Dr. Ko shares a personal story about chess grandmaster Josh Waitzkin, who got worse at chess when he abandoned his natural aggressive style for expert advice. Drawing parallels to his own experience rebuilding after a clinic explosion, Dr. Ko explores how authenticity often serves us better than trying to be perfect, and how ketamine therapy can help patients reconnect with their true selves.
Dr. Ko shares a personal update following a car bomb explosion that damaged their ketamine clinic, along with three practical resilience tools that are helping during this challenging time. Learn about the FMA mnemonic for focusing on what you can control, the Stoic philosophy of amor fati for accepting and finding meaning in difficult circumstances, and the shrimp shell metaphor for embracing growth through discomfort.
In life, we will inevitably face challenges, big and small. Instead of resenting these challenges, we encourage you to adopt a mindset of treating life like school. In this blog, we talk about this supportive mindset to help you overcome these challenges and how ketamine therapy can help you understand life’s lessons.
