Michelle Janikian is the author of Your Psilocybin Mushroom Companion, an informative, easy to use guide to understanding magic mushrooms. As a journalist, she got her start writing about cannabis for publications like High Times, Rolling Stone and Herb. Now, she writes a column for Playboy on all things drug related and also contributes regularly to DoubleBlind Mag, MERRY JANE, Psychedelic’s Today and others. She’s passionate about the healing potential of psychedelic plants and substances, especially psilocybin and cannabis, and the legalization and de- stigmatization of all drugs.

Michelle studied writing and psychology at Sarah Lawrence College before traveling extensively in Latin America and eventually settling down in southern Mexico. Born in New York City and raised in New Jersey, Michelle ventures back to the States a few times a year to give talks and workshops on safe mushroom use and other cannabis and psychedelic related topics.

In this episode Michelle and I chat about:

Michelle's journey into becoming a writer on psychedelics

What drew Michelle to psilocybin mushrooms and writing a book on them

Her first ever experience with psychedelics

How psychedelics have changed her personally

Self honesty and integration as part of the psychedelic experience

How mushrooms made Michelle realise her depression and anxiety was a choice

The mechanism of action of Psilocybin & the areas of the brain it affects

+ so so much more!

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https://www.michellejanikian.com/
@michelle.janikian

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