Adolescents and Psilocybin
Could you expand on your episode on Psilocybin by addressing any long term effects on use as an adolescent (younger than age 25). In the Psilocybin episode, your disclaimer is that everything you’re focusing on involves subjects over 25. In your episode on cannabis, you go into a little more detail about the potential negative long term effects of marijuana use in adolescence. In particular, what do brain imaging studies show on the long term effects of psilocybin use as an adolescent? And, perhaps you can expand on the effects of adolescent marijuana use. My 16 year old is considering using both of these drugs and I’d like him to see scientific evidence. Thank you.
Deep dive Parasites and how can they affect our life?
Talking in behave of people living in tropical and underdeveloped countries, parasites are a truly present worry we have to always watch out for. Reading some statistics, apparently parasites affect 50% of the human population at any given time (this is most probably higher for people living in the tropics). I have read about how parasites can impact sleep, hormones, mood, and much more. Medicine to kill parasites are effective and common, but also can have a considerable effect on our microbiome. This leaves me with tons of questions about how often should I use antiparasitic medicine, and how this can be an underlying massive problem that is being overlooked. Any information /deep dive you could do on this topic? I think most people are oblivious to the issues this can cause.
Daily task-management (beyond chronobiology or important vs urgent)
What are tips for choosing, prioritizing, managing, and scheduling daily tasks? NOT chronobiology (you've already talked about dividing day into 3 phases). I would also appreciate it if you could deconstruct the important versus urgent matrix (Eisenhower or Covey matrix), which is frequently promoted despite not being evidence-based and not being helpful to me. The design of this matrix assumes that the tasks (and goals) people must choose between are typically as extreme as saving someone who's drowning or spending the entire day playing video games.
Urge-surfing mindfulness + temptation exposure = no-go practice?
What are your thoughts on combining urge-surfing mindfulness meditation with intentionally/preemptively exposing yourself to a specific temptation in real life and in real time as a way to do no-go practice and increase willpower? For example, setting the box of donuts in front of you and practicing how long you can resist?