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Jason Najum
Senior Editor & Creative Producer at States of Mind
Jason Najum is a Senior Editor & Creative Producer at States of Mind with extensive experience in the psychedelic medicine space. He has held senior editorial roles at Psychedelics.com and Microdose Psychedelic Insights, and was a regular contributor to The Huffington Post. His work has also appeared in Seeking Alpha, National Geographic, and Lonely Planet.
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Can Magic Mushrooms Help With Alzheimer's?
A woman with advanced Alzheimer's regained memory, mobility, and self-care after two psilocybin sessions —…
Human Journeys Podcast: The Freedom to Explore Psychedelics, with Zeus Tipado
Neuroscientist Zeus Tipado on his DMT and visual cortex research, and the childhood panic attacks…
Europe's Psychedelic Moment: ICPR Conference 2026
ICPR 2026, Europe's premier psychedelic research conference, ran June 4–6 in Haarlem with 100+ speakers…
CBT Therapists on What Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Can Offer
Therapists explain how CBT builds clarity, emotional awareness, and skills for anxiety, depression, ADHD, and…
My Experience at a Legal Psilocybin Therapy Retreat
States of Mind's Senior Editor tells us what actually happens at a psychedelic therapy session.
I Went to The Netherlands For A Legal Psychedelic Therapy Retreat
States of Mind's Senior Editor experiences legal psilocybin therapy — the first part in a…
What Really Happens at a Men’s Retreat?
Alexander Cottle, founder of The Unmasked Man, on the shadow work, breathwork, and vulnerability that…
I Wasn't Sick, But I Wasn't Well: A Mental Health Story
States of Mind's senior editor shares his journey to overcome anxiety through mindfulness, microdosing, and…
Inside Europe’s First Residential Ketamine Therapy Retreat
In Malta, HIVE BIO runs a legal, medically supervised ketamine therapy program built around a…
Unmasking ADHD: Samantha Hiew on Late Diagnosis and the Layers We Don’t See
Dr. Samantha Hiew was diagnosed with ADHD at 40, then autism — and turned that…
The Psychedelic DJ: How Matt Xavier is Turning Music into Medicine
Former DJ Matt Xavier curates live music for psilocybin sessions — calm at onset, expansive…
The Courage to Heal: A Conversation With Tom Feegel of Beond Ibogaine Treatment Center
“There’s usually a painful past, and sometimes we label that as trauma”.
The Fight for 7-OHM: Inside the Movement to Legitimize a Controversial New Plant Medicine
A new conversation (and controversy) is unfolding around 7-OHM in the world of plant medicine.