Episode #5

Want to understand what’s happening in the brain when under the influence of psychedelics? The default mode network (DMN) is receiving a lot of attention these days, but what do we really know about what the science is saying in terms of how psychedelics influence the DMN, and how can we use that information to catalyze change in our lives?

In this conversation, Psychedelic Neuroscientist Manesh Girn breaks down the neuroscience of psychedelic states and distinguishes fact from fiction.

In this conversation Manesh Girn explores:

• How the DMN sits at the top of all 7 brain networks and creates models of reality that we hold onto that can keep us stuck within limiting narratives and belief systems. 
• How we “see what we believe” and continue to perpetuate limiting beliefs, from the perspective of the predictive coding model of the brain.
• How psychedelics support neuroplasticity. 
• The importance of daily practice to allow altered states to transmute into altered traits. 
• The difference between cognitive flexibility and psychological flexibility.
• How psychedelics can support creative thinking, and the underlying mechanisms for which they do that. 
• The overlap in the research between meditation and psychedelics.
• How psychedelics influence the shift in alpha brainwaves and how this likely influences the DMN. 
• His perspective on how psychedelics can be a powerful tool for helping to steer humanity’s ship in a better direction. 
• How his psychedelic research has directly impacted his life and perception of reality.