"Dr. Kendra Campbell is the founder of Free Range Psychiatry, an organization that believes in the potential for human beings to thrive without the need for psychiatric medications. Imagine going to the psychiatrist and not getting a prescription for an antidepressant, antipsychotic, or antianxiety medication. It’s almost unheard of. Free Range is different. The doctors [...]
It might be surprising to you that your gut health and your mental health are actually quite closely related. In fact, I could even argue that they are the same thing. The science out there surrounding the mind-gut connection is growing by the day. So far we’ve learned that your gut produces around 95% of [...]
We receive messages all the time about how we need to DO MORE. The media tells us that we need to accomplish more and exercise more and this is what I have been telling myself for years. Here's the crazy thing that I've discovered. Apparently, I actually NEED to DO LESS! For the past two [...]
Most Americans will be diagnosed with a mental illness and many will be prescribed a psychiatric medication. We are supposedly identifying and treating more and more mental illness, yet suicide rates and disability continue to rise. If medications are the cure for mental illness, why aren’t we getting better? The answer is staring us in [...]
"Children should be seen and not heard." - Old English Proverb We are very good at telling our children "no" and "don't." In fact, it is the daily mantra for almost all parents and caregivers. As my children played at a playground yesterday, I witnessed at least 30 instances of children being told what not [...]
“Grieving doesn't make you imperfect. It makes you human.” ― Sarah Dessen According to the latest edition of the DSM-5-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the "psychiatric bible" of diagnoses), if you grieve the death of your child for 366 days, you have a disorder. The new diagnosis of "prolonged grief disorder" is the latest attack [...]
We are thrilled to share that our Cosmic Coordinator (and Psychiatria Podcast host), Dani Dunayczan was interviewed for an episode of the On Your Mind Podcast by Journey's Dream. You can read the transcript and listen here, or watch below.
“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” ― Eckhart Tolle Gratitude is a buzz word that you may be hearing a lot recently. You might even be annoyed at how often you hear people talk about how important gratitude is. In that case, please try not [...]
At this end of this episode, I literally say, “I don’t know what this conversation means or how I'm gonna edit it or write about it, but gosh darn it, it’s something.” It is certainly something, and, interestingly enough, I am just about as puzzled by the ideas we share in this conversation as I [...]
A few days ago, I shuttled my children in the bitter Chicagoland cold to my 8-year old daughter’s swim meet. As my son and I settled in among the fans on the bleachers, the logo on a fellow mom’s sweatshirt caught my eye. ‘Your Reality Is Ruining My Life’, it read. Wow, I thought, as [...]
