#1: Thank You Life Moments and Stories of Healing | Dr. Dan Engle

2025-01-03

In the inaugural episode of the Thank You Life Podcast, hosts Dr. Dan Engle and Kevin Cannella introduce themselves and the mission of their nonprofit organization, Thank You Life. They discuss their backgrounds in psychiatry and psychotherapy, the inception of the organization aimed at providing access to psychedelic therapy, particularly ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and the impact they have made in their first two years of operation. They share that the Thank You Life Podcast aims to capture healing stories from clients and clinicians involved in the program, emphasizing the transformative power of these experiences and the importance of community support in mental health recovery. In this conversation, Kevin Cannella and Dr. Engle discuss...

In the inaugural episode of the Thank You Life Podcast, hosts Dr. Dan Engle and Kevin Cannella introduce themselves and the mission of their nonprofit organization, Thank You Life.

They discuss their backgrounds in psychiatry and psychotherapy, the inception of the organization aimed at providing access to psychedelic therapy, particularly ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and the impact they have made in their first two years of operation.

They share that the Thank You Life Podcast aims to capture healing stories from clients and clinicians involved in the program, emphasizing the transformative power of these experiences and the importance of community support in mental health recovery.

In this conversation, Kevin Cannella and Dr. Engle discuss the transformative power of storytelling in healing, the significance of personal experiences in shaping one's path, and the role of ketamine in mental health treatment.

They share their own journeys through trauma and loss, emphasizing the importance of finding meaning in suffering. The discussion also covers the benefits and risks associated with ketamine therapy, highlighting its potential for treating suicidality while acknowledging its addictive profile.

About Thank You Life

⁠⁠⁠Thank You Life⁠⁠⁠ is a 501c3 nonprofit organization on a mission to revolutionize mental healthcare and help the world heal through psychedelic-assisted therapy. Our mission is to eliminate the financial barriers to psychedelic-assisted therapy, so that we can:

Solve inequity in mental health treatment
Enable healing of underserved communities
Advocate for systemic change

We do this by:

Providing supplemental funds for treatment
Supporting a national network of top-tier ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) clinics
Advocating for psychedelic-assisted therapy to be more broadly accepted in social, medical, and regulatory arenas

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