My life could be in a much darker place right now...if it wasn't for a single podcast episode.

For years, I "looked" successful on the outside. I was a fit, smiling and outgoing entrepreneur.

But I never quite "enjoyed" the wins like I could have, because underneath was the steady drumbeat of childhood trauma.

When you haven't recovered from trauma, that drumbeat can grow so loud that you're unable to truly be present in the happiest of times, and unable to perform at your best when it really counts.

That podcast episode that changed my life?

It was on Ayahuasca, an ancient plant-based medicine experienced trusted by native tribes in modern day Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Columbia and Brazil for more than 1,000 years.

Made from a naturally occurring vine in Central and South America, Ayahuasca contains DMT, which your brain produces naturally during REM sleep (the stage of sleep where dreaming happens).

My first experience with Ayahuasca was a powerful leap forward in recovery from trauma. That distracting (at times, overwhelming) "drumbeat" of childhood trauma quieted down substantially.

After that, my life went in a different, more complete, balanced and fulfilled direction...and I knew instantly it was my calling to share this healing with others.