Ep. 28 | Psychedelics & Integrative Psychiatry for Mental Health with Dr. Ellen Vora
“Psychedelics quiet a part of the brain called the default mode network, which is very overlapping with parts of the brain we know are pivotal to states like depression. The part of our brain where we future trip, dwell on the past, and think of ourselves as separate from others goes quiet for the duration of a psychedelic ceremony—we have an expanded sense of our connection to others and can be fully present.”
Dr. Ellen Vora is a board-certified psychiatrist, medical acupuncturist, and yoga teacher who takes a functional medicine approach to mental health. In today’s conversation, Dr. Vora unpacks the impact of the pandemic on mental health, and what she’s seen change over the past year with respect to the issues facing her patients. Dr. Vora and Dr. Avanti talk about the various factors that affect anxiety and depression, like nutrition and community, and how psychedelics and Ketamine treatments can be used medicinally to help mental health. Dr. Avanti shares her own experience using medical Ketamine infusions to help with depression. This is a heart-centered and thought-provoking conversation you don’t want to miss!
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Today on The Healing Catalyst:
Community as a component of health & the division society is experiencing
Ways to naturally address anxiety and depression
How we are trained to distrust our internal guidance
How psychedelics & Ketamine treatments can be used medicinally to help depression
Dr. Avanti’s experience using medical Ketamine treatments
Embracing vulnerability and leaning into our emotions
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Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh, is an Ayurveda Wellness Expert on a mission to show how Ayurveda is a health catalyst to achieve optimal wellness in modern life.
Over the two decades of her training, study, and research, Dr. Kumar-Singh has shared her expertise with Fortune 500 companies, at elite undergraduate and graduate institutions, and at prestigious industry and medical conferences. She has been featured in the Huffington Post, goop, Thrive Global and mindbodygreen, and served as the co-lead facilitator of the Faculty Scholars Program in Integrative Healthcare at the OSHER Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern Medicine. Dr. Kumar-Singh is also the author of The Health Catalyst.
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