The healing potential of Psilocybin with Tara Austin from PAR

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Where are we heading?

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Kim and Dan first started going on weekly walks as a way to catch up, and hold each other accountable in their creative lives. Those casual conversations soon became a co-regulating anchor in their week, and from those walks, 'Where Are We Heading?' was born. Now, the podcast is all about natural, walk-and-talk conversations rather than formal interviews, exploring how to live a creative life that values well-being. Our guests often come from the creative world, and we let the show evolve naturally as we walk and chat. It's really all about the journey

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The healing potential of Psilocybin with Tara Austin from PAR

Where are we heading?

40 minutes 49 seconds

1 month ago

The healing potential of Psilocybin with Tara Austin from PAR

In this episode of Where Are We Heading?

We walk with Tara Austin, co-founder of PAR – Psilocybin Access Rights, to explore the science, stigma and political barriers surrounding psilocybin. Tara shares why she believes legal access to psilocybin-assisted therapy is not just a medical issue, but a human one - especially for people living with depression, PTSD and end-of-life distress. A grounded and thought-provoking conversation on healing, policy and hope.

We walk and talk about:

Why psilocybin is still a Schedule 1 substance in the UK despite growing medical evidence
The science behind psilocybin therapy and how it works in the brain
Breakthrough results in treating depression, trauma and PTSD
Why policy change matters — and what stands in the way
Harm reduction, set & setting, and why context is everything
Shifting from fear and stigma to education and compassion
The global movement toward psychedelic reform - and where the UK sits now

This episode explores not just the politics of psychedelics, but the human stories behind them - people searching for hope when nothing else has worked.

🔑 Key Takeaways / Themes

Psilocybin shows strong clinical potential for treatment-resistant depression, PTSD and end-of-life anxiety
Current drug scheduling laws block research access and patient treatment
Rescheduling (not legalising) psilocybin would allow regulated medical use
Psychedelics aren’t risk-free — set and setting make all the difference
The campaign for access is science-led and compassion-driven
Healing shouldn’t be limited by outdated policy and stigma

Guest Bio – Tara Austin (PAR)

Tara Austin is a behavioural scientist, activist, and co-founder of PAR – Psilocybin Access Rights, the UK’s grassroots campaign calling for psilocybin to be rescheduled so it can be prescribed for therapeutic use. PAR has mobilised thousands of citizens, delivered 89,000 campaign leaflets, run the UK’s first psychedelic billboard campaign, and taken psilocybin reform to Parliament.

Tara is also a Partner at Ogilvy Consulting, working at the intersection of behavioural science, psychology and systems change. She co-hosts Nudgestock, the world’s largest festival of behavioural science and creativity.

🔗 PAR links:
Instagram: @‌par.global
Website: www.par.global

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