Mee Ok Icaro (pronounced “Mee Oak Ee-car-oh”), is a unique and powerful voice in the world of visionary medicine and personal growth. As a Writer, Book Doula, Sacred Medicine Advisor and Integration Specialist, Life Purpose Coach and Guide, Mee Ok is dedicated to helping individuals heal and find their path in life. Skilled in Gabor Maté’s Compassionate Inquiry approach, a method she has personally integrated for over a decade to transform her own life, she integrates many teachings from a variety of traditions, from ancient to modern.

With a passion for writing and a talent for prose, Mee Ok is an award-winning stylist and poet. Her work has appeared in notable publications like the LA Times, Boston Globe Magazine, and Michael Pollan’s Trips Worth Telling anthology. She was even featured in Gabor Maté’s New York Times bestseller The Myth of Normal and the Netflix docuseries [Un]Well. With over a decade of experience working with ayahuasca and dieting seven master plants, Mee Ok is curing a near-fatal autoimmune disease, scleroderma, and is dedicated to helping others heal and recover their birthright of authenticity and truth.

Mee Ok holds a BA in Philosophy from Boston University and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction, and has studied the history of sexuality and medicine at Harvard. She is currently in the process of being initiated in her own indigenous tradition of Korean shamanism (mudang) and as an ayahuasquera in the Shipibo lineage. With a diverse set of passions, including racial and disability equity, adoptee advocacy, social justice, film, literature, doggies, and drag, Mee Ok is a curious soul with a wealth of knowledge and experience she loves to share. To learn more about her writing and work, visit Mee-ok.com

Tania Siglinde is a passionate advocate for health, healing, and integration processes. She’s been blessed with formal training in various disciplines throughout the world such as Mexico, Canada, India, Vietnam and Peru, where she also learnt from the elders of the local indigenous nations and dove into their ancestral wisdom and traditions.

As a soprano, she performs professionally, but also uses her voice to connect with Spirit through Medicine Songs. As a multilingual translator, Tania translated the written materials for the Compassionate Inquiry professional training program into Spanish, and acts as the simultaneous interpreter for monthly calls and masterclasses with Dr. Gabor Maté as well as for the the biennial world conference. She is also a regular interpreter for the Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund, and occasionally for other similar organizations.

As a women’s health specialist, Tania contributes to the School for Women’s Freedom in Oaxaca, Mexico, providing education and awareness of hormone cycles and their potential impact on all levels. She performs various ceremonies and rituals involving womb healing, stones, moon cycles, and sacred plant spirits such as garlic. As a mental health and wellness practitioner, she offers services in yoga, meditation, breathwork, family constellations, Compassionate Inquiry, and as a Suicide Attention mediator. She has also taken part as a supporting member for retreats with sacred master plants led by Dr. Gabor Maté, as well as healers from the Shipibo and Mapuche traditions. Additionally, she regularly writes articles on menstrual health and has completed a book for children to be published in 2025.