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.
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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