th, with Kyle Buller and David Drapkin from Psychedelics Today. |
| 0:09.8 | They will be diving into the depths of their own profound near-death experiences and sharing how these transformative encounters shaped their psychospiritual paths. |
| 0:19.2 | There are intriguing parallels between psychedelic, |
| 0:21.9 | non-ordinary states of consciousness and near-death experiences, as they both unveil the hidden |
| 0:26.7 | connections that bridge these remarkable realms. In this event, David and Kyle will talk about |
| 0:31.8 | death, exploring how it can enable us to engage more authentically with life itself, and after |
| 0:37.3 | the fireside chat, |
| 0:38.2 | there will be a thought-provoking Q&A session. Don't miss this special occasion as we bid David |
| 0:43.5 | Drapkin farewell before his exciting move to Israel at the end of August, making an evening |
| 0:48.1 | of celebration and reflection. You can find the ticket link at Psychedelics today.com |
| 0:53.7 | slash welcome and scroll down to events. |
| 1:08.8 | Hey, what's up everybody? Welcome back to psychedelics today. Joe Moore here coming at you from |
| 1:13.0 | Breckenridge, Colorado. Today on the show, we have Maya Albert. And this is a fun one because |
| 1:19.7 | we actually get into some stuff that I don't believe was really discussed publicly before. |
| 1:24.8 | So, Maya is a operations, project management specialist and writer with experience in industries |
| 1:31.6 | ranging from media to hospitality to high growth entrepreneurship. Before diving into the |
| 1:36.1 | psychedelic space, she spent many years at the top of the coffee industry, her work earning her |
| 1:41.2 | print coverage and publications such as Time magazine and Wall Street Journal. |
| 1:46.4 | Recently, Maya was the first noted author in a 200-plus page comprehensive report on the psychedelic |
| 1:53.3 | space covering history, policy, science, and the investment landscape. She's the co-founder of |
| 1:58.5 | psyched conference and consults with synthesis and the Heroic Hearts Project. |
| 2:04.0 | Maya also does some work as Director of Operations at Tabula Rasa Ventures. |
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