Why Am I Here?
Hello, and welcome to our blog! This space was created out of the need to provide information (scientific, anecdotal, and personal) on using Psilocybe Cubensis (Psychedelic, Magic) Mushrooms.
First off, an introduction. Why did we get involved in this space, what is our origin, background, ethics, and mission?
My name is Janelle. I’ve been a user of Entheogens for over 20 years. My first experiences with psilocybin containing mushrooms were purely recreational, but nonetheless, significant. Upon reflecting, I think my initial macrodoses led me to not be as fixated (as a teen) on my image, helped battle self confidence issues and depression.
In 2008 I was faced with a series of ongoing surgeries (on my eyeballs!) and was prescribed opiates to help with the pain management. I did not enjoy how they made me feel, the fact my tolerance to them was tremendous, or that I felt withdrawals when I wouldn’t take them. I sought out an alternative, and got a medical cannabis card in the state of CA, and have been using cannabis ever since to help with pain management, stress, anxiety, and more recently, glaucoma.
In 2017 I decided to shift my retail management path into the WA cannabis industry (instead of working in clothing, a sex shop, and later in the tea industry). I’d had a series of interactions with un-passionate budtenders who made me feel like I had something to offer in that space, and was hired as a budtender. I worked my way into management, and the thing I most enjoyed was the ability to help others find a cannabis product that improved their quality of life. I also became passionate about dispelling misinformation that is abundant surrounding “drugs”. I became passionate about doing anything in my power to help end the war on drugs, as I was becoming more aware of it’s impact on communities of color, it’s racist origins, and lack of science-based facts. I left this job due to safety concerns, but also as a means to care for my son when he was pulled from school in the beginning of Covid.
I’ll save you the story (check the other blog posts) about how I was able to essentially cure my treatment resistant depression and anxiety by using the mushrooms my partner had grown while he was home from a job that shut down during Covid; but witnessing firsthand how powerful of a tool a mushroom that grows naturally around the world (and holds a schedule 1 title- meaning there is no known medical value and high potential for abuse), was astonishing. I needed to help others experience this amount of healing.
My passion to help people, especially in an under-researched area that I have experience in, ultimately led me to form bluemoodfood.com
After a series of unexpected events, my partner and I were looking to leave a bad rental situation, and decided to put our roots down in the state of Michigan. Washtenaw county boasts some of the most forward and progressive entheogen laws in all of the USA, and is also my partners hometown.
I’m humbled that one year into this endeavor, I get people who have been referred to me from doctors, psychologists. People who’ve written me to say we’ve changed their lives, their parents are smiling again, they’ve been able to overcome incredible trauma and loss, give up addictions, improve focus, reduce or eliminate antidepressants, function better at their jobs, in society. It’s why we’re here, and what keeps us going.