The Trip Lab
Welcome to The Trip Lab, kitchen table conversations about integrative medicine and psychedelics with your host and attending physician, Dr. Mary Ella Wood. Taking an evidenced-based approach, we will break down the latest research, interview leaders in the field, and answer all the questions that don't often get brought up in the doctor's office. Instagram: @thetriplabpodcast - Email: thetriplabpodcast@gmail.com
Episodes
17 episodes
#17 — The Yoga and Osteopathic Medicine Connection
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) is a hands on diagnostic and treatment modality that DOs learn in medical school. You may have seen the DO (rather than MD) after your doctor's name and never really understood what that meant. We dive i...
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Episode 17
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19:03
#16 — DEEP DIVE SERIES: Hypertension
In this episode we will take a deep dive into one of the leading causes of the global burden of disease-- hypertension, or high blood pressure. We will go over the pathophysiology, learn how hypertension develops and why it is so bad for the bo...
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Episode 16
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31:02
#15 — DEEP DIVE SERIES INTRO: How Big Pharma Lead Us to Call Eastern Medicine ‘Alternative’
Today I will be introducing a new 'deep dive series' on The Trip Lab. We are going to be looking into the most common medical conditions to really understand what is happening in the body and how they develop. With that understanding, we can be...
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Episode 15
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9:01
#14 — Integrative Approaches for Anxiety & Depression
This episode is going to be a high level overview over all of the primary causes of anxiety and depression, and integrative approaches to treat them. Anxiety and depression is a lot more complicated than just writing a script for sertra...
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Episode 14
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37:37
#13 — Demystifying Psychedelics, Archetypes & Tarot with Psychiatrist Emily Willow, MD
Today we interview UCSF psychiatrist Emily Willow, MD. She has a robust career in psychedelic medicine and has worked on clinical trials using MDMA, psilocybin and ketamine. Currently, she has a private practice where she does ketamine assisted...
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Episode 13
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46:20
#12 — Unlock Your Mind: Psychedelics in Physics, Creativity & Religion
A Trip Lab Thought Experiment: We will dive into an alternate reality where psychedelics can be used by anyone to explore their consciousness and place in the world (without having a mental health disorder like depression to make it lega...
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Episode 12
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24:38
#11 – Cannabis, Combination Psychedelics & Wilderness Medicine with Psychiatrist Dr. Mark Braunstein
We chat with Dr. Mark Braunstein about how he pioneered a new path in psychiatric care using cannabis, ketamine and psilocybin... in addition to integrating wilderness programming, exercise, diet and spirituality to treat depression, addiction,...
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Episode 11
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32:08
#10 – The Anti-Inflammatory Diet
Chronic low levels of inflammation is linked to at 8 out of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States. This, along with chronic stress, causes premature aging, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative disease, cancer and a lot more.&...
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Episode 10
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25:35
#9 – Psychedelic Salons, Cognitive Liberation and Healing Plant Medicines with Mia Cara Cosco
Mia Cara Cosco is the Creative Director of Psychedelic Salons. She has 10 years of experience in psychedelic medicine advocacy and has a really beautiful take on these plants and fungi as medicine. We chat all about the work that she do...
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Episode 9
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41:48
#8 – What does the placebo response and psychedelics tap into within us? Ketamine, Psychology & the Soul with Max C Wood
Max C Wood is a graduate student studying developmental neuroscience and psychopathology at the Anna Freud Center in London. He is finishing his studies at Yale, studying the impact that attachment styles have on a psychedelic treatment design,...
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Episode 8
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52:42
#7 – A Primer on Mind-Body Medicine
Mind-Body Medicine was until recently, dismissed by modern medicine. The idea that the mind could influence the body was paradoxically deemed just not true--- it's no surprise the current data is saying otherwise. It is know widely accepted tha...
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Episode 7
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29:29
#6 – What are Adaptogenics & Nootropics?
Adaptogenics and nootropics have become buzzwords in posh grocery stores-- on every botanical elixir and new sparkling water. But what exactly are they? Do they actually work? And what does the data tell us? Find it all out in the episode!<...
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Episode 6
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25:24
#5 – Yoga, Dichotomies & Addiction with Yoga Instructor Shelby Caldwell
The benefits of yoga have been proven extensively in the medical literature. We dive into the science of how yoga works to treat mental health disorders, musculoskeletal disorders, cardiovascular disease and even the cognitive decline that come...
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Episode 5
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39:42
#4 – MDMA for PTSD
This episode is going to be all about MDMA (also known as Molly or Ecstasy). We will explore the history of this compound and it's use, the neuroscience of how it works, what the latest clinical trials have shown, and even look at the shadow si...
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Episode 4
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25:55
#3 – An Rx for Magic Mushrooms & LSD
An overview of magic mushrooms and LSD (aka Acid). We will chat about the history of these compounds, why they were banned, why they are making a comeback, and how they are being used to treat anxiety, depression, addition and so much more. We ...
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Episode 3
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24:10
#2 – What is Integrative Medicine?
What actually is integrative medicine? How does it differ from 'alternative' or 'naturopathic' medicine? When should you see an integrative medicine doctor? All of your questions answered below. 0:45 - What is integrative medicine? ...
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Episode 2
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23:10
#1 – Intro, Psychedelics & Evidenced-Based Medicine
An introduction to your host, what the podcast will be about (integrative medicine & psychedelics) and a primer on evidenced based medicine.0:00 - Bio, Mary Ella Wood, DOUndergrad: Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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13:43