About Amber

I’ve lived many lives in this one body.

Born into complexity—loved by a parent battling addiction, shaped by divorce, grief, and the ache of belonging in fractured spaces—I’ve walked with loss and resilience. I’ve mothered as a single parent, fostered and adopted, and advocated fiercely for children with medical complexities.

I am the founder of Rooted in Care Collective—a soft place to land for those carrying quiet exhaustion, disconnection, and longing. A former pediatric and hospice nurse, I have spent my life tending to the edges of human experience: cradling fragile lives, sitting at deathbeds, and holding the stories in between. These seasons, alongside my own encounters with chronic illness, cancer scares, and the tender work of healing from self-harm, taught me what no textbook ever could: that true care is never just clinical.

It is presence.

It is reverence.

It is the medicine of being seen.

And still, I believe healing is not only born of pain. It also lives in laughter, curiosity, and the playfulness we too often lose as adults. Movement should feel like joy, not duty—kickball, tag, dance. To heal is not only to tend what hurt us, but to remember what once delighted us.

My work is shaped by many influences—Internal Family Systems, the trauma wisdom of Gabor Maté, Toltec teachings, the mythic call of Women Who Run With the Wolves, and the relational, restorative teachings of Jesus rooted in compassion, presence, and love. I also hold space for psychedelic preparation and integration, honoring these journeys as profound portals of self-discovery when tended with care.

Through Rooted in Care, I weave together clinical knowledge, spiritual practice, and soul-level listening. I am a deeply feeling, highly attuned human—a listener, a guide, a space holder. My work is about helping you return to your own wild knowing, to the wisdom that was never lost, only buried.

Welcome to the Rooted in Care Collective.
Here, we remember. We rise. We root deep.