Disrupting Mental Health Stigma with Amanda Rosenberg

Amanda Rosenberg tells Wear Your Voice in a Skype interview, “The guilt and shame and repression got me institutionalized. So I figured that the opposite of that was actually better.” By that time in her life, she had come to terms with her mental illness, and understood that there was nothing she could do to change the minds of those who couldn’t accept that part of her, even her mother. The only thing she could do was help other people in the same situation by sharing her experiences.

cultureRoslyn TalusanJune 11, 2020interview, personal, books, pop culture

Radically Accepting Myself According to Chani Nicholas

Chani Nicholas’ horoscopes empowered me to draw from my own innate strength to overcome the immovable obstacles in my path. Astrology was the tool I needed to survive that day, and survive the next.