About

My story and experience

“Suffering can either break you, or it can teach you how to lead people towards their own greatness.”

KAI CHENG THOM

I specialize in working with uncommonly creative, ambitious, and committed humans because that is what I know best—I have spent my entire life as one.

Growing up between Canada and Mexico in homes marked by abuse and neglect, I Iearned to use fear as motivational fuel. Success was a matter of survival, and I intended to live. So, in a shamelessly cliché move, I ran away to the circus at 17.

My running took me from the prestigious l’École Nationale de Cirque in Montreal to performing with the likes of Cirque Eloize, l’Opera de Montreal, and finally, to a lead role on an international tour with Cirque du Soleil. It was during this tour that my pain caught up to me. There was nowhere left to run.

Recovery took me from the dense channels of the underworld to the blazing peaks of heaven. My creativity, ambition, and commitment served me well to that end, only this time, they were fuelled by love. Success was no longer a matter of survival, but of delight. Facilitated by countless gifted therapists, coaches, healers, plant spirits, and psychedelic allies, I grew a fascination with human change processes which eventually transcended my work as a performing artist. I returned to academia in 2019, and founded my practice in 2021.

In short, my pain brought me to this work, and my love brings this work to you.

Today, supervised and mentored by some of the most brilliant practitioners in the field, I spend my days supporting powerful world-shapers to embody the next octave of their unique genius. When I’m not facilitating my client’s self-discovery in the capacity of professional mirror, I am in deep student mode—surrounding myself with countless teaching mirrors.

You see, mine is not a neatly packaged “before and after” story. There is no finish line that interests me. My only interest is to plunge ceaselessly into the unknown, learn as much as possible, then share it—with wit and humour where possible—until my last whisper. I dedicate myself to beauty, to wisdom, and to creativity because that is what I love.

To me, life is a dinner party—my joy is to play host at the seat of change.

This is your open invitation to join me ☻

  • Queen’s University — BA Psychology *

    L’École Nationale de Cirque — DEC Arts du Cirque

    (*) Indicates program currently in progress

  • Moving the Human Spirit — Cert. Trauma-Informed Coach (500+ hrs)

    Breathwave*** — Cert. Breathwork Practitioner (L1/L2/L3)

    Institute of Integrative Nutrition — Cert. Holistic Health Counselor (1 year)

    *** A note that while I value the education I received through Breathwave, I can no longer recommend the organization due to a deterioration in leadership and subsequent promotion of harmful practices.

  • INTEGRATIVE SOMATICS

    • Internal Family Systems — Internal Family Systems International

      • Level 1 — Dr. Terrilee Dalton, Galit Arad-Trutner MSW LICSW, and Amy Marcotte *

    • Comprehensive Interpersonal Neurobiology (INPB) — Mindsight Institute, Dr. Daniel Siegel *

    • The NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) — Embodied Philosophy, Brad Kammer, LMFT, LPCC, SEP, NARM Master Instructor

    • UnShamed — Process-oriented depth work training with psychotherapist and teacher David Bedrick J.D., Dipl. PW

    • Science of Touch — Trauma-informed body work training with Edward Ulm SEP

      Level 1: Body Professional

      Level 2: Trauma-Informed Bodyworker

      Level 3: Neurobehavioral Specialist

    JUSTICE

    • Creating Safer Spaces — Afro-American cultural-competency training with Robin Divine of Black People Trip

    • Transformative Justice — Mia Mingus

    • The Moral Dilemma of Offering Individual Solutions in the Face of Systemic Collapse — Fabeku Fatunmise & Simone Seol

    PSYCHEDELICS

    • Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Facilitation — Atira Tan M.A, SEP, E-RYT

    • Narcissism in the Psychedelic Ecosystem — Chacruna Institute

    • Why Religion Matters: The Need for Faith-Specific Psychedelic Ritual — Chacruna Institute

    • Multiracial Identity and Psychedelics — Chacruna Institute

    NOTE: I do not provide psychedelic therapy or medicines. For existing clients, I can provide referrals to safe, well-trained psychedelic psychotherapists and integration specialists practicing legally.

    (*) Indicates program currently in progress

  • Dr. Ido Cohen, Depth Psychotherapist — Jungian and Relational Psychology, Supervision and Psychoeducation

    Dr. Han Ren, Clinical Psychologist — Justice-Oriented Consultation and Psychoeducation

 

Scenes from past lives…

Me—as a jacked human clock, performing my original act Spatial Reverb at a festival in 2017.