After my husband died in a motorbike accident in 2017, I spent four years on various psychotropic medications for anxiety and depression. Three of those years were spent trying to come off them! I had finally tapered the mood stabilizer by August 2021, but I was clueless on how to move forward with the crippling anxiety that the psych meds withdrawals had left in their wake. I was at this desperate turning point when I began my journey with Wake Circle, in October 2021. I began coaching sessions with Nathan, where he guided me until I was ready for my first Ayahuasca ceremony. It felt like five years of psychotherapy in one overnight ceremony. It was the beginning of a whole new me as I began to deal with the grief, loss and fear that I had not been ready to face. I started to unravel new positive ways of being in the world. With my second Ayahuasca overnight ceremony, new levels of self-love and self-trust were unlocked. I then embarked on The New Tribe, Old Eyes (Blue Hippo) Weekend Retreat and it was a life changing experience for me. Nathan and Heinrich are masters of holding space. The plant medicines are powerful teacher/healers. I came away from the retreat having faced my fear and truly knowing my own power and resilience. For twenty-one days the group witnessed and supported each other on our Telegram group, as we took what we had learned back home to be integrated into our daily lives. I am eternally grateful to Wake Circle and its community for their support. I’m doing the work, living in awareness and I have renewed hope for the next chapter in my life. ~ Haux Haux ~