My name is Lori, and I’m the human behind Hollow Earth Healing & Kambo. Like many, I was called to Kambo as part of my healing journey. Up to that point, to all external eyes, I’d checked all the boxes. I had a ‘great’ corporate job, was a thriving single mother, and constantly did interesting things. My social media page was like a lifestyle splash on adventure and fun. Not that the pictures were lies, but the joy they portrayed was. I was diagnosed with ADHD long ago but never medicated. I’d tried a variety of therapies with little improvement. I experienced childhood trauma with the loss of my father at age 5, and then the myriad of struggles my single mother faced with 2 young daughters alone. I’d faced sexual trauma at an early age that I’d completely removed from my mind. I had years of self destructive behavior in my early adulthood while under the belief that my life would inevitably be cut short like my fathers. I had a terrorizing ex husband who was a constant threat to our son and myself for over a decade. I thought by the act of surviving and achieving some professional success ‘in spite of’ all of that, that I had beaten the label of PTSD. I wasn’t a veteran of combat, how could I have something like PTSD? Surely that was overstating the situation. It was not. I was crumbling from the inside for so many reasons. Trauma aside, I knew I was out of alignment with my true self, but had no idea what that was other than a neat phrase I kept seeing in self help ads. I followed my programming like a good girl, and kept that impenetrable façade of strength and happiness in place, all while I secretly fell apart in mind and body. I’d been self medicating with alcohol for longer than I can remember. Alcohol made me numb and it also made me laugh and feel….for a tiny amount of time until that table flipped and the shame and misery set in. I had to find a way out. I was holding on with my fingernails. I was thrown a lifeline from the universe at that point. Ayahuasca called me first, and I met Kambo through her. That started a path that changed my life, showed me how to heal myself in mind and body; and I learned how to help others along their own paths of healing. I stopped drinking alcohol and everything else that did not serve my body. My mind became clear. My body became strong again. It didn’t happen overnight, but it did happen. Kambo in particular has given me more of my life and mind back than I ever would have imagined possible. After having Covid, the next 6 months with Long Covid were debilitating to my mind, body, and soul. After a small army of skeptical and ineffective doctors failed me, I returned to Kambo. It gave me myself back. I went from 30% functioning to 90% functioning in a series of 3 treatments within one week. It’s the reason I chose to pursue being trained as a practitioner. It’s the reason I’m compelled to offer Kambo and other earth medicines to others to help them heal on their own paths. Although I already had 20 yrs as a Wilderness First Responder with search and rescue experience, I have since incorporated more training in trauma informed care, health and wellness coaching, neuroscience, psychedelic counseling, natural medicine, and functional medicine. There are many tools we can use to enhance our ability to thrive in life. There doesn't need to be a conflict between science and the mystical. I personally have run to embrace them both! Kambo was able to help me with physical conditions, emotional conditions, and recenter my life. It gave me my brain back. I remember who I am now. I am centered, grounded, focused, and determined. My skin is clear, my gut is healthy, my smile is REAL, and my heart is full. I am finally fulfilling my true purpose. I would be honored to be of whatever help I can be to you on your journey as well. Aho!
~Lori
