6 Science‑Backed Benefits of Microdosing (Plus One Caveat You Can’t Skip)

6 Science‑Backed Benefits of Microdosing (Plus One Caveat You Can’t Skip)

My First Dose & the Lesson of Choice

I took my very first microdose on a boat somewhere in Mexico. Sounds magical already, right? The thing is, while everyone else melted into contagious giggles, I felt strangely outside my own joy. My knee‑jerk thought was, Maybe I didn’t take enough, should I take more?

Then a lightning‑bolt realization hit: I have two paths here, and the only thing that matters is the one I choose.

I chose presence, and the rest of the day unfolded in technicolour bliss. (Alexa: play INZO while I stare at the galaxy). That micro‑moment was the seed of the biggest lesson psychedelics have ever taught me: choice always exists.

In the next few scrolls you’ll discover six research‑supported perks of microdosing, plus a myth‑busting caveat that keeps everything honest. If microdosing has shown me anything, it’s that the magic lives in following the thread, so hang out till the end for a free guide on starting your own protocol.

Microdosing 101 — What It Actually Is

Before we dive into benefits, let’s agree on definitions. A microdose is technically “sub‑perceptual,” however you should feel something, just not enough to derail a regular Tuesday. How much you microdose matters just as much as how often. 

  • Typical ranges – ≤ 10 µg LSD • ≤ 0.3 g dried psilocybin (everyone is different).
  • Popular schedules/protocols
    • Fadiman – 1 day on / 2 days off.
    • Stamets – 4 days on / 3 days off, often stacked with Lion’s Mane + Niacin.

Note: Check your local laws; Denver, Oregon, and Colorado are friendlier than most states.

Benefit #1 — Present‑Moment Connection & Mindfulness

Nearly everyone I coach mentions the presencing effect first. Suddenly you notice how your fingers hit the keys on your keyboard while you type your emails. Time seems to feel slower and yet nothing has changed except your perception.

When you take a classic psychedelic, even a small amount, your brain’s 5‑HT2A receptors light up. Those receptors sit on the neurons that talk to your thalamus, the relay hub that normally filters out most background noise so you can focus on writing an email instead of tracking every hum in the room. A microdose nudges that filter open just a crack. More raw sensory data streams to the surface, thinning the wall between “foreground” and “background.” Researchers have traced this to 5‑HT2A‑rich sensory nuclei in the thalamus and the way they loosen what neuroscientists call sensory gating—the brain’s ability to ignore information it deems irrelevant.

While this is happening, the brain’s default mode network is quieting. This is the part of the brain responsible for most of your autopilot thoughts, tasks and mind wandering. Things you don’t even know you’re thinking about happen here, including the limiting beliefs about yourself you’ll likely start to uncover as you embark on a microdosing or psychedelic path. With this part of the brain quiet, you now have the ability to take in those newly raw senses that that 5-HT2A receptors have allowed in.

The result? Everyday moments arrive in 4K. Time feels spacier not because the clock has slowed, but because your awareness is no longer skipping frames.Try this: On a dose day, take a 5‑minute “microdose, macro sense” walk. Name 5 sounds, 4 textures, 3 rarely‑noticed colors, 2 scents, and 1 emotion. Jot it down. This simple practice trains your nervous system to anchor in the present — with or without the capsule—so the benefit lasts long after the medicine has left your bloodstream. This is a taste of what integration is really like.

Benefit #2 — Emotional Processing & Resilience

With new brain chatter patterns comes a quieter threat detector and a boost in cognitive flexibility. Translation: that gut‑drop when your boss Slacks “Got a sec?” no longer hijacks your whole nervous system.

Pilot studies have also shown that people’s anxiety and depression symptoms drop while microdosing. This is because these medicines don’t work to dampen your emotions, but rather give you a different access point to them.

The reason microdosing can be SO effective for people who have never looked at their emotions this way is because emotions tell us incredibly important information about our worlds and how we feel in it. Looking at the emotions as data points, rather than bears chasing us, and then using tools and resources to examine or cope with the emotions builds emotional resilience, or your ability to face your emotions confidently. This catalyzes personal growth, if you’re no longer afraid to feel then you’re much more likely to take healthy risks and bold action that you may have typically avoided. Not to mention accepting that emotions are simply a part of life and not demonizing them or shaming yourself for having them can drastically improve your well-being overall.

Emotional resilience is a key piece to living a more joyful and creative life. It takes courage to be able to stand at the helm of any emotional possibility and trust that you can handle it, in any capacity.

Benefit #3 — Creativity & Divergent Thinking

Microdosing can feel like swapping out a dusty lens for a crystal‑clear one. The stubborn design brief finally clicks into place, or that lingering misunderstanding with Mom suddenly reveals the puzzle piece that ends a cycle you’ve replayed for years.

Because your brain is now surfing slightly different circuits, it opens wider space for out‑of‑the‑box thinking. Heightened senses, expanded awareness, and fresh information pathways all converge to spark divergent thinking — the knack for generating novel ideas before sculpting them into solutions.

Creativity is fueled by energy in free‑flow, and emotion is one of the richest energy sources we have. The moment we clamp down on what we feel, creative flow narrows. You’ve probably felt it: you start a project that has to pay the bills and, suddenly, scarcity strangles the creative curiosity. Your ideas stall because the energy they ride on — those unprocessed feelings — can’t reach the surface.

Our energetic bandwidth is finite. When most of it goes toward dodging emotions, little is left for turning those feelings into art, strategy, or innovation. Forced creativity is usually just another emotion on pause.

Flip the script and creativity becomes a natural by‑product of emotional honesty. Build the emotional resilience we talked about above — trusting you can meet any feeling without being consumed by it, and your creative impulse flows with far less resistance.

Benefit #4 — Anti‑Inflammatory Potential

Our bodies talk to us in the language swelling, stiffness, and brain‑fog. Early evidence hints that tiny psilocybin doses may turn the volume down.

If you live with fibromyalgia, neuropathy, lupus, or the slow burn of long‑COVID, you know that systemic inflammation often rides shotgun. It’s no surprise that online pain communities are experimenting with micro‑grams of mushrooms after reading early case reports of reduced pain flares and lighter reliance on opioids.

Though most of these stories are anecdotal, and controlled trials are only just launching, the overlap between lowered inflammatory markers and lighter subjective pain is worth keeping on our collective radar.

Less inflammation often means clearer mood, easier movement, and momentum for healthy habits.

Benefit #5 — The Neuroplasticity Window

One of the juiciest perks of microdosing is the neuroplastic burst it unlocks — a stretch of time when your brain becomes extra willing to re‑wire itself.

  • Chemistry in motion. A tiny hit on those 5‑HT2A receptors sets off a cascade that floods the brain with BDNF (Miracle‑Gro for neurons) and sprouts fresh dendritic spines. Imagine prickly neurons growing new branches, then getting drenched in fertilizer.
  • Why it matters. New branches + Miracle-Gro = faint pathways lighting up and strengthening. Couple this window with a deliberate habit and the circuit forms faster and sticks longer.
  • Micro vs. macro dose. A single high‑dose trip opens a 7‑21‑day plasticity window. A three‑month microdosing protocol keeps that door cracked the whole time, giving you repeated chances to practice, reinforce, integrate, and lock in new behaviors.
  • Your role. Psychedelics don’t do the change for you, they prep the soil. Your daily actions are the seeds. Visualize new pathways forming each time you repeat the behavior; mental imagery further strengthens the wiring.

Bottom line: Treat the plasticity window like a limited‑time gym membership for your brain — show up and train the moves you want to keep once the membership ends.

Benefit #6 — Mood & Mental‑Health Markers

If you scroll any microdosing subreddit, the #1 testimonial you’ll see isn’t “I painted the next Mona Lisa…” it’s “I’m just… less prickly.” Early data backs that up:

These cohorts are small and sometimes self‑selected, but the through‑line is hard to ignore: tiny doses may soften emotional edges and brighten overall outlook. Still, keep one eyebrow raised — because placebo and expectation loom large, which brings us to…

The Caveat — Placebo, Expectation & Data Gaps

The biggest, most rigorously blinded microdosing trial to date had an almost comical result: everyone felt better regardless of whether their capsules held LSD, psilocybin, or cornstarch. A separate analysis showed that people who expected microdosing to help were the ones who improved the most, even on placebo.

What does that mean for you? That set, setting, and intentional integration likely do more heavy lifting than the milligram of mushroom powder itself. Microdosing can open the door, but your mindset, and the practices you weave around each dose, decide whether you achieve the mental change you’re looking for.

Is Microdosing Right for You? — Safety, Side‑Effects & Contraindications

Feeling the pull toward microdosing is a great signal, but it doesn’t automatically mean the practice is right for you right now. Here are the most common hurdles I navigate with clients and how we handle them together.

Anxiety may get louder before it quiets down

Psychedelics are non‑specific amplifiers: whatever is on deck gets turned up first. If overthinking is your default, the initial week can feel like the worry channel on max volume. I’ve watched highly anxious clients ride that spike, then — after meeting the anxiety with curiosity — watch it dissolve into clarity. Short‑term allies like reishi, L‑theanine, or magnesium can soften the transition.

Sleeplessness

Low doses are gently stimulating, LSD more so than mushrooms, so late‑morning or afternoon dosing can keep you up at night. Moving the dose to breakfast, adding an evening workout, or brain‑dump journaling usually restores sleep within a few days. If solid shut‑eye doesn’t return within a week, we pause and reassess if microdosing is a good choice at this time. Sleep is highly important to other well-being markers so going without it for too long is not an ideal or safe-case scenario

GI Upset

Psilocybin converts to psilocin in the stomach, which can mean 30–60 minutes of cramps or nausea after taking it. A light snack and ginger tea help most people; some switch to lemon‑tek for faster (and stronger) onset and less gut effort, this option depends on the lifestyle you’re living. Discomfort isn’t dangerous, but it can be a deal‑breaker for some people, listen to your body.

Mixing with SSRIs

Psilocybin and SSRIs aren’t a dangerous combo, but the mushroom’s effects can be blunted. For clients tapering off antidepressants, microdosing can act like training wheels while inner resources come online, always in partnership with a prescriber. Depending on your risk tolerance and willingness to be uncomfortable, you may want to make this shift for quickly to get the full-benefit suite of microdosing. But everyone is different and all of the approaches are welcome.

Hard No’s

If you or a first‑degree relative has bipolar I or any psychotic disorder, microdosing without medical supervision is a no‑go. The same caution applies during pregnancy unless you’re working closely with an informed clinician.

There are some preliminary studies that show that psychedelics have no detriment to those who are pregnant or their fetuses/newborns. This is a very controversial subject since microdosing can positively impact the bonding experience between mother and child. If this is a path you want to go, I suggest doing your own research and checking in with your own internal compass.

Microdosing Fit Checklist

How to Get Started Responsibly

  1. Pre‑screen yourself with the checklist above—or book a free 30‑minute free call with me to see if you’re a fit
  2. Source ethically (psilocybin vs. LSD) and know your local laws.
  3. Pick a schedule (1‑on/2‑off or 4‑on/3‑off) that fits your life and routine
  4. Set an intention & ritualize your dose. Set and setting matter greatly.
  5. Track everything. Grab my $37 Microdosing Guide & Journal or DIY a spreadsheet.

Ready to go deeper? Book a Spark Kickoff Consult—a 2‑hour deep‑dive plus 90 days of unlimited voice support to confidently use microdosing as a personal transformation tool.

Ready to Follow the Thread?

Choice always exists, where will yours take you?

If we haven’t met yet, hi! I’m Lex Joyal —microdosing + creative‑empowerment coach. I help big‑hearted humans turn messy emotions into brave action, write new narratives, drop the people‑pleasing, and craft a life that’s wildly their own (psychedelics optional, magic inevitable).

Feeling the vibe? Here’s how we can stay connected:

Subscribe to my newsletter: Change is an art, a part of life, and a lifelong practice that I wish would have been part of the curriculum in school. I’m honing in on the who, what, when, where, why, and how, of all things change and personal evolution. Expect insight and action-based content as I cross the intersection of science and spirituality, and break down concepts that highly intrigue me 😋. Click here to subscribe!

Read the rest of my blog: The hub of everything — from improving emotional resilience, psychedelic integration, exploration tips and advice — to stories from my own psychedelic experiences, spirituality for the spiritually-curious, and more. If you like this post, you’ll love the blog! Here’s a roundup of my most popular posts.

Download my free microdosing guide: The most comprehensive guide to starting or expanding your microdosing journey with mushrooms. I walk you through the 7 steps I take myself and all my clients through to take this from recreational to transformative. Most importantly, I make it accessible for those who want this to become a major tool in their toolbox — It’s all yours for free.

Enlist me as your coach: There’s a certain magic that exists within you, and if you’re reading this, I bet you know it too. I guide sensitive, visionary humans to alchemize emotion into creative momentum through somatic coaching, mindset rewiring, and—when it serves you—microdosing as a gentle amplifier, not the whole show. Snag a free 60-minute coaching session and let’s explore what’s itching to come out of you.

To get in touch with me directly email lex@lexjoyal.com Have the sweetest day!

My First Dose & the Lesson of Choice

I took my very first microdose on a boat somewhere in Mexico. Sounds magical already, right? The thing is, while everyone else melted into contagious giggles, I felt strangely outside my own joy. My knee‑jerk thought was, Maybe I didn’t take enough, should I take more?

Then a lightning‑bolt realization hit: I have two paths here, and the only thing that matters is the one I choose.

I chose presence, and the rest of the day unfolded in technicolour bliss. (Alexa: play INZO while I stare at the galaxy). That micro‑moment was the seed of the biggest lesson psychedelics have ever taught me: choice always exists.

In the next few scrolls you’ll discover six research‑supported perks of microdosing, plus a myth‑busting caveat that keeps everything honest. If microdosing has shown me anything, it’s that the magic lives in following the thread, so hang out till the end for a free guide on starting your own protocol.

Microdosing 101 — What It Actually Is

Before we dive into benefits, let’s agree on definitions. A microdose is technically “sub‑perceptual,” however you should feel something, just not enough to derail a regular Tuesday. How much you microdose matters just as much as how often. 

  • Typical ranges – ≤ 10 µg LSD • ≤ 0.3 g dried psilocybin (everyone is different).
  • Popular schedules/protocols
    • Fadiman – 1 day on / 2 days off.
    • Stamets – 4 days on / 3 days off, often stacked with Lion’s Mane + Niacin.

Note: Check your local laws; Denver, Oregon, and Colorado are friendlier than most states.

Benefit #1 — Present‑Moment Connection & Mindfulness

Nearly everyone I coach mentions the presencing effect first. Suddenly you notice how your fingers hit the keys on your keyboard while you type your emails. Time seems to feel slower and yet nothing has changed except your perception.

When you take a classic psychedelic, even a small amount, your brain’s 5‑HT2A receptors light up. Those receptors sit on the neurons that talk to your thalamus, the relay hub that normally filters out most background noise so you can focus on writing an email instead of tracking every hum in the room. A microdose nudges that filter open just a crack. More raw sensory data streams to the surface, thinning the wall between “foreground” and “background.” Researchers have traced this to 5‑HT2A‑rich sensory nuclei in the thalamus and the way they loosen what neuroscientists call sensory gating—the brain’s ability to ignore information it deems irrelevant.

While this is happening, the brain’s default mode network is quieting. This is the part of the brain responsible for most of your autopilot thoughts, tasks and mind wandering. Things you don’t even know you’re thinking about happen here, including the limiting beliefs about yourself you’ll likely start to uncover as you embark on a microdosing or psychedelic path. With this part of the brain quiet, you now have the ability to take in those newly raw senses that that 5-HT2A receptors have allowed in.

The result? Everyday moments arrive in 4K. Time feels spacier not because the clock has slowed, but because your awareness is no longer skipping frames.Try this: On a dose day, take a 5‑minute “microdose, macro sense” walk. Name 5 sounds, 4 textures, 3 rarely‑noticed colors, 2 scents, and 1 emotion. Jot it down. This simple practice trains your nervous system to anchor in the present — with or without the capsule—so the benefit lasts long after the medicine has left your bloodstream. This is a taste of what integration is really like.

Benefit #2 — Emotional Processing & Resilience

With new brain chatter patterns comes a quieter threat detector and a boost in cognitive flexibility. Translation: that gut‑drop when your boss Slacks “Got a sec?” no longer hijacks your whole nervous system.

Pilot studies have also shown that people’s anxiety and depression symptoms drop while microdosing. This is because these medicines don’t work to dampen your emotions, but rather give you a different access point to them.

The reason microdosing can be SO effective for people who have never looked at their emotions this way is because emotions tell us incredibly important information about our worlds and how we feel in it. Looking at the emotions as data points, rather than bears chasing us, and then using tools and resources to examine or cope with the emotions builds emotional resilience, or your ability to face your emotions confidently. This catalyzes personal growth, if you’re no longer afraid to feel then you’re much more likely to take healthy risks and bold action that you may have typically avoided. Not to mention accepting that emotions are simply a part of life and not demonizing them or shaming yourself for having them can drastically improve your well-being overall.

Emotional resilience is a key piece to living a more joyful and creative life. It takes courage to be able to stand at the helm of any emotional possibility and trust that you can handle it, in any capacity.

Benefit #3 — Creativity & Divergent Thinking

Microdosing can feel like swapping out a dusty lens for a crystal‑clear one. The stubborn design brief finally clicks into place, or that lingering misunderstanding with Mom suddenly reveals the puzzle piece that ends a cycle you’ve replayed for years.

Because your brain is now surfing slightly different circuits, it opens wider space for out‑of‑the‑box thinking. Heightened senses, expanded awareness, and fresh information pathways all converge to spark divergent thinking — the knack for generating novel ideas before sculpting them into solutions.

Creativity is fueled by energy in free‑flow, and emotion is one of the richest energy sources we have. The moment we clamp down on what we feel, creative flow narrows. You’ve probably felt it: you start a project that has to pay the bills and, suddenly, scarcity strangles the creative curiosity. Your ideas stall because the energy they ride on — those unprocessed feelings — can’t reach the surface.

Our energetic bandwidth is finite. When most of it goes toward dodging emotions, little is left for turning those feelings into art, strategy, or innovation. Forced creativity is usually just another emotion on pause.

Flip the script and creativity becomes a natural by‑product of emotional honesty. Build the emotional resilience we talked about above — trusting you can meet any feeling without being consumed by it, and your creative impulse flows with far less resistance.

Benefit #4 — Anti‑Inflammatory Potential

Our bodies talk to us in the language swelling, stiffness, and brain‑fog. Early evidence hints that tiny psilocybin doses may turn the volume down.

If you live with fibromyalgia, neuropathy, lupus, or the slow burn of long‑COVID, you know that systemic inflammation often rides shotgun. It’s no surprise that online pain communities are experimenting with micro‑grams of mushrooms after reading early case reports of reduced pain flares and lighter reliance on opioids.

Though most of these stories are anecdotal, and controlled trials are only just launching, the overlap between lowered inflammatory markers and lighter subjective pain is worth keeping on our collective radar.

Less inflammation often means clearer mood, easier movement, and momentum for healthy habits.

Benefit #5 — The Neuroplasticity Window

One of the juiciest perks of microdosing is the neuroplastic burst it unlocks — a stretch of time when your brain becomes extra willing to re‑wire itself.

  • Chemistry in motion. A tiny hit on those 5‑HT2A receptors sets off a cascade that floods the brain with BDNF (Miracle‑Gro for neurons) and sprouts fresh dendritic spines. Imagine prickly neurons growing new branches, then getting drenched in fertilizer.
  • Why it matters. New branches + Miracle-Gro = faint pathways lighting up and strengthening. Couple this window with a deliberate habit and the circuit forms faster and sticks longer.
  • Micro vs. macro dose. A single high‑dose trip opens a 7‑21‑day plasticity window. A three‑month microdosing protocol keeps that door cracked the whole time, giving you repeated chances to practice, reinforce, integrate, and lock in new behaviors.
  • Your role. Psychedelics don’t do the change for you, they prep the soil. Your daily actions are the seeds. Visualize new pathways forming each time you repeat the behavior; mental imagery further strengthens the wiring.

Bottom line: Treat the plasticity window like a limited‑time gym membership for your brain — show up and train the moves you want to keep once the membership ends.

Benefit #6 — Mood & Mental‑Health Markers

If you scroll any microdosing subreddit, the #1 testimonial you’ll see isn’t “I painted the next Mona Lisa…” it’s “I’m just… less prickly.” Early data backs that up:

These cohorts are small and sometimes self‑selected, but the through‑line is hard to ignore: tiny doses may soften emotional edges and brighten overall outlook. Still, keep one eyebrow raised — because placebo and expectation loom large, which brings us to…

The Caveat — Placebo, Expectation & Data Gaps

The biggest, most rigorously blinded microdosing trial to date had an almost comical result: everyone felt better regardless of whether their capsules held LSD, psilocybin, or cornstarch. A separate analysis showed that people who expected microdosing to help were the ones who improved the most, even on placebo.

What does that mean for you? That set, setting, and intentional integration likely do more heavy lifting than the milligram of mushroom powder itself. Microdosing can open the door, but your mindset, and the practices you weave around each dose, decide whether you achieve the mental change you’re looking for.

Is Microdosing Right for You? — Safety, Side‑Effects & Contraindications

Feeling the pull toward microdosing is a great signal, but it doesn’t automatically mean the practice is right for you right now. Here are the most common hurdles I navigate with clients and how we handle them together.

Anxiety may get louder before it quiets down

Psychedelics are non‑specific amplifiers: whatever is on deck gets turned up first. If overthinking is your default, the initial week can feel like the worry channel on max volume. I’ve watched highly anxious clients ride that spike, then — after meeting the anxiety with curiosity — watch it dissolve into clarity. Short‑term allies like reishi, L‑theanine, or magnesium can soften the transition.

Sleeplessness

Low doses are gently stimulating, LSD more so than mushrooms, so late‑morning or afternoon dosing can keep you up at night. Moving the dose to breakfast, adding an evening workout, or brain‑dump journaling usually restores sleep within a few days. If solid shut‑eye doesn’t return within a week, we pause and reassess if microdosing is a good choice at this time. Sleep is highly important to other well-being markers so going without it for too long is not an ideal or safe-case scenario

GI Upset

Psilocybin converts to psilocin in the stomach, which can mean 30–60 minutes of cramps or nausea after taking it. A light snack and ginger tea help most people; some switch to lemon‑tek for faster (and stronger) onset and less gut effort, this option depends on the lifestyle you’re living. Discomfort isn’t dangerous, but it can be a deal‑breaker for some people, listen to your body.

Mixing with SSRIs

Psilocybin and SSRIs aren’t a dangerous combo, but the mushroom’s effects can be blunted. For clients tapering off antidepressants, microdosing can act like training wheels while inner resources come online, always in partnership with a prescriber. Depending on your risk tolerance and willingness to be uncomfortable, you may want to make this shift for quickly to get the full-benefit suite of microdosing. But everyone is different and all of the approaches are welcome.

Hard No’s

If you or a first‑degree relative has bipolar I or any psychotic disorder, microdosing without medical supervision is a no‑go. The same caution applies during pregnancy unless you’re working closely with an informed clinician.

There are some preliminary studies that show that psychedelics have no detriment to those who are pregnant or their fetuses/newborns. This is a very controversial subject since microdosing can positively impact the bonding experience between mother and child. If this is a path you want to go, I suggest doing your own research and checking in with your own internal compass.

Microdosing Fit Checklist

How to Get Started Responsibly

  1. Pre‑screen yourself with the checklist above—or book a free 30‑minute free call with me to see if you’re a fit
  2. Source ethically (psilocybin vs. LSD) and know your local laws.
  3. Pick a schedule (1‑on/2‑off or 4‑on/3‑off) that fits your life and routine
  4. Set an intention & ritualize your dose. Set and setting matter greatly.
  5. Track everything. Grab my $37 Microdosing Guide & Journal or DIY a spreadsheet.

Ready to go deeper? Book a Spark Kickoff Consult—a 2‑hour deep‑dive plus 90 days of unlimited voice support to confidently use microdosing as a personal transformation tool.

Ready to Follow the Thread?

Choice always exists, where will yours take you?

If we haven’t met yet, hi! I’m Lex Joyal —microdosing + creative‑empowerment coach. I help big‑hearted humans turn messy emotions into brave action, write new narratives, drop the people‑pleasing, and craft a life that’s wildly their own (psychedelics optional, magic inevitable).

Feeling the vibe? Here’s how we can stay connected:

Subscribe to my newsletter: Change is an art, a part of life, and a lifelong practice that I wish would have been part of the curriculum in school. I’m honing in on the who, what, when, where, why, and how, of all things change and personal evolution. Expect insight and action-based content as I cross the intersection of science and spirituality, and break down concepts that highly intrigue me 😋. Click here to subscribe!

Read the rest of my blog: The hub of everything — from improving emotional resilience, psychedelic integration, exploration tips and advice — to stories from my own psychedelic experiences, spirituality for the spiritually-curious, and more. If you like this post, you’ll love the blog! Here’s a roundup of my most popular posts.

Download my free microdosing guide: The most comprehensive guide to starting or expanding your microdosing journey with mushrooms. I walk you through the 7 steps I take myself and all my clients through to take this from recreational to transformative. Most importantly, I make it accessible for those who want this to become a major tool in their toolbox — It’s all yours for free.

Enlist me as your coach: There’s a certain magic that exists within you, and if you’re reading this, I bet you know it too. I guide sensitive, visionary humans to alchemize emotion into creative momentum through somatic coaching, mindset rewiring, and—when it serves you—microdosing as a gentle amplifier, not the whole show. Snag a free 60-minute coaching session and let’s explore what’s itching to come out of you.

To get in touch with me directly email lex@lexjoyal.com Have the sweetest day!

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