In an aging America, thousands of people have adopted a new vocation: supporting others as they confront the end of life.
I’ve been moving into this space.
Read morePsychiatrist Answers Psychedelic Therapy Questions
Professor David Nutt joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about psychedelic therapy.
Do magic mushrooms combat depression? How does ketamine therapy work? What happened during Bryan Johnson’s 5-MeO-DMT livestream? Answers to these questions and many more await on Psychedelic Therapy Support.
Read moreNine Life Lessons
Buddhist monk Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche is the happiest man on Earth.
In brain scans, researchers noted that Mingyur’s neural activity showed off-the-charts levels of activation in the left prefrontal cortex, an area associated with positive emotions such as happiness, enthusiasm and joy.
In other tests conducted when he was 41 years old, his brain reportedly “resembled that of a 33-year-old”. He also laughs a lot.
Read moreThe Reality of Consciousness
Neuroscientist Christof Koch of the Allen Institute in Seattle. turns to a philosophical framework known as analytic idealism, which proposes that consciousness may be a fundamental feature of reality rather than something generated by the brain.
Read moreNew Peter Kingsley Book
Ego Death and Alpha Brain Waves
The researchers found that DMT pushes the brain away from its usual “critical” balance between chaos and order, a state believed to be essential for coherent self-awareness over time.
Read moreThe Gift of Ego Death
Close brushes with dying and psychedelic trips can change the way we see the world, while offering clues about how consciousness works.
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Awe and Your Nervous System
Awe isn’t a luxury, it’s maintenance.
Neuroscience is catching up to what the Sng’oi never forgot: wonder isn’t an indulgence, it’s how the nervous system comes home.
Read moreLife Kit
In her upcoming book, The Nice Life: How to Elevate the Everyday and Find Joy in What You Have, Miller argues that a nice life means noticing beauty, being open to curiosity, seeking community and more.
Read moreHighly Sensitive People
For HSPs, the volume on ordinary life is simply turned up higher.
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