A 70-year-old former MD found her true calling — through psilocybin
Career Reinvention Series
Leave a prestigious MD career… to guide people through magic mushroom trips? 
That’s exactly what Bonny Koeber did — and at over 70, she says it’s the most meaningful work of her life.
Bonny spent over 30 years in medicine as a respected anesthesiologist. But after personal loss, spiritual nudges, and a growing sense that something deeper was calling — she walked away.
Today, she’s a licensed psilocybin facilitator in Oregon, helping people heal through legal psychedelic therapy.
In this unforgettable conversation, we cover:
What really happens during a psilocybin journey Why Bonny left her medical career at 69 How magic mushrooms are being used in trauma healing What women over 60 are discovering about reinvention Why purpose doesn’t always show up on time — but it shows up
Bonny now works with clients through:
https://PsilocybinJourneyGuide.com
https://SatyaTherapeutics.com
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Highlights — including the talking light socket
00:36 Who’s Bonny and what’s she doing?
01:53 What a psilocybin facilitator actually does
03:19 What happens in a mushroom journey
05:41 Do all psychedelics cause hallucinations?
07:03 Physical experiences during a trip
08:25 How facilitators keep clients safe
10:55 Bonny’s personal mission and process
14:01 Why she left medicine — the turning point
18:15 The spiritual moment that changed everything
22:20 How kindness plays into psychedelic healing
29:28 The hardest part of leaving her MD career
37:12 Her lifelong belief in psychedelics
49:47 Advice for retirees or late bloomers
56:04 My own unscripted reflection on this conversation
Subscribe for real stories of reinvention, spiritual pivots, and WTF-am-I-doing-with-my-life breakthroughs — after 40, 50, 60… or 69.
Because this isn’t a retirement story.
It’s a reminder: your purpose might not be behind you — it might be tripping just ahead.
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Keywords:
magic mushrooms, psilocybin therapy, career change after 60, psychedelic facilitator, late bloomer stories, women over 60, reinvention after retirement, psilocybin Oregon, healing with psychedelics