About
I am in a season of stewardship and leadership shaped by depth, responsibility, and trust.
Much of the work that once felt effortful has been embodied. What remains is a continual deepening and learning how to live from trust, surrender, and discernment, and choosing to lean only into what feels aligned with purpose and service.
At this stage of my life, I am no longer trying to prove my worth, my knowledge, or my experiences. Those foundations are already integrated into who I am and how I move through the world. What matters now is how I show up with presence, integrity, and care.
The path that shaped the work
My path has moved through many worlds: business and entrepreneurship, leadership and responsibility, community building, spiritual practice, ceremonial work, failure, humility, and integration.
For many years, these worlds existed side by side. Over time, they began to converge.
A turning point came through a deep and sustained period of inner work, including more than seven years of intensive study within ayahuasca traditions, guided by a mentor who challenged me rigorously and introduced a wide range of practices. This included Vipassana meditation, integrity and intentional living, inner child work, somatics, trauma informed therapy and disciplined inquiry into responsibility and agency.
What became clear was not a single insight, but an interconnected web where inner alignment, leadership, service, and responsibility are inseparable. When one shifts, everything shifts.
Another pivotal realization followed: moving out of a victim-based orientation toward life, and into full responsibility. Recognizing that when I hold myself responsible for what unfolds in my life, I also regain access to choice, agency, and creation.
What integration and integrity taught me
Much of my own work involved outgrowing identities I once inhabited: the fixer, the performer, the one holding it all together.
I learned that guidance carries weight, and that holding space for others requires a deep commitment to my own alignment and integrity. Any place where I was out of integrity had to be addressed before I could serve without distortion.
Through medicine work and contemplative practice, I learned non-attachment — to outcomes, sensations, and narratives — and the humility of receiving what is actually needed rather than what I think I want. Over time, this cultivated a steadier presence, less reactivity, and a trust in the unfolding of life itself.
I no longer live primarily in anticipation of the future or rumination on the past. There is a calm recognition that all things are impermanent, and that what is present is sufficient. From that place, action becomes clearer and less burdened.
Lineage and practice
For over twelve years, my path has been informed by long-term relationship with contemplative and ceremonial traditions.
My meditation practice is rooted in Vipassana within the Theravāda and Goenka lineages, alongside insight meditation, equanimity training, and mindfulness of the body. Somatic awareness, nervous system regulation, and trauma-informed presence have been ongoing anchors in my life.
Ceremonial work has been held with deep respect, reverence and responsibility, informed by teachings and practices from Brazilian ayahuasca traditions including Santo Daime, Peruvian Shipibo lineages, and Ingano, Siona, and Cofán yagé traditions. I have also worked with Huachuma (San Pedro), Peyote, Kambo, N,N-DMT, psilocybin, and cannabis within intentional ceremonial containers.
These relationships are not treated as experiences to collect, but as teachers that require humility, discipline, and reverence. The responsibility involved in holding or supporting such spaces is significant, and I approach it with care, respect, and an ongoing commitment to my own alignment.
How this informs the work today
All of this informs how I work now.
Mentorship, for me, is not about directing or fixing. It is about creating the conditions where people can access their own internal guidance, see what has been hidden, and live in alignment with what they already know.
People often reflect that they feel safe, seen, and trusted in this work. I hear that I have a way of helping others recognize blind spots without judgment, and of supporting the development of their own inner authority rather than dependency.
I hold this work with humility. The responsibility of supporting people in deep inner transitions is not something I take lightly. It requires presence, groundedness, and a continual attention to integrity.
Structure and reciprocity
This work has roots in relational and donation-based exchange.
Over time, I learned that structure is not in opposition to depth. Structure provides the scaffolding that allows meaningful work to be sustained, resourced, and held with care. Containers create energetic boundaries where trust, responsibility, and reciprocity can exist.
Money, for me, is a tool. One that enables freedom, stability, and the capacity to broaden impact through service-driven work. Sustainability allows this work to continue without distortion or depletion.
Scholarships are offered as a continuation of reciprocity and service, not as charity. They exist to maintain integrity and access within the work, and are offered through discernment and conversation.
If it feels aligned, you are welcome to continue the conversation.