1d • Integration
Why Do We Journey In Midlife?
Happy Summer, all! I hope you can join us this Wednesday, 7/15 at 6 pm PST for Integration (link below).
Why do so many people choose to journey with psychedelics in midlife?
Gender doesn't matter. Midlife has a way of cracking all of us wide open. All of the things we tried to keep neatly tucked away seem to surface relentlessly in midlife. For some of us, it feels like everything is falling apart at once: relationships, careers, our bodies, and our sense of identity. I have heard "I don't even know who I am anymore," more times than I can count. We spend decades fulfilling certain roles imposed by society, our cultures, religions, and families: parent, provider, spouse, caretaker, the responsible one, the strong one... and somewhere along the way, those roles became our identity.
This is often exactly why people seek plant medicine in midlife: something within us knows it's time to strip away the stories, the roles, the unhealthy patterns, and the false beliefs so that we can return to who we truly are. This is integration in midlife.
As we all know, the journey itself is only the beginning. What happens after is where we do the work. And in midlife, that work may look a little different than it does at 25.
For those who have had a recent journey, here are a few things to be aware of during integration:
- Old roles may not fit the same way anymore, which can bring up both grief and even relief.
- Your body and nervous system need time to catch up to what you experienced. Be patient.
When you strip away the roles, the patterns, the identity that society and your life experiences have handed you - who are you? Not who you are supposed to be.
We will discuss this on our next call. Start thinking about who you are.
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Why Do We Journey In Midlife?
