MARIA ISABEL: Refugees and Mental Health Crises
Read moreMaria Isabel, her husband Evan, and children were forced to leave their jobs and home in Nicaragua because of...
LINDSAY: Being Present with Feelings from Trauma
Read morePsychological Crises may or may not begin with transcendent feelings of connection, compassion or empathy. Speaking of her personal...
CAROL: Healing from Childhood Trauma
Read moreCarol grew up on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil seeing violence at home from her alcoholic father. She was...
LAURA: Feeling Ultra-Connected yet Alienated
Read moreLaura had her first psychological crisis when she was 17 and has spent the years since looking for habits...
LAURA: Family & Friends–Supportive or Fearful?
Read moreOur modern culture has a fascination with non-ordinary states of consciousness. We also have a deep fear of those...
LAURA: Non-Ordinary States & Creativity
Read moreThe link between people prone to psychological crises and creativity are well known. Laura explains how her hypomania frees...
LAURA: Loosing Balance and Going Too Far
Read moreIn CRAZYWISE when Adam was talking about his first psychological crisis he said “At first it was very fun...
LAURA: Fear of Hospitalization
Read moreLaura’s first episode happened when she was 17. She would find herself going into non-ordinary states all through her...
Psychosis & Spiritual Awakening
Read moreIn our first interview with Adam in 2012 he said something about his ‘psychotic break’ that surprised us. If...