Investing in Meditation, Mindfulness, Psychedelics for a Better Mental Health Future

Charlie Hartwell (@ShiftIt_Inst) is an Operating Partner at the Bridge Builders Collaborative, a consumer health tech investment group that invested early in Pear Therapeutics, Insight Timer and Headspace, in addition to being a “Change Agent” focused on igniting consciousness, mindfulness, and creating a more connected human world. In today’s episode we discuss:

Where are headed with consumer health tech and consciousness
Why Charlie’s afraid our collective ability to live together
How mindfulness and meditation can help us get through this COVID crisis
The role of psychedelics in shifting mental health
Why meditation may just be the next best medic
Which alternative health practices hold the most promise for the future of healthcare
What Charlie thinks we should do for a more mentally-sound world
Why we’re treating patients and health all wrong
How investment dollars drive innovation
Why the psychedelic movement of today is much more than a fad
What’s the future of wearable tech