ABout Me & The Fortress
The Fortress
Like all things of the Great Mystery, the fortress is paradoxical — holding both light and shadow. It can symbolize psychic wholeness, safety, and belonging. Yet, as the Tower of tarot reminds us, the pursuit of fortress invulnerability often collapses into the crumbling illusion of security — from protection to imprisonment. It's time to break those chains and set ourselves free!
The name From the Fortress also honors a dream and clairaudient message/dream I received, pointing to my namesake as my future. My last name literally means “From the Fortress,” making it a fitting title for this mystical, mythical, and nerdy passion project.
About Me
Several years ago, I left my career in education and stepped away from a relationship that unearthed old wounds. That breaking-open led me into full-time soul searching — a descent into shadow, myth, and mystery, with psilocybin therapy as a powerful catalyst for healing and growth.
Through that journey, I came to believe something vital: humanity has been intentionally led into amnesia about our sovereignty and magic — and now is the time to remember.
By venturing through story, symbol, and soma (the felt sense of somatic work and psychedelics), wanderers and seekers can reconnect with our souls and reclaim our personal power. My teaching background, lived experience, passion for myth and archetype, and devotion to meaningful mystical experiences allow me to guide others who feel lost, uninspired, or hungry for deeper meaning.
As we walk together through the collective shadow that is modern life, I offer both a hand to hold and tools to wield on the heroic journey, so that each of us can return with the medicine only we can bring.
Contact: Brenda@FromTheFortress.com
My Experience & Qualifications
- Certified Somatic Attachment Therapy Practitioner through Embody Lab. Taught by Peter Levine, Gabor Mate, and more!
- Somatic Regenerative Alchemy Coach, trained by Dr. Sarah Coxon.
- BA in Social Sciences (Psychology, Sociology and History)
- Credentialed Educator: 12 years of teaching, course creation, and group leadership
- Psychedelic therapy practitioner training through MycoVision
- Archetypal Immersion program with ReWilding with Sabrina Lynn
- 2 years of full time soul/shadow work, including deep dives into Jungian/depth Psychology
- In-depth study of Caroline Myss and Paul Levy's works, including his live Dreaming Ourselves Awake course.
- Certified Professional Organizer & minimalism-magic believer
- Many years of global anti-human trafficking education & community building work. Your contributions go toward this cause!
- 20 years of dedicated yoga practice (vinyasa, yin, kundalini +)
Mission & Core Values
My mission is to help people remember who they are; to overcome the distraction and division that keeps us from living this life with passion and purpose. I believe that deep self-exploration leads to healing, consciousness expansion, and far greater confidence.
🔍Curiosity
To courageously explore every aspect of your world, asking lots of questions as you do. To meet life with wide eyes and a wild heart- open to magic, mystery, and messages at every turn- paying attention and using keen observations to gather clues. To follow the breadcrumbs of wonder into the depths, even when there’s no map.
🎨 Self-Expression
To give life to your ideas and inspirations. To honor creativity as a force that moves through us- a longing and urge to take shape through our stories, art, voice, and being.To express the fullness of our humanity- the beauty, the sorrow, the wild truth of our experience- in a way that is authentically and uniquely you.
🌿 Nourishment
To tend to what truly sustains us- body, mind, heart, and soul. To live in right relationship with ourselves, with each other, and with the earth. To remember that healthy connection is crucial, and that beauty, rest, ritual, nature and presence are forms of medicine.
👑 Sovereignty
To reclaim one's agency and autonomy; honoring and protecting our innate power, intuition, discernment, and truth as sacred. To choose with intention. To set boundaries. To live with integrity in pursuit of ultimate freedom. To remember that we are the authors of our lives, not subjects to fate or fear.