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Energy Medicine

Energy Medicine

  Rick Leskowitz, MD (psychiatrist) is the author of The Mystery of Life Energy (2024), It is now in paperback, and a great survey of why energy medicine is a vital complement to allopathic medicine. 
  • Posted on June 12, 2025
  • Emma Bragdon
  • chakras, consciousness, David Feinstain, energy healing, energy medicine, energy work, Eric Leskowitz, healing, hypnosis, pain management, phantom limb, Rick Leskowitz
12 Jun 2025
in Energy Work, Health
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chakras, consciousness, David Feinstain, energy healing, energy medicine, energy work, Eric Leskowitz, healing, hypnosis, pain management, phantom limb, Rick Leskowitz

Happiness: What Causes It?

Happiness Research: One Big Finding Decades of wellness studies have identified a formula for happiness   What is the central activity that promotes happiness?  A century of research gives us the answer: Connection to others.
  • Posted on June 4, 2025
  • Emma Bragdon
  • happiness, Harvard, psychotherapy, research, Waldinger
04 Jun 2025
in Mental Health, Relationship
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happiness, Harvard, psychotherapy, research, Waldinger

Reasons to Value Spiritual Experiences in Mental Health

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ZL-axoqKU Expert Summary: How Spiritual Experiences Fit into Mental Health May 17, 2025.  Alexander Moreira-Almeida, MD, PhD, gives his hourlong acceptance speech for the Oskar Pfister Award at the American Psychiatric Association’s Annual Conference.
  • Posted on May 27, 2025
  • Emma Bragdon
  • Alexander Moreira Almeida, APA, brain, Brazil, consciousness, life after death, mediumship, mental health, NDE, near death experience, Oskar Pfister Aware, psychosis, reincarnation, spiritual emergency, spiritual experience
27 May 2025
in Mental Health, Spiritual Emergence
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Alexander Moreira Almeida, APA, brain, Brazil, consciousness, life after death, mediumship, mental health, NDE, near death experience, Oskar Pfister Aware, psychosis, reincarnation, spiritual emergency, spiritual experience

Working Group Soteria

Working Group Soteria Authors: Daniel Nischk and Ludi Van Bouwel of ISPS  [To learn more about Soteria, a very successful psycho-social approach to treating extreme states, go a previous blog which introduces the concept as
  • Posted on May 22, 2025
  • Emma Bragdon
  • Mosher, neuroleptics, psycho-social care, psychosis, research, residential treatment, schizophrenia, soteria
22 May 2025
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Residential Care
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Mosher, neuroleptics, psycho-social care, psychosis, research, residential treatment, schizophrenia, soteria
Mediumship

Mediumship: Research and Latest Discoveries

Exploring the Frontiers of Consciousness: Mediumship, Meditation & Citizen Science Using Muse EEG with Helané Wahbeh (above photo), Arnaud Delorme, and Chris Aimone Friday, May 2, 2025 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PDT) Register Now
  • Posted on May 1, 2025
  • Emma Bragdon
  • brain, citizen science, consciousness, EEG, heartwave, IONS, meditation, mediumship, mind, MUSE, neuroscience, research
01 May 2025
in Mediums, Spiritual Emergence
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brain, citizen science, consciousness, EEG, heartwave, IONS, meditation, mediumship, mind, MUSE, neuroscience, research

APA Recognizes Spirituality

Spiritual Experiences Gain Mainstream Recognition with Prestigious Psychiatry Award   … Alexander Moreira-Almeida, MD, has been awarded the 2025 Oskar Pfister Award by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). This prestigious award recognizes his exceptional contributions to
  • Posted on April 14, 2025
  • Emma Bragdon
  • Alexander Moreira Almeida, american psychiatric association, APA, consciousness, Oskar Pfister, Spiritism and Mental Health, spirituality, survival of consciousness
14 Apr 2025
in Spirit, Spiritual Emergence, Uncategorized
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Alexander Moreira Almeida, american psychiatric association, APA, consciousness, Oskar Pfister, Spiritism and Mental Health, spirituality, survival of consciousness

Microdosing & Psychedelic Science Update

Jim Fadiman, PhD. Microdosing The first comprehensive book on microdosing, using new research and extensive reports from individuals to describe the possibilities of the practice. A good night’s sleep is a sacred healing ritual you
  • Posted on April 10, 2025
  • Emma Bragdon
  • IMHU, jim fadiman, microdosing, poor sleep, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, psychedelics
10 Apr 2025
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Psychedelics
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IMHU, jim fadiman, microdosing, poor sleep, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, psychedelics
spiritual experiences

Spiritual Experiences in Increasing Numbers

Over the last 40+ years I have wondered, “What percentage of people are experiencing personally transformative spiritual experiences?”  Since these experiences have previously been seen as possible hallucinations or delusions indicative of psychosis, relatively few
  • Posted on April 3, 2025
  • Emma Bragdon
  • emergent phenomena, EPRC, Pew Research, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, spiritual experiences
03 Apr 2025
in Anomalous Experience, Spiritual Emergence
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emergent phenomena, EPRC, Pew Research, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency, spiritual experiences
Soteria

Soteria: An Alternative to Hospitalization

  Soteria House Soteria House is a Therapeutic Community Residence for the prevention of hospitalization for individuals experiencing a distressing extreme state, commonly referred to as psychosis. We believe that psychosis can be a temporary
  • Posted on March 13, 2025
  • Emma Bragdon
  • alternatives, extreme states, hospitalization, Peer Support, psychosis, soteria, Vermont
13 Mar 2025
in Residential Care, Spiritual Emergency
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alternatives, extreme states, hospitalization, Peer Support, psychosis, soteria, Vermont

Supporting Spiritual Crisis in Veterans

Monday, March 17, 2025 9am to 5pm ET (New York City Time) FREE–Attend live or virtually Info/Registration:  https://hfh.fas.harvard.edu/veteran_wellbeing_resilience Veterans, active service men and women, and first responders  are often faced with moral distress when they
  • Posted on March 4, 2025
  • Emma Bragdon
  • DSM, Harvard, human flourishing, moral distress, moral injury, moral problem, suicide, veterans
04 Mar 2025
in Mental Health, Spiritual Emergency
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DSM, Harvard, human flourishing, moral distress, moral injury, moral problem, suicide, veterans

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