🍄 What’s your entrance music? Hi Reader, If you were a wrestler, what would your entrance music be? A friend asked this question in a group chat recently and I loved it. It’s a fun one to think about, and I’ve been asking people ever since. See, it’s gotta be a track that gets you hyped. Makes you feel strong, ready, fired up. Cause that's how you wanna be feeling when you're heading down to the ring to lay some smack down. I even made a little playlist of my favourite entrance music tracks...
13 days ago • 2 min read
🍄 Self-care or self-sabotage? Hi Reader, I was recently looking at a model of psychedelic integration from the MAPS Integration Station, and one thing caught my eye, this idea of self-care vs self-challenging. Synthesized Model of Integration- Bathje, Majeski, & Kudowor (2022) We know self-care is important. We know that we need gentleness with ourselves. Especially right after intense journeys. But sometimes the idea of 'self-care' can also be a mask. A way to justify laziness. A way to...
18 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader, Welcome to this week's Maps of the Mind Newsletter... 🍄 First Steps To Psychedelics The biggest barrier to positive psychedelic experiences isn't the substances themselves, but a lack of informed guidance. While this newsletter often explores topics for the seasoned psychonaut already on the path, today's newsletter focuses on providing the essential foundation: the first steps into psychedelics. Entering the world of psychedelics can feel overwhelming, but thoughtful first steps...
28 days ago • 4 min read
Hi Reader, Welcome to this week's Maps of the Mind Newsletter... 🍄 인연 (Inyeon): Threads of Connection Some people enter your life for a moment and stay with you forever. A glance, a sentence, a strange moment of timing.Something brings you together, and somehow, in some way, they stay with you. There’s a word for that in Korean: 인연 - Inyeon Inyeon means something like fateful connection. It refers to the invisible threads that tie people together. The sense of meaningful encounters. A scroll...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
🍄 The Let Me Theory Hi Reader, After last week’s Let Them newsletter, a few of you wrote back and let me know that the idea resonated with you. The idea was simple but deep: Let other people make their choices and live their lives, and stop making it your job or responsibility to manage or control what they are doing. I mentioned the book that inspired the newsletter, The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins. Turns out the book is actually in two parts. Let Them, and... Let Me. Let Them is about...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
🍄 The Let Them Theory Hi Reader, I was walking past Waterstones the other day when I spotted a book in the window called The Let Them Theory. The title caught my attention. It reminded me of a psychedelic journey I had some years ago, one that gave me a message so clear I couldn’t ignore it. The message was: It’s time to stop being around this person. It was as clear as day, a 'directive' from the mushroom (and/or my wisest self), as we sometimes receive them. Simply put, the person was...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
🍄 Tiny Dreams, True North Hi Reader, If the dream feels too big, make it smaller. Not because you’re giving up on it. But because you’re ready to live a piece of it now. And maybe finally letting it start.There’s a well-known idea in habit-building: Make it so easy you can’t say no. Don’t commit to running 5k—put on your shoes and walk around the block.Don’t meditate for an hour—breathe for two minutes.Write one sentence instead of a full journal entry. We know that works for habits. But it...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
🍄 This isn't a productivity hack Hi Reader, It’s Easter weekend. A time that holds its own strange, spacious kind of energy—part reflection, part renewal. And whether you’re spending it solo, with family, in ritual, or half-asleep under a tree, here’s a reminder for you and I: Not everything has to be productive.Not everything has to move the needle.Not everything has to become something. Sometimes you can just do a thing… because it brings you back to yourself. I love working on meaningful...
2 months ago • 1 min read
🍄 Your Ideal Day Hi Reader, We’re in week 9 of The Artist’s Way now with the Inspiration Alchemy cohort, and I’ve gotta say, it’s been great to be back in this process. I’ve done it once before, and this time in community, I've been reminded why I loved it so much. There’s just so much good stuff in here. Not always easy stuff, some exercises bring up old patterns, tender spots, resistance. I’ve seen that come up for a few people recently. But there’s also this undeniable spark that keeps...
2 months ago • 3 min read