The group can be on the phone, online, in person. If you’re coming off psych drugs, hoping to someday, or staying off, do it in a group. This doesn’t mean you need to spend all of your time in a group while you’re withdrawing (ha!). Most of us wouldn’t want to do that. It means Read More
Author: Chaya
Anything’s Possible
I think people watch meteor showers to remind themselves anything’s possible. I think people have kids to remind themselves anything’s possible. I think people become doctors or healers to remind themselves anything’s possible. I think people go to sleep at night to remind themselves anything’s possible. I think people get out of bed in the Read More
How To Follow The Mystery When You See a Pond in the Sky
I saw this blue “pond” in the sky the other day. I wasn’t sure if anyone else would see it. When I posted it on Instagram, it became my most popular photo yet. When I look at it now, I still see a magical pond in the sky. Yet, when I first took the photo, I Read More
8 Tips For Anxiety
I’ve been feeling anxious today for no apparent reason. Last night I took a long country walk in the cool evening air and felt so grateful to finally be in a home out of the city. I saw two deer and picked many blackberries. Today I felt anxious about just about everything: What to do Read More
If You’ve Broken Free From Psychiatry, Leave a Trail Mark
If you’ve broken free from psychiatry or any other type of oppression or form of injustice, leaving a trail marker for others to be guided by is crucial. There are many ways to leave trail marks. You can tell your story to people you meet, write it down, audio record it and share it online, Read More
Wild Foods as Nourishing Herbal Alternatives To Psych Meds
Herbal alternatives to psych meds can be wild foods. This does not mean you should abruptly stop psych drugs when you start eating wild foods of course. Safe and slow tapering are still important. Wild foods, when taken properly and carefully can help nourish the body so deeply that the need for psych drugs may Read More
The One Spice I Use Everyday
Okay almost everyday. For whatever reason, my body usually doesn’t want turmeric and some other things like supplements and fermented foods on the first day of my period. Listen to yo’ body! It knows! So much. Turmeric has a slightly bitter flavor and I love scooping 1 or 2 generous teaspoons of it on eggs Read More
Make Your own Toothpaste
While on psychiatric drugs (or other pharmaceuticals like birth control pills and so on), your body can lose minerals, causing problems with the teeth. Due to a nutrient deficient diet and other stress factors, including trauma and anxiety, most of us start to experience some tooth problems and a need for remineralization as we get Read More
The Need to Hide
Are you hiding like this bunny in the shadows? It’s okay. Hiding is an important step in spiritual emergence. Sometimes it is how you can feel safe, while you build your creative ideas or rest in between projects. Sometimes getting sick or having practical problems can be a way of hiding, or letting yourself hide. Read More
Today’s Creative Tip: Try Something You Aren’t Already Good At
One of the most healing times in my life was when I lived in Northampton in my twenties and felt free and encouraged to try lots of kinds of art I hadn’t thought I was good enough to do before. I experimented with dance, singing, theater, piano, visual art, performance poetry, film and a lot Read More