Unfolding the medicine map – psilocybin paths for every terrain and traveler, from fungi-first-timers to seasoned deep-journey divers.
For years, I tried to manage my emotional pain by outrunning it. But healing came when I finally turned toward the emotions I’d buried. Emotional Liberation gave me the tools, and the courage, to leave behind a successful TV career to offer the same path to others.
From the start, cannabis was a trusted ally, deepening the practices and helping the changes take root.
Over time, another gentle companion revealed itself – tender and clarifying, it became clear to me that psilocybin microdosing is beautifully aligned with this emotional release work. Reputable research and reported human experiences show that small, intentional amounts can quiet mental noise, ease reactivity, and vitally, make inner work more accessible. This is why I excitedly welcomed it as a natural partner into my Emotional Liberation healing model.
Backed by a dozen years of deep practice, hard-earned experience, and the mentorship of trusted guides, my work continues to evolve. What began as my own path of healing has grown into a space where I support others through a range of psilocybin experiences – from gentle microdosing to more immersive journeys. Each path is offered with care, preparation, and integration, and each one holds the potential for meaningful transformation. My role is to help each person find the approach that truly fits, honoring their history, their readiness, and what they’re here to explore.
The Opening Phase
A Spacious beginning to ground your system, clarify your path, and prepare for what’s to come
Every journey begins with slowing down. In this phase, we take time to explore your history, bring awareness to your emotional patterns, and steady the body with foundational practices – breath, expressive movement (mostly seated), inner-body awareness, and, when it aligns, your chosen Earth medicine path.
This is also where we begin to understand the difficult emotions that shape your inner landscape, learning how to meet them with curiosity, rather than resistance. These insights become part of your toolkit, supporting you throughout the journey ahead.
There’s no fixed timeline for readiness. This part of the work unfolds uniquely for each person – whether you’re working with conscious cannabis or finding your way with psilocybin, from microdosing to immersive journeys. You’ll be supported in choosing the path that best reflects your needs, your nervous system, and your current season of life.
Four Psilocybin Paths
Psilocybin can be approached in many ways, from microdosing protocols all the way to full deep-journeys. I can guide you through every level along this spectrum, offering support and structure so you feel safe and prepared wherever you begin. And when you do step in, you won’t be alone. I’ll be beside you through the tender, edgy, or unfamiliar stretches, helping the hard parts become workable with kindness and skill.
Microdosing Path
Microdosing means taking very small, sub-perceptual amounts on a repeating schedule with rest days in between. Popular approaches include the Fadiman protocol (one day on, two days off)1, the Stamets stack (five days on, two days off, sometimes combined with lion’s mane and niacin)2, and simpler every-other-day rhythms tested in research settings3.
Over time, people often describe:
- Quieting mental chatter without “leaving reality.”
- Easing anxiety or irritability while staying functional in daily life.
- Deepening meditation or body-based practices.
- Avoiding less and feeling more, increasing emotional presence.
Some choose microdosing because they’re uncomfortable with higher-dose sensations. Others have already experienced profound high-dose journeys but want a gentler, more sustainable way to weave insights into everyday life.
Research is still emerging, but observational studies suggest microdosing supports mood, focus, and emotional regulation, though in controlled trials, people’s expectations about the effects can influence the outcomes too (the placebo effect)4.
Psycholytic Journey
This is an uncommon way of working with psilocybin – but gentle, grounding, and surprisingly powerful. Psycholytic work involves a low-to-moderate dose that shifts perception just enough to help emotions and insights rise to the surface, while you stay clear, connected, and aware of your surroundings. Colors may brighten, emotions may loosen, and stuck patterns can begin to move. But you remain present and able to engage with what’s unfolding.
Psycholytic, meaning “mind-loosening involves a dose that gently shifts perception – colors may brighten, sounds deepen, and emotional material may rise. Yet you remain oriented, communicative, and able to engage with the experience consciously.
This path is often chosen when someone wants:
- A safe, guided introduction to psilocybin without the overwhelm of a high-dose experience.
- To access meaningful emotional material while maintaining a sense of self and environment.
- To explore the roots of patterns or responses in a way that’s relational and embodied.
The typical dose is around 1 gram, depending on sensitivity and context. For many, this work becomes a doorway, whether into deeper journeys later on, or as a standalone practice for emotional regulation, insight, and healing. Clinical findings also suggest expectancy, intention, and context play a significant role in outcomes.5, 6
This way of working isn’t new, but it’s newly offered within this space. And while the medicine matters, the real depth comes from how we enter… the mindset you bring, the support around you, and your readiness to meet what arises.
Museum Tour
The “museum tour” (or museum dose) sits in the middle: immersive enough to feel a sort of journey, yet still navigable and aware with support. The nickname comes from the idea that you could theoretically still walk through a museum, engaged and functional, while your perception is expanded and your inner world more accessible.
This level often allows for:
- Loosening of long-held patterns.
- Emotional breakthroughs without total disorientation.
- A reconnection with creativity or forgotten aspects of self.
People choose this dose, ranging from approximately 1.5–2 grams on average, when they want something substantial but not overwhelming. Clinical research at moderate doses has shown significant improvements in mood and emotional regulation, with participants often reporting greater insight and sustained well-being afterwards7, 8.
Deep-Journey
A deep journey is an immersive experience, often described as sacred, ego-dissolving, or life-changing. At this level, ordinary reference points may fade, allowing space for emotional breakthroughs, awe, and deep connection with something beyond the everyday self. Doses typically range from ~2.5 to 5 grams or more (often referred to in tiers as moderate, mega, or heroic doses).
People often choose this path when they’re ready:
- To work through deep-seated grief, trauma, or shame.
- To reconnect with purpose, clarity, or a sense of the sacred.
- To explore experiences that are beyond language or linear understanding.
While this work can be profoundly healing, it’s also intense and unpredictable, which is why deep preparation is essential. My role is to support that process: building emotional resilience, nervous system capacity, and trust in your inner resources, so that when the time comes, you’re not just willing, but ready.9, 10
Cannabis as a Companion
Cannabis has long walked beside Emotional Liberation as a trusted ally. Used consciously, it can soften defenses, heighten somatic awareness, and help emotions surface where they can be worked with. For some, that means microdose quantities – tiny amounts that open awareness without intoxication. Others prefer a balanced 1:1 THC:CBD ratio, offering both gentle lift and grounded calm.
People choose cannabis for many reasons: it may feel less intimidating than psilocybin, enhance breath or body-based practices, or serve as an accessible tool for integration between journeys. However it’s approached – through smoke, tincture, or edible – cannabis remains optional, never required. Its role is to support presence and release, always in a way that feels safe and sovereign.
Integration: Where Insight Becomes Living Wisdom
Whether through psilocybin, cannabis, or Emotional Liberation practices without medicine, the experience itself is only the beginning. Integration is the process of taking what arose – emotional releases, new perspectives, breakthroughs – and weaving it into your daily life so it becomes lasting change rather than a fleeting moment.
Without integration, even the most powerful journey can fade back into old patterns. With it, insights take root: relationships shift, nervous systems soften, and new ways of being begin to feel natural. Integration is where healing is sustained and expanded.
My role is to support the full arc of the process: preparation, the journey itself, and the integration that follows. Real change unfolds not just in the moment, but in how you carry it forward.
An Invitation to Your Next Step
After a journey, the real work is in how you carry it forward – and that looks different for everyone. Maybe you’re brand new to psilocybin or cannabis and are simply curious. Maybe you’ve walked this path before and feel called to return. Maybe you’re ambivalent, excited, or tender about what’s next. Wherever you are, curious, cautious, ready, or not yet, this work will meet you there.
The longer I sit with and guide these practices, the more I trust slow, honest steps. Some seasons call for listening; others for crossing a threshold. If your inner compass is pointing to your path, or maybe even a little wiggly, I’d love to hear what’s stirring for you.
With love,
Becca
P.S. I’ll soon be sharing more about what’s next – ways to explore these psilocybin paths, updates on upcoming offerings, and resources to support your integration. Join the interest list and I’ll keep you posted these new opportunities.
Further Reading & Research
1. James Fadiman – clinical microdosing protocol (Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2019)
2. Paul Stamets – the “Stamets Stack” approach (Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 2018)
3. Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic Research – psilocybin microdosing trial (ongoing)
4. Johnstad (2018) – microdosing psychedelics: subjective effects (Journal of Psychoactive Drugs) & Tedesco et al. (2022) – placebo & expectation (Frontiers in Psychiatry)
5. Fadiman & Korb – narratives of threshold experiences (Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2019)
6. Gottlieb (2023) – microdose to threshold transition (Psychedelic Press Journal)
7. Griffiths et al. (2016) – psilocybin for cancer-related anxiety & depression (Journal of Psychopharmacology)
8. Brown & Bravo (2020) – moderate-dose psilocybin and emotional insight (Psychopharmacology Today)
9. Carhart-Harris et al. (2018) – psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression (Lancet Psychiatry)
10. Roseman, Nutt & Carhart-Harris (2018) – quality of experience predicts benefit (Frontiers in Pharmacology)
