Psychologist Dr. Rick Barnett and Zach Rhoads discuss the psychedelic movement. They touch on:

- How psychedelics work in therapy and in general use

- Drug safety

- Medicalization versus Legalization (or decriminalization) of psychedelics

- "Drug exceptionalism" (as coined by Dr. Carl Hart)

- Vermont stakeholders

- Personal experience with drug use

- The meaning of addiction

- Demystification of "magic" mushrooms

And more topics.

#psychedelics #vermont #psychedelictherapy

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Today’s guest is Dr. Christopher Chabris. We talked about his new book (with Daniel Simons), “Nobody’s Fool.”

Chris is a cognitive scientist. His research in this field focuses on attention, decision-making, collective intelligence, cognitive ability, and behavioral genetics.

Outside of the his academic community, he is a known chess master, and best known for his book (written with Daniel Simons), The Invisible Gorilla. Chabris and Simons won an Ig Nobel Prize for their Invisible Gorilla experiment, from which the book idea stemmed.

The two have now published a new book, “Nobody’s Fool,” about how our cognitive tendencies and habits and the information we find appealing can be used against us, even though most of the time they’re really effective.

In all the movies and podcasts and articles and so on about scams, they talk about what the con artists did, how they were caught, how the victims felt about it, and what the victims did about it. But none of them really explain why people keep falling for these scams.

Nobody’s Fool takes a cognitive science approach to doing just that. It is now available in bookstores everywhere, on Amazon, and at their publisher's web site (links below).

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Welcome to episode 82! I

t's been a while (sorry!)

Today I spoke with Sarah Ward M.S., CCC/SLP and Co-Director of Cognitive Connections, LLP. We discussed strategies that she has developed-- for both children and adults-- to sharpen their executive functioning skills to enhance learning and life.

Examples of the skills that Sarah works with people to enhance:

• planning and organization
•  concentrating and managing mental focus
•  analyzing and processing information
•  managing emotions and behavior 
•  remembering details
• managing time 
• multitasking
• solving problems

AND MORE!

We also discussed the limitations of diagnoses as well as the overuse of the term "motivation". And many more topics.

I hope that the discussion provides you with value, including practical examples to use on your own, or as instruction and help for others you care for.

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Cognitive Connections Web Site: https://www.efpractice.com/about-5-1

Clock App for Executive Functioning Skills: apps.apple.com › us › app360 Thinking Time Tracker 4+ - App Store

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Visit the Life Process Program for online mental health and addiction coaching: https://lifeprocessprogram.com

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