# 6: Dr Stephen Bright, The future of psychedelic research

In this episode, Ian sits down face to face with Dr Stephen Bright in Perth, Western Australia to discuss the subject of psychedelics. A topic of taboo in our society, but are these so-called drugs bad or can they be used to improve health and wellbeing. We discuss why setting and intention are key in this process and the spiritual elements of such a journey. This is a great conversation and I got extremely excited during this as we attempt to discuss the integration of science, spirituality and the wonder and awe of life.

• A quantitative exploration of the relationships between regular yoga practice, microdosing psychedelics, wellbeing and personality variables https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00049530.2021.1882266 
• Australia should be initiating a psychedelic research program: What are the barriers?https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0004867416670520 
• Exploring the relationship between microdosing, personality and emotional insight: A prospective study https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2054/5/1/article-p9.xml

You can find out more about Stephen here and his research

https://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/medical-and-health-sciences/our-staff/profiles/senior-lecturers/dr-stephen-bright

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