Psychedelic Wellness Resources for Learning, Safety & Harm Reduction

You don’t have to piece this together alone. The following pages provides free downloadable guides and resources for your psychedelic wellness journey.

Start Here – Free Guides

If you’re looking for support with anxiety, burnout, depression, or simply want a deeper spiritual connection through intentional psychedelic use, these psychedelic wellness resource guides are the best first step. Each one blends practical harm-reduction information with a mind-body-spirit approach – because healing isn’t just physiological, and it isn’t just spiritual either. It’s both.

Two Free Guides: Intro to Microdosing + Contraindications & Considerations

New to microdosing, or ready to go deeper? Get both of my free guides in one place. Intro to Microdosing is a grounded starting point for psilocybin and San Pedro: the science, the safety, sourcing, and the shape of a thoughtful practice. Plant Medicine Contraindications & Considerations is its companion safety reference: the health conditions, medications, and life circumstances that call for a pause, extra care, or a conversation, with an educational note on LSD.

 

Recommended Reading

A place to go deeper, in your own time.

  • The Psilocybin Handbook for Women – Jennifer Chesak. Written by an award-winning science journalist, this is one of the few resources addressing how psilocybin may interact with hormones, cycles, and women’s health specifically.
  • A Really Good Day – Ayelet Waldman. A candid memoir of a month spent microdosing LSD. Approachable and honest, especially if you’re still deciding whether this path is for you.
  • Microdosing Psychedelics – James Fadiman & Jordan Gruber. A comprehensive reference on the practice, the research, and the major protocols.
  • The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide – James Fadiman. Considered a foundational text on safe, therapeutic, and sacred approaches to psychedelic use.
  • How to Change Your Mind – Michael Pollan. A well-researched, accessible entry point into the history and science of the modern psychedelic renaissance.
  • Trip the Light Within – Catherine Warnock LPC, Psychedelic Assisted Therapist. A first-hand account of Catherine’s personal relationship with psilocybin and how it relates to her professional work holding space for others. Personal stories, client accounts, and practical tips to make the most of your psychedelic journey.

Learning on the go

  • Modern Psychedelics (Lana Pribic) – conversations on integration, Indigenous wisdom, and spiritual practice, with a warmth that fits this community well.
  • Psychedelics Today (Kyle Buller & Joe Moore) – one of the longest-running, most trusted shows in the space.
  • The Psychedelic Podcast (Paul F. Austin / Third Wave) – strong focus on microdosing specifically, along with personal growth and mental health applications.
  • Unstuck – a documentary series that explores the transformative potential of psychedelic-assisted therapy and the people helping to bring it into the light. Through powerful storytelling and real-world experiences, the series follows individuals and communities who are reclaiming wellness through psilocybin and other plant medicines. 

Podcasts & Videos

Research & Safety

Medication interactions and safety

Healing in community

Community Support

The soul journal

Explore insights, stories, and reflections that connect the dots on holistic healing.

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Your Client Just Told You They Microdose. Now What? A Guide for Therapists

A client just told you they microdose. Here’s how to respond with curiosity, stay inside your scope, and keep them talking to you.

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Should I Tell My Therapist I Want to Try Psychedelics? A Therapist Answers

Ask the internet whether to tell your therapist about psychedelics, and you’ll hear a lot of advice. Here’s what a licensed therapist would say...
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How to Keep a Cycle-Aware Microdosing Journal

Every post in this series has ended in the same place: your own data matters more than any generic protocol. The research on women, hormones, and psychedelics is early,...
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Psychedelic Microdosing Through Perimenopause and Menopause

Perimenopause often arrives without a clear announcement. Sleep gets strange, moods shift, and your body starts responding differently to things that used to be...
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Psilocybin, Mescaline, and Women’s Hormones: What the Research Actually Says

If you've ever wondered whether your hormones change how a psychedelic feels, you're asking a good question, and scientists have only recently started asking it too....
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Microdosing and Your Menstrual Cycle: What Women Aren’t Told

Most of what has been written about microdosing was built around a steady, predictable, male body. If you have a cycle, you know your body isn’t the same every day, and...
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What Does a Microdosing Coach Do? How to Know if You Need One

A microdosing coach isn’t a therapist. Here’s what microdosing coaching actually includes, what it doesn’t, and how to know if it’s the right...
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Psilocybin Facilitator or Psilocybin Therapist? What Colorado’s Natural Medicine Health Act Actually Means

What’s the difference between a natural medicine facilitator, clinical facilitator and psilocybin assisted therapist? A Colorado clinical facilitator explains the...
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Microdosing Coaching vs. Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy: Which Path Is Right for You?

I get some version of this question almost every week: "Should I do microdosing, or should I do the full journey?" It's a valid question, and it also misses a deeper...
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Beyond the Journey: The Everyday Benefits of Microdosing

Microdosing psychedelics isn’t just about the big journey. A grounded look at the everyday, easy-to-miss benefits of microdosing people notice in daily life;...

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