Micah Stover: Where Pleasure and Pain Meet Fruiting Bodies

We’re BAAAACK! :) Season 2 of Fruiting Bodies Podcast is here! This is the first interview of the season.

In Episode 1, we are joined by Micah Stover, a mother, trauma midwife, psychedelic guide, and integration specialist. Micah’s path has taken her from rural Tennessee to Portland’s psychedelic underground, to the beautiful land of Mexico. Join us for this vulnerable, bold and juicy conversation. In this episode we discuss intergenerational trauma, somatics, feeling it to heal it, parenthood, rebirthing ourselves through psilocybin medicine, and much more.

Links mentioned in our conversation:

Micah Stover Consulting

Brené Brown

What’s in this episode:

Micah’s origin story (2:56)

Being raised in the evangelical church (3:26)

Landing here, origin of coaching practice (4:55)

How she found her way to medicine work (5:56)

Lineage of paternal trauma (7:00)

How she came to mushrooms as medicine (8:42)

Turning point (10:35)

Psilocybin curiosity (11:11)

“I need those mushrooms” after becoming a mother (12:23)

Watching what is developing in Portland (13:13)

Experience of overcoming stigma of intersecting identities (15:00)

“Community is like a daily practice” (17:46)

Thoughts on global digital community (18:40)

Accessibility of work during pandemic (19:10)

Intergenerational Trauma (21:35)

“You have to feel it to heal it” (24:25)

“It’s a different perspective when you don’t take it personally” (25:00)

Embracing duality (28:04)

Somatic experience of psilocybin work (29:41)

Childbirth - pleasure and pain (34:35)

Watching her children exist freely (38:03)

Thoughts on effectiveness of psilocybin therapy (40:46)

Integration and life preparation with clients (43:24)

“Where you work out your healing is in the mundane moments” (48:37)

Discussion of Micah’s book (49:38)

Intergenerational themes and opportunities (53:50)

Midwife - rebirth through psilocybin therapy process (55:05)

Lineage story from book (55:45)

Dreamy Dream (58:15)

Eudaimonia- happiness plus purpose (59:22)

What does healing mean to you? (1:00:59)

Thoughts to leave us with (1:02:48)

Huge thank you to the incredible, unforgettable Micah Stover for joining us. Follow her on Instagram at @micahsugarfoot.

And special thank you to the people behind the scenes who help make the Fruiting Bodies podcast possible. Be sure to send them some love!


Podcast Editor, Sydney Bogan
Studio space, Mariah Makalapua & Medicine Collective
Equipment & support, Joe Izzo from Conscious Cloud Podcast
Our awesome volunteer team: Yicela Alvarado, SunMee Sandusky, and Allison Holmes
Our sponsors, Dr. Bronner’s, Mimosa Therapeutics, and Psychedelics Today
All of our incredible supporters, collaborators, and listeners

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-Elan & Becca


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