Stop racing to the next destination. Discover Alan Watts' wisdom on viewing life as a dance, not a marathon - and why this perspective shift can help you enjoy the process of being alive.
Your 2025 Guide to Healing: Lessons in Ketamine Therapy, Crisis, and Finding Your Authentic Self
How Hard Things Make Life Easier: A Ketamine Therapy Lesson
Dr. Ko shares an unexpected lesson from building a 570-piece Lego set with his daughter: tackling hard challenges makes everything else feel easier. Drawing parallels between complex Lego builds and the discomfort of stepping outside our comfort zones, he explores how facing difficult experiences - whether in life or during ketamine therapy - expands our capacity to handle future challenges. Learn why embracing the hard moments during treatment can lead to breakthroughs and make daily life obstacles more manageable.
Setting Intentions for Ketamine Therapy: Focus on Your Vision, Not Obstacles
While rebuilding his ketamine clinic after a car bomb explosion, Dr. Ko shares how focusing on obstacles was actually hindering his progress. Drawing from Dan Millman's board-breaking lesson and the brain's negativity bias, he explains why outcome-focused intentions work better than obstacle-focused thinking - both for clinic rebuilding and ketamine therapy. Learn how to shift from "not being depressed" to envisioning specific positive outcomes during treatment.
Being Yourself Is Hard: Lessons From Chess, Crisis, and Ketamine Therapy
Dr. Ko shares a personal story about chess grandmaster Josh Waitzkin, who got worse at chess when he abandoned his natural aggressive style for expert advice. Drawing parallels to his own experience rebuilding after a clinic explosion, Dr. Ko explores how authenticity often serves us better than trying to be perfect, and how ketamine therapy can help patients reconnect with their true selves.
When Crisis Hits: 3 Mindset Tools That Are Getting Me Through
Dr. Ko shares a personal update following a car bomb explosion that damaged their ketamine clinic, along with three practical resilience tools that are helping during this challenging time. Learn about the FMA mnemonic for focusing on what you can control, the Stoic philosophy of amor fati for accepting and finding meaning in difficult circumstances, and the shrimp shell metaphor for embracing growth through discomfort.
