Amanda Kuda Amanda Kuda

133. BTS of My Shamanic Medicine Journey

What happens when you’ve done a lot of healing on your own…and you intuitively know you’re ready for a different kind of support?

This week, I’m taking a brief detour from our Q&A series to share a very personal, very recent experience: my first time sitting with Kambo, a traditional Amazonian medicine used in some Indigenous healing practices.

I’ve been curious about shamanic and traditional healing modalities for years, but curiosity alone was never enough for me to participate. I’ve also seen these practices misused—especially in wellness and sobriety spaces—and I’ve always felt strongly that medicine work shouldn’t become another way to bypass our emotions or hurry up our healing.

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