Key Takeaways •Spiritual abuse step by step dismantles your ability to trust your own intuition, teaching you to rely entirely on external religious authority. •Research on reclaiming identity after spiritual abuse highlights that survivors often experience profound self-doubt and difficulty making decisions, as their internal...
TL;DR •A 2026 meta-synthesis found five themes that may explain how psychedelic experiences can support change in eating disorder treatment. •The themes were Mind-Body-Spirit, Emotional Processing, Navigating Challenges and Risks, Enabling Safe and Supportive Experiences, and Therapeutic Improvements. •Eating disorder research is still early, and...
TL;DR •Psychedelics may affect brain pathways that are relevant to autism, including serotonin signaling, neuroplasticity, and social processing. •The research is still early, and most evidence comes from theory, animal models, old studies, or adult pilot work. •Autism is not a disease that needs to...
Key Takeaways •When religious differences fracture a family, the resulting grief is known as "unclear loss"—a profound sorrow for someone who is still physically present but emotionally or relationally absent. •Dr. Pauline Boss, who pioneered the theory of unclear loss, notes that this type of...