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Meditation Sickness & Spiritual Emergency

Spiritual Emergency and Meditation Sickness The term, “Meditation Sickness”, was not just made up. It’s a translation from words in ancient Buddhist texts. It refers to psychological and physical problems that may arise during

Posted on August 29, 2023
Emma Bragdon
awakening, Buddhism, Buddhist practices, meditation, meditator, mental health, mindfulness, spiritual emergence, spiritual emergency

Indigenous American Psychology: NEW

A Cherokee Man Indigenous culture has been translated into “A New Psychology Based on Community, Equality, and Care of the Earth” by an award-winning, Amer-Indian psychologist, Arthur W. Blume, PhD. The book was published

Posted on August 10, 2023
Emma Bragdon
amer-indian, culture, indians, indigenous, mental health, mental illness, natives, psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy

A Way to Clear Negative Karma

Karma and karmic influences from the past can powerfully impact the present. They can attract difficulties or complicate issues between people. Pavamana Suktam is a very powerful chant from the Vedas that invokes the

Posted on July 20, 2023
Emma Bragdon
chant, karma, kirtan, veda, vedic

Addiction: What Causes It?

Gabor Mate, MD, was trained as a family doctor but later turned his attention to helping heal addictions. The 9 minute video below is the most brilliant, succinct expose I know of concerning

Posted on July 10, 2023
Emma Bragdon
addiction, ibogaine, mdma, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy

Withdrawal from Prescribed Psychotopic Drugs

Drug withdrawal is an important topic today. This new book is an international collaboration that includes users, psychiatrists, researchers, and academics committed to helping people understand the potential harm that prescribed psychotropic drugs can cause

Posted on July 6, 2023
Emma Bragdon
drugs, mental disorders, mental illness, psychiatric drugs, psychiatric medication, psychiatry, psychology, psychotropic, withdrawal

Precious Time

Some evenings at our little dinner table for two, my late husband, Bob Lehmberg, a palliative care and hospice physician, would say, “I told the patient and family, they were into Precious Time.” The emphasis

Posted on June 27, 2023
Emma Bragdon
care for dying, death, dying, end of life, hospice

Possible Crises with Psychedelic Use

Challenging psychedelic crises cover a vast area The following manual excerpt is from the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS, 2010), and just touches on challenging experiences. Jules Evans also adds his opinion. For a

Posted on May 30, 2023
Emma Bragdon
going crazy, losing your mind, MAPS, plant medicines, psychedelics, psychosis, spiritual emergency. traiuma

Mental Health Education in Schools

Mental health education lessons are coming to the national curriculum [UK] next year [2020]. Teachers should be empowered to acknowledge that mental health is a contested area, argues psychologist and lecturer Anne Cooke. Ask students

Posted on May 10, 2023
Emma Bragdon
anne cooke, health education, integrative mental health, mental health, mental health education, school lessons, UK school education

Adverse Effects of Ayahuasca

Adverse Effects of Ayahuasca: Results from the Global Ayahuasca Survey Adverse Effects: About the study This study begins with a very long introduction that tries to explain ayahuasca not as a substance, but as

Posted on April 27, 2023
Emma Bragdon
adverse effects, Ayahuasca, plant medicine, psychedelics

The Effects of Collective Trauma

The Effects of Collective Trauma Is our society sick? …[Gabor Mate, MD, writes in The Myth of Normal that normal mental health is a myth because our society is not healthy.] Has our society

Posted on March 29, 2023
Emma Bragdon
collective trauma, mental health, mental illness, trauma

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