by leela | Jun 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
An update, plus answers to some of my most frequently asked questions. Update – How I’m Doing Now May 12th, 2022 marked eighteen months since I took my final dose of the SSRI drug Celexa, after a 5.5 year long taper (you can read my story here). I thought...
by leela | Jan 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
My withdrawal journey off of SSRI drugs started innocently enough in the spring of 2015… little did I know what I was about to be catapulted into. (You can read my whole SSRI story here.) By 2017 I found myself neck-deep in the layperson withdrawal community, helping...
by leela | Nov 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear” ~Unknown Pay attention. Follow the small quiet voice. Ask Questions. Remain open and curious. What you seek is likely closer than you think, and this is the medicine. The medicine has always been right here. Autumn...
by leela | Sep 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
“The core of the earth speaks to us of belonging, security, and stability.” ~Susan McConnell At this point we are 18 months into a global pandemic, and I don’t know about you but… it’s getting to me. The isolation, the stress, the fear, the powerlessness, the sense of...
by leela | Apr 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
For much of my life I was someone who could eat whatever I wanted and not gain weight. Great, right? Well sure, in some ways I guess it was, but in other ways–not so much. What it meant was that for a long time I didn’t have the impetus to think about what I was...
by leela | Apr 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
“The stories we tell ourselves… create our lives and thus our health. What are the stories you tell yourself about your life and your health? This is story medicine.” ~Susun Weed “Disempowerment is at the heart of poor health–physical, mental, and emotional.”...