Why Are You Working With Sacred Medicines?

Getting Honest About Your Why

Hey Beautiful Souls,

The medicine path will ask you questions no one else can answer for you.
And one of the most important questions to keep returning to is this:

Why are you working with sacred medicines?

Not the polished answer.
Not what you think you should say.
But the real, raw, unfiltered reason.

Because here’s the truth—many of us come to the medicine for one reason and discover another along the way. Sometimes the intention evolves. Sometimes the illusion breaks. And sometimes, the why we thought we had... was never the whole truth.

And that’s okay. That’s the medicine doing its work.

This week, we’re exploring what happens when we get radically honest about our why—and how that honesty can deepen our relationship with the medicine at every level, from micro to macro.

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Getting Honest With the Medicine

Your why might feel clear:

• You want to feel more regulated and grounded.

• You’re looking to reconnect with your creative or spiritual self.

• You want to heal something that’s been lingering for far too long.

But underneath those intentions, there’s often something deeper:

• A longing to come home to yourself.

• A desire to stop performing and start feeling again.

• A sacred hunger for meaning, clarity, or connection.

Sometimes the why is gentle. Sometimes it’s born out of pain.
Sometimes it’s tangled in grief, hope, and the need for change.

Whatever it is—it’s yours.
And it’s worth honoring.

Because when you're honest about your why, you're not trying to use the medicine...
You're learning to listen to it.

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Sacred Medicine as a Mirror, Not a Shortcut

Here’s something I’ve witnessed over and over again:

When we turn to the medicine hoping to escape discomfort, it often brings us right back to what we’ve been trying to avoid.

When we seek a shortcut, it reminds us the path is sacred—never rushed.

Sacred medicine doesn’t fix us.
It reflects us.
It holds up a mirror to what’s already within, and asks if we’re willing to meet it with truth and compassion.

But that only happens when we get honest.

So I invite you to ask yourself:

• Why am I working with the medicine right now?

• What am I hoping it will bring me—or release from me?

• What am I trying to move toward… and what might I still be resisting?

There’s no judgment here.
Just presence.
Just noticing.

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Alice’s Psychedelic Playlist

This week’s song is both haunting and hopeful. It feels like a mirror and a balm:

Let it hold you while you sit with what’s true.

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Tools for Transformation

Journaling Prompt:

• What pattern is the medicine trying to help me see more clearly?

• Am I willing to meet it with honesty?

Try This:

• On your next day with the medicine—whether it’s a microdose or a deeper journey—write down your intention beforehand…
  and again a few hours in.
  What shifted?

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In Your Corner, Always

The sacred medicine path isn’t about controlling the experience.
It’s about relating to the experience—with reverence, with curiosity, and with truth.

When you return to your why, you don’t just walk the path…
You walk with the medicine, step by step.

Paid Subscribers:
This week’s Five-Day Challenge will help you name the pattern that’s ready to shift.
And the Audio Guide explores how intention becomes your compass—not your script.

Let me know what this brings up for you.
Why are you working with the medicine—right now, in this season of your life?

With you, always,
Alice