Mee Ok Icaro

I’m a Korean adoptee and abuse survivor who was bedridden for three years and in a wheelchair for five with terminal scleroderma. After Western medicine had nothing left to offer, I drank ayahuasca alone in my apartment before finding my way to the Peruvian Amazon.

After working in the Shipibo tradition and completing dietas with 15 master plants, including a one-year diet with noya rao, I experienced the work of healers in many traditions and now work primarily with Don Jose Campos and his students.

I offer ceremony preparation and integration guidance, and walk with writers in telling their stories.

Mee Ok Icaro is an award-winning writer, writing coach, and sacred medicine guide. Her work has appeared in notable publications like the LA Times, Boston Globe Magazine, and Michael Pollan’s Trips Worth Telling anthology. She was featured in Gabor Maté’s New York Times bestseller The Myth of Normal and the Netflix docuseries [Un]Well.

Mee Ok holds a BA in Philosophy from Boston University and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction, and has studied the history of sexuality, medicine, and German at Harvard. She is an IFC certified life coach, and a member of the Institute of Coaching based at McLean Hospital, a member of Mass General Brigham, and the largest psychiatric affiliate of Harvard Medical School. To learn more about her writing, visit Mee-ok.com.