Friday Drop: A Feature in TripSitter, Integration as an Arc & the Wisdom of Stillness
New Article Out Today: Appetite, Reward & Microdosing
I’m excited to share that a piece I collaborated on with TripSitter is live today. If you’re not already following TripSitter, they’re one of the few publications in the psychedelic space offering thoughtful, well-researched content with depth and clarity.
The article explores how microdosing LSD may influence appetite—in ways surprisingly similar to medications like Ozempic, but without the emotional dullness that can come with them. If you’re working with your relationship with food, with cravings, or any kind of reward-motivated pattern, I hope this one lands for you.
You can read the article here
Reflections from Costa Rica: The Message Was Stillness
It’s been a couple of weeks since I returned from deep medicine work in Costa Rica, and I’m still integrating the messages that came through.
The strongest, clearest one was this:
Stillness is not optional. Stillness is essential.
In the middle of a noisy, fractured world, stillness is how we remember who we are.
It’s not about tuning out or spiritually bypassing. It’s about being so deeply present that we can hear ourselves again.
The medicine reminded me that if we don’t create these quiet spaces, the world will fill every inch of us.
We become reactive. Ungrounded. Forgetful.
Stillness is the antidote.
It’s where wisdom has room to rise.
Integration Has an Arc
There’s a lot of talk about “integration” right now—and while I’m glad it’s being acknowledged more, I also think we need to pull back and look at it with more nuance.
Integration isn’t just what you do after.
It’s a process with its own arc.
Just like a ceremony, a journey, or a season.
There’s a beginning: insight, clarity, forward motion.
There’s a middle: discomfort, challenge, the resurfacing of old patterns.
And there’s a long, slow unwinding where it all begins to root.
Resistance is part of that arc.
And it’s often the part no one talks about.
If you’re feeling stuck, numb, or unsure—you’re not failing.
You’re likely in the very center of the work.
And sometimes that’s the most potent part.
I’ll leave you with this:
Stillness isn’t the end of the work. It’s the space that allows the work to deepen.
Make some space this weekend—even five minutes—to breathe, to listen, to be.
And if you read the TripSitter article, let me know what speaks to you.
With stillness and love,
Alice