Tag Archives: #psychosis

Captivating personal memoir by Emma Goude, original #EmergingProud film Producer, just published

My Beautiful Psychosis: Opening the Doors of Perception Don’t miss your glimpse into Emma’s world; When I had my first episode of so-called psychosis, aged 27 years old, the psychiatrist wanted to know if I had heard voices. She wasn’t … Continue reading

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Last chance to grab your Earlybird ticket!

Join CRAZYWISE film Producer Phil Borges and I to discuss what Western Psychiatry can learn from a Shamanistic approach to mental illness on Sat 17th March at the Norwich Puppet Theatre…tomorrow is your last chance to grab an Earlybird ticket! … Continue reading

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We talk to Anna about her emergence journey from ‘mental patient’ to Author

You may remember one of our original proud #Emergees, Anna Lipska from Poland, from the #Emerging Proud film. Here I talk to Anna about her journey ‘from Space to Earth’, and how she ended up transforming from having the identity … Continue reading

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Phil Borges, CRAZYWISE Producer, set to come to Norwich to discuss his film with Mental Health Clinicians and Peers

CRAZYWISE Film Screening, Presentation, Discussion and Q+A with Phil Borges, Film Director Norwich Puppet Theatre, Sat 17th March 1.30 – 5.15pm  Is there an alternative way of making sense of mental illness that is potentially more empowering and helpful for … Continue reading

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Transformed Dan from Vancouver #Emerges Proud with his story which perfectly depicts how vital it is to let the process of emergence unfold…

Dan so eloquently describes his rocky journey through pathologisation to having the strength to find meaning in his experiences; meaning that has enabled him to come off all psychiatric medication and live life with a greater sense of well-being, depth … Continue reading

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Vital discussions are starting! CRAZYWISE online event: Rethinking Madness: Psychosis and Spiritual Awakening.

Over the past 30 years, the broken brain and chemical imbalance theory of “mental illness” has had mixed results at best.   While sales of psychoactive pharmaceuticals have increased 8000%, suicide and mental health disability rates in the US have also … Continue reading

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Teresa stampedes out of Calgary to bravely tell her ‘being Human’ story

  Teresa tells us a powerful overview of her personal experience: My first experience of unwanted extreme states of consciousness occurred in January 2003. Convinced God was informing me that the world would soon come to an end, I left … Continue reading

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“Can madness save the world?” Paris Williams #EmergesProud to tell us how.

Paris Williams, PHD, was talking about the need for a paradigm shift in how mental ‘illness’ is perceived back in 2012; could the chaos the world is now in actually be the push humanity needs to bring us to the … Continue reading

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Paris Williams set to #Emerge Proud this week in an interview on Rethinking Madness

The #EmergingProud campaign is enormously grateful to Paris Williams, PHD for giving us permission to use the title of his infamous book ‘Rethinking Madness’ for the Open Space topic for our HUGE launch event on the 12th May; set to … Continue reading

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