Welcome to the personal website of Natalie Smolenski. Here I bring my scholarly background in anthropology, psychology, history, and philosophy to questions about culture, religion, healing, and social change. My attention is drawn to the ways truth manifests under given conditions- and how it transforms them. The title of this site,. Reflects my deep conviction that the path to truth and beauty is never easy; it has no shortcuts,.

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Mad Studies and Neurodiversity Symposium archive. A collection of resources and posts bringing together an international network of mad studies endeavours. Mad Studies and Neurodiversity Symposium archive. Follow Mad Studies Network on WordPress. We aim to work in inclusive, accessible, anti-oppressive ways that are as.

Reflections on Intentional Peer Support Training. Consumer Movement in Addictions and Mental health. Even as a child I always managed to nail the theory part of music, but the practice? Not so much. What I was missing though, was learning about the skills to practice IPS.

Notes on Wellness and Madness in the 21st Century. Photo from Tennessee State Archive online image collection. My earliest memory of a state mental institution was when I was seven. I was visiting my mother at Central State Hospital in Nashville Tennessee. It was a frightening and chaotic place that remains a part of the landscape of my childhood memories. An excerpt from a recent.