About me

I'm here to impart my decades of experience and education to help you safely use psychedelics to overcome your depression, anxiety, and/or heal trauma so you can reduce or get off your meds, find balance, and reach your goals so you can THRIVE!!! 

As a youth and young adult, I struggled with depression, crippling social anxiety, and thoughts of suicide. As a teenager, I couldn't ask to borrow a pen and paper from someone next to me. As an adult,  I couldn't even order a pizza over the phone when phone orders were a thing. I overanalyzed and thought of every situation and conversation a million times over both before and after it happened. I was paralyzed...

My depression got worse and didn't want to live any longer and often thought I might be better off dead. 

I coped in all the wrong ways. I started overeating as a kid and steadily gained weight until I was nearly 300 lbs as an adult. I developed and suffered from insomnia, sleep apnea, acid reflux, and asthma for over 10 years. 

I hated the way medication made me feel so I abused drugs and alcohol to feel better and help me hide my anxiety and depression. But underneath I was hurting and knew I was sabotaging myself.

My poor choices to seek relief and escape through drugs and alcohol led to legal problems, job insecurity, and even a short period of homelessness. My life was a literal mess!

Despite my challenges, my exploration of drugs for escape led me to try psychedelic mushrooms. For the first time, I felt serious relief combined with a mystical sense of something more. 

I had peered behind the veil and realized life is so much more amazing, awe-inspiring, and precious than I could have dreamed. The afterglow of the experience lasted for several weeks but soon faded as the stressors of life, my anxiety, and depression crept back in.

But I found myself stuck. Getting some clarity and relief but then falling back into my old intrusive thought patterns. My monkey mind steering the ship and leading me back to more bad decisions, legal programs, and despair. 

It took me years to really integrate and incorporate the lessons learned in a meaningful way and to use psychedelics with intention and purpose.

It was actually a challenging psychedelic mushroom experience or "bad" trip that inspired me to go back to college for my Bachelor's degree in Psychology so that I could help others facing similar challenges.

I began using psychedelics with intention and reverence. Since that pivotal moment, I've accomplished more than I had dreamed. 

I graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. Still struggling at the time I found myself homeless and couch surfing for my first quarter and even slept in the library several nights. Turning my mess into my message, I started a nonprofit with friends to help homeless college students while completing my undergraduate degree. 

I traveled to Chile exploring Santiago, Patagonia, and Castro Island while studying their Public Healthcare & Mental Healthcare systems. I lived with the indigenous Mapuche people and learned how they incorporate their cultural medicine and wisdom with modern western medicine. I’ve also traveled to Costa Rica and Mexico experiencing their cultures, history, and ceremonies. 

For nearly a decade, I have worked in nonprofits, social services, and higher education sharing my story and helping hundreds of people overcome their mental health challenges, address their limiting beliefs, and help them reach their goals.

I learned more about my body and health. I was able to kick all my medications! I was prescribed Trazadone for my insomnia, only later to find out that it's an antipsychotic prescribed for its side effect of severe sedation and long-term side effects including permanent seizures, tremors, or twitching. This is when I learned doctors were no more than drug pushers for big pharma. This was further confirmed in my Drugs & Behavior class in college.

I discovered a lot about our body's innate ability to heal itself when I worked closely with professors, mentors, and healers. 

I've optimized my own health and lost over 100 pounds by becoming an avid hiker, backpacker, and snowboarder. I found a balance that helped me address my acid reflux, asthma, and insomnia naturally. 

I defeated my depression and conquered my social anxiety which has opened doors to countless new opportunities. I created balance within my life to stop abusing drugs and alcohol and prioritize my health and happiness. 

Now I'm blessed to help others explore psychedelics for healing, and personal growth, and to help them reach their goals. 

I’m a bridge builder and I use my story, my knowledge, and my experiences to help you bridge the gap from where you are, to where you want to be. 

It wasn’t an easy path and it wasn’t without struggles. I found myself burnt out working two jobs while an undergraduate and interning at Harborview Medical Center’s Mental Health Research Team studying suicidal ideation among veterans. I had already read about microdosing years ago but found myself called by the medicine and began microdosing in 2018 to see if it could help my burnout. 

It wasn’t like taking larger doses, there was no obvious slap-across-the-face message. It was more stubble, it helped me get through the day with just a bit of extra energy, it helped me refocus on creating balance in my life, it helped me make healthier decisions, it helped me communicate better, and it helped me deal with the stressors and triggers of life just a little more proactively and less reactively. 

It's NOT a magic pill and it’s not going to do it for you. You have to put in some work, you have to put in some effort to see the results. I was able to put into practice what I had spent decades learning about and practicing so I could overcome my challenges. 

Life’s problems don’t get easier but you get better at dealing with those problems when you have the right tools and practices in place. It doesn’t happen overnight, but with practice, repetition, energy, and emotion you can find the balance, you can overcome your challenges, you can reduce or even get off your meds, and you can live the life you desire.

I’ve microdosed on and off since 2018 with occasional larger trips maybe 3 to 4 times per year. I’ve found a rhythm and routine that works for me and continue to incorporate these powerful medicines for my own personal growth and development. 

Now, I’ve taken my 20+ years of personal psychedelic experience combined with my 15+ years of education and experience helping others and developed a SYSTEM to help you on your journey. The system is backed by the latest science coming out of psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, epigenetics, psychedelics science, and more.

I invite you to try on my system and see if it works for you. There is actual science behind it but when you have an open mind and try out these ideas and practices they can plant the seed that blossoms into the change you need to THRIVE!!!

I am so excited and grateful that I get to help people conquer anxiety, defeat depression, heal trauma, get off their medications, and create conscious, joyful, thriving lives!

With my support and inspiration, I help my committed, decisive, and open-minded clients peer past the veil of their challenges, discover their own power to heal, get off their meds, embrace their true, inner, authentic self, and consciously create a thriving life - evolving their consciousness. 

Without support, you might remain paralyzed by anxiety, fear, and uncertainty. Stuck exactly where you are unable to see the bigger picture to overcome your challenges or connect with your true self. 

But I will not let this happen! Because it's my true life's purpose to pierce the veil and help evolve the consciousness of others so they may heal and grow. 

It's my MISSION to change the world! I'm in the business of building an army of conscious psychonauts and microdosers that live their lives from a place of growth, purpose, love, and impact.  They are not afraid of getting out of their comfort zone to pursue their growth and development. Leading by example, they embody the changes they wish to see in the world. 

If we can embody the change we wish to see and inspire even 1% of the population to live with more intention, authenticity, and coming from a place of purpose - rather than fear - we have a shot of collectively evolving our consciousness and overcoming our world's biggest problems!!!

My goal is to help 100,000 people safely explore psychedelics for their healing, growth, and continued development. 

This is what gets me out of bed every day.

ARE YOU WITH ME?!?!?!

 "Psychedelics are to the study of the mind what the microscope is to biology and the telescope is to astronomy." -  Dr. Stanislav Grof 

You must understand that doctors are making their best-educated guess when treating you but no one knows you better than YOU!!! You are the expert on your life, your trauma, your emotions, your relationships, your health, and your challenges. You have the power to heal yourself when you embrace the process. 

Psychedelics are not a cure but a very powerful tool to help you in your journey of healing and personal growth. They have the ability to help you look within and peel back the layers so you can discover the root of your challenges and address them proactively. 

They can help strengthen your mind-body connection to heal. They can help you work through and resolve past trauma. They can help you repair your relationships. They can help you address your inner critic. They can help you find balance. They can help connect you with your higher self for the answers you seek.

Healing and personal growth is committing to a healthier lifestyle – a commitment, and it’s a big one that will take a lot of dedication.  My commitment is to provide you with knowledge, accountability, understanding, and support so you can optimize your psychedelic journey.

A lot of people have fear around psychedelics because of the bad propaganda from the failed war on drugs. However, rest assured there are millions of people now safely experiencing the benefits of these powerful medicines and you can too. I'm here to be your guide, your mentor, and your support in your journey so you can confidently overcome your challenges and begin to THRIVE!!!