Meet Tracey Tee | creator and steward of Moms on Mushrooms

We had the good fortune of connecting with Tracey Tee and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Tracey, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
I have been working as an entrepreneur in the “mom” space for nearly 10 years as a performer in a live comedy show for moms that I co-created/wrote/performed/produced with my best friend and business partner called The Pump and Dump Show. In addition we hosted a podcast called Band of Mothers that was co-produced with Warner Bros. When covid hit, we lost our entire live entertainment business and were devastated financially, emotionally and spiritually.

Throughout the tough years of lockdown and restrictions I found myself leaning into my spiritual practice more and more, and I began to hear the medicine calling to me. After finding a microdosing course and working with the medicine for about a year I started to realize that this medicine just lands different when you’re a mom, and the space that mothers need to not only learn about “magic mushrooms” and microdosing – but also heal – requires a different approach that honors our busy, chaotic lives and all of the overwhelm and anxiety that comes with motherhood in this day and age.

When my partner and I decided to close down our company for good at the end of 2021 I reached out to a few moms I’d been sharing my psychedelic journey with and asked them if they’d like to pursue a course with me. The idea of Moms on Mushrooms (M.O.M.) came to me in meditation (sounds woo woo but it’s true!) and it just seemed like a sign to continue helping moms feel seen, but in a different way that meets mothers where they’re at today.

From there the company has sort of unfolded at it’s own pace, but my mission is – and always will be – to bring moms together through the sacred use of plant medicine in a container that is safe, informative and soul-focused. I witnessed the demise of community and communication during covid and I know moms are desperate for that kind of connection. Community is at the heart of Moms on Mushrooms and where it goes from here is up to the women involved with it.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
Moms on Mushrooms is an online community offering a monthly membership and courses that help moms learn about and implement a soul-focused, intentional practice of microdosing psilocybin. The thing that makes M.O.M. most unique is that it’s exclusively for moms, so every course written, every article reviewed and shared, every video watched and posted, every. single. thing is dedicated to showing up for mothers and meeting them where they’re at.

I am not interested in being a guru, influencer or anything like that. I’m interested in providing the most abundant safe space for mothers to learn about microdosing and psychedelics so that we can heal in community and raise our children in an entirely different way…happy, grounded, and from the heart.

Creating this space digitally has definitely had plenty of challenges, but they’re worth it. We launched the M.O.M. portal in late August 2022 and it’s been expanding in what feels like warp speed since then. Thankfully I’ve had a lot of help and counsel from wise and experienced professionals in the psychedelic space, as well as the support of my life-long collaborator and business partner Shayna Bryan who has cheered me on as I started “my own thing” without her. Shay was the person responsible for creating our portal and all the beautiful branding for M.O.M. and has spent countless hours talking through things with me so I don’t tank this ship before it starts to sail.

It’s so funny starting a new business with the shrooms as my guide, but they have taught me so much. In my work with this medicine I have really been shown who I am, my path of service in this world, and why I’m here to take it on. We all have a path, and an ability to be aware of the deepest – maybe best – parts of ourselves, so that we may show up for others and I’m so grateful this medicine showed me mine.

For the last three months I’ve worked 7 days a week and at least 12-15 hours most days, including teaching multiple courses each week and being a mom and wife. While physically a bit exhausting, it’s all been surprisingly delightful because there’s no better feeling than allowing the ego to take a back seat so I can do my best to be of service to moms. From being on stage for so long where everything sort of becomes about you, it’s a breath of fresh air to get out of my own way.

I’m certainly not getting it all right, but I know it’s coming from the right place, and then I ask God and the Universe for help with the rest.

My prayer is that one million moms come to this medicine, publicly and without shame. Mothers have been largely left out of the psychedelic conversation and I’d like to show that this medicine is not another “little helper” to numb out our problems, but that we’re taking our mental and physical health back through powerful, ancient healing. I would love for M.O.M. to be the common gathering place for these million moms to connect, teach, grow, and help each other.

My prayer is that we can bring our elders into this space to learn the wise lessons we should have been taught when we were children.

My prayer is to integrate reciprocity into everything inside the M.O.M. space and honor + support + uplift Original Peoples who have been working with plant medicine for centuries.

My prayer is that Moms on Mushrooms grows like the mycelial web that inspired it, because that’s how change happens. I’m happy to contribute to whatever tasks I can to steward the space and then get out of the way for other moms to bring their wisdom and knowledge as well; always while keeping love at the center.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
As a third generation Colorado native, I’m just going to give a shout out to some of the tried and true Denver classics that (thankfully) we can still go to, visit and experience in our ever-changing city:

1. Bike along the Platte River trail and then have a Johnny Burger at My Brothers Bar.

2. In the summer, Pearl Street Farmers market is the best.

3. A massive bowl of pasta and a generously poured glass of red wine from the fine folks of Gaetanos is always a good idea.

4. On a weekend morning, get up a little early and go to Devil’s Food Bakery on Gaylord and order one of everything they made that day plus an oatmilk latte with their homemade lavender syrup and don’t look back.

5. Tattered Cover, Bookies, Mutiny Information Cafe and Hermitage Bookshop for books, books and more books.

6. If you’re in Cherry Creek and hungry after drooling over all the first editions and hard to find books at Hermitage, head over to Cherry Cricket order the funkiest burger you can build.

7. Wash Park. Never not busy. Always fun. Full of goose poop. Walk, picnic, take your kids there to play.

8. Mercury Cafe any day, any time.

9. Watercourse Foods has been creating delicious vegan food since before it was an IG hashtag and you had to publicly brag about eating vegan food. I used to eat the Amsterdam Hash when I was in college and I wish they’d bring it back. Who’s with me??

10. Queen of Sheba Ethiopian on Colfax is SO. GOOD.

11. You really can’t beat Sushi Den on Pearl Street. Period.

12. I’ve been eating at Jerusalem Restaurant on Evans since I was a teenager. It was one of our daughter’s first meals out. Some days it’s good, some days it’s pure magic and at this point it’s comfort food for my family.

13. And one shout out to something very new but feels like it’s been a part of OG Denver forever: Enigma Bazaar is the coolest dive-bar-that-sort-of-just-opened-but-already-feels-old that I’ve been to in a while. Now granted: I literally never go to bars anymore but I’ve been here twice for various reasons and it’s perfect, just perfect.

RIP: Andres Restaurant, Patsy’s, El Chapultepec, Benny’s, Le Central

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
My story has shown me miracles and healing are possible at any age, at any time. I’ve learned that living in my truth feels hard but ultimately brings the greatest rewards, and that asking for help doesn’t mean I’m helpless. Stepping into a psychedelic business as a mom when it’s still so stigmatized wasn’t easy. In fact, it was downright scary. These people encouraged me from day one to go for it and held a lot of space for me to cry, second guess everything, ask 1000 questions and feel all the feels:

Shayna Bryan – my best friend, soul sister, creative collaborator and business partner for life
Kayse Gehert – showed up when the medicine called and set me on this path
Debbie Haynie – soul sister, wise teacher and forever mentor
Sarah Zeren – single-handedly held my hand through a great rebirth and taught me so many everythings
Ali Levine – sister from another mister whose had my back from the day we met on a zoom call
Jasmine Montoya – healer, friend, sister, wisdom keeper when I can’t think straight
Kimothy Joy – soul sister, cheerleader, inspiring creatrix and keeper of 100000 voice messages from me a day
Saba Candari – a man of integrity who is doing the right thing for the best reasons
My mom – who despite her fears of “drugs” listens to my tales of journeys and awakenings and approaches everything I’ve tried to do with curiosity and legit mom pride
My daughter – who tells me often “just keep going, you’re trying to help moms and that’s all you need to know”
My husband – 24 years together and he’s never once doubted or questioned anything I’ve ever wanted to do
Every mom in the M.O.M. community; the women I learn from daily

Website: momsonmushrooms.com

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