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Reasonably Happy with Paul OllingerRewrite Mental Illness w/Laura DelanoLaura Delano is the author of Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance. Laura was fourteen years old when she saw her first psychiatrist, which was not something openly discussed at the time in her wealthy hometown of Greenwich, CT. Over the next 14 years, Laura was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, depression, social anxiety disorder, eating disorder, poly-substance dependence, and borderline personality disorder. These conditions earned her prescriptions for Seroquel, Abilify, Klonopin, Ativan, Ambien, Prozac, Effexor, Celexa, Cymbalta, Wellbutrin, Lexapro, lithium, and many more. During this time, she engaged in self-harm, spent time in psychiatric hospitals, and attempted to take her own lif...
2026-01-071h 12
Rational Voices with Sunil#65 Inside the Mental Health Trap: Big Pharma, Psychiatrists Lying for Profit? - Laura DelanoLaura Delano shares her personal journey through the mental health system, discussing her experiences with psychiatric drugs and the impact they had on her life. She emphasizes the importance of informed choice, the dangers of medicalization, and the need for a cultural shift in how we view mental health. Laura advocates for authentic care, the role of exercise, and the necessity of skepticism towards the mental health industry. She also discusses the challenges of tapering off psychiatric medications and the importance of reconnecting with our bodies and emotions.Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance: https://unshrunkthebook.comLaura’s we...
2025-11-141h 05
Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget PhetasyE364. When The Mental Health Industry Fails You - Laura DelanoLaura Delano joins Bridget for a riveting conversation about her book, Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance, which chronicles her haphazard diagnosis with bipolar disorder at the age of 14 and the 13 year saga of unending treatments, various diagnoses and a cornucopia of medications that she went through. When she’d reached her lowest point only one option remained, leaving behind the drugs and diagnoses, unlearning everything the experts had told her about herself and forging into the terrifying unknown of an unmedicated life. She and Bridget have a frank and fascinating conversation about their remarkably similar lives, they di...
2025-11-131h 35
Christopher James Dubey, Psychiatric SurvivorThe Future of Mental Health in America: Inner Compass Initiative’s Inaugural ConferenceText written with Claude. Video made with invideo AI.Something exciting is happening in the sphere of policymaking to reduce iatrogenic harm in mental healthcare. Inner Compass Initiative is hosting their inaugural conference and gala on December 3-4 in West Hartford, Connecticut.What Is This Event?“The Future of Mental Health in America“ brings together an incredible range of voices—current and former patients, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, journalists, academics, family members, and advocates—to take a hard look at today’s mental health industry and reimagine how we understand ourselves and the challe...
2025-10-2201 min
DarkHorse PodcastCan the internet make you sick? The 297th Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather HeyingToday we discuss the experience of returning home after timeway—culture shock, social media, and seeing your home with fresh eyes. Then a difficult set of topics: anorexia, physician assisted suicide, “terminal” diagnoses, social contagions, and what people have a right to do with their own lives. Finally: AI has been used to predict potentially useful drug combinations to fight cancer. What does this mean for the future of medicine, and AI?988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: https://988lifeline.orgFree and confidential helpline for individuals and families facing mental disorders: https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/helplines/nation...
2025-10-181h 23
The Culture War Podcast with Tim Pool🚨Charlie Kirk Suspect Captured, Antifa Confirmed w/ Dr. Josef, Laura Delano, Alex SteinBUY CAST BREW COFFEE TO SUPPORT THE SHOW - https://castbrew.com/ Become A Member And Protect Our Work at http://www.timcast.com Host: Tim Pool @Timcast (everywhere) Guest: Laura Delano https://www.lauradelano.com/ Dr. Josef @taperclinic (YouTube) Alex Stein @AlexStein99 (X) Ian Crossland @IanCrossland (everywhere) Libby @LibbyEmmons (X) Producers: Lisa Elizabeth @LisaElizabeth (X) Kellen Leeson @KellenPDL (X) My Second Channel - https://www.youtube.com/timcastnews Podcast Channel - https://www.youtube.com/TimcastIRL
2025-09-122h 06
The Veriditas Podcast: Heterodox Thoughts on Sex, Politics and CultureEpisode 8: The Journey from Psychiatric Patient to Vital Self: A Conversation with Laura DelanoIn this episode of the Veriditas Podcast, host Dr. Petra Bueskens interviews Laura Delano, author of 'Unshrunk', a memoir that critiques the psychiatric industrial complex. They delve into the impact of psychiatric diagnosis and medication on personal identity and discuss the challenges of navigating away from a medicalized understanding of mental health. Laura shares her journey from being diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 14 to rejecting psychiatric treatment and finding a life full of meaning and vitality. The episode also touches on themes of informed choice, the cultural construction of mental health, and the importance of reconnecting with one's...
2025-09-011h 41Michael Malice on Odysee"YOUR WELCOME" with Michael Malice #378: Laura DelanoMichael Malice (“YOUR WELCOME”) invites author and modern-psychiatry survivor, Laura Delano, onto the show to share her personal account of the dark side of psychiatric treatment, how psychotropic meds can exacerbate mental illness, and why her broken faith in mental health changed everything for her.To learn more of Laura’s compelling story and America’s horrifyingly, common “solution” to mental health, grab a copy of her brand-new book, Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance.LAURA DELANOhttps://x.com/LauraDelano/https://linktr.ee/lauradelanohttps://unshrunkthebook.com/order/MICHAEL...
2025-08-281h 09
"YOUR WELCOME" with Michael MaliceLaura Delano - Episode #378Michael Malice (“YOUR WELCOME”) invites author and modern-psychiatry survivor, Laura Delano, onto the show to share her personal account of the dark side of psychiatric treatment, how psychotropic meds can exacerbate mental illness, and why her broken faith in mental health changed everything for her.To learn more of Laura’s compelling story and America’s horrifyingly, common “solution” to mental health, grab a copy of her brand-new book, Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance.https://x.com/LauraDelano/https://linktr.ee/lauradelanohttps://unshrunkthebook.com/order/Order M...
2025-08-271h 06
IMA (Formerly FLCCC Alliance)#212 (Aug. 06, 2025) 'The Dark Side of SSRIs': IMA (formerly FLCCC) Weekly UpdateNever miss another webinar! Sign up here: https://imahealth.org/weekly-webinars/Learn more: https://imahealth.org/dark-side-of-ssri/Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are some of the most commonly prescribed drugs in the world. But what if the story we’ve been told about them is incomplete… or even dangerously misleading?This week, IMA President Dr. Joseph Varon is joined by IMA Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Paul Marik and special guest Laura Delano, author of Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance, for a raw and revealing discussion on t...
2025-08-071h 05
Faith Fiction and Folklore PodcastTaking a look at Laura Delano's "Unshrunk"On this episode we review Unshrunk by Laura Delano. Also, we react to her interview with Tucker Carlson.Watch the rest of the podcasts here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL754DzoJAhR1PYDxeKHhtjPlIAcgY1Ph4You can also read Gary Paul Varner's sci-fi reviews here: https://www.garypaulvarner.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=substack_profileThanks for watching!#podcast #paranormal #faith #folklore #fiction
2025-07-1853 min
Medical Evidence Matters with Liz TuckerDiagnosed as a Bipolar Teenager: A Patient's Story and RedemptionLaura Delano, was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder when she was a teenager and would go on to spent 13 years receiving psychiatric care, both as inpatient and outpatient. In the process, she accumulated more and diagnoses, and was given more and more drugs. But - as she explains in her new book: Unshrunk – How the mental health industry took over my life and my fight to get it back, published by Monoray - there was a problem, Laura wasn’t getting better.
Despite being a high achieving student for whom it had once appeared a glittering future await...
2025-07-081h 03Medical Evidence Matters with Liz TuckerDiagnosed as a Bipolar Teenager: A Patient's Story and RedemptionLaura Delano, was diagnosed as having bipolar disorder when she was a teenager and would go on to spent 13 years receiving psychiatric care, both as inpatient and outpatient. In the process, she accumulated more and diagnoses, and was given more and more drugs. But - as she explains in her new book: Unshrunk – How the mental health industry took over my life and my fight to get it back, published by Monoray - there was a problem, Laura wasn’t getting better.
Despite being a high achieving student for whom it had once appeared a glittering future await...
2025-07-081h 03
back from the borderlinewhy psychiatry failed her: laura delano on misdiagnosis, medication, and coming back to lifeWhat is the cost of being a “good patient”? For Laura, it was nearly her life.Join me as I sit down with Laura Delano, author of the groundbreaking memoir Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance. A former “professional psychiatry patient” turned fierce advocate for psychiatric liberation, Laura brings her unique and deeply courageous voice to one of the most urgent conversations of our time.At age 14, Laura was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after a single psychiatric appointment. What followed was over a decade of misdiagnoses, institutionalization, and polypharmacy, where at one point sh...
2025-07-082h 03
Trish Wood is CriticalGuest: Laura Delano, Author of Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance She is a survivor of both mental illness and the current paradigm set up to treat it. Laura Delano has written an astonishing book that is part memoir and part investigative critique of the Big Pharma drugs that made her sicker, and the dehumanizing treatment plans that perpetuated her fall. Follow Trish on X @woodreporting Website: www.trishwoodpodcast.com Shop: https://www.trishwoodpodcast.com/shop
2025-06-212h 02
Age Better with Liz EarleWhat nobody tells you about anti-depressants, with Laura DelanoWith many midlife women being routinely prescribed mental health medications, speaker and writer Laura Delano joins Liz to help us make more informed decisions about these treatments.Laura talks Liz through her childhood and being diagnosed with bipolar disorder as a teen, plus the many mental health medications she was prescribed that had little effect.Laura also discusses the impact of being told she was 'treatment resistant', shares her advice on how to come off psychiatric drugs safely, and why, despite her experience, she is not anti-medication or anti-psychiatry.Content...
2025-06-2052 min
The Atlas Society Presents - Objectively SpeakingAre We Overmedicating Our Kids? with Laura DelanoJoin Atlas CEO Jennifer Grossman for the 258th episode of Objectively Speaking, where she interviews Laura Delano about her book "Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance," which tells the story of Delano’s 14-year relationship to the American mental health industry and questions the dominant, rarely critiqued role that the American mental health industry, and the pharmaceutical industry in particular, plays in shaping what it means to be human.
Laura Delano is a writer, speaker, and consultant, and the founder of Inner Compass Initiative, a charitable organization that helps people make informed choices about psychiatric diagnoses, dr...
2025-06-1958 min
You Are My DensitySurf's UpStill feeling no pain, rushing to my grave, the allure of the steakhouse, McNally's rules, 2020 wrapped, a memory from county, the passing of a pop music legend, mushroom humor, some random quotes I came across, and people needing people. Stuff mentioned: Novocaine (2025), Lawry's The Prime Rib (100 N La Cienega Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211), Keith McNally I Regret Almost Everything (2025), The Odeon (145 W Broadway, New York, NY 10013), Balthazar (80 Spring St, New York, NY 10012), Minetta Tavern (113 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10012), Jay McInerney Bright Lights, Big City (1984), Bright Lights, Big City (1988), The Kinks "Better Things" (1981), The Kinks Give the People What They...
2025-06-1712 min
Mama Bears Radio Show PodcastResist The Treatment ... MBR 06-09-2025Today I delve into the book Unshrunk by Laura Delano. This is not the easiest topic to face because we all have people in our lives who have gone down the "treatment" and "brain imbalance" mythology roads. I gobbled this book down and highly recommend it to anyone. 66 million people in our country are on mind-and-personality-altering pharmaceuticals. I play some clips of Laura speaking with Tucker Carlson so we have some of her experience in her own words, and I also quote some FACTS found in her books about how little studies are actually conducted before these drugs get prescribed...
2025-06-1147 min
The Tudor Dixon PodcastThe Tudor Dixon Podcast: How to Escape the Cycle of Psychiatric Medication Dependence with Laura DelanoIn this episode, Tudor speaks with Laura Delano about her personal journey through the psychiatric care system. Laura shares her experiences with overdiagnosis, long-term psychiatric medication use, and the challenges of withdrawal. Together, they discuss the lack of objective testing in mental health diagnoses, societal pressures to medicate, and the importance of informed choice. Laura also introduces her advocacy work supporting others in safely tapering off medications and highlights the need for community, self-acceptance, and critical examination of current psychiatric practices. The Tudor Dixon Podcast is part of the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Podcast Network. For more visit TudorDixonPodcast...
2025-06-1151 min
Life ExaminedWhen to medicate the mind with Laura DelanoLaura Delano is the author of “UNSHRUNK: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance." As you’ll hear, Laura Delano speaks from first hand experience - diagnosed as a teenager with bipolar disorder, Delano shares her own struggles with mental illness, the psychiatric and pharmaceutical industry and the toll that treatment and medication took on her.
2025-06-101h 04
The Tucker Carlson ShowsLaura Delano: The Dark Truth About Antidepressants, SSRIs, and the Psychiatrists Lying for ProfitDoctors told a teenage Laura Delano she had something they called bipolar disorder, and then proceeded to make her legitimately crazy with psych drugs. She’s one of the few who recovered. (00:00) Introduction (01:20) Why Is the New York Times Mad at Delano for Getting off Antidepressants? (15:32) The Major Problem With Psychiatry Diagnoses (34:43) How Many Americans Are on Psychiatric Drugs? (55:00) The Drugs That Kill Your Life-Force Paid partnerships with: ExpressVPN: Go to https://ExpressVPN.com/Tucker and find out how you can get 4 months of ExpressVPN free! PureTalk: Go to https://PureTalk.com/Tucker to make the switch Policygenius: Head to at https...
2025-06-062h 21
The Tucker Carlsoon ShowLaura Delano: The Dark Truth About Antidepressants, SSRIs, and the Psychiatrists Lying for ProfitDoctors told a teenage Laura Delano she had something they called bipolar disorder, and then proceeded to make her legitimately crazy with psych drugs. She’s one of the few who recovered. (00:00) Introduction (01:20) Why Is the New York Times Mad at Delano for Getting off Antidepressants? (15:32) The Major Problem With Psychiatry Diagnoses (34:43) How Many Americans Are on Psychiatric Drugs? (55:00) The Drugs That Kill Your Life-Force Paid partnerships with: ExpressVPN: Go to https://ExpressVPN.com/Tucker and find out how you can get 4 months of ExpressVPN free! PureTalk: Go to https://PureTalk.com/Tucker to make the switch Policygenius: Head to at https...
2025-06-062h 21
The Tucker Carlson ShowLaura Delano: The Dark Truth About Antidepressants, SSRIs, and the Psychiatrists Lying for ProfitDoctors told a teenage Laura Delano she had something they called bipolar disorder, and then proceeded to make her legitimately crazy with psych drugs. She’s one of the few who recovered.
(00:00) Introduction
(01:20) Why Is the New York Times Mad at Delano for Getting off Antidepressants?
(15:32) The Major Problem With Psychiatry Diagnoses
(34:43) How Many Americans Are on Psychiatric Drugs?
(55:00) The Drugs That Kill Your Life-Force
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2025-06-062h 24
Get Hooked On The Transformative Full Audiobook Experience!Pestilence (Dramatized Adaptation) by Laura ThalassaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/58113to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Pestilence (Dramatized Adaptation)
Series: The Four Horsemen [Thalassa], Book 1
Author: Laura Thalassa
Narrator: Full Cast, Jessica Threet, Gabriel Michael, Barbara Pinolini, Gregory Linington, JW Rone, Gail Shalan, Matthew Bassett, Peter Holdway, Wyn Delano, Mark Harrietha, Bradley Foster Smith
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
Release date: 06-05-25
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 17 ratings
Genres: Fantasy
Publisher's Summary:
When Pestilence comes for Sara Burn’s town, one thing is certain: everyone she knows and loves is marked for death. Unless, of course, the angelic-looking horseman is stopped, which is exactly wh...
2025-06-059h 37
Bind Pack of Full Audiobooks in Self Development, Health & WellnessPestilence [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Four Horsemen 1 - Laura ThalassaListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Pestilence [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Four Horsemen 1Author: Laura ThalassaNarrator: Barbara Pinolini, Bradley Foster Smith, Full Cast , Gabriel Michael, Gail Shalan, Gregory Linington, Jessica Threet, JW Rone, Mark Harrietha, Peter Holdway, Wyn DelanoFormat: UnabridgedLength: 9:37:15Language: EnglishRelease date: 06-05-2025Publisher: GraphicAudioGenres: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Romance, Apocalyptic & Dystopian, RomantasySummary:They came to earth—Pestilence, War, Famine, Death—four horsemen riding their screaming steeds, racing to the corners of the worl...
2025-06-059h 37
Beyond The ZeroElizabeth Ellen - AMERICAN THIGHSElizabeth Ellen Buy the book here :https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/elizabeth-ellen-american-thighs-preorderhttps://www.hobartpulp.com/books/sfldGateway Books A Heart Breaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave EggersExcitability - Dianne Williams The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things - J.T. LeRoyEnd of the Story - Lydia Davis Less Than Zero - Bret East...
2025-06-0550 minDive Into: This Binge-Worthy Full Audiobook For Curious Minds.Pestilence (Dramatized Adaptation) by Laura ThalassaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/58439to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Pestilence (Dramatized Adaptation)
Series: The Four Horsemen [Thalassa], Book 1
Author: Laura Thalassa
Narrator: Full Cast, Jessica Threet, Gabriel Michael, Barbara Pinolini, Gregory Linington, JW Rone, Gail Shalan, Matthew Bassett, Peter Holdway, Wyn Delano, Mark Harrietha, Bradley Foster Smith
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
Release date: 06-05-25
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 17 ratings
Genres: Science Fiction
Publisher's Summary:
When Pestilence comes for Sara Burn’s town, one thing is certain: everyone she knows and loves is marked for death. Unless, of course, the angelic-looking horseman is stopped, which is ex...
2025-06-059h 37Indulge In Into A Binge-Worthy Full Audiobook In The Car.Pestilence (Dramatized Adaptation) by Laura ThalassaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/58113to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Pestilence (Dramatized Adaptation)
Series: The Four Horsemen [Thalassa], Book 1
Author: Laura Thalassa
Narrator: Full Cast, Jessica Threet, Gabriel Michael, Barbara Pinolini, Gregory Linington, JW Rone, Gail Shalan, Matthew Bassett, Peter Holdway, Wyn Delano, Mark Harrietha, Bradley Foster Smith
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
Release date: 06-05-25
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 17 ratings
Genres: Fantasy
Publisher's Summary:
When Pestilence comes for Sara Burn’s town, one thing is certain: everyone she knows and loves is marked for death. Unless, of course, the angelic-looking horseman is stopped, which is exactly wh...
2025-06-059h 37
The Scales of TruthQROT-151: The Current Mental Health System Creates Silence When Discussion is NeededAnother quick delving into Epoch Times' interview of Laura Delano, "What the Mental Health Industry Doesn't Tell You." Previously covered another aspect of this interview briefly on QROT-148: The Normalization of Pathology. This time some commentary on a different great insight.
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2025-05-3008 min
The Same DrugsMaybe you're not crazy after allAre mental health diagnoses real? Does anyone really need psychiatric drugs as "treatment"? Is psychiatry a sham? In this episode, I speak with Laura Delano, author of Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance, about her experience being diagnosed as "bipolar" (among other things) as a teen and how she began to see things differently (and get off of the drugs prescribed to her to "treat" her).The Same Drugs is on X @thesamedrugs_. Meghan Murphy is on X @meghanemurphy and on Instagram @meghanemilymurphy. Find The Same Drugs merch at Fourthwall.
2025-05-2851 min
Ask Dr. Drew14 Years & 19 Meds: Why Laura Delano Stopped Years Of Psychiatric Drugs & Went “Unshrunk” + Paleovalley’s Autumn Smith“The more I suffered, the more medical treatments I was convinced I needed, but the more treatments I received, the more I suffered,” writes Laura Delano, author of the memoir UNSHRUNK.
At age 14, Laura Delano was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and prescribed mood stabilizers and antidepressants. Despite academic and athletic success, she struggled with rage and despair. Over 14 years, she received multiple diagnoses and 19 medications. But her condition worsened and was deemed “treatment resistant.” Delano chose to stop medications, challenging psychiatric norms and exploring an unmedicated life, and details the results – and her critique of the mental health and p...
2025-05-241h 20Mama Bears Radio Show PodcastPill Popping ... MBR 05-19-2025Well.... it's time to get off the pills, red pills, black pills, prozac, etc. This hour on Mama Bears Radio I do my usual wheelhouse thing which is to call out the creeps in Sac who come up with endless bills [one can only guess] they must hope will devolve our society into chaos ... todays variation of that theme being AB 1084 which would make it super easy for kids, dogs, anyone to change their offical documents to reflect their gingerperson identity. Good times in Cali. Also I spend time talking about my new obsession book, Unshrunk by Laura Delano. Let's e...
2025-05-2145 minThe Scales of TruthQROT-148: The Normalization of PathologyI overheard a succinct summary of an unfortunate phenomena in our society. As part of the "American Thought Leaders" series on EpochTV (The Epoch Times). In response to the host asking a question about the phenomenon of ADHD being "self-diagnosed" on social media, the guest, author Laura Delano* says "we've normalized pathologizing ourselves".
My related thoughts and analysis.
What the Mental Health Industry Doesn’t Tell You: Laura Delano
*Apologies on mispronouncing the author's last name (it's DELL-uh-no).
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2025-05-1813 min
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2025-05-1631 min
Side Effects with Dr. JosefMeet The Woman Psychiatrists See As a “Threat” - Laura DelanoLaura Delano shares her journey from being a 'professional psychiatric patient' for over a decade to becoming a leading voice in the psychiatric drug withdrawal movement. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Laura was prescribed a cocktail of medications that only worsened her mental and physical health. After a near-fatal suicide attempt, she began questioning everything she was told about her diagnosis and treatment. Laura discusses her harrowing tapering experience, the impact of psychiatric labels, and how she ultimately reclaimed her life by challenging the mainstream narrative. Today, she’s the founder of Inner Compass Initiative and the author of Unshrunk, wh...
2025-05-141h 52
We Talk CareersOpportunities Without Borders with Laura MorrisonIn the Season 6 kickoff, we talk with Laura Morrison to explore how Women in ETFs is breaking down organizational silos to build a truly global, inclusive, and empowered professional network.Laura Morrison is a strategic advisor, independent trustee, board member, and chief revenue officer with extensive experience in financial markets, global stock exchanges, and asset management. Best known for building global ETF listings at exchanges like NYSE and Cboe, Laura currently chairs the board of Women in ETFs, guiding the organization through a pivotal global expansion. She and her husband of 3 years, split their time between homes...
2025-05-1435 min
American Thought LeadersWhat the Mental Health Industry Doesn’t Tell You: Laura Delano“This system I had been turning to for help through all of these years, through the most formative years of life, that I had been assuming existed to take care of me ... was actually a system of control. And I just hadn’t seen it for what it was, because I had never said no to it before,” says Laura Delano, author of “Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance.”For 14 years, Delano was a “professional mental patient,” as she puts it, after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder when she was a teenager.Now she wonders whethe...
2025-05-1456 minAmerican Thought LeadersWhat the Mental Health Industry Doesn’t Tell You: Laura Delano“This system I had been turning to for help through all of these years, through the most formative years of life, that I had been assuming existed to take care of me ... was actually a system of control. And I just hadn’t seen it for what it was, because I had never said no to it before,” says Laura Delano, author of “Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance.”For 14 years, Delano was a “professional mental patient,” as she puts it, after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder when she was a teenager.Now she wonders whethe...
2025-05-1456 min
If People Only Knew with Anna Matson#13- Laura Delano: Psych DrugsIf People Only Knew what psychiatric drugs actually do (and don’t do.)Laura Delano is an author, speaker, and consultant, and the founder of Inner Compass Initiative, a nonprofit organization that helps people make more informed choices about psychiatric diagnoses, drugs, and drug withdrawal. She is a leading voice in the international movement of people who’ve left behind the medicalized, professionalized mental health industry to build something different. Laura has worked as an advocate within and beyond the public mental health system and has spent the past 15 years...
2025-05-071h 41
The Next Big IdeaThe Next Big Idea Daily: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance Laura Delano spent fourteen years under psychiatric care, working with a variety of diagnosed mental illnesses and trying every drug and therapy that promised to “fix” her. But eventually she started wondering what if the problem wasn’t in her brain, but in the system itself?📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen📩 Want to transform your day in just 10 minutes? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter, and you’ll get daily, bite‑sized insights from the best new nonfiction books — in audio or text — straight from the aut...
2025-04-2111 min
The Next Big Idea DailyA Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance Laura Delano spent fourteen years under psychiatric care, working with a variety of diagnosed mental illnesses and trying every drug and therapy that promised to “fix” her. But eventually she started wondering what if the problem wasn’t in her brain, but in the system itself?📱 Follow The Next Big Idea Daily on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen📩 Want more bite-sized insights from the best new nonfiction delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up for our Book of the Day newsletter
2025-04-2112 min
The Med Free Mental Fitness PodcastThe Diagnosis Trap, Laura DelanoUnmasking Mental Health: Laura Delano's Journey through Misdiagnosis and Recovery. In this thought-provoking episode of The Med Free Mental Fitness Podcast, life coach, journalist, and author Katinka Blackford Newman engages in a deep conversation with Laura Delano, author of 'Unshrunk? How the Mental Health Industry Took Over My Life and My Fight to Get it Back.'Laura shares her harrowing experience of being diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 14, enduring 14 years of psychiatric treatments, and taking 19 different medications, only to question the validity and impact of her diagnosis and treatments years later. Now 15 years drug...
2025-04-1641 min
Smerconish on CNNWill Trump's Administration Survive "Signalgate?"CNN Michael Smerconish addresses previous White House scandals and questions whether the recent signal group chat controversy will impact Trump's administration in the long run. Then Richard Clarke, the nation's first cyber czar and former White House Counterterrorism Coordinator, warns how foreign adversaries are easily capable of hacking the Signal app. After that, Laura Delano, author of "Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance" raises her personal concerns with psychiatric drugs and how her life has changed without them. Finally, legendary democratic strategist James Carville discusses his bold prediction on the "massive collapse" unfolding inside the Trump administration and h...
2025-03-2942 min
Book Club with Michael SmerconishLaura Delano: "Unshrunk"Laura Delano is a writer, speaker, and consultant, and the founder of Inner Compass Initiative, a nonprofit organization that helps people make more informed choices about psychiatric diagnoses, drugs, and drug withdrawal. She is a leading voice in the international movement of people who’ve left behind the medicalized, professionalized mental health industry to build something different. Laura works with individuals and families around the world who are seeking guidance and support for the withdrawal journey and life post-psychiatry. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and children. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ad...
2025-03-2827 min
The Moynihan ReportEverything you know about depression is wrong - Laura Delano | The Moynihan ReportLaura Delano is a writer, speaker, and consultant, and the founder of Inner Compass Initiative, a nonprofit organization that helps people make more informed choices about psychiatric diagnoses, drugs, and drug withdrawal. She is a leading voice in the international movement of people who’ve left behind the medicalized, professionalized mental health industry to build something different. Laura works with individuals and families around the world who are seeking guidance and support for the withdrawal journey and life post-psychiatry. Laura joins Michael Moynihan to discuss the state of mental health and psychopharmacology today.If you want to...
2025-03-251h 05
Start Your Day With A Heart-Pounding Full Audiobook.Unshrunk by Laura DelanoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/242987to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Unshrunk
Author: Laura Delano
Narrator: Laura Delano
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
Release date: 03-20-25
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Child Psychology
Publisher's Summary:
At age fourteen, Laura Delano's parents took her to her first psychiatrist. At school, she was the model student, but at home Laura felt a rage that she unleashed on family, friends and herself. She was promptly diagnosed with bipolar disorder and started on a course of mood stabilizers and antidepressants. It was to mark the beginning of a painful and relentless...
2025-03-2010h 53
Radically Genuine Podcast with Dr. Roger McFillin176. Misdiagnosed & Drugged at 14 Laura Delano Played Russian Roulette w/ PsychiatryLaura Delano is the author of “Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance”. Her story serves as a powerful lesson, illuminating the all too familiar path toward iatrogenic harm that continues to affect patients within our mental healthcare system. She is the Executive Director of Inner Compass Initiative, a charitable organization that she founded to help people make more informed choices about psychiatric diagnoses, drugs, and drug withdrawal. She is a leading voice in the international movement of people who’ve left behind the medicalized & professionalized mental health industry to build something different. Laura works with individuals and families around...
2025-03-201h 51Savor The Sensational Full Audiobook Now, Curious Minds!Unshrunk by Laura DelanoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/242987to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Unshrunk
Author: Laura Delano
Narrator: Laura Delano
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
Release date: 03-20-25
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Child Psychology
Publisher's Summary:
At age fourteen, Laura Delano's parents took her to her first psychiatrist. At school, she was the model student, but at home Laura felt a rage that she unleashed on family, friends and herself. She was promptly diagnosed with bipolar disorder and started on a course of mood stabilizers and antidepressants. It was to mark the beginning of a painful and relentless...
2025-03-2010h 53
Bind Pack of Full Audiobooks in Self Development, Health & WellnessUnshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance - Laura DelanoListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment ResistanceAuthor: Laura DelanoNarrator: TBDFormat: UnabridgedLength: 10:00:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 03-18-2025Publisher: Penguin AudioGenres: Business & Economics, Biography & Memoir, History & Culture, Business DevelopmentSummary:“A really moving and heart-rending story. Unshrunk will help and empower so many people.”
—Johann Hari, New York Times bestselling author of Stolen Focus
The powerful memoir of one woman’s experience with psychiatric diagnoses and medications, and her journey...
2025-03-1810h 00
DarkHorse PodcastPrescription for Insanity: Laura Delano on DarkHorseBret Weinstein speaks with Laura Delano, the author of “Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance” on the subject of today’s mental health treatment and psychotropic medications.Find Laura Delano on X at https://x.com/LauraDelano and her book, “Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance” at https://unshrunkthebook.com.*****This episode is sponsored by:Jolie: For your best skin & hair guaranteed head to http://jolieskinco.com/DARKHORSE to try it out for yourself with FREE shipping.VanMan: Tallow and honey balm, deodorant, and many other amazing animal based...
2025-03-182h 36
Journey Through This Immersive Full Audiobook — Perfect On The Go.Unshrunk by Laura DelanoPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/5740to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Unshrunk
Author: Laura Delano
Narrator: Laura Delano
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
Release date: 03-18-25
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 27 ratings
Genres: Professionals & Academics
Publisher's Summary:
At age fourteen, Laura Delano saw her first psychiatrist, who immediately diagnosed her with bipolar disorder and started her on a mood stabilizer and an antidepressant. At school, Delano was elected the class president and earned straight-As and a national squash ranking; at home, she unleashed all the rage and despair she felt, lashing out at her family and locking herself in...
2025-03-1810h 53
Metabolic MindHow I Overcame "Treatment-Resistant" Mental Illness: Laura Delano’s JourneyCan you safely taper off psychiatric medications? And what are the potential harms of long-term psychiatric care?Laura Delano spent years as a professional patient, navigating psychiatric diagnoses, multiple medications, and a life defined by treatment.In this interview, Laura discusses her 13-year experience as a psychiatric patient, the impact of long-term medication use, and how she took control of her health to successfully taper off multiple psychiatric drugs.Now, as the founder of Inner Compass Initiative and author of Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance (available March 18, 2025), she’s dedicated to he...
2025-03-1854 min
RehashFurries“Grandma, would you tell us that old adage again?” “Yes dears. A long time ago, your ancestors used to say: if all the computers in the world shut down, it’s because the furries logged off for a day.” In this season 6 premiere, Hannah and Maia chat about the most maligned subculture on the internet: furries - a group of people with an above-average interest in anthropomorphic creatures, who everyone seems to despise. Thanks to some unflattering depictions in popular media like CSI and the Tyra Show, the world believes furries to be a group of maladjusted sexual deviants. But have f...
2024-12-091h 00
Shit We've ReadAuthor Interview: S.T. GibsonJoin us as we sit down with author S.T. Gibson to discuss her enchanting new book, Evocation; "the first book in a spellbinding and vibrant new series filled with fortune telling, tarot cards, intrigue and unexpected romance."
Listen to our impromptu therapy session as we all bond over being reformed Catholics, we discuss the importance of bi-visibility, and Jason and Saint gush over their shared love of Leda. Plus, Saint tells us about the time she joined something cult adjacent and so much more. Whether you're a devoted fan or new to Gibson's work, this episode...
2024-05-291h 11
How I Healed PodcastFreedom Is Not the Absence of PainOn today’s episode, we talk to Laura Delano, mother, writer, and peer-to-peer psychiatric support advocate. Laura was like many teenage girls, crushed under the pressure of perfectionism. She was diagnosed at fourteen with depression and prescribed psych meds, even though she knew in her heart that her rage, pain, and grief were logical, natural reactions to the society in which she was contorting herself to fit.So began decades of psychiatrization, learning to identify her mental landscape as broken, ill, and disordered. Psychiatry became a gateway to medicalization in other ways, and she developed an autoimmunity, lo...
2024-03-281h 01
Grating the Nutmeg162. Picturing Puerto Rico in Conceptual Art: The Museum of the Old Colony by Pablo Delano (CTE Game Changer Series) Connecticut and Puerto Rico have strong ties. The guest for this episode is Pablo Delano, a visual artist, photographer, and educator recognized for his use of Connecticut and Puerto Rican history in his work, including his 2020 book of photography Hartford Seen published by Wesleyan University Press, a Connecticut Book Award 2021 "Spirit of Connecticut" finalist. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, he is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Fine Arts at Trinity College in Hartford. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions in museums and galleries in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and...
2023-03-3135 minGrating the Nutmeg162. Picturing Puerto Rico in Conceptual Art: The Museum of the Old Colony by Pablo Delano (CTE Game Changer Series) Connecticut and Puerto Rico have strong ties. The guest for this episode is Pablo Delano, a visual artist, photographer, and educator recognized for his use of Connecticut and Puerto Rican history in his work, including his 2020 book of photography Hartford Seen published by Wesleyan University Press, a Connecticut Book Award 2021 "Spirit of Connecticut" finalist. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, he is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Fine Arts at Trinity College in Hartford. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions in museums and galleries in the U.S., Europe, Latin America, and...
2023-03-3135 min
We Talk CareersCareer Promotion with Kelsey MowreyOften advancement in this industry requires moving firms and reinventing the next version of yourself and your capabilities. How can you stay where you are and cultivate a career?Kelsey Mowrey is President of Motley Fool Asset Management. She is responsible for the firm’s strategic growth, ensuring operational excellence, and serving as an advocate for their Funds’ shareholders. Kelsey was able to grow in her career from administrative support to President within the same company.Kristine Delano and Kelsey discuss how to manage perceptions at the same you mature in your career. No e...
2022-11-2229 min
The RehabLaura Delano: Overcoming Iatrogenic Injury With The Inner Compass InitiativeLaura Delano is the Executive Director of Inner Compass Initiative (ICI), a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people make more informed choices about taking and coming off psychiatric drugs. Laura also consults with individuals and families looking for support during the medication withdrawal process. She has spoken and led workshops in Europe and across North and South America, and is at work on a memoir about her experiences called UNSHRUNK. Find out more at www.LauraDelano.com.
2022-09-2248 min
LA Review of BooksRachel Aviv's "Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us"Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by New Yorker staff writer Rachel Aviv to discuss her first book, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us. The book collects the stories of people whose mental health crises subvert our usual understanding of diagnosis, treatment, and healing. It begins with Aviv herself, who was hospitalized at the age of six for anorexia, before she even knew the term for her illness. Each chapter is then dedicated to a different person: Bapu, an Indian Brahmin woman, who shortly after giving birth dedicates herself to religious asceticism and mysticism...
2022-09-1646 min
Unsolved Mysteries RewindFranklin Delano FloydJoin Laura & Mark as they discuss the twisted & secret life of the criminal mastermind Franklin DeLano Floyd. After finally being captured after years as a wanted fugitive, investigators discover there are even more questions than answers to Floyds complex story.
Thank you to Mat Graham from Artificial Fear for allowing us to use his amazing cover of the Unsolved Mysteries Theme Song! Check out his YouTube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoQNyGGSIl_ZbEDq-teZDWQ
And thank you to Ryan Hughes from Planet H for lending us his spot-on “Stack Voice” and working with us to h...
2022-07-192h 30
We Talk CareersDiagnosing Culture with Laura MorrisonWhat are the signs that a corporate culture is rotten? Or perhaps just not a good fit? On the flip side, it is amazing what is possible when the culture at your job is healthy and supportive.In this episode of We Talk Careers, we are talking to Laura Morrison. Laura is global head of listings at CBOE Global Markets. Laura spent 20 years at New York Stock Exchange and played a leading role in bringing new and innovative ETF products to market while launching key market quality programs. Laura received her bachelor's in finance from Western...
2022-04-2631 min
Powertools MixshowEpisode 9-11-21 Ft: Christo, Swedish Egil (1 Hour), & David DelanoFollow Us:www.Facebook.com/Wearepowertoolswww.Instagram.com/Wearepowertoolswww.Twitter.com/Wearepowertoolswww.Twitter.com/Richardvissionwww.Twitter.com/SwedishEgilwww.Twitter.com/IamDjChristowww.Twitter.com/DavidDelanoSeptember 11th - NOW 104.3 - REV 92.7 - KRCK 97.7 - RHYTHM KRYC - C 89.5 - Z106.3 - Mix93fmChristo Tracklist:
KATO & New Northern - Sauce
ALRT - Big Bass
Asquerosa - Shahay
SIDEPIECE - Acrobatic (Martin Ikin Remix)
Pickles - Believe
FISHER...
2021-09-101h 59
Powertools MixshowPowertools Mixshow - Episode 7-10-21 Ft: Christo, Kaleena Zanders & Vindata, 35MM, & David DelanoFollow Us:www.Facebook.com/Wearepowertoolswww.Instagram.com/Wearepowertoolswww.Twitter.com/Wearepowertoolswww.Twitter.com/Richardvissionwww.Twitter.com/SwedishEgilwww.Twitter.com/IamDjChristowww.Twitter.com/DavidDelanoJuly 10th - NOW 104.3 - REV 92.7 - KRCK 97.7 - RHYTHM KRYC - C 89.5 - Z106.3 - Mix93fmChristo Tracklist:
The Funk Hunters x Defunk x Akylla - Warn Ya (Cazztek Remix)
JOBA - Dance Like You
Stefano Noferini, Alann M - My Soul
...
2021-07-091h 45
Read or DeadYou Gotta Listen For The CluesTune in as Katie and Nusrah talk about mysteries that work great on audio for Audiobook Appreciation Month!
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BOOKS DISCUSSED
Pretty Things by Janelle BrownNarrators: Julian Whelan, Lauren Fortgang and Hilary Huber
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens The Turnout...
2021-07-0250 min
Tune In To The Full Audiobook That Keeps Thriller Fans Hooked.Abracadaver [Dramatized Adaptation] by Laura ResnickPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/448554to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Abracadaver [Dramatized Adaptation]
Series: #7 of Esther Diamond (Dramatized Adaptation)
Author: Laura Resnick
Narrator: Wyn Delano, Eleanor Todd, Maggie Donnelly, Cameron Mcnary, Bob Payne, Jonathon Church, Tony Nam, Laura C. Harris, Jacob Yeh, Todd Scofield, Alejandro Ruiz, Patrick Bussink, Tim Carlin, Thomas Keegan, Jeff Allin, Peter Holdway, Michael John Casey, A Full Cast, Colleen Delany
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 4 minutes
Release date: June 3, 2020
Genres: Paranormal
Publisher's Summary:
R.I.P. = Reanimated, Infernal, and Pretty damn dangerous Struggling actress Esther Diamond, whose year got off to a rough start (what w...
2020-06-035h 04Access Unmissable Full Audiobooks in Science Fiction & Fantasy, ParanormalAbracadaver [Dramatized Adaptation] by Laura ResnickPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/448554to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Abracadaver [Dramatized Adaptation]
Series: #7 of Esther Diamond (Dramatized Adaptation)
Author: Laura Resnick
Narrator: Wyn Delano, Eleanor Todd, Maggie Donnelly, Cameron Mcnary, Bob Payne, Jonathon Church, Tony Nam, Laura C. Harris, Jacob Yeh, Todd Scofield, Alejandro Ruiz, Patrick Bussink, Tim Carlin, Thomas Keegan, Jeff Allin, Peter Holdway, Michael John Casey, A Full Cast, Colleen Delany
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 4 minutes
Release date: June 3, 2020
Genres: Paranormal
Publisher's Summary:
R.I.P. = Reanimated, Infernal, and Pretty damn dangerous Struggling actress Esther Diamond, whose year got off to a rough start (what w...
2020-06-035h 04
LOLO KNOWSLOLO Knows DJ Mix... Devon James, RVDIOVCTIVE, Country Club Disco, Brooklyn, NYMobius Strum - Bowling for You Orgins Sound - So HighEgyptian Lover - My House (On The Nile) (Destrada Remix)Capej - FortudaBicep - Celeste &ME - GardenSoul Clap - Moov To Tha BeatPrince - 17 Days (Zach Witness Version)Delano Smith - A Moment Frozen Teddy Pendergrass - I Don’t Love You Anymore (Damian Lazarus Re-Shape)Patrice Rushen - Haven’t You Heard (Joey Negro Extended Disco Mix)Sound Stream - Makin’ Love
2020-02-071h 11
The Final Straw RadioAnarchist Approaches to Psychology and MAD Camp with Mango and MarinThis week we are very pleased to present an interview with Mango and Marin, who are mental healthcare workers based in New York City. We are going to get into a lot of topics, including anarchist critiques of psychiatry, the open dialogue method of treating mental health concerns, ways that anarchists can be comrades with people who have survived the psych industry, and the Earth First! MAD Camp, which our guests started. Shoutout to our buddy Jayden for setting up this interview! If you would like to suggest further interview topics, either from our guests today or...
2018-09-301h 24
A New and Ancient Story: The PodcastLaura Delano: Sanity in an Insane World (E28)This conversation explores the contentious subject of the mental health system, through the story of patient advocate Laura Delano. Her journey into being institutionalized and recovering sovereignty over her mind and body has larger significance in our society. Her organization, Inner Compass Initiative, supports those who want to wean themselves off medication -- a formidable task not to be taken lightly.
2018-07-111h 33