The Frontiers of Psychedelic Community, Navigating the Underground, and Women’s Hormonal Health

In this episode of A State of Mind, host Julian Royce sits down with Brit Lange, a community director and psychedelic advocate. Brit shares her journey from corporate insurance to a sudden layoff right after buying a home as a single mother. She discusses how that moment led to a deep spiritual connection and a profound experience with ketamine that transformed her life and career.The conversation explores the regulated ("above-ground") and unregulated ("underground") psychedelic industries. Brit and Julian challenge commercialized clinical models, advocating instead for sacred set, setting, and community integration. They also discuss microdosing, the placebo effect, and how women’s hormonal cycles alter medicine experiences.Main Topics CoveredThe Layoff as Catalyst: How Brit's job loss served as a necessary intervention to pull her out of corporate burnout.The Ketamine Epiphany: Experiencing circumstantial depression and discovering the efficacy of ketamine therapy.Right Relationship: Brit’s work with Mycelium, a microdosing company focused on intentional cultivation and generosity.Microdosing & Placebo: Why trials struggle to quantify microdosing and how the placebo effect proves the power of consciousness.Above-Ground vs. Underground: Weighing financial accessibility and creative freedom against regulated legal therapy.Who Heals the Healers?: The importance of peer consultation, integration circles, and protecting against dual relationships.Women’s Hormonal Health: How estrogen shifts, postpartum phases, and perimenopause dictate medicine journeys.Key TakeawaysWhat is Meant for You Won't Miss You: Navigating career shifts with surrender, trusting that transitions shake us out of misaligned situations.The Clinical Trap: A critique of fast-paced clinics that cut out music, setting, and integration to optimize profit.Microdosing for Integration: Using micro-doses as a baseline protocol to extend and integrate insights from macro-dose experiences.Discernment: In the unregulated frontier, rely on internal somatic cues to identify bad actors or ethical oversteps.Connect with the GuestBrit Lange (The Expansion Community): https://www.expansion.communityConnect with Julian RoyceWebsite: https://www.AStateOfMindTherapy.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/astateofmindInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianoceann/Music: https://soundcloud.com/julian-ocean-1Special Thanks to Our SponsorsKA! Empathogenics (Kanna Products): https://kaempathogenics.com/JULIANROYCEMyFeelium Blends: https://myfeelium.co//discount/julian20 (Password: opensesame | Code: julian20)EMR Tek (Blue Light Blocking): https://www.emr-tek.com/JULIAN90864Premium Shilajit (Ural Mountains): https://www.astateofmindpodcast.com (Message Julian directly on the website for 20% off)Please Follow, Like, and Share this episode! Leaving a review keeps independent alternative media alive and un-gatekept.