I recently sat down with Thomas Walker, host of Conversations from Studio B, the podcast for NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building...
On June 21, 2014, (4 years to the day of this post), I suffered a traumatic fall and wrecked my left leg. After undergoing surgery to piece everything back together it took me almost a year to learn how to walk again. During that time of relearning, I went to Napatree...
I recently sat down with Scott Jones over at the Give and Take Podcast to talk about the stories behind my new book To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity. The tale in this book is a messy one, but it has taught me many things. Among...
Seeking Guidance Beyond Our Comfort Zone: An Unanswered Letter I Sent to Dear Sugar by L.M. Browning In the summer of 2017, I did something I’ve never done before: I wrote to an advice column, but not just any advice column. In a moment of fear and doubt, I...
I recently had the chance to sit down with Jana DeCristofaro from the Grief Out Loud podcast to discuss the nature of grief and loss of a child as reflected in my forthcoming personal essay/book, To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical...
