I created Wonderland after years of watching the same pattern unfold—both in my own life and in the communities I work with. People have profound experiences: through psychedelics, yoga, art, nature, or deep personal reflection. For a moment, something opens. There’s clarity, connection, a sense of possibility. And then… it fades. Not because it wasn’t real, but because there wasn’t a structure to support it. Wonderland is my response to that gap.

 

As a filmmaker, Aikido teacher, and educator, my work has always lived at the intersection of story, embodiment, and meaning-making. I’ve spent decades helping people pay attention—to their experiences, their patterns, and their own evolving narratives. This journal brings that work onto the page.

 

And to be clear, I'm not a seasoned psychonaut with 10,000 psychedelic journeys under my belt. On the contrary, I came to psychedelics late in my life out of curiosity and a need to heal a broken heart. What I stumbled into was transformative. So, I wanted to share some insights from a reluctant newbie and make a journal that felt accessible to anyone curious but also needing a reassuring hand to hold on to.In addition,

 

I personally have had a love/hate relationship with journaling my whole life. I wanted to make this journal completely inviting, and not feel like homework. When I was looking for journals to use after my own psychedelic experiences, what I found out there felt way too clinical. I didn't want to spend 3 years in therapy before I felt qualified to fill in the first page. I wanted a journal that mirrored the awe and wonder of the experience itself.