Dr. Dave Rabin

environment amplifies safety learning again that helps us to unlearn fear associated with our bodies and reminds us our bodies are safe places to be and that healing can occur naturally and wants to happen naturally when we remember that our bodies are safe and that they're allowed to heal themselves and they have the ability to heal themselves, which they do for all humans and most animals, if not all animals.

environment amplifies safety learning again that helps us to unlearn fear associated with our bodies and reminds us our bodies are safe places to be and that healing can occur naturally and wants to happen naturally when we remember that our bodies are safe and that they're allowed to heal themselves and they have the ability to heal themselves, which they do for all humans and most animals, if not all animals.

So It's interesting because now we're seeing over the last 30, 40 years, thanks to the work of many great scientists, that you can use a drug treatment in very intentional ways to help people discontinue addictive behavior, which is extremely damaging to their lives. We have very few treatments, if any, that work well for addiction, and especially opioid and cocaine, alcohol addiction.

So It's interesting because now we're seeing over the last 30, 40 years, thanks to the work of many great scientists, that you can use a drug treatment in very intentional ways to help people discontinue addictive behavior, which is extremely damaging to their lives. We have very few treatments, if any, that work well for addiction, and especially opioid and cocaine, alcohol addiction.

So that's really exciting.

So that's really exciting.

So Apollo is a software technology that uses, we developed out of my research at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center that delivers like soothing sound wave vibrations that kind of feel like a cat purring or like ocean waves gently washing over you or like taking a few deep breaths or chanting OM, getting a hug.

So Apollo is a software technology that uses, we developed out of my research at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center that delivers like soothing sound wave vibrations that kind of feel like a cat purring or like ocean waves gently washing over you or like taking a few deep breaths or chanting OM, getting a hug.

All of these soothing sensations that we get boost vagus nerve activity because they remind us that we're safe in the moment, like right now. When you have those experiences, you're reminded that you're safe and you can just relax and be present. And so that is interestingly a neural pathway that's well understood in the brain and the body where you feel something soothing.

All of these soothing sensations that we get boost vagus nerve activity because they remind us that we're safe in the moment, like right now. When you have those experiences, you're reminded that you're safe and you can just relax and be present. And so that is interestingly a neural pathway that's well understood in the brain and the body where you feel something soothing.

It sends that signal to your emotional cortex, your emotional cortex, and it's called the limbic system and the specifically the insulate cortex of the brain, which is like deep underneath. gets activated in a positive way that says, hey, I'm safe, this feels good, right? This reminds me of something that makes me feel safe and comforted.

It sends that signal to your emotional cortex, your emotional cortex, and it's called the limbic system and the specifically the insulate cortex of the brain, which is like deep underneath. gets activated in a positive way that says, hey, I'm safe, this feels good, right? This reminds me of something that makes me feel safe and comforted.

Then that sends a signal to the amygdala, our fear center of the brain, that says, hey, fear center, you don't need to be firing off right now, we're good. We're not in a survival threat situation. And then recovery is allowed to turn back on. So that pathway is a well-understood pathway.

Then that sends a signal to the amygdala, our fear center of the brain, that says, hey, fear center, you don't need to be firing off right now, we're good. We're not in a survival threat situation. And then recovery is allowed to turn back on. So that pathway is a well-understood pathway.

And when I started to study MDMA-assisted therapy and how MDMA-assisted therapy and other psychedelic medicines are facilitating access to these incredibly transformative healing experiences. And by the way, I'm one of the few psychiatrists nationwide that's trained in both ketamine and MDMA-assisted therapy. I was really curious, how is it doing this? How are we getting these

And when I started to study MDMA-assisted therapy and how MDMA-assisted therapy and other psychedelic medicines are facilitating access to these incredibly transformative healing experiences. And by the way, I'm one of the few psychiatrists nationwide that's trained in both ketamine and MDMA-assisted therapy. I was really curious, how is it doing this? How are we getting these

Completely stunning results from these treatments with just three doses or six doses. I mean, it's just something we've never seen before. So I started, right. I mean, it's just amazing. So I started to like, again, an antibiotic level effect for a mental illness, again, like unparalleled paradigm shifting in mental health. So I'm like, how is this possible?

Completely stunning results from these treatments with just three doses or six doses. I mean, it's just something we've never seen before. So I started, right. I mean, it's just amazing. So I started to like, again, an antibiotic level effect for a mental illness, again, like unparalleled paradigm shifting in mental health. So I'm like, how is this possible?

So being like a neuroscientist and a mechanistic guy trying to figure out how things work all the time, I'm like, I'm going to figure out how this works. And so I got my MDMA training in 2016 from maps. And then

So being like a neuroscientist and a mechanistic guy trying to figure out how things work all the time, I'm like, I'm going to figure out how this works. And so I got my MDMA training in 2016 from maps. And then