Today, on Inside the Minds Eye, a conversation with Jennifer Ann Butler: writer, doodler, creative, and spiritual savant.
Butler has spent most of her life struggling with depression. Last October, she began the arduous process of weaning herself off of anti-depressants.
After her medications had been discontinued completely, she began to experience emotions that had left her, for lack of a better word, confused.
Intense feelings of happiness, sadness, and all-around existential angst.
Jen re-formatted her life to allow for holistic means it self-care. Excercises, healthy eating, and a regiment of transparent honesty in the face of complex emotional states.
Mindfulness.
She began to redirect her thoughts towards positive affirmations while maintaining honest and open communication.
She used her writing, and her voice, to share these feelings with a network of people experiencing similar afflictions of the mind.
During this journey, she managed to funnel her energy into a book titled, "Imperfect" (How I Utilized the Energy of Depression to Write a Book).
The book is finished and is currently being crowd funded for self-publication.
Here is the link if you wanna throw some love towards realizing a life-long dream:
http://www.gofundme.com/imperfectbook
If you donate 25 dollars towards publication, Jen will sign a fresh copy of the book and send it directly to you.
And, if you want to read more about Jen, visit her website:
www.JenniferAnnButler.com
Featuring the Music of: P Suade aka Patrick Mahon (www.facebook.com/PSuadeMusic)
"Inside the Minds Eye Theme": Written and Produced by Chase Perry
"Objects in the Mirror": Written and Produced by P Suade
-SHOW NOTES-
3:45- Jen's 30 day Search for God and Confusion in a Church Service
8:33- Jen is Diagnosed with Cancer
11:23- Sober without AA (Learning about the brain, nutrition, and addiction)
13:23- How Jen removed cravings using healthy eating and brain activity stuff
16:50- Jen goes to AA meetings and is confronted about her sobriety date
21:20- Jen discusses her Non-Profit "Shock Awake" (www.shockawake.org)
26:40- How Jen Wrote "Imperfect"
37:39- Story of a 2 Guru Tickle Fight
38:57- Heavy AA conversation about the community, red bulls, and writing a book through pain
55:02- Jen shares her experience working on the 4th & 5th step's of Alcoholics Anonymous
1:02:00- Why are we here?
