Arent We All a Little Crazy? Mental Illness to Peak Performance Keith Kurlander

Published: April 6, 2021, 7 a.m.

b"What if your normal level of stress, anxiety, or depression didn\\u2019t have to be normal?\\n\\nDo you feel like you\\u2019re using work, alcohol, or something else to outrun the uncomfortable thoughts in your head?\\n\\nAnd how can we use our stress and darkness to help us live a more full, rewarding life?\\n\\nBefore Keith Kurlander became a founder of the Integrative Psychiatry Center, he struggled with serious mental health issues. He ran away from the promise of a highly lucrative life on Wall Street to find relief on a path which took many, many turns.\\n\\nHe worked with everyone from yoga teachers to therapists to meds to shamans to psychedelics to you name it. He tried it. But none of those approaches alone worked for him.\\n\\nThese days he\\u2019s dialed in his brain, his body, and his behaviors and his life is back on track. \\n\\nSo what worked? What had him go from struggling to get off the couch to being a husband and father leading two companies today?\\n\\nToday we explore his story and the reality that all of us deal with some form of mental illness on some level. Here\\u2019s to all of us realizing that maybe, just maybe we don\\u2019t have to hide, outrun, or settle if we don\\u2019t want to.\\n\\nIn this interview:\\nWhat if everyone has a bit of mental illness?\\nTrying to outrun our inner critic, dark thoughts, emotions\\nMoving from mental illness to peak performance\\nThe stigma of struggling with anxiety and depression\\nDo we have to blow up our lives in order to make a change?\\n\\nPlus:\\nRunning away from Wall Street and a lucrative career\\nKeith\\u2019s experiences with mental illness and bipolar disorder\\nSeeking relief through spiritual growth\\nHow ayahuasca effected Keith\\u2019s brain\\nKeith\\u2019s experience with meds\\n\\nAnd:\\nWhat approaches help us heal mental illness\\nWhat is integrative psychiatry and why is it so powerful?\\nWhy you need to be the authority of your path\\nIntegrating psychedelics, ketamine, and functional medicine with traditional therapies\\n\\nAnd then:\\nBetraying ourselves and pushing down that inner voice\\nWound worshipping and getting stuck in \\u201chealing\\u201d\\nMental disorders are chosen because we get something from them\\nWhat is spiritual bypassing?\\nWhat to ask yourself if you\\u2019re tired of feeling stuck\\n\\nhttps://www.thenewmanpodcast.com/2021/04/mental-illness-peak-performance\\n\\n\\nYou don't have to settle. Click here to learn the same mindset principles that Tripp Lanier uses with his coaching clients \\u2014 including Navy SEALs, executives, and entrepreneurs. The Daily Toolkit is available for immediate download.\\nhttps://www.thenewmanpodcast.com/\\n\\nMost men will let fear get the best of them. This book is not for most men.\\n\\nThis Book Will Make You Dangerous is a swift kick in the ass that will make you laugh out loud. It\\u2019s a practical guide to play for what we truly want, to get over ourselves, and have a ton of fun along the way.\\n\\nThis Book Will Make You Dangerous is now available at DangerousBookstore.com.\\n\\nhttps://dangerousbookstore.com"