Author: Adrian Hoppel

Heartscience is reuniting the heart and science via art.  It’s where healing happens again and medicine is redefined.  Now it must include heart, art and science, and now it is healing again-exhale! I’m a heart barista, serving up huge portions of my heart’s masteries and mysteries daily.  Being a mastrista is being a barista of Read More

<iframe width=”640″ height=”360″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/pNvlqsZLcMU?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> If you haven’t been labeled mentally ill by the American Psychiatric Association, you have to ask yourself what’s wrong. Perhaps you were ahead of the game: you knew not to reveal yourself to them, you knew how to avoid them, you found other social support, and if so, a Read More

“There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” – Leonard Cohen The word disability gets tossed around a lot at the NARPA conference, and when discussing mental health law and advocacy. Despite this potential contradiction of my previous article, since it looks like our movement is far from ditching the word entirely, Read More

  by Chaya Grossberg Has American culture cornered artists and healers into identifying as “disabled”?  Is a diagnosis and the benefits that come with it one of the best strategies for being funded?  Is a disability manifestation of a need for money and time as an artist or healer? I find myself asking these questions Read More

by Chaya Grossberg I envision a world where there is no need for a mental health field/system because communities are strong and we have a holistic understanding of health. Still, there are definite needs for support at times in life when there are transitions, spiritual breakthroughs and loss (amongst other things), and for some of Read More

Over the past 30 years, an epidemic of new disorders has been on the rise in psychiatrists. Some have only recently been discovered and fully understood. Remember, psychiatrists need our love and compassionate understanding to heal from these. Compulsive Labeling Disorder (CLD): This is a common one that requires early intervention. If a psychiatrist does Read More

Sharing my writing with the world has been a lifelong dream and process.  In elementary school I remember asking an author who came to our school for a visit how they felt when they got their first book published.  My heart glowed with anticipation as I asked this, knowing, perhaps, at the age of 7 Read More

Question: I really would like to get off the psych meds I am on. What would you recommend doing to do that? Answer: Hi there. I would recommend the following: Join this forum and other internet forums where folks are talking about getting off psych meds. Find local support (Come to a free screening of Read More