About Amber
Founder & Lead Rebel. Former "hopeless case."
What my clients tell me:
“You have the most extreme story of transformation I’ve ever heard. I can’t believe you were ever anything other than the loving healer in front of me.”
What I always tell them:
“If I can do it, so can you.”
✨ Keep reading, 'cause I've got one helluva story for you ↓
THE BREAKDOWN
Hi, I'm Amber. I used to believe I'd been born profoundly broken.
When I was 12 years old, anorexia landed me in the doctor’s office. I was told I had “inherited the family crazy”, had incurable mental health illness, and would need to be medicated for life. Still a child, I concluded: I’d been born broken, a hopeless case. And I proceeded to live out that prophecy.
I spent the next 22 years trapped in chaos and darkness: an eating disorder, hyperventilating panic attacks, heavily medicated on psych meds like antidepressants and benzos, cigarettes, alcoholism, and abuse. My destruction spiral culminated in two suicide attempts that finally woke me up.
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If any of this feels familiar to you, friend, I GET IT the way only someone with lived knowing can. And here on the other side, I also know you have everything you need to free yourself. That’s why Mental Health Rebels exists:
- For the sad, the lonely, and the lost who believe they're broken
- For the anxious living a have-to, should, must life on coffee fumes
- For the addicted, caught in destruction loops they can't seem to break
- For the sick who feel powerless and trapped
- For the depressed and collapsed who feel death would be easier*
- For the magical beings whose unclaimed gifts make them feel like weirdos
- For everyone who's seen all the doctors, done all the therapy, and taken all the medications but still can't seem to find peace
If you saw yourself here, please know: you're not hopeless either. The darkest moment in the story is the place of biggest opportunity. You too can rebirth from here.
I want to help. Let's talk about it on your free 30-minute call.
Thankfully the story does not end here...
*Disclaimer: I’m a coach, not a doctor, so I don’t give medical advice. I can provide empowerment, holistic tools and soul support. If you’re in crisis or thinking about suicide, please call or text 988 (USA) or Línea de la Vida 800 911 2000 (México).
2019 at the Museo Dolores Olmedo. I was struggling viscerally with crippling psychiatric medication withdrawal. I had to lose that set of feathers so I could grow a new one – bigger, brighter and wiser!
THE BREAKTHROUGH
My holistic healing journey officially began in January 2017, the day I looked myself in the mirror and promised to start taking care of Amber — for real. It started with self-love, with reconnecting to ME. That vow meant serious transformational work, and the first step was to clean up my self-destructive habits.
Your relationship with YOU is your foundation for thriving. As within, so without. When your internal world is loving, your external world reflects that back to you – and life feels really good! You can transform this just like I did.
Brave leaps into the unknown
I had a seemingly successful matrix life: wearing high heels to my job as Senior Digital Project Manager at Fitbit on the 38th floor in downtown San Francisco. Outside it looked good; I had all the stuff. But inside, it felt vapid and empty. My relationships sucked, I was stressed and miserable. So, I tore it down and declared:
I am ready to live with more heart and more soul.
My healing quest brought me to Mexico, where I’ve been living and learning since 2018.
I took a yearlong transpersonal therapy and shamanism course that was intensely healing + empowering. I saw how much crappy programming I’d subconsciously agreed to – programming like “I’m broken” – and realized that when I change my mind, those stories lose power over me. That’s freedom.
When I dedicated myself to daily energy work practices – yoga, meditation, chanting mantras – things really shifted. I learned how to move my own energy with intention, how to calm and comfort myself, how to consciously cultivate joy. I broke through my toxic misery loops and began to flow with life. Yeah, I still had struggles. But instead of feeling like a victim, I found the opportunity to grow.
Before ever working with psychedelics, I built up a powerful soul work toolkit. These tools have allowed me to do profound work in an expanded consciousness state. Now I get to share them with my clients too.
It was time to put all the tools into practice. I had big work to do...
2022 in Valle de Bravo, Mexico. After I graduated from a yearlong transpersonal therapy and shamanism training, I had the honor to be invited back as an assistant. Here, the first retreat where I helped birth transformational processes. Now that’s my normal! 🤩
April 2024 in Tepoztlán, Mexico. I’d just received a life-changing health diagnosis. I quit one of my jobs to reduce stress, started a restricted autoimmune diet and leaned into holistic healing. Nothing worked. I felt impotent.
Told I was hopeless, again
When I finally made the brave move to come off all the psych meds and substances, I experienced crippling withdrawal.* After the first year, it briefly seemed as if I’d recovered, but then the health collapses began.
* Please do not make the same mistakes I did! Learn about safe psych meds tapering here.
I spent five years trapped in a cave of mystery illness. I lost a baby and was devastated. I had sores all over my body. I developed bizarre allergies to food and smells. I was so dizzy I struggled to walk down the street for groceries.
I moved to the mountains to simplify life. Isolated and alone, I turned to the divine for comfort, praying on my knees. The universe heard my prayers: a brain doctor synchronistically found me. He helped me discover: The too-fast taper off those psych meds had left me with a traumatic brain injury and autoimmune disease in my brain.
According to our modern medical system, these are incurable conditions. Once again, I was told my brain was permanently broken and my case was hopeless. Their best offer? Symptom numbing.
Maybe you've been there too. Tried everything, followed all the advice… and still struggling. And maybe you're like me — a call inside of you insists:
I refuse to believe this is it for me. I know that I am meant for more! I can do more, receive more, BE MORE. I am ready for life to feel more meaningful and rewarding.
I’m sharing this story as proof: more IS possible when you answer that call. 
This is where the story gets really magical! Ready?
THE MIRACLE
I was not willing to accept “your brain is forever broken” as my destiny. For nine months I tried everything in my power to heal, but continued to be crippled by illness.
Enter iboga/ine: it’s a sacred root from Africa with incredible brain-healing properties. Once again, the right people synchronistically arrived to help. I did two ibogaine flood doses and have been working with iboga microdosing ever since.
Physically, iboga/ine was able to provide real healing for the TBI and autoimmune conditions.
All of those soul work tools I’d gathered on my journey? They allowed me to do profound healing work in the ibogaine dreamscape to completely reprogram my subconscious. It was my quantum-leap that put into motion a new chapter of freedom and flow in my life.
I still had to work for it. But over the next year, I gained back my strength and was finally unblocked to manifest my heart’s desires: the life force to serve clients, a nourishing home, and loving relationships with my community, family, and partner.
And then the universe surprised me with something I’d never even dreamed of: a calling to support others through their own iboga/ine journeys. It’s an incredible honor 
Now I get to be this luminous version of Amber every single day.
I’m a miracle, my friends. And I’m living proof that there is hope.
You too can transmute your pain into purpose and launch a powerful new chapter. A difficult story does not have to hold you back — it can fuel your greatness.
Now, I'm a rebel on a mission.
No one would choose a journey like mine, but I wouldn't change a thing. That's exactly what I needed to live so I could collect the medicine and magic I am now meant to share with you.
On the healing hero’s journey there are always mentors, guides and allies. That’s where I come in: I’m here to help you awaken your own innate healing medicine, connect with life, and align towards your destiny. That’s brave rebel work — and it’s what results in real freedom.
2025, Mexico City. In my ibogaine flood doses, I received an assignment to take all of the soul work tools I’d collected and turn them into a class for you. I did it! Here I am filming the You Got This course.
Here I am, Lead Rebel. A woman who embraces her weird as magic meant to share. It’s worth booking your free call to meet me, I’ve got inspiration for you 😉
So… why "Mental Health Rebels"?
Because of everything you just read.
For 22 years, I did what was “normal.” I trusted everyone’s answers but my own, and normal nearly cost me my life. Healing asked me to question almost everything I’d been taught and start consciously choosing what’s truly aligned for me, even when it goes against the norm. Standing strong in my truth didn’t just heal me. It set me free.
In our modern world, it’s a rebel act to heal. It’s a rebel act to awaken. It’s a rebel act to be kind, to choose love, to be present.
And here’s the magic: when you do this brave work, you become the medicine. Your presence helps others awaken too. That’s how we change the world: one sovereign rebel heart at a time.
Mental Health Rebels is a home for anyone ready to make that rebel move.
Maybe that’s you. 🧡
Today I want to share about the therapy that has actually worked for me. It’s not just any therapy, but the support and perspective that Amber offers. She’s my therapist/coach/wizard/fairy, and I highly recommend her and her magic! She has a project called Mental Health Rebels – it’s for people who want to take charge of their mental health without needing pharmaceuticals.
LET ME HELP
Here are three ways I can support you to heal, grow and flourish:
Transpersonal Coaching →
A holistic mind, body and soul approach that prioritizes your connection to life. We might: use your astrology chart to understand your life purpose • talk about practical tools to free your mind from psych meds • support you to navigate a chronic health condition • ensure you get the most out of your iboga/ine experience • do the work so life feels good and you're flourishing 🌹
I was desperate because I couldn't get off of psych meds – I’d been tapering for a year and was stuck. Destiny sent me Amber and in exactly six months, I was 100% off without any major side effects. She complements the practical with spirituality and shamanism. She is the perfect choice!”
Ibogaine Flood Dose →
I serve as the medicine woman for Casa-Well ibogaine flood dose retreats in Puerto Escondido, Mexico AND I am a coach at the Beond clinic in Cancún, Mexico. With me beside you in real life at your session, I can provide: preparation and integration support • practical tips and teachings to navigate the ibogaine dreamscape • ceremony and song • Amber pep talks • hugs and high-fives.
Amber has a rare, special connection to ibogaine and the spirit of Iboga. She’s a true healer who has earned her medicine. She’s our chosen coaching partner because she is a force multiplier for healing. I trust her to guide our clients with loving wisdom.
Iboga Microdosing →
The easiest, gentlest, and most affordable way to work with iboga. With a microdosing protocol, you can achieve significant brain healing. My coaching support helps you stay safe and make the most of this opportunity for profound mind, body, and soul growth. I partner with Root + Ritual microdosing chocolates, a delicious, trusted option if you're in the USA or Mexico.
When I was fortunate to finally try iboga as well as ibogaine, I understood why this profound healing oneiric plant is known as "God's little Helper". Life changing, as well as life giving to our brain and our neurological systems.
Doing this work, I have the incredible honor of regularly witnessing radical transformation. I believe in miracles because I see them happen ALL THE TIME.
Let's talk about which option is right for you.
On your free 30-minute call, you’ll get to meet me, tell me about your goals and ask all your questions. No pressure. Just love, truth, and options. I’m looking forward to meeting you!
AMBER FUN FACTS 🤩
- Born in Alaska & grew up in the Northern California mountains
- Personal practice is chanting mantras! Play harmonium & lead Kirtan events
- When I'm overwhelmed, my go-to tools are EFT tapping and breathwork
- Lived in 4 countries: USA, Spain, Argentina & now Mexico
- Speak fluent Spanish – I offer coaching sessions in Spanish too!
- I've got a BA in Communication Design and made 100% of the collages on this website without AI 🤩
- Best bud is an elderly cat named Emmy Lou Harris
- The entire chakra system is tattooed up my spine
- Use the Tarot to make important decisions
- Haven't owned a TV, microwave or car since 2018
- Check the astrology every morning – according to me that's the "news"
- Pisces Sun ☀️ Virgo Rising 🔺 Gemini Moon 🌙
Amber's professional
CREDENTIALS
Training, experience + lived wisdom 😃
- Transpersonal Therapy and Shamanism Training: graduated as a Medicine Woman after a yearlong intensive training experience called Camino Medicina (The Medicine Path) guided by Ná Áak Paola Ambrosi, internationally renowned medicine woman and Mexican mystic (2020, taught in Spanish)
- Ibogaine Facilitation Training: completed a weeklong facilitator training retreat (2026), followed by ongoing hands-on apprenticeship supporting flood dose retreats with Casa-Well. In an emerging field, I believe experience in the room is the most important teacher.
- Coach Training: completed my coaching fundamentals course through the Co-Active Institute, the largest and most established professional coach training organization in the world (2022).
- Coach Mentorship: intensive yearlong mentorship program with Alexandra Roxo including an embodied energetic practice, aligned living classes and live coaching sessions (2022).
- Reiki Initiation: received my training + first initiation with Naomí Itzakatzin from Spain (2024). I regularly use energy healing in client sessions!
- Yoga and Meditation Training: studied yoga and meditation philosophy with Rayim Ferrera through his Mahadeva Escuela de Kirtan (2020) and attended a yoga teacher training in Bali with Frog Lotus Yoga (2018).
- Self-Study: I'm a voracious reader and an intensely curious human who devours information on topics like iboga/ine, trauma, somatic healing, mental health, spirituality, astrology, psychomagic, mysticism, and more!
- Professional Background: 15+ years leading projects and teams in tech and marketing, from directing a bilingual design team in Buenos Aires, to managing an $11M program with 80+ contractors, to Senior Digital Project Manager at Fitbit (now Google). I've been holding groups and complex processes my whole career. Now I apply those skills to healing work.
- Lived Experience: countless personal experiences with a wide range of psychedelics, two ibogaine flood doses, and ongoing iboga microdosing. Before working with iboga/ine, I assisted at holistic transformational retreats and supported multiple psilocybin ceremonies. I know transcendental journeys from the inside, and I know how to hold space for them.
Amber's personal
PRACTICE
I value alignment of words + actions, so I practice what I preach. I have personal experience with everything I recommend for you.
- Daily morning meditation and nature grounding
- Chant and sing mantras as a musical meditation at night
- Yoga student and practitioner since 2010 – my mat always feels like coming home
- Lifetime exercise aficionado! You'll catch me in the gym lifting weights at least twice a week
- Careful about the food I put in my body – what we eat affects our wellbeing
- Alcohol is a NO for me – and has been since 2020
- Participate in spiritual community events like cacao circles, Kirtan singing mantras, ecstatic dance, etc…
- Judiciously work with entheogen master nature guides for deep soul diving work
You've read my story. Now I'd love to hear yours.
LET'S TALK
- Ready for your own breakthrough?
- Curious about iboga/ine and if it's right for you?
- Want to collaborate professionally and/or feature my story?
On your free 30-minute call, you’ll get to meet me, tell me about your goals and ask all your questions. No pressure. Just love, truth, and options. I’m excited to connect with you 
Press & collaborations: contact me here.
