The world unites for change; Germany and Finland also set to #EmergeProud on the 12th May

Passionate people are incredible forces of nature. The evident desire for change in the way mental health struggles are perceived is enormous, and it’s global.

The #EmergingProud events are aimed at bringing together all individuals who share this passion for change to talk about innovative ways to ‘Rethink madness’ and how we can create a safer society in which these issues can be more openly discussed without fear.

Everyone involved is a volunteer, driven by their dedication to support this shift. Together we are not only creating positive change locally, but globally countries will be uniting on LIVE calls to feedback their action points from the day to the London hub event. An international report will be produced and shared with everyone who attends in every location. This is just the beginning…

New to join the 12th May excitement are:

Berlin, Germany: For details: CLICK HERE

Nurmijärvi, Finland: For details CLICK HERE

For information on the other events happening around the world CLICK HERE 

When we unite for transformation, whatever our culture, we hold the potential for a better world in our hands…

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The making of #EmergingProud, the film

The making of the #EmergingProud film has only been possible due to the passion and generosity of people having been through personal crisis. All of the music, art and stories have been freely donated to support the message that breaking down does not mean we are broken, but are amidst a painful transformation process if it’s framed that way. 

The amazing hand pan background music throughout the film is from an album by Menelaos Tzafetas from Greece, who shared his story earlier in the campaign.

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You can get hold of his music for minimal cost HERE

Hear Menelaos play the opening track of the film:

Find out more about the film and how to get hold of it HERE

 

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Join in the 12th May celebrations; host your own private #EmergingProud film screening!

Host your own group screening of the #EmergingProud film

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Gather a group and host your own #EmergingProud screening; help us to spread the message that breaking down does not mean we are broken.

Celebrate the personal stories of those speaking out in the film and listen to what helped them to ’emerge’ out of their crisis.

Use your screening as a spring board to arrange a discussion group or peer forum in your local area; invite family, friends, mental health workers and therapists and help to build bridges through opening minds to new ways of perceiving these issues.

#EmergingProud is about raising awareness and spreading this vital message, making it as accessible to as many people as possible… so for just £50 you will be sent your personal copy of the film and an agreement which allows you to show the film in whatever format you wish; sell tickets and make back your investment; just make sure it’s affordable to everyone to attend (recommended ticket price is £5).

Complete the form ON THIS PAGE stating that you are requesting a screening agreement and you will be sent instructions on payment, a link to your copy of the film, and an agreement giving you permission to show the film in public; it’s as simple as that!

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If you’d rather watch the film on your own sofa in the privacy of your own home, of course you can:

BOOK HERE FOR YOUR PERSONAL VIEWING FROM THE TIME OF PREMIERE

The #EmergingProud film is the perfect follow- up to Healing Voices and CRAZYWISE

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Introducing the #EmergingProud campaign’s featured Artist; Clara Sleepwell from Hungary

 

The #EmergingProud campaign featured Artist for 2017 is Hungarian Digital Artist and Artistic Manager Clara Sleepwell (Teleki)

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Clara says:

“You can love art or do not like it; the most important is not to be neutral for it. Let art to bring your deep emotions to the surface.”

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Clara has organized art events for 10 years and she is pleased to create bridges between art types and artists.

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She started to learn digital art, and express herself, her womanly side through her work.

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The main message of her artistic work is to: Give messages and express her joyous desire for creation. Its sources from the roads of human existence, struggle of the soul, suffering, joy, exploration and express of beauty.

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E-mail: sleepwell.clara@gmail.com

http://www.clara-sleepwell.hu/

#EmergingProud is hugely grateful to Clara for the generous sharing of her incredible work in support of the campaign.

Full Hungarian offering from Clara:

„A művészet lemossa a lélekről a mindennapok porát. „ /Picasso/

Az életemben meghatározó szerepet tölt be a művészet szeretete, mert úgy gondolom, hogy bármiféle megnyilvánulása a”teremtésnek”  megtisztítja a lényeget az esetlegességektől, örömet ad a léleknek és  kinyit olyan utakat, melyben azok lehetünk, akik lenni akarunk.

Lehet valamit szeretni, lehet nem szeretni, a lényeg, hogy ne legyen semleges az ember a művészetek iránt, hagyja, hogy legrejtettebb érzéseit, érzelmeit előhozza. Ennek szellemében több mint 10 éve elkezdtem művészeti rendezvényeket szervezni. Örömmel tölt el, ha bemutathatok tehetséges művészeket, költőket, előadóművészeket, alkotásokat – összeismertethetem a közönséggel őket. Úgy gondolom ezáltal a művésznek és a közönségnek is adhatok valamit. Fontos feladatomnak tartom, hogy a „Hidakat” építsek művészeti műfajok és a művészek között. Minél jobban ismerjék, tiszteljék és segítsék egymást.

Folyamatosan képzőművészeti, fotóművészeti kiállításokat, művészeti esteket, jótékonysági koncerteket szervezek, rendezek.

A munkám részévé vált az alkalmazott grafika és a digitális technika alkalmazása. Meg kellett tanulnom a számítógépes programok kezelését, hogy tudjak tervezni plakátot, meghívót, prezentációt, könyvborító. Majd észrevétlenül a munkáimba belekerültek érzéseim, üzeneteim, melyeket leginkább a “Nő” lényén keresztül próbálok bemutatni – a magam módján, az adott eszközzel, de egyre inkább a “szabad” számítógépes grafikai irány felé haladva – így jutottam el, hogy a “művészek menedzselése” során óhatatlanul, de valamit én is teremtettem, eleinte csak saját magam örömére.

Utam elején nagyon sokat segített mentorom: Kelebi Kiss István képzőművész/költő. Meglátásai, tanácsai, versei nagy hatással vannak rám a mai napig. A teljesség igénye nélkül nagy hatással van rám Munkácsy Mihály, Picasso, Caravaggio, Sándorfi István művészete.

Utamat nagyban segíti, hogy hiszek a szeretet és a jóság hatalmában. A szeretet egy különleges erő…és mindenki erőteljesen vágyik rá….mert mindentől nagyobb a hatalma… és hiszem, hogy a „Bölcsesség jóság nélkül cselvetés és árulás” /Tolsztoj/

Igazából nem nagyon van uralmam az alkotás elkezdése felett, mert ha az alkotás meg akar születni…akkor erőteljesen nyomul kifelé. Nekem az a dolgom, hogy bensőmből fakadó üzeneteket láthatóvá tegyem az általam választott technikával, a digitális grafika adta eszközökkel.

Alkotói munkám lényege:  Üzenetek átadása mellett az örömteli, végeláthatatlan alkotásvágy, melynek forrása az emberi lét útjai, a lélek küzdelme, a fájdalom, az öröm, a szépség felfedése, megmutatása. Szeretek mindenféle művészeti műfajba bele feledkezni. Mentsvár lelkemnek a zene, az irodalom, a tánc, a belett, a képzőművészet.

A művészet hivatása, hogy pótolja az életet, melyet nélkülözünk. /Richard Wagner/

Teleki Klári – művészetpártoló

 

 

 

 

 

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4 weeks to go to the global launch events!

World Premiere

With only 4 weeks to go until the #EmergingProud launch events, happening all over the world, you may be wondering what to expect from the day if you join us…

Here’s a sneak preview of the day’s schedule for the London host event: 

SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY (IN LONDON)

 

9:30 Introduction to #Emerging Proud and the day ahead

9.45am We’ll kick off the day with a the LONDON UK PREMIERE screening of the new film CRAZYWISE

11.00 Break

11.20 CRAZYWISE discussion session – With Phil Borges, Producer, LIVE with us in London! Ask Phil your questions.

11.50 Introduction to Open Space; instruction for the afternoon’s event with Rozalia Kovacs -Napier of ISEN 

12.00: OPEN SPACE Marketplace – The opportunity to have your voice heard and share your ideas for  action to address:

‘Rethinking Madness; What has to happen to make it safer for us to communicate our madness?’

13 – 14.00: Lunch

14.00 – 17:00 Open Space main event

17.00: Open Space feedback and London Harvest

17.20 – 18.00: Harvest LIVE call- in from the European countries taking part: we find out what exciting developments from the day are happening around the world in each country!  

18.15: Dinner break

19:30: #Emerging Proud FILM PREMIERE!

20.00: Break

21:00:  Harvest LIVE call- in from the other countries taking part in different time zones: we find out what exciting developments from the day are happening across the globe! 

9.10pm-10.30pm: Special closing ceremony (Rozalia to facilitate)

Many of the brave faces who #EmergedProud to normalise extreme human experiences are in the film, and will be at the London event in person – will you be joining us for this very special unique day? CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE BEFORE THEY ALL GO! 

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Mad determination to make experiences Normal

At the end of the Indiegogo campaign in October 2016 I almost gave up on launching #EmergingProud. People had started to ask for their donations back because I hadn’t reached anywhere near the target I needed, and a comment on one of the videos stating that I should be ‘sent to jail for taking money from vulnerable people‘, left me feeling mortified and disillusioned.

But so many people who were feeling silenced wrote in and asked me not to give up. My soul screamed at me that giving up wasn’t an option…. “This is your ‘Amor Fati'” 

Again, I listened to my soul.

Today the last 5 months of collating interviews and heartfelt stories sent in by those bravely #EmergingProud to normalise traumatic experiences has seen its culmination in making the final edits to the #EmeringProud film set for its world premiere…

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A press release is ready to go, and synchronicity is again playing a huge hand as ‘Mad to be Normal’ sets the scene in cinemas across the country;

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Press release snippet:

Having set up the anti-stigma #EmergingProud campaign in October 2016, Katie Mottram will be hosting the first ever International Emerging Proud day in London on May 12, 2017 which coincides with the launch of the film ‘Mad to be Normal’, based on the work and life of R.D.Laing. Events are set to take place in multiple countries.

The purpose of the day, which is set to become an annual international event, is to focus on hope and to reframe these challenging experiences as potential catalysts for positive growth rather than incurable mental illnesses. The film features people who have #EmergedProud and they give the message that “these experiences are not crazy, and you are not alone if you are having them”. Those featured in the film show what is possible if people are supported with this more positive, understanding framework. Normalising such extreme but natural human experiences is fundamentally a Human Right***.

“The time has come to normalise extreme human experiences, to end the stigma associated with them, and we need to build bridges with the mental health services so ‘Experiencers’ can be more appropriately supported. The message of the campaign is ultimately that there is deep meaning and wisdom in psychological trauma.” Katie clearly sets out.

“We only have to look at the magnitude of positive change that the Black Rights movement and Gay Pride created. Now it’s time to do the same, but for people experiencing spiritual phenomena….Millions of people around the world are talking about waking up to an expanded level of consciousness and experiencing spiritual phenomena. For many of these people the journey of awakening is a turbulent roller-coaster ride into the abyss of a misunderstood universe, and as such, it can also be a fast admission ticket into the world of psychiatry. If the world is to evolve, our Western cultural perception of spiritual phenomena has to evolve too.”

Premier of a film on May 12, 2017

The film, to go live on May 12th in up to 12 countries, will include video accounts of personal stories and interviews featuring people worldwide talking openly about their own spiritual emergence experiences, many of whom were labelled as mentally ill.

Be amongst the first people to watch the #Emerging Proud film on 12 May 2017 – the film is set to end the stigma of difficult transformational experiences and bring spirituality into the 21st Century. If you can’t attend the live London event, then host your own celebration party for the premiere on May 12 – gather a group in your local area and access the film as it premieres.

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Re-thinking Madness – What has to happen to make it safer for us to communicate our ‘madness’ in society?

Join us for the international discussions happening on the 12th May all over the world to initiate solutions on this subject….tickets for the London hub are going fast!

Would you like to have your say? Are you someone who fears speaking out and would like to see a safer society? Are you a mental health professional feeling the need to support people more holistically? Are you an holistic therapist with the desire to bring your work into the mainstream? Whoever you are; if you have passion around this subject, then your voice is important!

Here Frances describes the potential outcome of a crisis well- supported;

 

JOIN US! for innovative Open Space discussions about what can be done – this is only the start; we will be creating an international report on all actions initiated in each country on the day and circulating it to everyone who attends…

The time to unite for change has come! People all over the world are fired up to  innovate – don’t miss out!

Click here to join us at the London hub event ❤ 

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“Importantly, I realized that this subtle sense from within was intuition, my connection with the divine, my guidance, and yes it could be trusted even when it didn’t seem logical.”

Brian Farlinger has been a Director of the Canadian SES (Spiritual Emergency Service) for the last decade. Brian knows only too well that peer support is vital when we’re going through a spiritual emergence process, and that ‘the only way is through…’

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Here he demonstrates the importance of the process being recognised for what it is;

I believe that my spiritual emergence began early in my life.  I grew up in a very loving family environment with a sense of spirituality.  When I was eighteen, I experienced weakness while I was in class at school.  I went to the doctor who said that this was anxiety and prescribed a medication.  I felt better for a little while and then things got worse. Eventually I was referred to a psychologist.  This was not easy for me.  I feared that I might be ‘crazy’.  I saw this psychologist several times over the spring and summer.  He was from New York and he gave me three books that would open new areas for me……….. a different look at spirituality and life.  The authors were Hermann Hesse, Krishnamurti and RD Laing.

Thirty years later, I found myself in a bewildering state.  There was tremendous fear that was unexplainable and nebulous, and ‘dark things’ coming up (through phrases and images), a sense of dread, a sense of impending doom.  There was also tremendous remorse for things that I had done in the past. I felt that I was un-forgiven and had lost my divine connection.   My life, my world was falling apart, spiralling rapidly downward and all I seemed to be able to do was watch.

I found myself becoming more and more isolated …………as I desperately attempted to escape/avoid what was happening to me……………… to a point where I would sit alone in a darkened room all day and taking a sleeping pill at night to get a little rest…….. for days, and weeks and months on end.  Suicidal ideations began to come up as my ego desperately sought escape from this seemingly hopeless existence.

I saw an acupuncturist one time.  After the session, I asked her opinion on what I was dealing with.  She said “spiritual emergency”. This was the first time I had heard of this.………..and it resonated with me at a deep level.  Yes, I was on a spiritual journey ………………one that was extremely challenging.

Remarkably I found a therapist who specialized in spiritual emergence and she helped me greatly, always honoring my journey.  She was a fellow experiencer of a spiritual emergency.

My spiritual emergence continued to get darker and darker and more desperate until hospital became an urgent option for me, a very scary one at that.  I was deathly afraid of going to a hospital, being judged and labeled in a western medicine psychiatric way.  Eventually, I listened to my inner sense and just went, trusting that something would work out somehow ……….and miraculously it did …………….

I stayed for a week, felt safe, and found a medication that really helped me. Yes, my journey has involved medication and I have come to learn that it can have a place in spiritual emergency

More importantly, I realized that this subtle sense from within was intuition, my connection with the divine, my guidance and yes it could be trusted even when it didn’t seem logical.

I had discovered divine guidance ………… I had this loving divine presence within that would beautifully take care of me even through the darkest of times.

A few years later and much wiser I have experienced more very challenging spiritual emergence…..from which I continue to grow.

To contact the Spiritual Emergence Service in Canada CLICK HERE

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Global film premiere: watch the world as it #EMERGESPROUD from the comfort of your home sofa…

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AVAILABLE HERE FOR UNLIMITED VIEWING FROM 12th MAY 2017

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