Psilocybin Service Center Feature: Chariot in NW Portland
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Psilocybin Service Center Feature: Chariot in NW Portland

Chariot was one of the first psilocybin centers in Portland, and its location, aesthetic and commitment to community seems to embody the city itself. And every day of the week, nearly 365 days of a year, folks—alongside experienced facilitators—show up to take mushrooms, look inward and drop into the light.

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The Idiot’s Guide to Psilocybin Therapy: Grit Your Teeth & Bear It
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The Idiot’s Guide to Psilocybin Therapy: Grit Your Teeth & Bear It

One of the most important things I do for my clients while we’re preparing for a guided mushroom journey is coaching folks on how to drop into the experience. Even if you’ve tripped before, apprehension tends to bubble up to the surface as we begin to feel the medicine enter our bodies and start flicking all those light switches in the cobwebbed corners of our minds.

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25 Reasons Why I Love Magic Mushrooms
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25 Reasons Why I Love Magic Mushrooms

  1. They remove our blinders and biases and tell the truth.

        2. They don't tell us we're fine if we aren't.

  3. They re-calibrate your body and leave it ringing like a rotary phone in a Wichita kitchen in 1984.


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Goons on the Ice, Microdosing Golfers and Gridiron Trauma—How psychedelics help athletes repair, reset and thrive
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Goons on the Ice, Microdosing Golfers and Gridiron Trauma—How psychedelics help athletes repair, reset and thrive

As a former elite athlete, this topic is pretty near and dear to my heart. When we think psychedelics, most of us will conjure up visions of drum circles and glow sticks or tapestries and eye masks. Locker rooms with lineups scrawled on whiteboards or 20-page scouting reports don’t immediately come to mind. That said, athletes are generally strong candidates for psilocybin therapy, and here’s why.


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What is Psychedelic Integration?
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What is Psychedelic Integration?

Before we break out the sharpies and flow charts, let’s take a few baby steps backwards. What is psychedelic integration? What do we mean by connecting the dots of our experience? Why is it the most essential step of psilocybin therapy?


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Healing Center Feature: Vital Reset in Hood River
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Healing Center Feature: Vital Reset in Hood River

Vital Reset is one of my favorite places to facilitate psilocybin journeys. The collective energy in the center really does create a calming and nourishing atmosphere, and many of my clients have commented on the inviting aura of the space. Keep in mind, vibes are important in psilocybin therapy. You’ll likely arrive at the center a little nervous about your journey—the fact that you’re surrounded with good people and good energy is a lovely way to banish those butterflies.

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How to Talk to Skeptics Psilocybin Guided Therapy
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How to Talk to Skeptics Psilocybin Guided Therapy

If the holidays taught me anything, it’s that people are generally disappointed and confused when they find out I work as a psilocybin facilitator. They look down at me with pity and seem to silently lament my wasted potential, while a little golden halo of superiority buzzes above their heads like an old florescent bulb.

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The Hero’s Journey: How Archetypes and Metaphors Help Us Prepare for Psilocybin Therapy
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The Hero’s Journey: How Archetypes and Metaphors Help Us Prepare for Psilocybin Therapy

Let’s just take the word trip and run with it. Think about all the trips you’ve taken in your life and how much you generally plan and what you tend to pack. Treating the psilocybin experience as an actual trip should help you prepare for your own hero’s quest. After all, it’s easier to slay dragons and find treasure if you’ve got a sword and a map. 

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Shrooms in the News: Your psychedelic news roundup
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Shrooms in the News: Your psychedelic news roundup

From in-home psilocybin therapy for the terminally ill in Oregon to encouraging news from Australia about psilocybin and meth addiction, these new stories are proving the legitimacy of natural medicine.


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Shrooms in the News: Your psychedelic news roundup
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Shrooms in the News: Your psychedelic news roundup

More than a few folks have recently wished out loud for a comprehensive hub for the latest psychedelic news, so I decided to turn that wish into a lovely reality sandwich. Welcome to Shrooms in the News, a bimonthly roundup of what’s happening on the ground.


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I hear ya. If you feel like staying in tune with news from the brave new world of legal psilocybin therapy, I’d be happy to let you in on the conversation.

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