I'm Kate — ÜU Founder & Mushroom Evangelist
A Mushroom (Wo)manifesto from the Founder.
It starts with — energy. Back in 2015, I had — none. In addition to what felt like perpetual exhaustion, I was getting sick all the time. It felt like my immune system was on the front lines of the battlefield on a daily basis. How could this be possible…? I ate right, I exercised, I went gluten free for goodness sake!
I was desperate to claim my health back, and to find mental & physical balance in a holistic format. I knew I just needed to keep going down the rabbit hole, searching for hidden clues rooted in historical health antidotes. I learned to lean into the wisdom of Traditional Chinese Medicine, something that was foreign to my West Coast upbringing...
Tinkering, Testing,
Fungi..?
This inspired a holistic healing journey where my body was the test tube, the experimental vessel, and mother nature’s finest ingredients were the antidotes. After a year and a half of visiting specialists, tinkering with TCM remedies and superfoods, and experimenting with diets on all ends of the spectrum from keto to paleo to veganism, I felt much healthier overall with my newfound biohacks and wellness routines, but something really clicked for me when I discovered functional mushrooms.
After several months of continued good diet and exercise, plus the integration of medicinal mushrooms into my daily routine, I finally felt energetically rejuvenated and could confidently say I got my most valuable asset back - my health.
This sparked my love affair with the fungi kingdom and my holistic approach to health. Although, the downside was that I didn’t love the user experience along my healing journey. Often, I found myself lugging around heavy jars of mushroom powders (going through airport security was always interesting), and constantly searching for hot water to mix my shroomy, and often clumpy concoctions with. It was always a bit of a messy procedure. I sought to create a cleaner and more delicious means of ingesting these medicinal mushrooms, which ultimately inspired the birth of Üphoric Urth.
And thus, Üphoric was created — for Ü.
Üphoric Urth officially launched in 2020, featuring six premium high-potency mushroom extracts made from some of my favorite healing mushrooms such as Reishi, Lion's Mane, Cordyceps, Chaga, and Turkey Tail.
My deepest gratitude and admiration to the mycologists, herbalists, farmers, Chinese Medicine Doctors, and of course Mother Nature herself who have all inspired and breathed life into Üphoric Urth.
Since starting Üphoric, I have continued to nurture my fascination with fungi, and with the art and science of Traditional Chinese Medicine as a whole. I am currently on a beautiful journey as a Masters Student of TCM including Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture in Los Angeles, CA.
My mission is to create awareness for sustainable herbal remedies and ultimately empower humankind’s journey on the road to YOÜ-phoria.
Wishing you Wellness,
Kate Rose
