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I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep 24) Finding Peace and Joy with Diane BellMadness To Magic brings to listeners stories of real world encounters with what we all experience and yet feel shamed to keep silent. Embracing ALL of us is key to tapping into our own power to make all things possible.This episode of my podcast is with Diane Bell who is probably best known for her work in film as a Sundance award-winning screenwriter + director as well as the author of the bestselling guide to making an indie film, Shoot From the Heart. Diane started out living in Barcelona as a Yoga teacher cultivating practices of her ment...2025-04-2051 minI'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep. 23) The Secret to Getting Your Life Humming with Sheri SalataMadness To Magic brings to listeners stories of real world encounters with what we all experience and yet feel shamed to keep silent. Embracing ALL of us is key to tapping into our own power to make all things possible.This episode of my podcast is with transformational entrepreneur of The Support System and The Prosper Network Sheri Salata. As the last Executive Producer of The Oprah Show, Sheri’s been on her own journey learning to evolve in mind, body, spirit, business, and more, alongside other like-hearted and like-minded women. You can learn more and join in at Sher...2025-03-2944 min
IDEAS IN ACTION | USC's Podcast SeriesLiving Long & Living Well: Longevity TodayHow can we live long and live well, too? Experts on aging will discuss the individual and societal challenges as well as gifts of longevity from legal, health, and practical perspectives, as well as share advice on preparing for a safe and healthy old age. M.T. Connolly, author of The Measure of Our Age: Navigating Care, Safety, Money, and Meaning Later in Life, is a leading elder justice expert who won a MacArthur Fellowship for her work. Her book’s compelling stories reveal longevity’s abundant challenges and gifts, showing how unprepared we are for both—as individuals...2025-02-241h 02
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep 22) Mental Illness in The Family: Author Marin Sardy Shares InsightsWorld Mental Health Day on October 10 with its theme of "Make mental health for all a global priority" couldn't be more appropriate during these times when mental health in the family and mental health as a society is suffering more than ever. Having been raised by a mom diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and then having a younger sister also diagnosed with the same mental illness gave me first-hand knowledge early on in my life of the challenges that come with caring for loved ones who have a mental illness. To be able to talk about the experience with someone else...2022-10-0354 min
The Healing Place PodcastPaolina Milana - Madness to Magic; & the Role of Caretaker for Struggling Family MembersAnother thoroughly delightful conversation, this time with award-winning author, coach, podcaster, speaker, and blogger, Paolina Milana. Please join us as we discuss:
Paolina’s insights on mental health struggles
her philosophies on the “S words”
her role as caretaker for family members with mental health issues
what she means by madness to magic
and so much more!
Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, iTunes, Blubrry, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Deezer, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can a...2021-10-1530 min
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep 21) Self-love and Being Unapologetically Ourselves: Uga Carlini "Angeliena" Film InspiresOn Friday, October 8, 2021, multi-award winning filmmaker Uga Carlini's fiction feature "Angeliena" premieres on Netflix. It's a story about self-love and being 'good enough' and having dreams and caring for one another. It has characters you'll hiss at and the ones you'll cheer on. THIS is the kind of story - the madness to magic - that I love. It was an honor and such great fun to chat with Uga who, for me, has been such an inspirational storyteller and one of those creative souls that makes this world better by being who she is and doing what she does...2021-10-031h 03
Dr. Dravon James Every Day PeaceA Memoir of Madness in the Family with Paolina Milana, and the Benefits of Bon et Bio Tea with Jeanne Aicha NgangFrom an early age, Paolina Milana took on the role of caregiver, and entering adulthood she learned how to do and overcome for herself. Paolina joins the show to share an inspiring message about how to stay sane and thrive in a family where mental illness is nagging at the roots. Plus, learn about the benefits and uses of traditional African herbal tea from business owner and tea maker Jeanne Aicha Ngang.
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Mental Illness Happy Hour#555 Family Schizophrenia - Paolina MilanaBorn to Sicilian parents, she opens up about her childhood secrets; her mother’s and sister’s battles with Schizophrenia and the policeman who groomed and violated her when she was 13.
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Mental Illness Happy Hour#555 Family Schizophrenia - Paolina MilanaBorn to Sicilian parents, she opens up about her childhood secrets; her mother’s and sister’s battles with Schizophrenia and the policeman who groomed and violated her when she was 13.
More About Paolina: MadnessToMagic.com
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/madness2magic/id1447839094
Journey On! Check out all of Paolina's books here.
Rethink what it takes to turn the stories of your life into a book - Learn more about Paolina's 6-week "What's the Book in You?"workshop.
Support Our Sponsors!
This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get a free w...2021-09-031h 50
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep 20) From the Inside Out: Mental Health & Writing Therapy with Jennie NashOn Thursday, September 1, 2021, the book, "Blueprint for a Book: Build Your Novel from the Inside Out" by Jennie Nash publishes. What a treat it was to chat with Jennie who has been my book coach and mentor for years and who has been instrumental in my own books getting written and published. Jennie Nash is the founder and CEO of Author Accelerator, a company that's "on a mission to raise the bar on book coaching." She's the author of several books, and her latest is a "how-to" that emphasizes the inner work that needs to be done when one embarks...2021-08-2558 min
The Tom Sumner Program - Archive5-6-21 11amInterview with Paolina Milana2021-05-0600 min
CaregiverDave.comPaolina Milana - COMMITTED: Caring for Yourself When Madness “IS” HomeA storyteller at heart who built a career in writing, media & marketing, Paolina Milana’s roots are entangled with mental illness -- having been raised by a mother diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and later having to raise her younger sister, also diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. “Caregiving” and “Crazy” have been part of her entire being; her first book THE S WORD: A MEMOIR ABOUT SECRETS published in 2015 and helped to shed some light on the stigma and shame surrounding mental illness. The sequel to that book COMMITTED: A MEMOIR OF MADNESS IN THE FAMILY (SheWritesPress, May 2021) chronicles her struggles to stay sane...2021-05-0453 min
"Conversations LIVE!" with Cyrus WebbAuthor Paolina Milana discusses COMMITTED, #mentalhealth on #ConversationsLIVEHost Cyrus Webb welcomes author Paoline Milana to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss what led her to write COMMITTED and the importance of good mental health for her today.2021-05-0420 min
Author Paolina Milana discusses COMMITTED, #mentalhealth on #ConversationsLIVEHost Cyrus Webb welcomes author Paoline Milana to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss what led her to write COMMITTED and the importance of good mental health for her today.2021-05-0421 min
Pollina Milana - COMMITTED: Caring for Yourself When Madness “IS” HomeA storyteller at heart who built a career in writing, media & marketing, Paolina Milana’s roots are entangled with mental illness -- having been raised by a mother diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and later having to raise her younger sister, also diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. “Caregiving” and “Crazy” have been part of her entire being; her first book THE S WORD: A MEMOIR ABOUT SECRETS published in 2015 and helped to shed some light on the stigma and shame surrounding mental illness. The sequel to that book COMMITTED: A MEMOIR OF MADNESS IN THE FAMILY (SheWritesPress, May 2021) chronicles her struggles to stay sane...2021-05-0454 minPaolina Milana - COMMITTED: Caring for Yourself When Madness “IS” HomeA storyteller at heart who built a career in writing, media & marketing, Paolina Milana’s roots are entangled with mental illness -- having been raised by a mother diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and later having to raise her younger sister, also diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. “Caregiving” and “Crazy” have been part of her entire being; her first book THE S WORD: A MEMOIR ABOUT SECRETS published in 2015 and helped to shed some light on the stigma and shame surrounding mental illness. The sequel to that book COMMITTED: A MEMOIR OF MADNESS IN THE FAMILY (SheWritesPress, May 2021) chronicles her struggles to stay sane...2021-05-0454 min
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep 19) Caregiving for Mental Illness - SiriusXM DOCTOR RADIO SHOWOn Tuesday, April 6, 2021, I joined in as a guest on one of SiriusXM’s radio programs. DOCTOR RADIO included a segment on caregiving for mental illness, and its host Dr. Michael Aronoff interviewed me. Dr. Aronoff MD is Attending Psychiatrist on the Senior Staff of Lenox Hill Hospital and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at NYU Medical Center. He's served the American Psychiatric Association for over 20 years and has been on New York Magazine and Castle Connolly Guide's “Best Doctors” list. Dr. Aronoff’s Psychiatry Show on SiriusXM’s DOCTOR RADIO is live on Tuesdays at noon ET.
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The Gifters: Your Story is a Gift to the WorldEp. 1015: Seriously! Are We THERE Yet?! with Paolina MilanaAuthor, speaker, mental health advocate, my mission is to share stories celebrating the triumph of the human spirit & the power within us to bring about change for the better.
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I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep 18)Mental Health Awareness Month: The Madness That's Making Us Not Who We Are Meant To BeWarning: This episode is a bit of a RANT. It’s my own melting pot of everything from feeling enraged, sadness, disgust, hysterical: So many feelings swirling within me – Madness within due to the madness of our circumstances.
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We’ve always been a screwed up society. Humans are flawed. But we seem to have come to a point that we’ve embraced a notion that we can only change ourselves – which I believe – but we’ve taken it to a misunderstood level of “I’m only going to do what’s good for me,” with no regard to consequences or our impact to anyone e...2020-05-1834 min
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep 17) When the strongest fall apart: Learning to find yourself againThis podcast is with someone I'm blessed to call my friend: Thom Brodeur. He's a self-made man, he's a caregiver, he's an entrepreneur who has risen to the ranks of corporate CEO and now is head of his own beauty and fashion empire. He is both "Beauty Boss" and "Mister Congeniality" and he is a prime example of someone who has always gotten it done and taken care of everyone else in the process, except himself. In this episode, you'll hear from Thom about his trials and triumphs and how one person who is and always has been "the strongest...2020-02-291h 22
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep16)-Dealing with grief: Self-care and living your own lifeThe very thing I preach about in this podcast - CAREGIVING - is the very thing I wasn’t doing -- for myself. It's why I said "fuck it" to posting a Christmas episode: I just needed a time out. Something's been a bit "off" for a while with me. I only just realized what it was; hence, the reason for this episode.
With all that's going on in the world, this time I find myself talking about dealing with grief and "getting over it" (three of my least favorite words). My little sister Viny's death (her 6-year anniversary is Ja...2020-01-1731 min
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep15)Thanksgiving: Celebrating Dysfunctional Families with FriendsThis episode of my podcast is so fitting for Thanksgiving week. My crazy soul sister Sylvia, one of my dearest firends, shares her story of having grown up in a dysfunctional family, surrounded by madness, and the syncronicities and commonalitles and plain old divine intervention that has come into play throughout her life. This really is about loving crazy and giving thanks for both the madness and the magic that's part of all our lives.
As Sylvia says, "...just sharing with one other person who completely understands is so powerful." And I think you'll agree when listening to Sylvia's story...2019-11-251h 01
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep 14)Mental Illness Awareness Week: Resilience, Strength & Self-CareThis episode so speaks to Mental Illness Awareness Week. I interview Patty, a soul sister, who, like me, has experienced three different versions of mental illness: Her mom, her sister, and herself.
Patty and I talk about mental illness stigma and shame and family dysfunction. We also get very personal with stories of our own bunny holes and what it really means to be resilient and selfish. We share similar feelings of what it's like to be a strong independent caregiver and to fight the fears that come with admitting we all need a little bit of help sometimes.
As...2019-10-0958 min
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep 13) Interview with My Therapist: Shattering Stigmas, Sharing SecretsWow. This podcast – with me interviewing my beloved shrink (licensed professional clinical counselor Lynn Drost) whom I had seen for well over a decade – had me BOTH tongue-tied and unable to stop talking! This woman saved my life. The fear I had in spilling my secrets to her were two-fold: To do so meant to me that I, too, was “nuts” or had the mental illness genes; and I thought I was supposed to be the strong one to take care of it all, so to talk to a shrink meant I couldn’t handle it all on my own.
Lynn’s res...2019-08-2642 min
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep 12) The Power of Place: Rockhaven Sanitarium and Wonder WomenToday's podcast is with "Wonder Woman" Joanna Westerholm Linkchorst. Joanna is the spirit behind the effort toward saving Rockhaven Sanitarium.
Rockhaven is a place that was built in 1923 by a woman RN named Agnes Richards who found a better way to care for women with mild mental & nervous issues. Joanna, as founding member and president of the Friends of Rockhaven, has embodied the legends from this historical site and has become its living history. She shares with us a few stories of mental health treatement so ahead of its time: Rockhaven being one of the first facilities to give women...2019-08-011h 14
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep11) You Are Enough: A Mother Daughter Relationship Podcast“Sometimes people with the issue don’t know they have the issue, so how are you supposed to get somebody help who doesn’t think they need it?” - Great insight from Jeanne, the daughter in this mother-daughter special episode of my podcast. Jenny, her mom, is one of my first friends in life. We met back in grammar school. We've seen one another at our best and at our worst. This single mom and recent college graduate daughter are in many ways polar opposites. Lucky for us, they openly share their struggles, their triumphs, and their approaches to navigating this cra...2019-06-301h 09
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep10)Greatest caregiver of crazy: Remembering my PapaThis one’s all about a caregiver of crazy who is for me the single greatest male influence in my life - my Papà – Antonino Milana. Today’s the anniversary of his death - 29 years ago. I can’t believe he’s been gone that long. I was only 24 when he died unexpectedly. Not a day goes by that I don't think of him and all the life lessons he gave to me.
Who has been your greatest influence?
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A storyteller at heart who built a career in writing, media & marketing, Paolina Milana is grateful for the magic AND the madness...2019-06-2417 min
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep9) Mother's Day And Mental Illness: Missing Out On A MomHello again! Thanks for joining me. With this being Mother’s Day, today’s podcast is all about moms. Or at least my mom.
Mother’s Day is hard for me. The fact that it falls in the very same time frame as Mental Health Awareness month makes it even harder.
Anne Lamott one of my favorite authors said it best in an article she once wrote, sharing her reasons on why she hates Mother’s Day. She wrote: “It celebrates the great lie about women: That those with children are more important than those without.”
I’ve regretted, at times, not hav...2019-05-1228 min
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep 8) Celebrating National Siblings Day (sort of)Yup. Today is, indeed, National Siblings Day. We're supposed to be honoring our brothers and sisters on this day. I'm paying homage to mine with this podcast. Sort of. Those of you who have siblings might understand why.
Thanks for listening! And let me know if you have a story to tell and would like to share here.
A storyteller at heart who built a career in writing, media & marketing, Paolina Milana is grateful for the magic AND the madness she's experienced. Her roots are entangled with mental illness and taking on caregiving roles -- something she has come to...2019-04-1017 min
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep 7 Part 2)Siblings: Living & Loving CrazyThanks for coming back to hear part 2 of my conversation with my brother Ross. Today’s podcast is a continuation of the last episode.
It’s been enlightening for me – and it’s dawned on me that this is really the first time my brother and I – NOT being in the thick of madness with our mom or our little sister – have actually sat down as siblings to chat about our experiences – those shared and those that are unique. One thing is for sure – Humor helped us cope and still plays a major role in our relationship.
For me listening back to this uns...2019-03-261h 08
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep 7 Part 1)Siblings: Living & Loving Crazy"...It’s a whole different world…." My brother Rosario is definitely right. I listen back to some of these stories and think WOW what we were going thru and hiding from the world…? And then I think WOW what must you listeners be thinking? LOL
While there’s much more to this podcast – so much more than I thought I’d break it up into two episodes – I’m pausing this first part to comment on a few things, the biggest of which is PERSPECTIVE. As much as I have always known that each person’s perspective is unique to them, I guess that...2019-03-1943 min
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep6) Leaving Neverland and The "S" WordsI hadn’t planned on doing a podcast on this particular topic – that of sexual predators and sex abuse -- and for some of you, you may wonder what this has to do with mental illness and caregiving, and to that I’ll give a simple answer – A LOT. Having just watched for the second time the HBO Documentary “LEAVING NEVERLAND” - something I encourage everyone to do - it brought back for me the very same swirl of emotions that I experienced when I was 14 years old trying to navigate not only my mom's schizophrenia, but also my own sexual aware...2019-03-1355 min
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep5) Happy Birthday: The Gift of ChangeFunny how things change…sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. And whether or not we see that change as “better” or “worse” has everything to do with whether or not we’re even aware of the change AND how much we ourselves have actually changed – for better or worse.
A storyteller at heart who built a career in writing, media & marketing, Paolina Milana is grateful for the magic AND the madness she's experienced. Her roots are entangled with mental illness and taking on caregiving roles -- something she has come to realize is not unique to her; rather, it seems to be common o...2019-02-1225 min
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep4) The Death of A Sibling: An Unexpected "IT"A phone call came 5 years ago today announcing the unexpected end of my little sister’s life and of my own life as I had known it to be up until that point…
A phone call with a childhood friend I hadn’t spoken to, let alone thought about in at least a decade, connected the past with the present…
A phone call from some wrong number or from nobody at all – or so it would seem – opened my eyes to something I would have missed…and gave to me a message that – again – shifted my perspective and gave me yet another higher...2019-01-1747 min
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep3) "You Have Arrived": New Year's RevelationsNew Year's Revelations. Remembering the day my human GPS lost his way home...and realizing: We all lose our way. We all feel worthless. We all feel guilty. We all fall apart. We all are surrounded at times by madness. Finding the magic in those moments…embracing them…realizing that they are exactly what we need, exactly when we need them IS how we learn to love the journey and to stop being focused on being anywhere but exactly where we are. There is no "there" to get to. We've already arrived.
A storyteller at heart who built a career in w...2019-01-0227 min
I'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep2) Christmas and CrazyEvery Christmas, I can’t help but think of the irony. After all, both schizophrenia and the holidays involve retreat into a world of bizarre delusions: Santa Claus, flying reindeer, little elves, a virgin birth, angelic voices, Christmas miracles, peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men, and on and on. During this time of year, millions of people suspend logic and, in part, believe in the unbelievable. It’s all acceptable, even laughable, as long as the sum of the parts keeps you in society’s scope of the norm, far enough away from clinical insanity.
A storyteller at heart who built...2018-12-2518 minI'm with Crazy: A Love Story(Ep 1) I'm with Crazy: A Love StoryWelcome to Madness To Magic's podcast "I'm with Crazy: A Love Story" -- This show is for those of us who find ourselves surrounded by madness and wanting to find the magic within. We’re going to come together here as caregivers to those who have been diagnosed with a mental illness. Maybe it’s someone in the family we’ve been born into…maybe it’s someone we love…maybe it’s someone we work with…maybe – even – it’s ourselves. Whether we’ve been thrust into this caregiver role or taken it on by choice, this podcast is where we’re going to...2018-12-2411 min