Crypto, Mental Health, and Living Off Grid with Sam McCulloch

09/05/22 • 28 min

Sam McCulloch is the owner and primary therapist at radiant sun therapy and Flagstaff, Arizona. He graduated from Prescott college with his master's degree in mental health counseling in 2019, and then worked in community. For three years before starting his private practice, he currently provides therapy for children and adolescents built around relationships, engagement, and opportunities for growth.
Sam lives off grid with his wife and his nine-year-old son. Sam is a therapist, a data crypto and enthusiast, a hiker, a gamer, and most of all, just another human trying to do his best.
OUTLINE
00:00 Crypto, Mental Health, and Living Off Grid with Sam McCulloch
00:22 Introduction
01:10 How Sam, a therapist, got into crypto
10:22 Living off-grid
14:05 Technology, isolation, and mental health
17:25 Advice for parents regarding their kids' tech use
19:37 Using virtual reality and play in therapy
23:58 Helping kids and teens process the pandemic
26:52 How to connect with Sam
LINKS
IG: @desertdaimond
Twitter: @ddesertddiamond
Website: https://radiantsuntherapy.com
Bring your kid back to reality: https://virgils.io

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Startups, Social Media, and Modeling Good Tech Habits with Dr. Vivian Oberling

Dr. Vivian Oberling is a clinical psychologist in Orange County. She works with a wide range of clients, including kids and teens. Vivian also has a foot firmly planted in the tech startup world. She is the founding psychologist at Pace, which is backed by Sequoia and focuses on the power of groups for adult connection in the digital age.
OUTLINE
00:00 Sizzler
00:36 Introduction
01:14 How Vivian decided to become a clinical psychologist
04:13 What would you say to a parent whose child was just diagnosed with autism?
05:50 Autistic superpowers
07:51 Making moves into the tech startup world by joining Pace
11:53 Words of advice for therapists who are interested in, but skeptical of, the technology startup world
13:08 Advice for startup founders who want to work in the mental health space
14:37 Insights from being at an early-stage tech startup
16:25 Social media and youth mental health
22:56 What parents can do to facilitate their kids' healthy relationships with and through social media
27:54 What parents can do to improve their own relationships with tech
30:46 Discerning information online with mindfulness and critical thinking
38:24 Connecting with Vivian
Check out Pace: https://pace.group + @pace.groups on Instagram
Bring your kid back to reality: https://virgils.io

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Nickolas Interrante is a Unity developer and undergraduate researcher at the University of Michigan. He was also once an aspiring professional e-sports athlete but ultimately he decided to put the game controller down and head back to school to research mental illness and use technology to create better treatments.
00:00:00 Sizzler
00:00:50 Introduction
00:01:42 Nick's journey from aspiring e-sports athlete back to reality
00:04:33 Putting down the game controller
00:06:56 What is e-sports and what does it mean to be a professional e-sports athlete?
00:10:38 What is so compelling about video games?
00:15:53 What's going on when video games tap into your reward mechanisms?
00:19:26 When do games become problematic?
00:28:11 What's the case for reality?
00:33:09 Taking delayed gratification seriously
00:44:19 What would you say to a kid who's struggling with a video game habit?
00:50:32 Finding a sense of purpose as a young person
00:54:47 VR, psychology, and cutting-edge research
00:58:53 Getting in touch with Nick
Nick's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickolas-interrante-432b98232/
Bring your kid back to reality: https://virgils.io