Psychic Rehab

Psychic Rehab

Straw Hut Media

Triggers, trauma, and overwhelm, oh my! What happens when artists, activists, and everyday folk get that not-so-sane feeling? And what are some of the less conventional ways we get grounded and reconnect to the physical world when everything seems so out of control?Join writer/cultural producer/DIY self helper Rachel Michelle Fernandes for a series of conversations about getting rooted in reality and finding common ground, be it with civic engagement, trash cinema, punk music, art therapy, talking to strangers, or taking to the open road. Together we can wake up from the collective nightmare t…

Episodes

8 episodes
Oh the Horror! — Psychic Rehab

Oh the Horror!

· 38 min

Ever feel so crazy you just want to scream? Or how about watching other people scream, on screen? Or scream at people screaming in a wrestling ring? Well, tune…

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Identity: Part 2 — Psychic Rehab

Identity: Part 2

· 29 min

Join Rachel Michelle Fernandes, mostly functional misfit and mental health advocate for part 2 of a discussion about identity and what it’s like to cross cultur…

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Identity: Part 1 — Psychic Rehab

Identity: Part 1

· 41 min

This week on Psychic Rehab, join me, Rachel Michelle Fernandes, resident punk enthusiast, journalist, and mental health nerd, for a conversation about identity.…

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Let's Get Physical — Psychic Rehab

Let's Get Physical

· 28 min

What does it really mean to “stay in shape?” And how can we challenge current, often damaging, diet and fitness culture norms to reframe issues surrounding the…

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Lost In America — Psychic Rehab

Lost In America

· 31 min

Join writer, activist, and mental patient, Rachel Michelle Fernandes as she tells the harrowing tale of her two-month-long solo road trip across America and thr…

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Burnout — Psychic Rehab

Burnout

· 21 min

Is HELL really other people as Sartre wrote? Or is hell unprocessed trauma and isolation? Join writer, activist, and mental patient Rachel Michelle Fernandes as…

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Love, Pain & Ink Stains — Psychic Rehab

Love, Pain & Ink Stains

· 23 min

Are you clingy or aloof, needy or closed off? And what do your past relationships say about you? Join writer, producer, mental patient Rachel Michelle Fernandes…

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Mob Rule - Bonus Midterm Election Episode — Psychic Rehab

Mob Rule - Bonus Midterm Election Episode

· 23 min

Writer/activist/mostly sane person Rachel Michelle Fernandes tells the story of how she got here and talks about how we could all use a little Psychic Rehab rig…

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