Psychedelic Mental Health for Women
We highlight inspirational women and their stories about + with psychedelics
The High Guide Podcast features many episodes interviewing and highlighting leading women figures in the psychedelics, movement for mental health and wellness.
In our activities and things to do while on psychedelics episodes we aim to help you find inspiration for suggested activities while on your trip/journey as well as music playlists and recommendations.
We also have podcast episodes that explore other psychedelic medicines including ayahuasca, MDMA, DMT, and Kana. These psychedelics intersect with the broader theme of psychedelic mushrooms. cannabis, and ketamine as interesting medicines for mental health and emotional wellness.
Blog Posts on Leading Women Figures in Psychedelics & Public Policy News
Discover the transformative journey of Stephanie Wang, CEO of KA!, as she shares insights on plant medicine, consciousness, and founding KA!. Explore the impact of Kanna, the essence of KA!âs mission, and Stephanie’s quest for a holistic, empathogenic approach. #PlantMedicine #ConsciousLiving
In Part 3 of 3 with guest Jennifer Chesak, author of the recently published The Psilocybin Handbook for Women. In this episode, host April Pride engages in an enlightening conversation with Jennifer Chesak about the intricacies of sex, consent, and boundaries. In this final episode of our series, listeners can explore these sensitive topics in a safe and informative space.
After listening to this episode, you’ll have a better understanding of:
– Sexual abuse in some psychedelic communities was reported by NY Magazine podcast Cover Story âPower Trip.â
– Nuances of consent while in an altered state
– How to communicate boundaries effectively before ingesting psilocybin – and all mind-altering modalities – and the importance of enthusiastic and ongoing agreement.
– Gain insights into navigating challenging discussions around sex and boundaries with partners, fostering mutual understanding and growth.
– Discover how increasing your knowledge about sexual health, consent, and boundaries can increase confidence, better decision-making, and more fulfilling relationships.
What’s the deal with shrooms and breastfeeding? In Part 2 of 3 with guest Jennifer Chesak, author of the recently published The Psilocybin Handbook for Women discusses this pressing topic with host April Pride as well as the broader concern of motherhood and psilocybin. Jennifer offers a fresh, raw, and authentic perspective that resonates with all women concerning motherhood in every way. From the highs to the lows, this episode leaves no stone unturned.
After listening to this episode, you’ll have a better understanding of:
– Explore the nuances of consent in intimate relationships, how to communicate effectively, and the importance of enthusiastic and ongoing agreement.
– Learn how to identify, communicate, and respect personal boundaries, fostering healthier connections and enhancing overall well-being.
– Gain insights into navigating challenging discussions around sex and boundaries with partners, fostering mutual understanding and growth.
– Discover how increasing your knowledge about sexual health, consent, and boundaries can increase confidence, better decision-making, and more fulfilling relationships.
Should you take shrooms on period? In Part 1 of 3 with guest Jennifer Chesak, author of the recently published The Psilocybin Handbook for Women gets to the bottom of this. In this episode, itâs time to learn about psilocybin for womenâs health & well-being. Jennifer reveals behind the scenes the informative guidebook sheâs gifted all women. It contains everything you need to know about psilocybin, including its history, potential medicinal and recreational benefits, the latest evidence-based research, how to microdose and trip set, and more.
After listening to this episode, you’ll have a better understanding of:
– Discover how cannabis & psilocybin can influence various hormonal systems in the body, including the endocrine and reproductive systems.
– Uncover the potential role of cannabis & psilocybin in addressing menstrual discomfort and hormonal imbalances and explore the latest findings on this front.
– Learn about the dynamic interplay between cannabis & psilocybin, hormones, and the aging process and how it might impact our overall well-being.
– Gain insights into the latest scientific research on womenâs hormonal health relative to cannabis & psilocybin, and distinguish between evidence-based knowledge and mere speculation.
Legalization vs Decriminalization is a highly debated topic in the psychedelic sector. In this episode, host April Pride is in discussion with Steve Rolles, Sr. Policy Analyst for Transform Drug Policy. Recorded at MAPS Psychedelic Conference, Steve shares his unparalleled insight into the global policies that he’s helped shape over 20+ years.
After listening to this episode, you’ll have a better understanding of:
– Significance of clearly labeled unit dosage
– How quickly psilocybin regulations may actually change
– 95% of psychedelic use is for recreational purposes, and why that matters
– Case studies on the societal impact of legal magic mushrooms.
Reporting from MAPS Conference 2023 conference in Denver. Thanks to Natasha Lannard and Susan Robb for sharing insights on the largest psychedelics conference ever held in the world. Researchers presented the most current scientific and medical updates in psychedelic medicine.Â
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding of:Â
– Highlights from MAPS Conference 2023
– Insights from women working in psychedelics
– Key organizations safely supporting psychonauts for decades
– The potency of magic mushroom strain Enigma
Activities for your psychedelic trip & how to's
In this insightful episode, we embark on a journey to explore the crucial elements in preparing for a psychedelic experience: the Setting. Join us as we delve into the optimal environment for a psychedelic experience that is safe, meaningful, and profound.
After listening to this episode, you’ll have a better understanding of:
– Importance of preparing for a psychedelic experience by setting an intention
– Curating an optimal environment for the psychedelic experience by making it safe and comfortableÂ
– Techniques for cultivating the right mindset & emotional state when preparing for a psychedelic experience
– Significance of an optimal environment for the psychedelic experience
This episode walks through How to Prepare for a Trip by focusing on the external world that you can create to support the intention you set for your psychedelic trip. With regard to the well-known phrase related to preparing for a psychedelic experience. If set encompasses the internal factors that influence your trip, setting is the catch all for your physical environment, including people who are present while youâre under the influence of psychedelics. Our High Guide this season facilitator Natasha Lannerd reminds us that – in addition to comfort – safety is essential to your ideal sacred space setting.
In this second episode exploring how to Prepare for a Mushroom Trip, you’ll learn if youâre not preparing your mind in the weeks and days leading up to your psychedelic trip then youâre not getting the most out of your time in an altered state. In the first of 2 parts in which we explore Set & Setting for a psychedelic experience, this episode reveals how a fixed mindset can high jack your trip. We dive into the mental training necessary to cultivate the emotional strength youâll need for your psychedelic journey.
Begin your exploration for How to Prepare for a Shroom Trip here. The first step in a magic mushroom trip can also be the hardest part – finding the mushrooms. An audio step-by-step to find the dosage for your next psychedelic journey.Â
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– How to find psilocybin mushrooms and where they are legal.
– Dosage & potency information of shroom strains Golden Teacher & Albino Penis Envy
– How to intensify a mushroom trip.
– Recipes for making tea and lemon tek shots with medicinal mushrooms
Music for Psychedelic Trip #7 concludes the Psyched Audio series. The intention for this psychedelic audio journey is to move forward and away from people and patterns that no longer serve us. After living through the pandemic we have a better understanding of why toxic people and repeated self-sabotage should be extracted from our lives. Featuring music to trip to composed Cindy Reichel, Co-Founder Patchwerks
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– compassionately move forward without the people and patterns no longer serving you.
– What the element of water symbolizes when it pops up in a trip
– How to use psychedelics to increase compassion and and forgiveness.
Best Music for Shroom Trip #6 was composed on a modular synthesizer. This audio could also be titled ‘Music To Come Down To’ and was composed by Tim Held, host of Podular Modcast. In 2019, the Podular Modcast host was inspired to compose this album after tripping with friends. As the title suggests, the album was made to listen to as your psychedelic trip winds down. Music To Come Down To is your soft landing to IRL.
Featuring music to trip to composed by Tim Held, host of Podular Modcast, where he takes listeners on a journey through the world of modular synthesis through interviews with synthesists, module manufacturers/designers, and synth shop owners to see how modular has impacted their lives.
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Making the most of the come down from a psychedelic experience
– Consuming cannabis to level off the end of a trip
– Unwinding and creating space to reconnect with yourself before you come back into your body and mind post-trip.Â
– Embracing the emotions that come with feeling down
Music for Shroom Trip #5 was composed by Andy Reichel to provide a soundtrack to âlove myself the most!â Why not spend a time under the influence of potent plants giving yourself the love you deserve?Â
Featuring music to Trip to composed by Andy Reichel, Composer, and Monster Planet collaborator.
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Why loving yourself is the first step on your path to finding true love
– How to manifest a life beyond your wildest dreamsÂ
Composed by Andy Reichel, the intention for this weekâs episode -or should we say for the upcoming year – is âThis year I love myself the most!â Why not spend a time under the influence of potent plants giving yourself the love you deserve?
Featuring music to trip to composed by Andy Reichel, Composer and Monster Planet collaborator
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Why loving yourself is the first step on the path to true love
– How to manifest a life beyond your wildest dreams
Music for Tripping #4 is the soundtrack to move us through the end of the pandemic allowing us to embody a new reality led by positive emotions instead of negative ones. Composed by audio creator Tim Held, this is a psychedelic journey intended to help you process trauma even when not under the influence of psilocybin and other plant medicine.Â
Â
Featuring music to trip to composed by Tim Held, host of Podular Modcast where he takes listeners on a journey through the world of modular synthesis vis-a-vis interviews with synthesists, module manufacturers/designers and synth shop owners to see how modular has impacted their life.
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– How has the pandemic influenced our physical and emotional bodies
– journey is to soothe the trauma of living through the pandemic
– Impact of trauma on our bodies
– Psychedelics help reduce fear
Good Music for Mushroom Trip #3 is the ultimate audio for a psilocybin experience that explores how can altered states of consciousness help you trust your decisions. Composed by audio creator Andy Reichel, this is a psychedelic journey intended to help you learn to always trust your gut even when not under the influence of psilocybin and other plant medicine.Â
Featuring music to trip to composed by Andy Reichel, Composer and Monster Planet collaborator.
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– The significance of the color orangeÂ
– Tripping to better trust yourself
Featuring music to trip to composed by Andy Reichel, Composer and Monster Planet collaborator
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– The significance of the color orangeÂ
– Tripping to better trust yourself
What happens when you listen to Good Music for Tripping #2 with your bestie? On this episode we meet Tim Held, the creator of this exclusive soundtrack and what happens when two friends listen and while consuming psilocybin mushrooms for the first time.
Featuring Tim Held, host of Podular Modcast where he takes listeners on a journey through the world of modular synthesis vis-a-vis interviews with synthesists, module manufacturers/designers and synth shop owners to see how modular has impacted their life.
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Using psychedelics to instigate playfulness
– Tripping with friends/family
– What happens when Two 20-something roommates tripped for the first time
– The audio composer behind Psyched Audio.
Featuring Tim Held, host of Podular Modcast where he takes listeners on a journey through the world of modular synthesis vis-a-vis interviews with synthesists, module manufacturers/designers and synth shop owners to see how modular has impacted their life.
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Using psychedelics to instigate playfulness
– Tripping with friends/family
– What happens when Two 20-something roommates tripped for the first time
– The audio composer behind Psyched Audio
With the love of your life? What happens when you trip with your mom? Good Music for Tripping #2 wants to tap into the fun and optimism of our inner child. This audio was created with the intention of being playful with friends because with whom you choose to consume potent plants will most certainly dictate your overall experience while under the influence.
Audio Creator: Tim Held, Host of Podular Modcast
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– The audio composer behind Psyched Audio.
Following up on Best Music for Tripping #1, we discuss the inspiration for the creative with its maker Tom Butcher who Co-founded Patchwerks, our partner for The High Guideâs new series “Psyched Audio” – an audio experience created to enjoy while under the influence of psychedelics.
Featuring Tom Butcher @tiz9000, Co-Founder @patchwerks
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Host April Prideâs chosen psychedelic for JOURNEY #1
– Dosage set and setting later in the episode.Â
– The audio composer behind The High Guideâs very first episode of Psyched Audio.
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Host April Prideâs chosen psychedelic for JOURNEY #1
– Dosage set and setting later in the episode
– The audio composer behind The High Guideâs very first episode of Psyched Audio
Best Music for Tripping 31 kicks off a new series, “Psyched Audio” – an audio experience created to enjoy while under the influence of psychedelics. Enjoy this episode to enhance a psychedelic experience while strolling alone, or listen with a friend as you walk to your own Silent Disco.Â
Featuring music to trip to composed by Tom Butcher, Co-Founder Patchwerks
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Using audio to guide a psychedelic experience
– Inviting curiosity to tripping
– Know you are safe.
– Enjoy Your wandering Mind.
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Using audio to guide a psychedelic experience
– Inviting curiosity to tripping
– Know you are safe
– Enjoy Your wandering Mind
How to Prepare for a Trip With Psychedelics, Part 2. In this episode, we are continuing the countdown to the launch of 5 different episode journeys with 10 tips to Trip. If you haven’t listened to part 1 with the first 5 tips, we recommend doing so! LISTEN as we recommend dosages per episode, consumption methods, expectations, and more!
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding of how to dose with psilocybin – or magic mushrooms.Â
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding of how to dose with psilocybin – or magic mushrooms. After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Gifts from the natural world for greater connection to ourselves & our external world
– Effects of psychedelics – being high – is good for our health and happiness
– Being present is also the secret to addressing our anxiety
– Psychedelics deals with past trauma for peace in the present
How to prepare for a trip with psychedelics in 2 episodes covering 10 “trip tips.” We cover the best cannabis strains for a psychedelic experience, and we also get into mushroom strains.Â
Â
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Cannabis isnât the only plant we can turn to for greater connection to ourselves and our external worldÂ
– Effects of psychedelics – being high – is good for our health and happiness
– Being present is also the secret to addressing our anxietyÂ
– Psychedelics is the time machine we need to not just be present but also be at peace in the presentÂ
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Gifts from the natural world for greater connection to ourselves & our external world
– Effects of psychedelics – being high – is good for our health and happiness
– Being present is also the secret to addressing our anxiety
– Psychedelics deals with past trauma for peace in the present
What is Cali Sober when you’re microdosing? Looking to de-booze and infuse with cannabis and psychedelics instead? This episode dives deeper into the world of Cali Sober, including details around psilocybin dosing, with some pro tips from our guides on curating the best psychedelic experience possible. Â
Â
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Dosing with psychedelics to reduced alcohol intake
– What microdosing means
– Tips on dosing psilocybin mushroomsÂ
– Importance of set and setting
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Dosing with psychedelics to reduced alcohol intake
– What microdosing means
– Tips on dosing psilocybin mushrooms
– Importance of set and setting
What is Cali Sober? In Part 1 of this 2 part series we investigate…In our substance-soaked world, how does one approach sobriety successfully? From abstaining from individual drugs to going cold turkey on the whole bunch, thereâs no shortage of options for crafting your relationship to these potent substances. But have you considered going Cali Sober?Â
Featuring journalist Michelle Lhooq
Â
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– The woman who coined the term Cali Sober
– How to use cannabis and other plant medicine to decrease intake of alcohol
– The broad range of how modern sobriety is being definedÂ
– Why women are adopting a Cali Sober lifestyle
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– The woman who coined the term Cali Sober
– How to use cannabis and other plant medicine to decrease intake of alcohol
– The broad range of how modern sobriety is being defined
– Why women are adopting a Cali Sober lifestyle
Psychedelic Therapy
The High Guide Podcast episodes on the latest in psychedelic therapy and mental health practices.
Adrian Grenier movies and TV shows couldn’t prepare him for fatherhood, but meaningful use of psychedelic medicine helped the actor get ready to play his best self in his most important role. In this exclusive interview with SetSet Founder and Show host April Pride, the Entourage star opens up about his journey to giving his family a life of relaxed security outside of the Hollywood scene and the New York City of his youth.
After listening to this episode, you’ll have a better understanding of:
– Adrien Grenier’s outlook on fatherhood
– The role of psychedelics in his pursuit of peace and self-compassion
– How Adrien perceives the acceptance of psychedelics in his many circles from LA to Austin, TX
– The benefits of ranch life for a family
In this transformative episode, we delve into the groundbreaking realm of using psychedelics to heal trauma. Join us as we explore the profound potential of psychedelic therapy for trauma healing.
After listening to this episode, you’ll have a better understanding of:
– Ancient origins of psychedelics to heal trauma
– Groundbreaking studies underpinning the resurgence of psychedelic therapy for trauma healing
– The brain science behind healing trauma with psychedelics
– Personal accounts of individuals who have undergone psychedelic therapy for trauma healing
Integration work such as journaling, breathwork, meditation, and time in nature help reinforce the neuroplasticity created by ketamine. Wondermed Lead Clinician Lauren Swanson and Field Trip Healthâs Seattle ketamine clinic director Dr. Bridget Carnahan both argue that integration begins the real work of psychedelic-assisted therapy and share post-treatment integration best practices.
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding of:Â
– Ways to encourage & what impedes neuroplasticity.Â
– The importance of consistency in your integration practiceÂ
– What to expect while integratingÂ
– Integration brings intentionality to a psychedelic experience Â
Does ketamine therapy get you high? Dr. Bridget Carnahan who began her care of women on The Farm as a midwife gives her persepctive on exactly this. Witnessing the altered state that birth induces inspired her to attend medical school to study altered states of consciousness and how women can leverage their subconscious to build a life of beauty. Â
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding of:Â
– Dr. Carnahanâs unique experience in psychedelic medicine Â
– How fear of losing control during a trip correlates with trust IRLÂ
– The potential psychedelics hold for womenÂ
This replay of Field Tripping episode #24 features host of Ronan Levy welcoming Dr. Julie Holland, MD and Field Trip Healthâs Chief Psychologist Dr. Dominique Morisano to discuss stigmatization of the âsoulâ in medicine, and, among other things, the implications of the current psychedelic renaissance weâre experiencing today.
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– How Julie integrates biology with the spirituality and emotions in psychiatry.
– The stigmatization of the word âsoulâ in the medical profession.Â
– Psychedelicsâ ability to promote dishabituation.
– The current psychedelic renaissance.Â
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– How Julie integrates biology with the spirituality and emotions in psychiatry.
– The stigmatization of the word âsoulâ in the medical profession.Â
– Psychedelicsâ ability to promote dishabituation.
– The current psychedelic renaissance.Â
For our final psychedelic integration for this season, we listen in as the last of our 3 SISTER TRIPPERS – LA-based videographer Maria Prieto – shares how her psychedelic experience unfolded. Facilitator Natasha Lannerd is there to help Maria explore âWhat does it all mean?â Host April Pride provides context so listeners can learn to interpret the symbolism while tripping on psychedelic shrooms. The meaning-enhancing properties of psychedelics lead us to assign significance to otherwise ordinary observations rendering them symbolic.
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Symbolism that occurs while in an altered state.
– Interpreting symbolism in the form of colors, shapes, and cultural references.
– The meaning-enhancing properties of psychedelics.
– Meaning of water and wind while tripping on shrooms.
Meet the mesmerizing Haitian-American vocalist Lalin St Juste in this episode. Explore Haitian Vodou’s history, translating psychedelic insights into personal connections, and the emotional connection to stomach discomfort. Natasha Lannerd guides the journey with Lalin St Juste.
This episode discusses sexual trauma including references to rape as well as grief associated with the premature end to a pregnancy. If you or someone you know suffers from PTSD as a result of sexual abuse or miscarriage and theyâre open to exploring psychedelic integration therapy to help them heal, please listen to this episode in its entirely and if you feel its in their best interest, we ask that you share this episode with them.
What Happens During a Psychedelic Experience? In this episode, we finally shroom with our Sister Trippers! Psychedelic integration facilitator Natasha Lannerd explains that by cultivating the witness while weâre in an altered state of consciousness, we can learn to replace judgment & shame with curiosity & compassion.
Featuring breathwork facilitator Natasha Lannerd as your High Guide and with Sister Trippers Adelia Carrillo, Lalin St. Juste, and Maria Prieto.
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Neutrally observing what comes up in a psychedelic experience.
– Recording what comes up in a trip for later reference.
– Using the body to connect with sexual energy.
– How to manage physical discomfort caused by shrooms.
Psychedelic Integration Coach Natasha Lannerd is a certified breathwork facilitator and psychedelic facilitator working with San Pedro cactus. She joins the podcast this season to integrate 3 women looking to psychedelic integration therapy with magic medicinal mushrooms.
“Facilitators are not fixers. Everyone’s always looking for somebody to solve their problems. This modality is so incredible because it unlocks our inner healer, the wisdom within yourself that knows what needs to happen.” – Natasha Lannerd on Season 3âs theme, âCultivating the Witness.â
To some, ego death is the point of a macrodose psychedelic experience. We are born with processing tools within the mind that filter through our sensory inputs, absorbing the information necessary for survival. The main purpose of the ego is to protect our bodies; in fact, fight or flight is born out of this purpose. ButâŠwhat we can learn about ourselves when we remove the ego, even temporarily. EGO DEATH – The temporary loss of attachment to the sense of oneself. EGO DEATH is a Jungian psychology term fundamental to transforming the psyche, also known as death of the ego, ego loss, and ego dissolution. It is a phase of self-surrender, transition, and self-identity loss. A feeling of being part of something larger than oneself, wholeness, and enlightenment.
The hidden effects of trauma in relationships are the third person. Featuring Integration facilitator Natasha Lannerd and Tim Held, host of Podular Modcast where he takes listeners on a journey through the world of modular synthesis vis-a-vis interviews with synthesists, module manufacturers/designers and synth shop owners to see how modular has impacted their life.
Â
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Permit yourself to âget highâ to get comfortable with discomfort
– Overcoming our collective trauma related to the pandemic.
– How past trauma we’re experiencing symptoms related to PTSD
The best cannabis strains for ADHS may all be high CBD strains. Diagnosed with ADHD at age 38, host April Pride takes us on her personal quest to learn more.
After listening to this episode, you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– How host April Pride’s experience as an adult diagnosed with ADHDÂ
– The way women are using cannabis, psilocybin mushrooms, and other plants to treat symptoms of ADHD
– The benefits of using CBD to treat ADHD
– The challenge THC can pose to those diagnosed with ADHDÂ
After listening to this episode you will have a better understanding ofâŠ
– Host April Prideâs experience as an adult diagnosed with ADHD
– How women are using cannabis psychedelics to treat symptoms of ADHD
– The benefits of using CBD to treat ADHD
– The challenge THC can pose to those diagnosed with ADHD
Other Psychedelics: Ayahuasca, LSD, DMT, and MDMA
The High Guide Podcast episodes on other psychedelics including ayahuasca, LSD, DMT, and MDMA and Kana.
