Fractured Ink: Writing In Life's Chaos (audio)

Send us Fan Mail Ever feel like you're fighting a war on two fronts as a writer? You're not alone. The modern writer faces a unique challenge—navigating both external distractions and internal doubts that conspire to steal our creative energy. Through my expanded podcast "Fractured Inc: Writing in Life's Chaos," I'm diving deeper into how writers can thrive amid today...

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Send us Fan Mail Ever found yourself staring at a blank page, feeling the weight of creative paralysis? You're not alone. Writer's block isn't just for novelists—it affects bloggers, students, and even research mathematicians like myself. In this deep dive into the psychology of creative stagnation, I explore what writer's block really is: that temporary inability to express yo...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered how something as simple as putting pen to paper could transform your mental health? Discover the profound healing potential of keeping a daily diary for managing mental illness and recovering from trauma. Drawing from personal experience using journaling to monitor schizophrenia and complex PTSD symptoms, this episode explores how daily writing creates a saf...

Send us Fan Mail This Episode Description contains a Paid Promotion with amazon.com. Every writer faces a pivotal decision when drawing from personal experience: truth or creative freedom? Memoir or fiction? This episode delves deep into this fundamental choice, exploring how these two approaches differ in purpose, execution, and impact. Truth and authenticity stand at the core of this comparison....

Send us Fan Mail Stigma surrounding schizophrenia can be devastating, especially when it comes from those closest to us. Today, I'm opening up about my journey living with paranoid schizophrenia and how I've learned to navigate the complex landscape of misconceptions, fear, and rejection that often accompanies this diagnosis. What does it really take to build bridges of understanding bet...

Send us Fan Mail Navigating life at the intersection of paranoid schizophrenia and Complex PTSD is like walking a tightrope during an earthquake. The delusions and hallucinations of schizophrenia become more intense and personal when filtered through the lens of childhood trauma. When I experience a relapse, my CPTSD doesn't simply coexist with my schizophrenia—it amplifies it, creating a per...

Send us Fan Mail This Podcast contains a paid promotion with Amazon.com. Breaking the silence about family violence requires courage, understanding, and sometimes, the unexpected intervention of ancient mythological forces. My new book "Three Kidnapped Three Siblings, Three Furies" emerged from my personal journey as a survivor of extensive family abuse, particularly at the hands of my b...

Send us Fan Mail Mental health discrimination takes many forms, but one of the most insidious is how we systematically devalue older adults struggling with psychological conditions. Drawing from my lived experience with paranoid schizophrenia and as the daughter of a mother with the same condition, I've witnessed the painful intersection of ageism and mental health stigma up close. When I tur...

Send us Fan Mail This description contains a paid promotion in that I use Amazon Affiliate Links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. What happens when wild, chaotic living meets disciplined, daily creativity? This episode examines two contrasting yet complementary paths to meaningful artistic expression. We begin with Roland Robinson, the Australian poet who lived from 1912...

Send us Fan Mail What does it mean to pursue a career in advanced mathematics while experiencing the profound challenges of paranoid schizophrenia? Drawing from her extraordinary personal journey, Diana Dirkby takes us behind the curtain of her dual life as an internationally recognized mathematician and a person navigating the complex reality of serious mental illness. This raw, enlightening conv...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I will describe several incidents where I got into trouble with law enforcement for totally harmless behavior because I have always been open about living with schizophrenia. This fact is a reason to be open about living with schizophrenia, not to hide it. I passed with flying colors, and that helps reduce the stigma. #schizophrenia #police #lawenforcement #mental...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I will introduce you to my two novels: "The Overlife: A Tale of Schizophrenia"  (https://www.amazon.com/dp/191685219X), whose title I abbreviate to "The Overlife," and "Three Kidnapped, Three Siblings, Three Furies" (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DR9K6YMG), whose title I abbreviate to "Three Siblings." The first novel is about...

Send us Fan Mail In this short episode, I will introduce my new Podcast, "Fractured Ink: Writing in Life's Chaos." The podcast discusses fiction novels about families faced with a severe challenge. I have published two novels on such a theme. The first novel is "The Overlife: A Tale of Schizophrenia" ("The Overlife" for short (https://www.amazon.com/dp/191685219X...