About Me – The Story Behind License 18

A Journey of Transformation, A Life of Holding Space

Healing is not just something I offer—it’s something I’ve lived. My journey has been one of deep transformation, resilience, and discovery, leading me here: to License 18, where I hold space for others to step through their own thresholds of healing and self-discovery.

The Path That Led Me Here

My story is not one of linear progress—it’s one of twists, upheavals, and awakenings. At 18 years old, I became a father. It was the first moment I truly understood transformation—the moment life demanded that I step into something bigger than myself. Responsibility. Growth. A new identity.

For years, I did what I had to do—providing, working, showing up. I spent time in the corporate world, successful on the outside but deeply unfulfilled on the inside. I was moving through life, but something was missing. Then, in 2007, everything changed.

A severe mountain biking accident shattered my body. Crushed vertebrae. Broken ribs. A fractured clavicle. The pain was immense, but the emotional weight was heavier. The physical injuries were obvious—the deeper wounds were buried beneath the surface. I felt lost in my own body.

And then, I found Structural Integration. Or maybe, it found me.

Through this bodywork, I didn’t just heal—I reclaimed myself. The experience was so profound that I knew I couldn’t just walk away from it. I left the corporate world, trained in the very work that had changed my life, and dedicated myself to helping others find the same liberation in their bodies.

The Psychedelic Path – A Deeper Layer of Healing

But healing isn’t just physical. Even after my body had recovered, I could feel that something deeper remained unresolved. Old traumas. Unspoken grief. The stories my body still carried.

That’s when psilocybin entered my life.

At first, I was skeptical. I had spent years working with the physical body, structure, and alignment. But psychedelics? That was another realm entirely. Still, something called to me.

And so, I stepped into the unknown.

My first psilocybin journey was nothing short of profound. It showed me what I had buried. It helped me access emotions I had locked away for decades. It cracked me open.

I felt emotions I didn’t even realize I had been suppressing.
I saw how my body had been holding trauma, even after years of bodywork.
I realized healing isn’t just something we think about—it’s something we embody.

Through this work, I discovered a new layer of somatic intelligence, a new way to help people reconnect to themselves. And that’s when I knew: This is what I was meant to do.

I immersed myself in psychedelic education, training with some of the most respected programs available. I became a Certified Psychedelic Facilitator through the rigorous 12-month Vital Program with Psychedelics Today. I obtained my Somatic Psychedelic Facilitation Certification, bridging the gap between mind and body. I earned my Natural Medicine Facilitator License in the State of Colorado—the very first state to legalize this groundbreaking work.

And when I received my official license, I was assigned License #18.

It was another threshold moment. A symbol. A calling. A full-circle moment in my own journey of transformation.