about ME.
Weaving in personal stories, The Beauty of Grief is the 5-part story of being abandoned at age 7 by a suicidal mother, studying psychology, and devoting a life to fundraising for psychedelic research.
In my GRIEF methodology, here is my modern-day research-backed system for moving through grief:
G for Gather: The science of human connection, attachment theory, and moving through social anxiety
R for Rage: rebranding the second stage of grief, anger management, swamping, keening, increasing somatic awareness
I for Introspection: The importance of alone time versus feeling lonely, silent retreats, and Vipassana meditation/body scanning
E for Entheogens: psychedelic research and therapy, plant medicines, prolonged grief disorder, end of life anxiety, psychospirituality/communicating with ancestors, and hospice care
F for Fearlessness: Goal-setting, exposure therapy, reclaiming life, overcoming survivors guilt, what-if reasoning, narrative therapy
MY STORY
The Call to Adventure echoed with the absence of my mother at the age of seven.
Amidst these trials, the encounter with psychedelics opened new realms of perception:
I co-founded the UBC Psychedelic Society,
fundraised for MAPS Canada,
volunteered for The Zendo Project,
and visited Johns Hopkins’ psilocybin laboratory while working in venture capital.
After university, I consulted with psychedelic companies on marketing strategy.
Over the tumultuous backdrop of the COVID era, something died within– the necessity to prove myself in predefined roles.
Instead, a rebirth beckoned, and I embraced my true essence as an author.
In this metamorphosis, I am writing a book on loss, psychedelics, and the beauty woven into the fabric of grief.
