SERENE CBD Extracts

I am Erica Valker, the founder of SERENE CBD. I started this company based on my own personal health struggles and success I found with cannabis extract oils. Every great brand has an authentic story and this is ours…

While living in California in 2011 my husband and I started a gourmet edibles company called “Potlucky” but just as we were getting that going I had become stricken with a really bad case of late stage chronic Lyme Disease. The illness came on what seemed to be suddenly and would end up disabling me and keeping bedridden for several years, nearly taking my life in multiple occasions. Over 2011-2016, I struggled with pain, siezures, inflammation, gut issues, nausea, sleep deprivation, light sensitivity, anxiety, you name it. Pharma drugs were doing nothing to heal me and were only making me sicker. My husband and caretaker was buying cannabis products from dispensaries in LA and San Francisco but they weren’t lab tested, had no dosing direction, were filled with chemicals and had other allergens such as gluten, soy that I could not handle. 

A doctor in San Diego then turned me on to cannabis tinctures and I began to self medicate by using different strains and consumption methods and varying degrees of THC and CBD oil tinctures (50/50, 80/20 etc). Eventually I was able to calibrate my dosing in a way that would help me control a multitude of symptoms and ultimately stop taking pharmaceuticals. I complemented this regimen with plant based essential oils and found successful ways to heal with plants, not pills. Through this journey, I become an expert on the use of and benefits of medical cannabis and credit cannabis with helping to save my life. 

When I became well again we reached out of the manufacturer of those oils to express our gratitude for their healing products and they called us in to hear our story. When we expressed our desire to give back with our own CBD wellness platform, that company mentored us and eventually partnered to help us create our first several products that would lead to the line we have today. We saw a huge gap in the market for premium, fully plant-based, allergen-free cannabis products and created SERENE CBD in 2017. The rest is history as they say. 

Today we are proud to help others find wellness through cannabis as we did. We are also excited that we are making an impact with every purchase of our Oral Tincture as we donate $3 to the LymeLight Foundation. LymeLight’s mission is raise awareness for Lyme disease while providing medical grants to financially strained families of children and young adults with Lyme disease so they may receive proper treatment and medications. 

We sincerely hope you enjoy our products and find wellness through our platform. Please get in touch with us any time with questions or feedback, we look forward to hearing from you.