Press for The Psilocybin Handbook for Women
Bookstore and book festival events
· The Bookshop (Nashville, TN) book launch, talk, and signing event (June 9, 2023)
· Ferguson’s Bookstore (Bismarck, ND) book signing event (June 15, 2023)
· The Psychedelic Athenaeum (New York, NY) book talk and signing event at the nation’s first all-psychedelic bookstore (July 5, 2023)
· The Bookshop (Nashville, TN) Story Time for Grownups event (July 28, 2023)
· Novelette Booksellers (Nashville, TN) In Conversation with Sarah Johnson Allen, book talk and signing (August 18, 2023)
· Montana Book Festival (Missoula, MT) Almost Every Question You’ve Ever Had About Psilocybin for Women, talk and signing event (September 8, 2023)
· The Boulder Bookstore (Boulder, CO) talk and signing event (October 3, 2023)
· Kentucky Book Festival (Lexington, KY) signing event (October 23, 2023)
Psychedelic clubs, centers, clinics, and collaborations
· Of Like Minds talk and signing at Wunderground Café (a mushroom coffee shop) in Seattle, WA, talk and signing (November 15, 2023)
· Psanctum talk and signing at a psilocybin club in Portland, OR (November 16, 2023)
· Pearl Psychedelic Institute (Waynesville, NC) talk and signing (December 12, 2023)
· Stillpoint Wellness Center (Asheville, NC, hosted by Pearl Psychedelic Institute) talk and signing (December 13, 2023)
· Portland Psychedelic Club virtual talk (December 21, 2023)
· Denver Psychedelic Club talk and signing (January 3, 2024)
· Therapy Mindfully talk and signing (January 5, 2024)
· Omnia Group Ashland (Ashland, OR) talk and signing (February 1, 2024)
· YogaLab (Birmingham, AL) talk and signing with regional psychedelic clubs (February 21, 2024)
· Fractal Soul (Beaverton, OR) talk and signing (March 10, 2024)
· Alex Mitchell Coaching virtual talk (March 21, 2024)
· Intrinsic Wholeness virtual talk (March 28, 2024)
· In conversation with Gwen Pelfini, LCSW, event in San Francisco, CA (April 25, 2025)
· In conversation with Gwen Pelfini, LCSW, event in San Rafael, CA (April 26, 2025)
Conferences, webinars, panels, mushroom festivals, etc.
· Psychedelic Science 2023 in Denver Colorado: Book signing (June 21, 2023)
· The Porch: Birthing the Book Series live virtual talk (September 19, 2023)
· National Association of Science Writers panel The Art of the Freelance Pivot (September 23, 2023)
· The Porch: Let’s Make Friends, a panel discussion on networking as a writer (November 3, 2023)
· Memphis Mushroom Festival talk and signing event (November 4, 2023)
· Wonderland Conference in Miami on psychedelics and longevity two-person panel on psychedelics and women’s health (November 11, 2023)
· WriterFest: Getting Started in Lit Mags panel discussion (November 18, 2023)
· Saybrook University virtual talk (February 12, 2024)
· Invited to Sister’s in Psychedelics Summit in Vancouver, BC, as a keynote speaker, but the event was canceled last minute
· SetSet Panel Discussion (Toronto, Ontario) (April 4, 2024)
· Dysphoric Project: Women’s Health and Psychedelics Summit virtual event (September 2024)
· Psychedelics Design Conference live virtual event panel (December 11, 2024)
· OPEN Foundation Women and Psychedelics panel discussion (forthcoming fall 2025)
Workshops and courses
· Middle Tennessee State University writer’s workshop on tapping into creativity using concepts from psychedelics (Spring 2023).
· The Porch: Journalism 101 workshop (Spring 2023)
· The Porch: Scrivener workshop, using Scrivener to organize and write your book (Spring 2023)
· Middle Tennessee State University Creative Writing Conference workshop on Crushing Writing Anxiety, Imposter Syndrome, and Creative Blocks (October 7, 2023)
· The Porch: Networking for Writers (Fall 2023)
· The Porch: Why You Need To Step Away from Your Writing, To, Well, Write workshop (December 6, 2023)
· Southern Literary Festival breakout session on tech tools for writing (Spring 2023)
· Conscious Life: Guide to Psychedelics for Women (2023)
· Mycology Psychology virtual talk (February 16, 2024)
· The Porch Brown Bag Lunch: Book Promotion virtual talk (February 22, 2024)
· Mycology Psychology Microdosing for Women’s Health Practitioner Course (2024)
· Mabel App Microdosing for Menopause Guided Sessions (Forthcoming)
· Microdosing for Healing Seminar (Forthcoming)
Print interviews, press, and printed excerpts
· ICEERS: Mushrooms and Women’s Wellness: Amplifying the Effects of Psilocybin (August 2, 2023)
· Pharmacy Times: Estrogen Impacts the Effects of Psilocybin for Women (August 11, 2023)
· Refinery 29: Are Mushrooms the Social Drug of 2024? An Investigation (Winter 2023)
· Funeral In My Brain: A forthcoming book on migraine (interviewed regarding psilocybin)
Writing on psychedelics to specifically promote the book
· Psychedelics.com: Magic Mushrooms for Moms: Can Psilocybin Unlock Parenting Superpowers (Fall 2023)
· Verywell Health: 3 Surprising Conditions Psychedelics Might Be Used For (Summer 2023)
· Verywell Health: Psychedelic Therapy: Will Insurance Cover It (Fall 2023)
· BBC: What Psychedelics Legalization and Decriminalization Looks Like Around the World (Spring 2024)
· Bezzy: Can Magic Mushrooms Help with Migraine? My Experience and Research (Fall 2024)
· Mabel Life: Microdosing Psilocybin for Women’s Health (2025)
· Authentic Insider Magazine: A running column on psilocybin for nine months in 2024
Miscellaneous mentions
· The Project Yes: Psychedelics for Mamas and Folks with a Uterus (August 9, 2023)
· Northwestern University’s Medill Alumni Magazine
· Mothers of the Mushroom Resources Directory
· Chapter 16: A Publication of Humanities Tennessee
Notable outlet reviews
Podcasts, Radio, TV interviews
· April 2023
o Holton Healing Arts podcast: episode 47: Psychedelics and Women’s Wellness (April 27, 2023)
· May 2023
o Radio show on Detroit’s NPR station 101.9 WDET-FM: CultureShift (May 31, 2023)
· June 2023
o TrueLife with George Monte live podcast event (June 28, 2023)
o Cotolo Chronicles live show: Mind-Altering Therapy on Tap (June 26, 2023)
· July 2023
o Expanding Reality podcast: episode 215: Jennifer Chesak: You Are the Medicine (July 26, 2023)
· August 2023
o This One Time on Psychedelics: episode 123: The Psilocybin Handbook for Women (August 4, 2023)
o Love Mira Podcast: Psilocybin Mushrooms for Women’s Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Heath
o Empower Podcast: Psychedelic Journalist (August 29, 2023)
· September 2023
· October 2023
o Mental Health News Radio: Women, Psilocybin, and Mental Health (October 2, 2023)
o SetSet podcast: episode 70: Psychedelics and Sexual Abuse, a Warning to Women (October 10, 2023)
o Anti-Hero’s Journey: Jennifer Chesak, Author, Journalist (October 11, 2023)
o Moon Body Soul: episode 40: Psilocybin for Women with Jennifer Chesak (October 19, 2023)
o Microdosing for Healing podcast: Empowering Women with Plant Medicine (October 20, 2023)
o Unladylike: Shroom Boom: Tripsitting (October 31, 2023)
· November 2023
o Ericka Day Instagram Live interview (November 2, 2023)
o Sexy Ageing Podcast: Psilocybin and Women’s Health (November 22, 2023)
· December 2023
o Christopher Mauer Podcast (based in Germany): The Psilocybin Handbook for Women (December 5, 2023)
· 2024
o Mushroom Revival Podcast: Psilocybin for Women with Jennifer Chesak (January 2, 2024)
o WSMV 4 TV Interview: Tennesseans Turn to Psychedelics for Mental Health Help (January 10, 2024)
o Getting Personal with Plant Medicine: episode 8: Psilocybin and Sexual Health (February 1, 2024)
o Not Your Mother’s Menopause: episode 117: Psilocybin for Women (February 19, 2024)
o Brie Well: episode 19: The Psilocybin Handbook for Women (February 27, 2024)
o Mycology Psychology Instagram Live event (February 17, 2024)
o A Trauma Survivor Thriver’s podcast: Psychedelics & Women (March 14, 2024)
o Broadening the Narrative: episode 84: The Psilocybin Handbook for Women (July 16, 2024)
o The Hormone Solution: Women and Microdosing: The Mushroom that Rewires Your Brain (August 2, 2024)
o Psychedelic Design podcast: episode 9: Psilocybin and Women’s Health (August 5, 2024)
· 2025
o Webdelics podcast: episode forthcoming
o MidLife, Etc. podcast: episode forthcoming
o The Matter of Menopause podcast
o Thriving Through Menopause podcast