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APRIL PRIDE

APRIL PRIDE

By: April Pride
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Welcome to the official playlist for a variety of podcasts hosted by April Pride, a trusted voice at the intersection of psychedelics, cannabis, and women’s health. These episodes explore the science and art of altered states—what it means to change your mind with intention and return transformed. Whether you're curious about microdosing, integration, or harm reduction, April's podcast offers clinician-approved guidance, personal stories, and expert insights to help you navigate your psychedelic journey. Discover practical tools, mindset tips, and community conversations designed to elevate your experience and support your wellness goals. New episodes every couple of weeks-ish.

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  • The Wise Body: What Women's Hormones, Cycles, and Lived Experience Have to Teach Psychedelic Medicine

    The Wise Body: What Women's Hormones, Cycles, and Lived Experience Have to Teach Psychedelic Medicine
    Jun 23 2026

    125. The Wise Body: What Women's Hormones, Cycles, and Lived Experience Have to Teach Psychedelic Medicine

    Stephanie Karzon Abrams of Galilea on why psychedelic care must account for women's cycles, life stage, and the knowledge that predates clinical trials.

    Episode Summary

    The research on psychedelics was built around male bodies. Women were treated as a confounding variable — their cycles, hormones, and life stages filtered out of study designs rather than centered in them. The result is a clinical landscape where practitioners are guessing, women are underserved, and the knowledge that has existed for generations in women's bodies and lineages is treated as anecdote rather than data.

    Stephanie Karzon Abrams is the co-creator of Galilea and founder of Beyond Consulting, a practice focused on psychedelic-informed female care: what it requires, what the research does and doesn't tell us, and what women's lived experience is already teaching practitioners who are paying attention.

    🔵 Key Takeaways

    Hormonal landscape will influence a woman's psychedelic experience — but the research is contradictory enough that we cannot yet say with certainty in what direction.

    GLP-1 medications slow gastric emptying and interfere with the onset of prodrugs like psilocybin, which must be metabolized into active psilocin in the gut.

    The distinction between knowledge and knowing is the foundation of the Wise Body framework. Knowledge can be published and replicated. Knowing is generational, intuitive, lived.

    Psychedelic therapy is more like surgery than a prescription. It requires preparation, skilled practitioners, and mandatory aftercare.

    We don't yet have adequate data on how diversity, culture, comorbidities, and socioeconomic background affect outcomes. And the ecosystems and communities that hold these medicines are not ready to be scaled.

    🔵 Timestamps

    🔵 Resources

    Stephanie Karzon Abrams | Galilea, Beyond Consulting

    Psychedelics & the Whole Self: A Gathering for Womxn

    Ep. 33 | Therapeutic Psilocybin Use: Tea, Lemon Tek, and Healing

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    Original Substack post: https://aprilpride.substack.com/women-hormones-psychedelics-practitioner-education

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  • Psychedelic Integration and Intuition: What Actually Changes After Ayahuasca

    Psychedelic Integration and Intuition: What Actually Changes After Ayahuasca
    May 5 2026
    124. Psychedelic Integration and Intuition: What Actually Changes After AyahuascaExplore psychedelic integration and intuition through ayahuasca, grief, and leadership. What really changes after plant medicine?Episode SummaryWhat actually happens after the ceremony ends? In this episode, April sits down with Lizzi Cutler to explore psychedelic integration and intuition beyond the peak experience. From ayahuasca integration to 5-MeO-DMT, Lizzi shares how plant medicine didn’t “fix” her—but instead revealed who she already was. The conversation moves through grief and identity, including the emotional reality of not becoming a mother, and expands into how intuition can be applied in unexpected places like business and leadership. This episode will help you understand how to integrate psychedelic experiences into daily life, trust your intuition, and rethink personal growth as an ongoing, nonlinear process.🔵 Key TakeawaysPsychedelics don’t fix you—they reveal patterns you’re already living insideTrue ayahuasca integration happens over years, not days or weeksIntuition isn’t mystical—it’s a skill that can be applied to leadership and hiringGrief and identity are deeply intertwined, especially around missed life pathsIntuitive leadership may be the missing link in building aligned teams and cultures🔵 Timestamps[00:00] Intro, disclaimer, and April’s context on consciousness + intuition[01:00] Introducing Lizzi Cutler and the theme of integration[02:00] Psychedelics and grief + upcoming salon context[03:00] Lizzi’s early work: yoga, meditation, and intuitive sensing[04:00] Naming subconscious patterns and how change begins[05:00] April’s narration: awareness, observation, and the double slit experiment[06:00] Applying intuition to business, hiring, and leadership[08:00] First ayahuasca invitation and entering ceremony work[09:00] Ayahuasca + San Pedro explained (context + risks)[10:00] First ceremonies: “feeling nothing” and frustration[10:30] Dieta explained: preparation, digestion, and intuition[12:00] First breakthrough experience and community bonding[13:00] Divorce, feeling “broken,” and seeking transformation[14:00] 30–40 ceremonies later: what ayahuasca actually revealed[15:00] “Own your power” and letting go of imitation[16:00] The apprenticeship dynamic + April’s ethical commentary[18:00] Surrendering to intuition and first real validation[19:00] Bringing intuitive work into real-world practice[20:00] Shifting from personal coaching to stress + behavior change[21:00] Breakthrough moment: intuition applied to business[22:00] Alignment, investing, and intuitive due diligence[23:00] Oneness, source, and early 5-MeO insights[24:00] Psychedelics don’t give gifts—they reveal them[25:00] Intuition as a natural ability vs learned skill[26:00] 5-MeO-DMT explained + non-dual awareness[26:30] “I am enough”: the end of the “I’m broken” narrative[27:00] Embodiment, love, and kintsugi (wholeness through integration)[28:00] Integration over time + relationships and emotional growth[29:00] Building an intuitive business model (CEO-focused work)[30:00] “Intuitive analysis” and reading organizational culture[31:00] AI vs intuition: human pattern recognition[32:00] Leadership decisions, restructuring, and team alignment[33:00] Working with investors, philanthropy, and impact[34:00] Money as energy + alignment in giving[35:00] Closing reflections + where this work is going[36:00] Outro + resources + psychedelic grief salon🔵 ResourcesMicro-Psyched 12-Week Microdosing ProgramWomen in the Wild gatherings - Reserve your spot in SeattleUpcoming Psychedelic Salon ticketsFollow April on SubstackOriginal Microdosing for Midlife Substack post: https://aprilpride.substack.com/p/psychedelic-integration-and-intuition-ayahuasca-leadershipHosted by April Pride @aprilpride_Follow on IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@getsetset⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/@getsetset⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@getsetset Get full access to APRIL PRIDE at aprilpride.substack.com/subscribe
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  • Microdosing for Midlife — Week 6: Emotional Resilience and Rewriting Old Patterns

    Microdosing for Midlife — Week 6: Emotional Resilience and Rewriting Old Patterns
    Mar 24 2026

    123. Microdosing for Midlife: Emotional Resilience(Week 6)

    Week 6 explores extinction learning, emotional resilience, and how microdosing may support gradual rewiring of fear-based patterns in midlife.

    Episode Summary

    This episode is part Week 6 of Microdosing for Midlife—a 12-part audio companion to the original Substack series.

    In this conversation, April explores emotional resilience not as toughness or avoidance, but as the ability to update old responses in real time. Using entrepreneurship as metaphor, she reflects on how repeated attempts, setbacks, and recalibration build resilience—and how microdosing psilocybin intersects with that process.

    The episode introduces the neuroscience concept of extinction learning—the brain’s ability to replace outdated fear responses with more informed ones. Rather than positioning microdosing as a cure or shortcut, April frames it as a catalyst for noticing habitual reactions, pausing before reenactment, and building new neural pathways through integration.

    If the written post focused on the science and story, this episode explores how resilience is practiced—not performed—especially in midlife when old coping strategies no longer serve.

    🔵 Key Takeaways

    What extinction learning means in practical terms

    How emotional resilience differs from emotional suppression

    Why microdosing is described as a catalyst—not a quick fix

    The role of integration in reinforcing new neural pathways

    How midlife transitions resurface habitual responses

    Why subtle shifts often matter more than dramatic breakthroughs

    One reflection to carry into the week ahead

    🔵 Timestamps

    [00:00] Episode opening[02:00] Entrepreneurship and resilience as metaphor[04:30] Extinction learning explained[07:00] Personal example of breaking habitual responses[10:00] Integration and grounding practices[13:00] Midlife transitions and emotional awareness[16:00] What to carry forward

    🔵 Resources

    Micro-Psyched 12-Week Microdosing Program

    Women in the Wild gatherings - Reserve your spot in Seattle

    Upcoming Psychedelic Salon tickets

    Follow April on Substack

    Original Microdosing for Midlife Substack post: https://aprilpride.substack.com/p/microdosing-psilocybin-for-emotional-resilience

    Hosted by April Pride @aprilpride_

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