Making sense of psychiatric symptoms: from lived experience to philosophical exploration with Jazmine Russell

Mental health crises might be investigated from a variety of perspectives. The lived experience of mental health conditions can be considered an irreplaceable source of knowledge. It is through lived experience that we become aware of aspects that are often neglected, such as the ways our bodies try to communicate with us and alert us, or how our personal histories are revealed to us through the very phenomena we tend to call "symptoms".Jazmine Russell is a mental health educator, writer, and interdisciplinary scholar focused on bridging mental health, mind-body healing, and societal change. She is the co-founder of the Institute for the Development of Human Arts, a transformative mental health training institute and the founder & host of the Depth Work Podcast. Drawing on her lived experiences and professional training working both within and outside the mental health system, Jazmine is a holistic counselor and trauma-informed holotropic breathwork practitioner. She co-edited the Mad Studies Reader: Interdisciplinary Innovations in Mental Health (Routledge, 2024). Find her work at www.depth-work.com and www.JazmineRussell.comEvery other Monday, at 12pm.Follow us on:Instagram: @mirror_podcast_This project exists in Italian as well: In Front of the Mirror - Il Podcast in Italiano