Blog on the Range
“Where you stumble and fall, there you will find gold.” – Joseph Campbell
Psychosis Treatment & Recovery: A Humane, Holistic Framework
Psychosis is one of the most misunderstood experiences in mental health. In conventional psychiatry, psychosis is often described as a chronic brain disease — a life-long condition that requires indefinite medication. That framing, however, is not an established fact. It is a model. And it is not the only valid way to understand psychosis or support recovery. From a holistic perspective, psychosis can be understood as a meaningful response of the nervous system to overwhelming [...]
Why Couples Therapy Can Be Harmful With a Narcissistic Partner
I’ve spent much of my adult life believing deeply in therapy — both as a psychiatrist and as someone who turned to it during one of the most painful chapters of my personal life. What I didn’t understand until much later is that certain therapeutic models can become harmful when power dynamics and abuse patterns are present. I went to couples therapy believing it was the responsible thing to do. I wanted to be fair. [...]
When the Doctor Breaks: The Night That Changed Everything
(An Excerpt From My Journey Into Unprescribed) Most people grow up believing doctors are the steady ones — the anchors, the fixers, the ones who hold everyone else together. What they don’t realize is that many of us are breaking quietly behind the scenes. I didn’t understand that truth fully until the night my own life collapsed in on itself… the night that eventually became the opening pages of Unprescribed, the book I never thought [...]
Unprescribed — A Glimpse Inside the Story
There are some stories we don’t choose to tell. They choose us. For most of my life, I kept parts of my story hidden—even from myself. The trauma. The medications. The unraveling. The healing I never asked for but desperately needed. People see the calm version of me now: the grounded holistic psychiatrist, the mother, the healer, the cycle-breaker. But the truth behind Unprescribed is much more complicated, messy, gritty, and human. There was a [...]
The Truth About Psychiatric Diagnoses: They’re Not Valid, Not Reliable, and Not Real
I’m a board-certified psychiatrist. I went through med school, residency, and fellowship. I’ve diagnosed thousands of people with “mental illnesses.” But eventually, I had to face the truth: ❌ There’s no brain scan for depression ❌ No blood test for bipolar disorder ❌ No lab marker for anxiety, ADHD, or OCD These diagnoses aren’t based on objective science — they’re based on checklists of symptoms. And those checklists? They change every few years. The system [...]
From Lavender Fields to Entrepreneurship: A Day of Unschooling and Joy
My children always skip school — because that’s how they learn best. Not because we’re rebels (although, maybe a little 😉), but because we’re unschoolers. And instead of sitting in a classroom under fluorescent lights, being force-fed worksheets next to 25 same-age peers, we spent our day in the sunshine — learning, laughing, creating, and launching a business. We made lavender herb bath salts — and a whole lot of memories. 🌿 What Is Unschooling [...]
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