Tech Leaders Are Finding Balance Through Microdosing Psychedelics – The Dales Report

Psychedelicsare one of the buzziest topics intech these days. With entrepreneursvouching for their benefitsfor creativity, focus and general well-being as well asresearch institutions and companies seekingFDA approval for medical treatments, these compounds are entering themainstream.

Microdosing: Whats It All About?

Pretty much what the word sounds like,microdosing involvestakingaroundone-tenth the amountof a normaldose of a psychedelic.

Testimonies from regulars to microdosinginclude enhanced management of symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, depression, ADHDand even chronic pain. Others microdose tooptimizetheir quality of life.

Although scientific evidence on microdosings benefits is somewhat hard to gather, the practice is believed to date back tothe 1500s. Modern Western practices began in the1960sand continued undergroundafter psychedelics were banned in the 60s and 70s,The Washington Postreports.

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James Fadimans2011 The Psychedelic Explorers Guide was one of the first modern writings on microdosing. Some years later, a Rolling Stonearticleon LSD microdosing disclosed that self-medicating was commonplace amongSan Francisco tech startups.

But its actually been going on for years.Steve Jobsreportedlyinformedthe Dept of Defenseof his LSD intake in 1988. Heattributedsome of his creativity to psychedelics.

TheWall Street JournalreportedthatTeslaTSLA andSpaceXs CEO Elon Muskconsumes ketamine andGoogleGOOG co-founder Sergey Brinpsychedelic mushrooms,

Benzingainterviewed someone whos well acquainted with the world of high-achieving tech professionals.

Lauren Mugglebeeworks with clients seeking personal growth and behavior modification. She says that traditional pharma drugs usedfor better focus or anxiety issues,disable you from really being able to connect with your body and feel.

While she incorporates different modalities into her coaching, Mugglebee highlights the unique role of microdosing psychedelics -noticeably psilocybin and LSD to help people transition away from pharmaceuticals, and pay close attention to themselves.

This is a key issue, as most top executives in the field are addicted to intensity, which typically leads to unreflectiveness and showing a lack of careful thought. Theyre addicted to working. Theyre addicted to making money. Theyre addicted to being right. Theyre addicted to being on autopilot so that they can get done what they need to get done, Mugglebee explains.

Aproductive and achievements-oriented culture is aperspectiveMugglebee knows something about, after 20 years of working in tech herself.

Microdosing psychedelics, she notes,wont resolve all problems. The process involves noticing what is going on around one without judgment. It is alsodependent on where each person is in their journey of building their self-awareness of building their ability to be present, to be in their body and to be in deep inquiry.

Mugglebee also stressesthe need for careful titration, that is starting low and going slow in orderto find the optimal dose. It is a process that fosters self-awareness around the body and emotionsand endorsesclinician consultationtowarda better-tailored outcome.

Her journey into microdosecoaching began two and a half years agounder the guidance ofPaul Austin,the trainers trainer. Austinhas been an active advocate for quite some time, starting underground and now out in the open via his Third Wave Communitypodcasts that feature such guests asmajor sector investorChristian Angermayer

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Tech Leaders Are Finding Balance Through Microdosing Psychedelics - The Dales Report