I am the founder of The Living Lodge.

The Living Lodge is a discreet, referral-driven program dedicated to the unique needs of post-ibogaine care, psychedelic integration, and private retreats tucked in the redwoods of rural Mendocino County.

Here is the context of how it came to be. I grew up in the redwoods of Northern California. When home was rough, which was most of the time, I stayed outside riding dirt bikes, working in the woods, running the river bars. I started working young. Summers were spent on road crews with my grandfather’s construction company, years in union jobs, and later running my own Harley shop. I worked hard and played harder. But the chaos I grew up in never really left, and drugs eventually took over.

By 2016, everything had started to fall apart: my health, my relationships, my sense of direction. That’s when I reached out for help. I found a team of Ibogaine and plant medicine healers who treated me and ultimately invited me into their small but incredible world. I spent time sitting with medicines and training in Mexico and Peru. Slowly, I learned to live differently, and have dedicated my life’s work to creating the place I needed to deepen and extend the potent experience of Ibogaine and other plant medicines.