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Microdosing for Healing: How Mushrooms Can Rewire the Nervous System with Kayse Gehret

November 10, 2025 • Kristin Birdwell • Season 4 • Episode 11

In this episode, I am joined by Kayse Gehret to dive into the transformative world of microdosing for healing — from psilocybin’s subtle power to its impact on nervous system regulation and emotional resilience. Kaycee opens up about her personal journey using microdosing protocols to move through a seizure disorder.

Together, we explore how psilocybin can support those navigating anxiety, grief, and the slow unraveling of trauma.

From dream work to community integration, Kayse and I shed light on how healing nervous system dysregulation through microdosing can open the door to deeper intimacy, creativity, and connection with spirit.

Whether you’re curious, cautious, or already journeying with plant medicine, this conversation invites you to tune into your body’s intelligence and the whispers of your soul.

Timestamps:
00:00 – Welcome & playing in the dirt
02:30 – Kayse’s origin story: from seizures to psychedelics
05:00 – The nervous-system magic of microdosing
07:10 – Beyond psilocybin: Amanita & San Pedro medicine
08:30 – Emotional & spiritual shifts people experience
09:50 – Intuitive vs structured dosing
11:00 – How to begin safely if you’re nervous
12:20 – Building the Microdosing for Healing community
14:00 – Intention setting & the frequency of feeling
16:10 – Human Design, energetics & mushroom medicine
19:30 – Integration & dream work
22:30 – Recurring dreams & reconnecting with the wild self
26:00 – Big myths & misunderstandings about microdosing
30:00 – Can microdosing help reduce pharmaceuticals?
31:10 – What people come to heal – from anxiety to fertility to faith
33:00 – Mushrooms & grief as a path to connection beyond death
36:40 – Beautiful client story of ancestral communication
41:40 – Training the next generation of microdosing guides
44:40 – Egypt downloads & divine feminine activations
49:20 – Grief as a gateway to spirit connection
53:00 – Lightning round + final medicine message:

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Website: https://www.microdosingforhealing.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/kaysegehret/

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