Moms Who Microdose with Tracey Tee

I had the absolute pleasure of catching up with founder Tracey Tee during Psychedelic Science in Denver to learn more about Moms on Mushrooms and Tracey’s favorite functional mushroom.

Moms on Mushrooms is a Colorado-based support group that teaches moms about microdosing, the practice of taking a small dose of psilocybin mushrooms. Today, the group’s forum is an open and honest way for women to communicate their experiences, fears, and anxieties when it comes their relationship with psychedelic mushrooms. The Grow has over 400 members who represent more than 35 states and seven countries.

Shannon Ratliff: Could you tell us about Moms on Mushrooms for people at home who don't know?

Tracey Tee: Yes! Moms on Mushrooms is an online community aimed at bringing mothers together around the sacred use of plant medicine, specifically microdosing magic mushrooms. And I believe that psychedelics for moms is the wave of the future in terms of mental health for mothers, but also psychedelics just hit different when you're a mom.

And so we come to microdosing and to magic mushrooms specifically with different concerns, with different fears. We heal in a different way. We don't have the opportunity to go to the Amazon rainforest for three weeks and do rounds and rounds of ayahuasca or journeys. We heal in between car line and ballet practice and doctor's appointments.

So Moms on Mushrooms is just a safe space to bring us together so that we can start talking because, as you guys know, the mushrooms want to be done in community. Moms are more disconnected than ever, so I feel like we just need to bring them together and grow that web.

It's not about a guru or an influencer or a psychedelic expert. I think we can figure it out ourselves if we just start talking so we have online classes, we have microdosing classes, and then we have a really beautiful community membership called The Grow. That's $4.44 a month and it's kind of like Facebook for moms on shrooms.

All mothers are welcome, whether you've never tried anything in your life, or you’re an experienced psychonaut that's been working underground for decades. We want all moms to come together in a place to connect and learn and grow together.

SR: You know that's beautiful. Have you had a chance to step out to any panels since you've been here?

TT: No, no. I am actually overwhelmed in the best way possible at this conference. My team, the moms here, they are working this with, we haven't left the 10-foot radius. The passion, commitment, and compassion of the people that I have met have been equal to a panel. I'm speaking on a panel, and that's the only panel I'm gonna go to.

SR: Absolutely. As you've talked to people [at the booth], have you found that this is a new idea that people are learning about the first time, or are you talking to a wide mix of people who are having experience with psilocybin before?

TT: That's a great question. I think all of the above. So many women have come and just are so grateful to know that there's a space where they can just be themselves and stop apologizing.

I've met so many women that have bought tickets to the Psychedelic Science Conference just to learn, and are here to soak it all up, and are thrilled that there's a community where they can keep learning. So much of our community is about education and resources and empowerment and it's just amazing.

SR: Is there one takeaway that you've picked up or something new that you learned here?

TT: I think one of the biggest takeaways is, I've talked to men and women, parents and non-parents, and everyone is like, ‘Why, in this whole conference, are there not discussions about women's health and psychedelics?’

Moms on Mushrooms is enrolling for their fall classes. Course 1 starts in September and is 3.5 months of connection, intention, and support as moms create their own unique microdosing practice in a small community with other mothers.