In this episode of The Psychedelic Podcast, Paul F. Austin sits down with Eiad Asbahi, founder of Mindscape, a patient care coordination platform that connects people with licensed providers and pharmacies for low-dose ketamine care. Eiad spent 17 years running a hedge fund and reached the kind of success he had always dreamed about. Then his largest investment collapsed and his marriage ended, and he was forced to look inward.

This epsiode is sponsored by Eiad Asbahi.

Eiad describes the moment he realized he was the common denominator in his own failures. He talks about the core belief underneath it all, that he was "defective," and how Internal Family Systems therapy showed him there are no bad parts. He explains how building inner safety changed the way he parents his daughter, and why he uses ketamine to reconnect rather than to escape. Paul and Eiad also discuss the thinking behind Mindscape's daily low-dose model and the case for repetition over peak experiences. The conversation ends with a candid disagreement about dependence, personal agency, clinical oversight, and what responsible access to ketamine should look like.

Eiad Asbahi is a founder and father. He spent 17 years running a hedge fund and reached the highest levels of professional success before a long professional collapse. Around the same time, a divorce sent him inward. He wanted to model a secure relationship for his daughter, so he began Internal Family Systems therapy and spent the next five years rebuilding his relationship with himself.

Eiad founded Mindscape to make the kind of guided, medically supervised care that changed his life easier to find and navigate. Mindscape is a patient care coordination platform that connects people with independently licensed providers and pharmacies, and its approach is built on repetition over intensity. Today his work centers on what comes after healing: deliberately rebuilding identity, motivation, and meaning.

Highlights:

• From hedge fund highs to a five-year professional collapse
• Realizing he was the common denominator in his failures
• The core belief beneath it all: feeling defective
• Internal Family Systems and the idea that there are no bad parts
• How repeated inner work builds inner safety
• Becoming the protector for his daughter that he never had
• How Mindscape's stripped-down model differs from other ketamine platforms
• Daily low-dose ketamine: repetition over intensity, connection over escape
• Eiad's self-care practices: movement, music, and red light
• Dependence, agency, and accountability: where Paul and Eiad disagree

Episode Links:

• Mindscape: https://themindscape.com/
• Mindscape on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themindscape.official
• Eiad on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eiadasbahi