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'Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses'
AN APPLE BOOKS PICK OF THE MONTH | “Masterfully written, distinctively researched, deeply humane . . . Genius.”—ANTHONY SWOFFORD, author of Jarhead | “A…
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Powerful, mesmerizing, and unputdownable, Pathological sits alongside the other brave and inspiring classics of our time that explore a more…
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Welcome to Cured: The Memoir
Welcome to the exclusive serialization of Cured! The premise of Cured is simple: We can recover from mental illness, even serious mental illness. No one…
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🎧 The Story About Recovery You're Not Supposed to Hear
What we talk about when we talk about mental health. And what we don't talk about: recovering.
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🎧 What You Wanted to Say in that Five-Minute News Segment
Chapter 1. May 13, 2022: The day I first wanted to announce that I was cured of serious mental illness.
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🎧 Are Mental Disorders Chronic?
Chapter 2: Mental health professionals who don’t believe in recovery are said to suffer from the clinician’s illusion. They often don't see those who…
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🎧 How You Tell Your Story
Chapter 3: How you tell your story matters. Anyone with a psychiatric diagnosis has an illness narrative running in their head.
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Less and Less of More and More

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Mental Health Misinformation from Memoirs to TikTok
You Are What You Read (and Scroll) Like social media today, some mental health memoirs, while groundbreaking for their time, didn’t empower readers with…
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How Do You Let Go of Things You Love?
For those who want a little less of more and more: How do you let go of things you love? And what’s something you’ll lovingly let go of this month?
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More Nature, Less Green Greed
Lesser-mores! It’s so great to be with you again. I’m curious what feels like too much in your life right now. What’s below—how we need more nature for…
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Thread: Why We Need to Think Less
We can’t just think less about something. It’s that age-old try not to think about a pink elephant and all you’ll think about is a pink elephant.
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Why We Need to Live with Less
The origin story of Less and Less of More and More. Less and Less of More and More isn’t about having a certain amount, e.g., a capsule wardrobe, or…
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Start with a Question

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How Can We Have a More Empathic View of Psychosis?
Answer: Learn from those who experience it. Schizophrenia and related disorders are the most stigmatized by the public, the media, and mental health…
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Is Every Post About Mental Health on Social Media Misleading and Damaging?
It’s fair to say that young people—whose brains haven’t fully formed—are most at risk of being misled on social media. Gen Z’s use TikTok the way the…
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What Is Recovery from Mental Illness?
Recovery centers on three basic principles: improving health and wellness, living a self-directed life, and striving to reach our full potential.
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What Do the Girl Scouts Have to Do With Our Mental Health?
Answer: Not much, but they have money and money has a lot to do with our mental health, the two are entwined on many levels. Then there’s the cyclical…
What’s Really Happening with the Mental Health Crisis Among Adolescents? Part 2
Even though mental health diagnoses can be useful, a teen can build their identity around their diagnosis, leading to a rejection of recovery and a…
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Experts on Mental Health Recovery

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Northwestern University Professor Christopher Lane
Read this interview with Northwestern University professor Christopher Lane. Chris's book 'Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness' documents the…
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🎧Expert: Mental Health Recovery According to Allan Horwitz
Listen to our conversation:
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🎧Dr. Uma Naidoo, Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital
I’m truly honored to bring you my interview with Dr. Uma Naidoo. She’s one of the most prominent people bringing nutritional psychiatry into the…
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🎧 Dr. Chyrell Bellamy, Director of Yale's Program for Recovery and Community Health
Listen to this exclusive interview with Dr. Chyrell Bellamy, Professor of Yale University’s Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Yale Program…
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🎧Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Dr. Elia Abi-Jaoude
Dr. Abi-Jaoude, a practicing psychiatrist, clinical educator, and researcher at the University of Toronto, shares with us his experience treating…
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SAMHSA'S Senior Advisor Larry Davidson
Insights into recovery from the Yale professor known as the national spokesperson for recovery-oriented care.
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Stories of Mental Health Recovery

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🎧 Stories of Healing: Kate Speer (and Waffle and Tugboat)
Listen to my interview with the amazing writer and mental health advocate Kate Speer. She shares her incredible story of mental health recovery with us…
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🎧 Interview: Tanya Frank, author of 'Zig-Zag Boy'
Listen to my exclusive interview with Tanya Frank, author of the amazing Zig-Zag Boy: A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood. Zig-Zag Boy is the story of…
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Stories of Recovery: Lisa Guardiola
Please enjoy my interview with Lisa Guardiola. Lisa was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2004 and has been living with it for seventeen years. Listen as…
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🎧Stories of Healing: Nate Cannon
Nate trains in the areas of diversity and inclusion, as well as crisis intervention, specializing in mental health, dementia, disability justice, and…
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🎧Stories of Healing: Kshdelm ‘Ol
I am thrilled to bring you this really incredible interview that I did with Cameron Cage about her recovery from traumatic mental illness and…
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Stories of Healing: Aquarius Ester
Aquarius Ester is an experimental artist, Peer Support Specialist, clinical massage therapist, and Afro-Surrealist filmmaker from the Roseland/West…
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