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Maggie Ervin:
what brought me here

For my first twenty-five years of work (waiting tables, facilitating support groups, teaching salsa, interpreting, coordinating teams…), I always enjoyed certain elements of my jobs. But none of them was truly satisfying. One thing was always clear, though: my favorite moments were when I was supporting people in understanding themselves and stepping fully into life.

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Meanwhile, I’d been in therapy on and off since I was seventeen. While it helped me in countless ways (hell, when I started I didn't even know what a feeling was), it wasn’t until I took mushrooms that things really changed for me. I finally let go of the rage and bitterness I’d been carrying around since I was little.

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Doors opened.

Many years and journeys later, I’m thrilled to be in psychedelic service, accompanying clients as they dive into the unknown with these sacred medicines. The combination of holding them, challenging them, witnessing them, and helping them connect more with themselves (not to mention with their loved ones, nature, and the awesome cosmic wow) is the honor of my life.

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But psychedelics aren't the only path.
Life wants exploration, whatever that looks like.

God knows my life hasn't always unfolded the way I wanted. (I was sure adoption would work out. I assumed I'd own a home that I could pour creative sweat into. I never expected my brain would run out of room before being fluent in French…) But I’ve found that if I’m able to open to what’s present, if I swim in the questions, if I notice and name what’s true, and if I make room for all of it -  the joy, the uncertainty, the agony, the wonder - I feel alive. And that's actually what I wanted.

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That's what I’m here to do:
help you reconnect with aliveness. 

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I believe the most important qualities of a someone in this work are being grounded and intuitive, having a close relationship with the medicine, deeply appreciating the uniqueness and vastness of every human (while also celebrating our connectedness), and being an attentive listener.

 

There are also techniques, modalities and trainings that are invaluable. Mine have included the following:

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  • Medicine Keeper Immersion - Medicine Keeper School

  • 5-MeO-DMT Attuned Titration Training - Sage Soul

  • End-of-Life Doula Training - Inelda

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