[TT 036] team brain, eco-distress, microdosing guide, digital therapeutics, youth eco-distress, airship orchestra
Hello there Thrivers,
I just completed the thrilling task of revamping my LinkedIn and resume (thanks to the invaluable support, templates, and tutorials from our career management team). Between that and the personal CRM I've been curating on Dex, I feel prepared for thoughtfully connecting and expanding my network.
With primed poise, let's leap into this week's Thriving Thursday
On getting on the same brain wavelength in team flow
We've all heard of, or experienced, being in a solo flow state. Of course, there is also a concept of "team flow" where multiple individuals working together toward a common goal get into flow states together.
An international team of academics from Caltech and the Toyohashi University of Technology recently recorded brain waves uniquely associated with team flow. This study focused on a music video game played on an iPad - not the most compelling scenario, but we have to start somewhere.
From other brain studies, we already know that professional musicians’ brains light up differently as compared to non-musician brains when they listen to music. And there is also precedent for measuring brain activity in professional musicians while they play together.
Curious to see how the team flow academic literature evolves.
On the burning problem of eco-distress for therapists
Last week I wrote about climate anxiety in young adults, but the issues are more widespread.
This Scientific American article does a good job describing the scope of the problem. Healthline and Medical News offer a more clinical treatment of the topic.
If you're craving resources to learn more or connect with like-minded individuals, the Climate and Mind groups page is the most comprehensive list I've found so far.
Last year wildfires came within 30 miles of our home, but I never personally felt serious anxiety or distress. Over the next few weeks I'll be interviewing people with wildfire experience who have struggled with these feelings to learn more about their experience.
On microdosing psychedelics with a knowledgeable guide
I've known Anahita, the woman behind Microdosing Guru, for a number of years. She was a successful startup operator before she took time to retrain for mental and physical health. Both her personal practice and microdosing website are full of well written materials related to her thoughtful approach.
I'm impressed by the work she's doing and how she supports others with content and consultations.
On being prescribed, and insurance paying for, a phone app
There is a new class of prescription medications that is a ... phone app. Known as digital therapeutics, these apps go through a clinical trial process to validate evidence-based success for the digital interventions.
There are already dozens of approved digital therapeutics that target substance use, sleep, obesity and more. No doubt this category will only grow and will become an important remote care tool for tech-enabled providers of the future. The only outstanding question is if this will help manage costs, or just continue jacking up costs with pharma prices on a phone app.
On being transported away on an airship orchestra
An Australian art and technology firm called ENESS created a beautiful interactive sound installation with 16 inflatable sculptures. The motion sensors respond to participants as they walk through the installation to create a unique choral composition each night.
I LOVE this type of interactive, multi-medium art, and the video makes me wish I could go hang out there for an evening. They have a number of other cool projects like this stop-frame mobius sculpture installation.
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With warmth and care,
~Henry