As an infant, Lily-Kate Boylan was diagnosed with intractable epilepsy. Frustrated by ineffective medications and surgery, her mother researched functional mushrooms … and in the process discovered Lily’s path to wellness. Shroomer’s Vivian Kanchian sat down with Sarah-Kate Boylan to discuss her family’s trial-and-error journey to find treatment for Lily — and how she started Lily’s Lighthouse to spread awareness about alternative epilepsy treatments. I’ve shared a few of my favorite quotes from Sarah-Kate below … but do yourself a favor and read our full interview here! - Sibling support network “She’s got such a support network around her, and because of Lily’s condition, her siblings have this kindness and empathy about them that just can’t be taught … they’re just incredible humans. And that’s the upside of having siblings with a child who has special needs or a disability. It creates very, very kind humans. I’m grateful that I was able to have them.” - Research meets intuition “I spent my career in law enforcement. That’s my background. I originally trained as an intelligence analyst, so research is my capability. When this happened to Lily, she was 5 weeks old and I was a first-time mom. So, this was a whole new experience for me, and I didn’t know anybody with epilepsy, but I wanted to find out as much as I could about it — so I did.” - Life-changing benefits “We’re seeing huge cognitive gains, we’re getting reports of fewer seizures (if they’re still having seizures), and we’re seeing reports of shorter seizures. We’ve had anecdotal reports of kids being able to do things for the first time, like ride a bike days after they started taking the mushrooms. Or that they couldn’t talk before and are beginning to say a few words.”