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MDMA-Assisted Therapy and Immersive Sound with Rogers Masson

In this episode of High and Healthy, host Richard Zwicky interviews US Army veteran Rogers Masson about his experience as a participant in MAPS phase three studies testing MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. Masson discusses the political and regulatory hurdles facing psychedelic therapy, how traditional therapeutic playlists can be distracting, and how his background in electroacoustics

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MDMA-Assisted Therapy and Immersive Sound with Rogers Masson

In this episode of High and Healthy, host Richard Zwicky interviews US Army veteran Rogers Masson about his experience as a participant in MAPS phase three studies testing MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. Masson discusses the political and regulatory hurdles facing psychedelic therapy, how traditional therapeutic playlists can be distracting, and how his background in electroacoustics

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Cavemen in Modern Clothes: Realigning with Our Primal Nature for True Wellness

In this episode of High on Healthy, host Richard Zwicky sits down with author Tim Ash to discuss his latest book, Primal Wellness. Ash explains that while modern technology and societal culture have rapidly evolved, human biology and psychology remain largely unchanged over the last 200,000 years. Rather than relying on temporary health fads or

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Finding Authenticity in a Hyper-Visible World with Dr. Joshua Estrin

In this episode of High on Healthy, host Richard Zwicky sits down with clinical therapist, data scientist, and author Dr. Joshua Estrin to explore the evolving landscape of freedom, safety, and personal identity. Together, they examine how modern surveillance, digital culture, and social media pressures force individuals—especially younger generations—to perform authenticity in the public eye

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Navigating AI: Trust, Critical Thinking, and Human Connection

In this interview on High on Healthy, host Richard Zwicky and futurist Daniel Burrus examine the dual-edged impact of artificial intelligence on mental health, behavior prediction, and society. They discuss the risks of over-relying on AI for personal counsel instead of human relationships, the challenges of disinformation, and the necessity of rigorous fact-checking and critical

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Who Owns Your Attention? Gloria Mark on Rethinking Focus in the Digital Age

In this episode of High on Healthy, host Richard Zwicky speaks with Gloria Mark, professor of informatics at UC Irvine, about how digital technology and AI impact human attention spans, critical thinking, and social well-being. Mark explains that while our fundamental capacity for focus remains intact, modern environments foster constant interruptions—both external and self-induced—that fragment

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Redefining Self-Improvement and Healing with Samantha DeCaro

Dr. Samantha DeCaro, Director of Clinical Outreach and Education at The Renfrew Center, sits down with host Richard Zwicky to explore the fine line between healthy self-improvement and destructive perfectionism. They go into how cultural messaging and social media often weaponize our insecurities—particularly around body image and wellness—leading many toward eating disorders and the "arrival

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Unlocking Unconscious Memory: Shale Maulana on Trauma, Dreams, and Regulation

In this episode of High on Healthy, host Richard Zwicky sits down with licensed therapist and holistic mental health practitioner Shale Maulana to explore how trauma, implicit memory, and the nervous system interact. Comparing conscious awareness to a "flashlight in a warehouse," Maulana explains how unprocessed emotional material lives in the body and subconscious mind,

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Hunger as a Compass: Reclaiming Your Original Relationship with Food

High on Healthy explores the “gut-mind” connection with Shirley Billigmeier, the founder of Innergetics. Moving beyond the restrictive rules of traditional diet culture, Shirley discusses how we often lose the biological “eating boundaries” we were born with due to early childhood conditioning and emotional “food noise.”

She introduces the concept of the hunger scale as a tool for metacognition, teaching listeners how to distinguish genuine physical signals from the nervous system’s desire to “detour” into eating to mask discomfort.

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Why Your Success is Taxing Your Nervous System

In this insightful episode of High and Healthy, host Richard Zwicky sits down with systemic coach and Breathing Flame founder, Oscar Trelles, to deconstruct the “slow roasting” of modern burnout.

Oscar shares his personal journey from running a high-flying global market research firm to a total identity collapse during the pandemic, revealing how consumer culture trains our nervous systems to prioritize material accumulation over biological safety.

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