Do we truly need microdosing & psychedelic coaches?

Let's address the elephant in the room: Microdosing isn't rocket science. Neither is taking 4 grams of mushrooms and having a mystical experience, zooming out of your little problems, and realizing you’re one with everything. These experiences are there to be had, especially when the brain’s default mode network is silenced, specific serotonin receptors are stimulated, and glutamate production increases —effects typical with psychedelic use. This makes accessing expanded states of consciousness a fairly easy thing to do.

Of course, many other things can happen, like re-experiencing traumatic memories, guiding your mind to dark places or getting stuck in repetitive thought loops (until the psychedelic trip is over).

So, why do we need microdosing or psychedelic coaches and therapists?

It boils down to two main reasons:

✨ 1. As Shannon Duncan once mentioned, “Before I started doing true medicine work with qualified guides, I had no idea that this deeper realm existed. It’s like there was a door to the basement that was always there but that I’d never consciously acknowledged before. It’s where all the scary stuff lives that my psyche works to protect me from."

In other words, it’s kinda like having access to the gym vs hiring a personal trainer.

✨ 2. Psychedelic experiences have the potential to instigate long-lasting changes. Instead of fun, expansive, interesting, or even once-in-a-lifetime events, psychedelic journeys can become a pivot into a new life - The beginning of a new chapter! This is where your psychedelic coach or therapist comes in, helping with long-term integration: In translating the psychedelic insights into practices and behavioural changes. They will call you out when you “relapse” into old ways of being, thinking, and acting, they will be your accountability buddy and ask questions that’ll help you see a new truth and create a different meaning. Ultimately, they help set you on a new life trajectory

💫 In the words of Gabor Maté:
“There is no life outside of action.
All the insights that people get can be helpful, but unless you translate them into some kind of action, it's just going to stay as an insight in you head, and become a memory and a frustration.”