Ep. 90 | MDMA Therapy and Microdosing Mushrooms with Amy Wong Hope, Part 2

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"How can microdosing foster personal growth and self-compassion?" In this episode, April Pride continues her conversation with Amy Wong, who introduces her book, Small Doses of Awareness, co-authored with Shin Yi Pei. Amy discusses how microdosing can support mindfulness and emotional balance and provides insights into the practice of cultivating "small doses of awareness" through her guided journal. This episode offers practical guidance on microdosing, ancestral healing, and the spiritual dimensions of psychedelic work.

After listening to this episode, you’ll understand more about:

• The benefits of microdosing for mindfulness and emotional resilience

• How to integrate microdosing practices into daily life

• Insights from Small Doses of Awareness, a microdosing guided journal

• The role of self-compassion and self-awareness in psychedelic healing

Resources

• More information about Amy’s clinical and psychedelic offerings. LINK

• Order Small Doses of Awareness: A Microdosing Companion LINK

• Materials referenced in this episode: 

• 2021 Study: Single-blinded) Self-blinding citizen science to explore psychedelic microdosing (Balázs Szigeti, Laura Kartner, Allan Blemings, Fernando Rosas, Amanda Feilding, David J Nutt, Robin L Carhart-Harris, David Erritzoe (2021) Self-blinding citizen science to explore psychedelic microdosing eLife 10:e62878. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.62878)

• 2023 Review: Microdosing psychedelics and the risk of cardiac fibrosis and valvulopathy: Comparison to known cardiotoxins(Rouaud, A., Calder, A. E., & Hasler, G. (2024). Microdosing psychedelics and the risk of cardiac fibrosis and valvulopathy: Comparison to known cardiotoxins. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 02698811231225609. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/02698811231225609)

• 2020 Survey: Microdosing psychedelics: Demographics, practices, and psychiatric comorbidities (Anderson et al), Journal of Pharmacology , University of Toronto(Rosenbaum, D., Weissman, C., Anderson, T., Petranker, R., Dinh-Williams, L. A., Hui, K., & Hapke, E. (2020). Microdosing psychedelics: Demographics, practices, and psychiatric comorbidities. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 34(6), 612-622. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0269881120908004)

• 2019 Survey: Self-Rated Effectiveness of Microdosing With Psychedelics for Mental and Physical Health Problems Among Microdosers(Hutten, N. R. P. W., Mason, N. L., Dolder, P. C., & Kuypers, K. P. C. (2019). Self-Rated Effectiveness of Microdos