02/04/2014 by Chaya Grossberg A few years ago my mission was to share my writing, speak publicly about coming off psych drugs, and heal others through yoga teaching. I worked for others because it felt easier and I had no idea how to start my own blissness. I regularly felt insecure and scared of how Read More
Author: Adrian Hoppel
Myths About Psychiatric Drugs
1. Psych drugs are prescribed by a doctor so they’re safe. This is a very old myth that obviously isn’t true,but it is what gets so many of us into trouble, especially as young people who may have been taught that pharmaceuticals are tested and proven safe and effective. Most doctors don’t know how psychiatric Read More
Learning To Cheat
01/25/2014 by Chaya Grossberg Learning to cheat on tests in high school was one of the more important skills I learned. For one thing, being able to look over someone’s shoulder, see what they’re doing and emulate it is a valid life skill (as well as knowing who’s shoulder to look over). It Read More
What’s All This Psychic Intuitive Empath Stuff About?
by Chaya Grossberg The role of a psychic intuitive is to speak for the silenced. There are so many intuitives at this time because there are so many who are silenced AND at the same time so many opportunities to break the silence. Psychic intuitive empaths or whatever we want to call those of us Read More
How To Come Off Psychiatric Drugs
The 4 Less Mentioned Obstacles in How to Come Off Psychiatric Drugs, and Overcoming Them The most obvious obstacle to how to come off psychiatric drugs is unbearable withdrawal symptoms (or what some mistakenly call “return of symptoms”)-panic attacks, extreme anxiety, nausea, insomnia, and many other effects. These result from stopping use of a powerful Read More
13 Reasons NOT to Write a Business Plan in 2014
(and why to write a Blissness Plan instead) by Chaya Grossberg A business plan focuses on how much money you want rather than WHAT you want-it’s rooted in abstraction. You may get all the money you want, but if you don’t write a Blissness Plan (list of things that bring you joy and bliss) you Read More
The Underbelly of Our Society
01/13/2014 New audio recording: The Underbelly of Our Society
Not Safe Doing it Anyway
01/12/2014 New Audio Recording: Not Safe, Doing it Anyway
Returning People Their Stuff
12/25/2013 by Chaya Grossberg As a person who never celebrated Christmas, I quietly observe my friends as they anxiously search for Christmas presents for everyone on their list. I imagine if I were to get a lot of presents, I might want to return some of the stuff I’d received. Similarly, I Read More
Why Notebooks are Better Than Psychiatrists
In Spring of 2000, thirteen years ago, I learned notebooks are better than psychiatrists— and I never forgot. Notebooks are better than psychiatrists because our world isn’t always a safe place to reach out for comfort. I remember reaching out for comfort at Hampshire College Health Services, from the counselor, and she responded with fear, Read More