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Theatre Interview: Max Hastings from ‘Tapped’ at London’s Theatre503
"There is a subtle struggle with mental health that doesn't get portrayed too much. In 'Tapped,' the hope in dealing with that is all about the connection between real people."
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Michael Kahan, ‘Funny in Failure’ Podcast Host
Michael Kahan's podcast combines thoughtful conversation with comedy in his interviews, exploring challenges and failures that celebrities encountered in their careers.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Memory Warp: How the Myth of Repressed Memory Arose and Refuses to Die’
Science writer/scholar Mark Pendergrast continues on the tough subject of repressed memory in his book 'Memory Warp' (3.5 stars), which follows his 1995 book 'Victims of Memory.'
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Good for Otto’ by David Rabe, with Ed Harris, F. Murray Abraham
In this long but engrossing play set in a mental health clinic, Rabe outlines each character's distinctive battleground, where counselors defend and encourage them against their tendencies to self-harm.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Off-Broadway): ‘Good for Otto’ by David Rabe
The play buffets us from patient to patient, crisis to crisis, and dream sequence to real-life therapy. Artifice this skillful glows with a heightened authenticity. The glittering cast including Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Rhea Perlman, Mark Linn-Baker, and F. Murray Abraham.
Read More »The Beauty of Solitude and Silence
In my humble opinion, everyone in the world could use a little more solitude.
Read More »Interview: Roland Griffith, Author of ‘Find Peace … One POP at a Time’
An interview with author Roland Griffith about his medication-free methods for overcoming depression and anxiety. His own journal to mental health inspired his new book, 'Find Peace.'
Read More »Book Review: ‘Running with Mindfulness: Dynamic Running Therapy (DRT) to Improve Low-mood, Anxiety, Stress, and Depression,’ by William Pullen
There's a good reason you feel calmer when you're moving. Pychotherapist and author William Pullen takes it even further with his new book, 'Running with Mindfulness.' Pullen's combination of moving, talking and self-awareness is a potent method for healing.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Mental: Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind’ by Jaime Lowe
First diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 16, in 'Mental: Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind' Jaime Lowe looks at her 20 plus years taking lithium and the drug itself.
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