I believe in the powerful medicine of community, storytelling, sacred ceremony and authentic, loving connection. I believe in our individual and collective ability to heal and integrate all forms of trauma—no matter how severe or debilitating.

I have had the privilege and the honour of witnessing and holding space for countless inspiring transformations over my years of service. I have also personally experienced profound healing—on all levels of my being—with the assistance of a diverse group of teachers and healers, as well as the intentional, therapeutic use of various psychedelic medicines.

In addition to my personal experience working through addiction and complex trauma, I've been able to heal from a chronic physical illness, which I was once told by various experts, was incurable.

From a very young age I had been accustomed to living a life consumed by mental and emotional struggle and suffering, but things took a dramatic turn for the worse in my early thirties after I became extremely ill with neurological lyme disease and was unable to receive effective treatment through the traditional medical system.

Although I received compassionate support, care and helpful medicine from several medical doctors and practitioners over the years, I also experienced first-hand the sobering and devastating limitations of our western health care system—both from a professional vantage point while working for over a decade at a hospital, as well as a deeply personal one.

That experience was the “gift of desperation” I needed in order to ignite an unwavering desire to fight for my life, and a relentless pursuit of personal growth and healing. It offered me an opportunity to think outside the box, and to open up my heart and mind—enabling me to consider methods of healing which I was taught to believe were implausable and illogical.

It led me to look within for the answers and taught me to trust what I discovered. It helped me learn to have faith in the unseen, to believe in myself, and to expand my perception of what's possible.

Over the years I devoted to my healing journey, I came to realize that physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health are intimately interconnected and therefore, in order to achieve a state of balance and optimal health and well-being, a holistic treatment approach that incorporates mind, body and soul is required.