When is the Best Time to Seek Plant Medicine?

"Go in hot" is my consistent response to this question.

I can't take medicine yet. I feel too bad. My life is too uncertain, I'm too angry, I'm really depressed, I'm too anxious, I haven't been able to do the diet, I'm crying all the time, I need to feel a little better first."

What's coming up for you is not unusual.

Many wait for the "perfect moment" - when they're feeling stronger, clearer, or more stable. But consider Einstein's wisdom: "You cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it." This profound insight reminds us that transformation often requires a different perspective.

Don't wait until:

- You feel more emotionally balanced

- Your diet is perfect

- Your sleep has improved

- Your anxiety has lessened

- Your problems seem clearer

The best time is when you recognize that despite your best efforts, life isn't where you want it to be. Just as you wouldn't wait for a sprained ankle to heal before seeing a doctor, seeking guidance when you're struggling can be the most appropriate time.

These sacred plant ceremonies, practiced legally in specific regions, have traditionally been used for gaining clarity, direction, and renewed purpose. Whether working with traditional plant teachers or participating in guided ceremonies, the intention remains the same - seeking positive transformation and healing.

Plant Medicine is Not Therapy

This is crucial to understand: Psychedelics are not therapy. They don't work in the same way at all.

Your feeling terrible does not mean that the medicine will intensify your despair. The medicines are always moving you towards wholeness and they don't do that the same way as therapy.

Traditional therapy often requires you to be in a relatively stable state to process and integrate insights gradually over time. Plant medicines work differently—they meet you exactly where you are and facilitate profound shifts in consciousness that can transmute pain at its source.

Your Pain is Your Portal

The closer your conscious mind is to your heartache, anger, depression, grief or despair, the closer you are to your core wounds. And the deeper the medicine will go to uproot that wound and leave you free on the other side.

When you're in the depths of emotional turmoil, you're already in direct contact with the very material that needs healing. You're not disconnected from it, avoiding it, or numbing it—you're right there with it. This proximity to your pain is actually the perfect launching point for transformation.

The Myth of "Perfect Timing"

Many people believe they need to reach a certain state of stability, emotional regulation, or spiritual preparedness before working with plant medicines. This couldn't be further from the truth. The idea that you need to "clean up your act" first is often just another way our psyche protects itself from the deep transformation that's calling to you.

Be grateful that you can see what 'being up against it' looks like for you.

Because the healing 'while you are in the thick of it' will give you the peace, insight and change of perception you dream of.

Trust the Process

It's hard to imagine that you can achieve relief from what you're feeling in 6 hours. This is the moment where I say trust me.

If this period of your life feels this bad—don't you deserve to see for yourself that it can be transmuted?

The Strange Psychology of Suffering

This opinion is based on what I've learned in mine and my clients' lives—that there are awful mental states we want out of, but strangely these 'states' crave to stay. They're pointing to a pain, a trauma that's been with us for a long time.

Our suffering often has a protective quality to it. It feels familiar, and in its familiarity, it feels safe—even when it's destroying us. The depressed mind will give you a thousand reasons why now isn't the right time, why you're not ready, why you need to wait.

The Perfect Storm for Healing

Feeling that despair about the emotion or situation creates a perfect moment in time to deal with the underlying causes and issues. But it takes:

- Courage to face what's been hiding beneath the surface

- Desperation to be happy that's stronger than the fear of change  

- Self-love to believe that peace and a different way is possible

When you're at your breaking point, when the pain of staying the same finally exceeds the fear of change—that's when the deepest healing becomes possible.

## Your True Nature Awaits

You know your unhappiness is not who you really are or deserve to be. Don't let unhappiness keep you away from your bliss.

The person you are beneath all the pain, anxiety, depression, and chaos—that person is still there, waiting. The medicine doesn't create a new you; it reveals who you've always been underneath the layers of conditioning, trauma, and protective mechanisms.

Happiness is Your Birthright

Happiness is a human right.

Not something you have to earn through perfect behavior, emotional regulation, or spiritual achievement. It's your natural state, temporarily obscured by the storms you're moving through.

Don't let pain win.

The very fact that you're asking when the right time is suggests that somewhere inside, you already know. Your soul is calling you toward healing, and your mind is creating obstacles. Trust the call. Trust the medicine. Trust yourself.

The best time to seek plant medicine isn't when everything is perfect—it's when you're ready to let everything that isn't serving you fall away. And sometimes, being at your lowest point is exactly when you're most ready for that kind of radical transformation.

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