Meet Your Guides
Every Guide Has a Trail That Shaped Them
Lee Ann Kim
Lee Ann knows what it means to spend a lifetime climbing.
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As the daughter of Korean immigrants growing up in the Midwest, she learned early what it felt like to search for belonging. Trying to find her own voice in places where people who looked like her were rarely reflected or understood became her life compass.
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It first led her into journalism, where she spent nearly twelve years as an award-winning television news anchor and reporter, before spending sixteen years building Pacific Arts Movement and the San Diego Asian Film Festival, elevating the stories of the Asian diaspora.
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She is also the founder of the flashmob crew, Ajumma EXP, an empowerment group for middle aged women.
From the outside, it looked like a successful climb.
But years of leadership, responsibility, and constantly carrying the weight of others eventually revealed a heavy truth: she was avoiding the journey to herself.
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Through her own healing journey, Lee Ann discovered that transformation doesn't come from pushing harder—it comes from slowing down long enough to listen to the wisdom already within.
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Today, Lee Ann combines lived experience with professional training in Somatic Experiencing®, Elemental Rhythm breathwork, Reiki, trauma-informed yoga, and plant medicine integration by the Psychedelic Coaching Institute.
Her work is rooted in safety and harm reduction, bringing compassion, curiosity, and care.
Louis Song
Louis Song knows that some of life's longest climbs begin with a search for belonging.
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Born in Seoul, he spent his earliest years raised by his grandparents while his parents built a new life in the U.S.
That early separation—and the reunification that followed—left him with a quiet longing for connection that would shape both his personal life and his work.
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As co-founder of Proven Recruiting, he has spent two decades helping people find meaningful work and building a company through changing markets, uncertainty, and growth.
In his personal life Louis is a devoted father of two sons, mentor to many, and a practicing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Blackbelt with more than eighteen years on the mat.
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From the outside, he looked successful.
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But years of leadership, responsibility, injuries, and life's inevitable challenges taught Louis that true strength isn't measured by how much you can endure alone. It's found in the willingness to stay present through discomfort, to soften when needed, and to keep showing up for the people you love.
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Today, Louis brings that same grounded presence to his work as a psychedelic preparation and integration guide, trained by the Psychedelic Coaching Institute.
Drawing from both lived experience and professional training, he creates a steady, compassionate space where people can slow down, reconnect with themselves, and discover that healing doesn't require becoming someone new—it begins by coming home to who they've always been.
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That journey became the beginning—not the end—of our healing. It led to years of continued individual work, couples work,somatic practice, and ongoing integration that continues today.
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This work changed our marriage, and it changed our calling.
Why We Do this Work
We came to this work because somewhere along the climb, we lost sight of our shared destination.
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Like many couples, we got lost in our careers. Children. Leadership. Responsibility.
We kept reaching for the next achievement while quietly drifting farther apart.
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We tried what we knew. Talk therapy often felt like another place to argue. Vacations provided temporary relief, but the same patterns returned. Work and parenting had quietly become our identity.
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While the love never disappeared, old wounds and unresolved trauma were shaping how we showed up with each other.
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Yoga helped Lee Ann reconnect with her body. Jiu-jitsu gave Lou a way to regulate stress. But neither reached the deeper places that needed healing.
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Then, through an unexpected series of events, we found a psychedelic therapist. After a month of careful preparation, we shared our first medicine journey together in a safe, therapeutic setting. We experienced profound insight, emotional breakthroughs, and a reconnection that transformed our relationship.
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We found each other again.
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We believe these medicines, when approached with thoughtful preparation, skilled guidance, and meaningful integration, can become powerful catalysts for healing.
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We're also passionate about helping diversify the field of psychedelic facilitation and coaching. As Asian American immigrants, we understand why many communities of color carry understandable caution and misconceptions around psychedelics.
We hope to expand the conversation, reduce stigma, and help more people discover new possibilities for healing.
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