Author: Chaya

I discovered numerology 15 years ago, around the time of my “spiritual emergence”, and began to study astrology at the same time. I even took it too far into fantasy and grandiosity, like I did with many things at that time. We swing back and forth and take things too far. In this video I Read More

What is healing? How do we respond when someone says they are sick or implies they have a problem in need of healing? Gosh these questions have disturbed me since I was a child and the answer was a spoonful of pink sugary amoxicillin or some pill to swallow, amidst still unhappy circumstances. What is Read More

I met Rebekah, also known as Radha, through mutual friends, 6 years ago in San Francisco, where she led meditation and spiritual study groups. She welcomed me into her home and told me about the book she was writing and many of her life experiences. In the chaotic city of San Francisco, I went to her home Read More

I was first introduced to Shel Horowitz’ work over a decade ago when I was living in Western Massachusetts and had recently self published my first book. My friend pointed me to Shel’s book, Guerilla Marketing, which I read numerous times. This was before I had a Facebook account. Thinking back on the advice in Read More

I sent this letter to about a dozen friends and colleagues of mine who do NOT work in mental health fields. These are people I admire who have different focuses in life entirely, but who I think have important things to say in relation to the topic of psychiatry and resisting psychiatry. Stay tuned for Read More

Eleven tips: Spend time alone and in low technology places, doing something focused, away from the screen, such as meditation, walking, writing in a notebook, drawing on paper, playing an unplugged instrument, singing, crafting, cooking, etc.                                       Read More

Those who have been following my stride know that I’ve moved around a few times in the past 6 years. I left my long term nest and psychiatric survivor community in Northampton, Massachusetts 6 and a half years ago, moved to San Francisco and have been primarily on the West Coast since then. Northampton was Read More

I realized this in the shower: I can “be myself”, meaning, I can do what I feel drawn to and skip what doesn’t work for me, and there will be people who need me as me.   I can present myself authentically, with all of my sensitivities, trauma,  in-process things, health concerns, and there will Read More

This below was just posted in the Facebook group Adrenal Fatigue Recovery and everyone agreed and added more info. Not one person gave the usual defenses I see on here for the medical model of “mental illness” and most of them put it in quotes. So, yeah, there are groups of people doing their own Read More

My ways with health and eating leans towards “adding things in”, and reducing things, but rarely strictly eliminating anything. There are several reasons for this, some more personal, others more general, which I will explain. People eliminate soy, dairy, meat, fruit, sugar, gluten, eggs, grains, nightshades, nuts, fats, starches, alcohol, chocolate, cooked food, raw food, Read More