From Warrior to Healer with Dr. Zach Skiles, PsyD

What this episode covers

From Warrior to Healer through the medium of psychedelic assisted therapy with Dr. Zach Skiles, PsyD. Dr. Skiles is at the forefront of entheogenic drug treatments for veterans suffering from PSTD. These mostly plant based drugs have been used since prehistoric times across the planet. Thanks to their psychoactive properties they induce alterations in perception, mood, consciousness, condition, and behavior. Oregon became the first state to legalize psilocybin and is currently setting up a regulatory framework for psilocybin services in therapeutic settings. But, ultimately why do we care? Here’s a stat. Going through trauma is not rare. According to the National Center for PTSD, 60% of men and 50% of women experience at least one trauma in their lives. The work Dr. Skiles and others are doing are opening the door to breakthrough treatments and even complete paradigm shifts in the way the medical community looks at not only PTSD treatments, but how the brain can physically rebuild a healed version of itself.