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DABNEY: From Crisis to Purpose
At age 20, Dabney Alix traveled to New Zealand on a quest for self-discovery. After meeting a Vipassana Meditation...
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EKHAYA’S TRANSFORMATION
We recently caught up with Ekhaya for this interview at a screening of CRAZYWISE in Tacoma, Washington. It’s hard...
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MARIA ISABEL: Refugees and Mental Health Crises
Maria Isabel, her husband Evan, and children were forced to leave their jobs and home in Nicaragua because of...
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LINDSAY: Being Present with Feelings from Trauma
Psychological Crises may or may not begin with transcendent feelings of connection, compassion or empathy. Speaking of her personal...
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CAROL: Healing from Childhood Trauma
Carol grew up on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil seeing violence at home from her alcoholic father. She was...
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LAURA: Feeling Ultra-Connected yet Alienated
Laura had her first psychological crisis when she was 17 and has spent the years since looking for habits...
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LAURA: Family & Friends–Supportive or Fearful?
Our modern culture has a fascination with non-ordinary states of consciousness. We also have a deep fear of those...
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LAURA: Non-Ordinary States & Creativity
The link between people prone to psychological crises and creativity are well known. Laura explains how her hypomania frees...
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LAURA: Loosing Balance and Going Too Far
In CRAZYWISE when Adam was talking about his first psychological crisis he said “At first it was very fun...
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LAURA: Fear of Hospitalization
Laura’s first episode happened when she was 17. She would find herself going into non-ordinary states all through her...