Dr. Mark Goulston and I discuss my experience with psychedelics, (im)patience, purpose, life patterns, and pretending you’re blind, as well as concepts like surgical empathy, coping (instead of healing), psychological adhesion, the {horror—terror—don't panic} trifecta, and how Ayahuasca can reconfigure minds as if they’re Rubik's cubes.
Originally a UCLA ps ... Show More
Mar 2025
It’s Way Worse Than You Think: P*rnhub | Laila Mickelwait EP 225
In this disturbing episode, I was joined by Laila Mickelwait (@laila). She’s the founder of the Justice Defense Fund and the global #TraffickingHub movement.Laila broke down real cases, including a missing 15-year-old girl found in 58 videos on the site, and detailed how P*rnhub’ ... Show More
1h 4m
Mar 2025
Gut Health, SIBO, Methylene Blue, and More | Josh Axe EP 225
In this episode, Dr. Josh Axe joined me to discuss gut health, functional medicine, and alternative healing methods, including Chinese medicine and herbal remedies. We explored why Chinese medicine uses tongue mapping, the differences between conventional and functional medicine, ... Show More
1h 6m
Feb 2025
Healing Trauma Through Biohacking and Ayahuasca: Her Insane Experience | Iman Hasan EP 224
In this episode, I spoke with Iman Hasan. We discussed microplastics, the importance of detoxifying our bodies, and how environmental toxins are affecting our health on a cellular level. Iman described her experiences with plant medicine, including ayahuasca and other psychedelic ... Show More
1h 2m
Feb 2023
E33 - Dr. Gabor Maté (LIVE): Healing Trauma in a Toxic Culture
When it comes to disease, mental illness, and addiction in our society, trauma is largely misunderstood and not discussed enough. In this live episode of the Know Thyself Podcast, we are joined by world-renowned author Dr. Gabor Maté, as he explains the myth of normal, and how to ... Show More
2h 1m
Nov 2022
If society is making us sick, how can we heal?
Sean Illing talks with Dr. Gabor Maté, a physician, speaker, and bestselling author who has written on subjects like addiction, stress, and attention deficit disorder. In Maté's new book, The Myth of Normal, he argues that the Western paradigm of health is fundamentally flawed in ... Show More
57m 55s
Nov 2022
Your identity is a story you tell yourself
Sean Illing talks with neuroscientist Gregory Berns, author of The Self Delusion. Berns claims that the idea of a unified, persistent self is a kind of illusion, and that we are better understood as multiple selves at different moments in time, tied together by a story — which is ... Show More
45m 8s
Feb 2021
#284 - Hamilton Morris - Creating The Future Of Psychedelics
Hamilton Morris is a journalist, documentary producer and a chemist.Hamilton's Pharmacopeia is one of the most interesting documentaries around chemistry, psychoactive drugs, psychedelic culture and traditional uses for plant medicine ever.Sadly Season 3 is the last one, but Hami ... Show More
1h 22m
Sep 2023
Albert Moukheiber, Docteur en Neurosciences - Devenir meilleur ne vous rendra pas plus heureux
Cet épisode démarre sur la condamnation de MyBetterSelf.
Métaphoriquement, du moins : j’ai demandé à Albert, docteur en neurosciences et psychologue clinicien, de m’expliquer pourquoi il était si critique de la volonté de devenir “la meilleure version de soi-même”.
On échange, on ... Show More
1h 34m