Body
Flowing
Health, sleep, presence, vitality.
Off
Smoking, vaping, drinking, no vitality left in the day.
You are not addicted to the substance.
You are addicted to a story.
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Lived experience
Fifteen years studying storytelling + running plant-medicine ceremonies, and sitting in them... at the same time.
All of it to find out I was stuck in a story of my own. So I used my own method to get myself out.
I always said I wanted to be the medicine myself.
Two thousand videos later, I finally am.
- Since 2003
- certified hypnotherapist · verify
- 15 years
- studying story
- 7 years
- running ceremonies
- 2,000+
- morning videos
The four addictions
Where you outsourced.
When a relationship goes off, it does not stay quiet. It goes looking for a substitute out there. That is what we call an addiction.
Substances
Approval
Their love
External salvation
remember who you are
Mind
Flowing
Creativity, identity, decisions.
Off
Waiting to be picked. Anxiety, masks, a career that is not yours.
Spirit
Flowing
The unknown, the mystery, flow.
Off
The next teacher. The next retreat. The next ceremony.
Heart
Flowing
Love, intimacy, community, belonging.
Off
Codependence. Needing to be chosen before you can rest.
What is your go to outsourcing? Do not fix it. Name it, then watch it.
Which act are you in
Four acts. You're in one.
- 01
Forgetting
You were born into it. Something is wrong with you, and you believed it.
- 02
Seeking
You reached outside. Teachers, medicines, jobs, lovers. It worked, for a while.
- 03
Autocorrect
Life crashed the car. The things you skipped came up.
- 04
Remembering
You stop looking outside. You take the pen back.
Nothing has gone wrong if you are in act three. That is where the turn happens.
Not sure which one is yours? Bring it Tuesday →Nobody Skool
A modern mystery school for self recovery.
There's plenty out there teaching you to be somebody. This is the other one.
Community Night
Tuesdays, 8:30 PM Eastern. Free.
Bring the question you've been leaving in my comments.
We open together, the way you'd open a ceremony. A few minutes for whoever wants to say where they're at. Then I talk about whatever's alive that week.
Then it's yours. You ask, I answer, for as long as we've got.
Nothing to prepare. Nothing you have to say. You can listen the whole time and that counts.
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Tuesdays are open now. The Skool opens later this fall.
Community Night is free. Everything below is what's being built around it: the four acts, the seven foundations, the twelve beats, integration, and a room for practitioners...
Come Tuesday and you'll know whether you want the rest of it.
What's being built
Recovery night
Everyday addictions. Substances, approval, salvation, love. All the places we outsource.
Integration night
For anyone coming back from medicine work and trying to land it in a Tuesday afternoon.
The Twelve Beats of Remembering
The storytelling framework, one beat at a time. You write your own story down.
The seven foundations
The ground the whole method stands on. Slow, practical, one at a time.
Practitioners of the Heart
A room for facilitators and guides.
Work with me
And yes, I work with people one on one.
Quietly, and not many. Less than a dozen people at a time, and no more than one season each, so there is room for whoever comes next. Most of it happens in a weekly container: a session, plus me on WhatsApp with you in between as things come up. I take you into my heart for those weeks. Four to six is the usual.
You can also just book one session and see how it feels.
Free reading first
Send me a voice note, under two minutes, about where you're stuck. I send one back. No pitch.
Send a voice noteA session, or a weekly/monthly container
Recovery, integration, spirit, life, love. Bring anything. Tell me what's going on and we'll find the shape.
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