Ancient Roots Alchemy
  • MISSION
  • ABOUT AMBER
  • 1:1 + GROUP OFFERINGS
  • APOTHECARY
  • THE ALCHEMY DEN
  • CONTACT US
Ancient Roots Alchemy
  • MISSION
  • ABOUT AMBER
  • 1:1 + GROUP OFFERINGS
  • APOTHECARY
  • THE ALCHEMY DEN
  • CONTACT US

    Real talk, I'm just an analog starved Queer Xennial day dreaming about starting a 90's cover band, decorating everything with a touch of witchy whimsy goth, and probably frustrating my ancestors with my sub par gardening


    I'll always be a work in progress ✨️ 


    Everyone has a story and plethora of experiences shaping their existence


    I felt out of place from the jump and I careened through life searching for the truth in my weirdness and obscurity


    "What the hell is wrong with me?" was my motivation in exploring spirituality and psychology 


    My mission in this lifetime is investigating my soul's repression + transmuting generations of patriarchal programming


    I'm driven to purge toxic shame and embody a radical self-awareness, and help others to find their authentic expression


    I don't hide aspects of myself or details of my past


    Healing requires bravery into the chaotic unknown and a surrender to grace in the natural unfolding

     

    work with me

    The Heroine's Journey

    Neglect and isolation were strong themes during my formative years, and portions of my adult life was dissociating and adopting co-dependent people pleasing behaviors from said trauma


    I crawled through life with undiagnosed AuDHD, and developed C-PTSD over time from suppressed memories & repetitive trauma


    The same karmic loops trapped me for years, so 

    I searched for truth in a number of places:


    Churches for some seasons; I was raised Catholic, and then turned to Christianity in my early teens, even becoming an ordained pastor in my early 20's


    Then I left the church around 29 years old

    [Saturn Return] and became a part of "the scene" as a bartender and party girl


    Both seasons were filled with great moments, yes, but more overall lessons of living misaligned and away from my heart


    I wanted to heal from the ache and emptiness I felt inside that both the church or partying wasn't fulfilling


    I wanted to stop disassociating 

    and be present in my life


    I knew what I was looking for wasn't in dogmatic texts or in days long benders


    So I wandered..

    searching for truth

    Compounded trauma, abuse, heartbreak, divorce, 

    domestic violence, estrangement, and death led me to creating a self-sabotaging & harmful loop of chronic anxiety and addiction


    I spent a decade in the Underworld, getting absolutely rocked with the pain of existing, depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation 


    Being the seeker that I am, I went looking for the answers to my survival and restoration


    For the next decade, I invested in books, workshops, lectures, teachings, mentorship, therapy, medicine, and community around varying grounded healing and spiritual authenticity


    The toxic shame that once consumed me was deeply tied to whiteness, and in order to truly heal from it, I needed to unlearn it


    Shit got real and heavy for awhile


    Recalibration is no walk in the park with light colored linen


    It's a purifying fire, self appointed pyre


    But what can come out of the fire is absolutely worth the burn




    what did my healing look like?

    My journey led me through some intense recalibrations, and has been deeply + ancestrally rooted in the strength and wisdom of those who came before me


    The process has been anything but linear-- there have been setbacks, moments of burnout, times where the weight of the past felt unbearable, and dark nights of the soul


    Grace allowed me to face the trapped memory and shadows that kept me in self-sabotaging loops


    My recovery has been a sacred journey of returning to wholeness through:



    • reclaiming animist & ancestral witchcraft practices
    • releasing trapped emotion in the body (somatic healing)
    • quitting alcohol (personal choice)
    • herbal + plant therapy
    • nervous system support/breathwork
    • inner child healing
    • decolonial shadow work
    • rewiring limiting beliefs at a subconscious level  [QEC]
    • years of reading, studying, and observing
    • consistent accountability with elders + mentors
    • sitting with the trees + water



    My offerings back into my community and collective are to activate the innate wisdom within us all, guiding us to connect our roots with each other


    My desire is to help others dismantle the shame within themselves and rebuild a world of reciprocity and generosity; where liberation is a right to all, and not a privilege to a few 

    work with me

    I am a divine lover of astrology and honor its language

    as a way to better understand ourselves and the collective energy


    Western Astrology, I am a Virgo sun, Leo rising, Capricorn moon


    Sidereal Astrology, I am a Leo sun, Cancer rising, Sagittarius moon


    I'm also a 6/2 Splenic Projector in Human Design

    Background and education

    QEC Practitioner Training, Module 2, Dr. Melanie Salmon, September 2025-February 2026


    Co-facilitator for the Sophia Circle, 

    year long devotional

    March 2025 to present


    QEC Create the Life You Want - Module 1,

     Dr. Melanie Salmon, July 2025


    Sophia Circle, a year long devotional path with the Great Mother,

    Genevieve Akal with Gnostic Alchemy Jan 2024 to January 2025


    The Medicine We Carry, awakening our Ancestral Practice, Sasha Heron

    March 2024 - May 2024 & 

    June 2024 - August 2024


    Grief Cafe for Gaza - volunteer co-facilitator 2023-24


    Shameless Goddess, Adriana Rizzolo of Art of Loving, 

    December 2024 to June 2025


    Guarding Your Spirit Protecting Your Energy in a Colonized World, Dra. Rosales Meza 2024




    Ordained Pastor 2004 Antioch Christian Center


    Certification of Ministry through Universal Life Church 2022


    800 hour Massage Therapy (Everest Institute) 2012

    ( Several continuing educational modalities, i.e  

    Prenatal Massage, Cupping )


    Reiki I/II + Holy Fire, William Lee Rand (2019)


    Reiki Teacher Certification, Vicki Leitz Kibby with Earth Wisdom 2023


    Full Spectrum Doula Training

    (prenatal, birth, postpartum, loss)

    Doula Trainings International 2021-2022


    Herbal Foundations Level One 6 month Online Immersion,

    Mary Blue 2022


    A Year of Gaia - Gaia School of Healing 2023-2024


    Foundation in Tarot, SunMoonTarot 2020


    Continuing education in Art, Psychology, Social Work 2001-2023


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