EP 54 – The Healing Power of Memoir with Wendy Adamson

To watch the video of this episode, please go to: https://youtu.be/zScdZ0QKB7U   How can everything we’ve gone through be a valuable tool to empower others?   What is the transformative and healing power of writing?   How can addressing the spiritual facilitate healing and recovery?   Find out all of these insights and so much more in this compelling episode of Kaleidoscope of Possibilities: Alternative Perspectives on Mental Health in which Dr. Adriana Popescu talks with author and mental health professional Wendy Adamson. You will hear the amazing and powerful story of how Wendy grew up with mental illness, her struggles with addiction and violence, and ultimately her spiritual awakening and recovery. In this conversation you may just find the inspiration and tools to free yourself from the past and create a greater future.    In this episode: Wendy’s experience of growing up with a schizophrenic mother Victimese Trauma Secrecy and shame Empowerment The Golden Shadow Writing and healing The spiritual aspect of healing Being of service Spiritual tools Practical spiritual work This time on the planet Dark night of the soul Self discovery and finding joy Using writing to clear Conscious Recovery and TJ Woodward   Resources mentioned in this episode: Wendy’s website: https://wendyadamson.com Mother Load book: https://www.amazon.com/Mother-Load-Addiction-Violence-Finding/dp/1945436247/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=motherload&qid=1560093726&s=gateway&sr=8-4 Incorrigible book: https://www.amazon.com/Incorrigible-Coming-Age-Addiction-Incarceration-ebook/dp/B097Z1XZCK/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=incorrigible+wendy+adamson&qid=1625832436&sr=8-1 Conscious Recovery: https://consciousrecovery.com   About Wendy: Wendy Adamson is a mental health professional that has spent over twenty-five years serving individuals struggling with addiction and mental health disorders. In that time, she has provided counseling, facilitated groups, done interventions, crisis management and executed treatment planning, which has helped countless individuals.    Wendy also has multiple articles in the Huffington Post and two published memoirs, Mother Load and Incorrigible, where she shares her own struggles with addiction, and her ultimate recovery, which led to the profound healing within herself and her family.    “Expanding my spiritual life has been the biggest and most important thing in the healing.” – Wendy   Would you like to continue this conversation and connect with other people who are interested in exploring these topics? Please join us on our Facebook group! (https://www.facebook.com/groups/kaleidoscopeofpossibilitiespodcast/)   About your host: Dr. Adriana Popescu is a clinical psychologist, addiction and trauma specialist, author, speaker and empowerment coach who is based in San Francisco, California and practices worldwide.   For more information on Dr. Adriana, her sessions and classes, please visit: https://adrianapopescu.org/   You can also follow her on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrAdrianaPopescu/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dradrianapopescu/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrAdrianaP Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriana-popescu-ph-d-03793 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dradrianapopescu Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCflL0zScRAZI3mEnzb6viVA Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/kaleidoscopepossibilities TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dradrianapopescu?   Disclaimer: This podcast represents the opinions of Dr. Adriana Popescu and her guests. The content expressed therein should not be taken as psychological or medical advice. The content here is for informational or entertainment purposes only. Please consult your healthcare professional for any medical or treatment questions. This website or podcast is not to be used in any legal capacity whatsoever, including but not limited to establishing “standard of care” in any legal sense or as a basis for legal proceedings or expert witness testimony. Listening, reading, emailing, or interacting on social media with our content in no way establishes a client-therapist relationship.