Mother Vine: How I Healed my Heart with Ayahuasca By Shannon Nering

Shannon Nering recounts leaving a television career in Canada and moving her family to Kauai, where motherhood and relationships unsettle the life she expected. The Mother Vine follows her search for meaning and her personal experience with ayahuasca as part of a spiritual awakening.

This is an individual memoir, not a guide to preparing or taking a psychedelic substance, a clinical treatment recommendation or proof that ayahuasca heals emotional distress. Readers should approach the author’s account as a personal perspective on family life and spiritual change.