In an interview for Insider, Natalie explains that she turned to microdosing psychedelic mushrooms after postpartum intensified her depression. One Oakland mother, Natalie, even credits microdosing psilocybin with saving her life. Microdosing may also help mothers connect deeper with their children and approach parenting from a more sympathetic lens. Parents who microdose assert that small amounts of psychedelics –– not enough to trip but enough to, theoretically, alter the mind –- help them deal with the depression and anxiety that come with raising a family. Microdosing has not only improved my outlook on my own past but has helped me feel more optimistic about my children’s futures.” “Intergenerational trauma can feel impossible to defeat. Jake, a Western New York physical therapist and fellow psychedelic parent, echoes an epiphany for Psychedelic Spotlight. With the decriminalization of mushrooms finally gaining traction, “Plant Parenthood” or “Psychedelic Parenting” is becoming a more accepted and chronicled practice. Though Cogswell’s story may seem like a shocking overshare to the uninitiated, she is hardly alone. “Only a science nerd could have led me to the darkside,” says Christina Rivera Cogswell in her Huffpost Personal piece, where she credits microdosing with helping her “look deeply into the eyes of own extinction.” With gut-punching guilt for the world she’s leaving her children –- one irrevocably doomed by drought, overpopulation, wildfires, pandemics, greed, and global warming –– Cogswell pursued microdosing to induce a more positive and grounded outlook on modern times.īut is there anything really dark about a little Psilocybe cyanescens alongside a morning coffee? The hivemind is now shifting toward a long-awaited conclusion: no.
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Some are blaming Michael Pollan and his 2018 cult classic How to Change Your Mind. Save the shiitake and bench the white button mushrooms modern moms are turning to a more colorful alternative to enhance their personal wellness, and their parenting.īetween carpools and cooking and work and holding it all together, how does a mom get her hands on psilocybin? Even more intriguing: how does she decide that psilocybin is the secret ingredient to becoming a super-powered parent?
They’re moms, and they’re coming out of the psychedelic closet to share how microdosing has helped them become better parents. They’re not quite hippies, and they’re not quite 20-year-olds on the search for existential assurance. This article was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight and appears here with permission.
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