Life in the mycelium: and why it matters to your whole life.

Jerusha Shulberg of The Well Being BY CUBEX is a psilocybin frontrunner. A meditation and mindfulness specialist and a professionally qualified audiologist, for years Jerusha has researched and incorporated organic clinical grade functional mushrooms into her life, with clear, and sometimes astonishing, benefits. She’s also found that The Well Being’s audiology patients reported profoundly positive benefits - like relief from anxiety and insomnia, improved mental clarity and recall, and better energy levels.

The Well Being’s mushroom extracts are right up there on her kitchen shelf with her daily Magnesium, Calcium and Matcha. The physical, mental, emotional and cognitive benefits of using functional adaptogenic mushrooms, are already out there for the world to see and experience, and everyone’s talking. 

The clinic’s new brand is packaged in a way that is easy to get, easy to use and sourced from top organic growers internationally.

A half a teaspoon a day will double down on concentration, creativity and focus. It can most certainly lift your mood, help control feelings of anxiety, improve your sense of well-being and get personal growth in a good place.  

Far bigger than green juice or even CBD, mushroom supplements - or medical grade mushrooms - have become known and trusted for their potential health benefits like moderating stress, shifting anxiety levels into lower gear, improving immunity, helping with sleep, and keeping your energy levels up after a big night, or if you’re often affected by 3 o’ clock slump. 

Says Jerusha: “Adaptogenic mushrooms have been in use as a health or nutritional supplement for centuries and extensively researched in the East, actually. But as a commercially available supplement, mushrooms are still the new kid on the block in the Western medicine. It will take a while for the official long term benefits to be documented and for the mainstream medical world to catch up. However, I am aware of many health professionals who not only personally use them, but also recommend them to their patients. Our clinic patients have come back to us with such positive feedback. Mushrooms are kind of mushrooming!”

There are plenty of clinical studies showing extraordinary results. Many people have integrated clinical grade mushroom supplements into their daily routines, and it’s as easy to bring into your life as making smoothies, chai or coffee.

I started trying out mushrooms about 10 years ago, when my personal trainer suggested it. Fortunately his knowledge was very established and he directed me to some of the most reliable, high quality sources. There are lots of adaptogens on the market but it’s important to do your research and look for medical grade options - not all created equal! 

This became a very serious part of my daily routine during lockdown.  My husband and I were navigating a house move, keeping the audiology practice open and running, and we had a newborn baby who did not sleep through the night and very little during the day. We had absolutely no support. There was no break and I was exhausted. But my superhero powers came from meditating, whenever and wherever I could, and a daily dose of clinical grade mushrooms. Fortunately I’d already had experience on dosing and cycling them for my needs, to avoid developing a tolerance and optimising the benefits. After my personal experience, we started recommending some of our clinic clientele try them - and with resounding success.

So our range of clinical grade mushroom powders, sourced from accredited organic growers, are now available via The Well Being BY CUBEX online shop. 

The first three being organic premium quality Lion’s Mane ‘Diamond Mind’, Reishi ‘Equanimity’ and a fabulous energy-focused blend called ‘Tigger’ that is Cordyceps-powered at 50%, with Chaga and Shiitake at 25% each.

Lion’s Mane mushrooms are known as the ‘smart’ mushroom, a.k.a. the brainfood mushroom, with cognitive benefits like improved mental clarity, focus, concentration and memory. They’re famous for this, and a study at Queensland University in 2023 showed that using Lion’s Mane influences nerve cell regeneration, positively impacting memory. 

I’ve seen and experienced enormous benefits and, like with all functional mushrooms, there’s a cumulative effect over a period of weeks. It’s been really encouraging hearing positive feedback from our audiology patients who’ve struggled with stress, focus, recall and flagging energy. Mushrooms helped them ride out a lot of that. Our tinnitus patients and those who’ve had to deal with cognitive issues, emotional stress, and insomnia. Amazing results.

Reishi is the calming one. We call it ‘Equanimity’ because that’s the overarching effect of this mushroom. It helps to regulate and ease stress and fatigue from our system. It improves metabolism and quality of sleep. But that’s not all it does. When you’re calmer, and your nervous system is nicely balanced, you move through life with grace and ease, more control, and a more effervescent presence. It lets you relax into just being. So you can imagine how this grounding effect would generalise to other areas of your life, helping you to achieve more, more graciously.

Our ‘Tigger’ blend puts Cordyceps front and center, capitalising on its reputation for boosting energy, endurance, and recovery. Shiitake and Chaga - making up the other half of the blend - are well-known for their antioxidant and immune-supporting properties, perfectly complementing Cordyceps. Chaga helps fortify the immune system, being full of antioxidants, and the Shiitake's fatigue-reducing benefits also add another layer of support to the mix. Tigger was no doubt inspired by our daughter and her love for stories about Tigger from her Winnie the Pooh collection. Always bouncin’!

I think quality mushroom fans would be pleased to know that our mushroom powders are dual-extracted and then they go through a third purification process. The latter makes them smoother, finer and more luxurious in consistency when you stir them into a coffee or any other kind of drink. 

This double refinement means that they give you more go per milligram. 

It’s about concentration, like the difference between an Americano and a double espresso. 

I think we’re fortunate to have found producers who are highly regarded as a source for the world’s leading adaptogenic functional mushroom powders. They come from pristine growing and harvesting areas - connected to state of the art production facilities.

I’m keen to hear from other mushroom fans and get them to weigh in on what they think of our range. It’s a selection that talks to every kind of need. To be calm, to keep sharpening the mind, to have vitality and an upbeat, enhanced inner world. These are all important to how we relate to ourselves, as well as to others. 

I’m excited. We’ve now officially launched, and happy to say that and each resealable pouch will weigh in at 80g, offering a 40-day supply. I like that this means it stretches beyond the usual ‘month’s worth’.

Let me know what you think!