Ideas on Mental Health & Meaning

Farewell 2024! Here’s to a Meaningful 2025!

Aufwiedersehen!! Tschuss!!  Adios!  Farewell, and Buh-Bye 2024!! What are YOU going to do with the GIFT of 2025? TMP-Ep173 - Farewell 2024! Here's to a Meaningful 2025! Last Podcast of 2024 on Dr. Dan's Youtube channel In this episode, Dr. Dan reflects on the...

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Meaningful Tattoo Pathways

I bet you didn't see that coming!  I know I didn't!  That's right, I recorded a podcast about tattoos, and it was a lot of fun.  Mostly because the guest was so incredibly knowledgable and shared his passion for the culture of tattoos and body art.  Enjoy! In this...

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Your 2024-25 Winter Mental Health & Meaning Toolbox

We literally have 5 minutes between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year - followed by the long, dark, cold eternity of the beginning of 2025.  How will you cope?  Even better, how do you plan the THRIVE? In this episode, Dr. Dan discusses the mental health challenges...

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Meaning & Empathy in “The Death Care Industry”

In this conversation, Dr. Dan speaks with Mandie Hungarland about her unique journey from art school to becoming the COO of a company in the death care industry. They discuss the importance of empathy in dealing with families experiencing loss, the role of humor in...

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Personal Insights from My Ketamine Practicum

For those of you who read this email regularly, you know I was recently attending my Ketamine Practicum for the Integrative Psychiatry Institue's certificate in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy.  I shared about my experience in a recent "bonus edition email", and here is...

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Dream Builder Coaching

There is a significant difference between counseling and coaching.  And there is often, almost always, just as significant a difference HOW people get into coaching or counseling as a profession. In this episode, I talk to speaker and coach Diana Lippert about the...

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Veteran’s Day 2024: Meaning in Military Service

Two Marines and a Sailor walk into a podcast... the rest was simply my honor to witness. In this engaging conversation, veterans share their personal journeys into military service, reflecting on the influences of family, community, and personal choices. They discuss...

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My Recent Experiences with Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy

I didn't think I could fill up an entire hour talking about Ketamine and Psychedelic Assisted Therapy.  But, once I got started talking about my experiences this week, I just kept going.  There was a lot to share.  I hope you find it as meaningful as I did. In this...

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The Meaning of Mystical Experiences and Psychedelic Medicine

I feel like I am constantly talking about Ketamine and Psilocybin lately.  Not only because I've been studying them fairly in-depth, but also because I believe in their healing power - I've seen their healing potential in class, through videos, and in my professional...

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As I Prepare for My Ketamine Experience

As I am completing the documentation for my Ketamine experience as part of the Psychedelic Assisted Therapy I am enrolled in, I thought I would share parts of it with you. I'm excited for the experience.  But even more so now.  It's pretty rare that medical release...

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Desiderata

Desiderata is Latin for "things desired".  I wish I could remember how I wandered upon this poem in the past few weeks, but I don't.  Perhaps it was just divine inspiration coming through the internet, because it's a pretty great poem.  If you take a look at it's...

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Exploring the Healing Power of Ketamine

I am ALL IN on the re-emerging field of Psychedelic Assisted Therapy!  Now, I recognize, I may have a bit of a bias - a few biases: I've been neck deep in the Integrative Psychiatry Institute's (IPI) certification training since July.  Probably 4-5 hours per week of...

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