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Brain Shaman
Brain Shaman is a philosophical and scientific journey towards better brain health. Michael Waite discusses how you can change your brain state and overall nervous system via behavior, nutrition, nature, and technology. Mental illness, addiction, and low brain function are destroying so many people and societies. By becoming increasingly disconnected from our natural mind-body-world and plugged into the artificial ones, we are getting sicker, weaker, and less free. We must become more conscious of how the information that we consume (in the form of action, food, drugs, sensory input, media, etc.) affects our brain. This podcast teaches you how to reconnect with your primordial nature, reprogram your brain, regain your freedom, and redirect your life.
Brain Shaman
Karl Kahler: The Magic and Madness of Bipolar Disorder — Manic Tales of Creation and Destruction | Episode 109
In this episode, I talk with Karl Kahler, author of Manic Dawn. He shares wild stories of his father’s manic adventures, capturing the extremes of bipolar disorder—its brilliance, chaos, and mix of comedy, drama, and tragedy. We explore historical figures with the condition, creativity, suicide, drugs, justice, imagination, divine connection, the impact on relationships, and the art of storytelling, weaving a vivid portrait of the bipolar experience. Prepare to laugh, gasp, and cry.
RESOURCES
BOOKS
- An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
- Exodus by Leon Uris
- Jurassic Park by Michael Chrichton
- The Cult that Snapped by Karl Kahler
- The Hypomanic Edge by John Gartner
- The Molecule of More by Daniel Lieberman
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- Touched with Fire by Kay Redfield Jamison
MOVIES
- Jurassic Park
- Red Dawn
- Rocky
- The Mask of Zorro
PEOPLE
- Alexander Hamilton
- Andrew Carnegie
- Ann-Margret
- Bob Dylan
- Catherine Zeta-Jones
- Christopher Columbus
- Elon Musk
- Ernest Hemingway
- Groucho Marx
- James Cameron
- Jerry Kahler
- Jim Morrison
- John Wayne
- Kay Redfield Jamison
- Kurt Cobain
- Matthew McConaughey
- Michael Chricton
- Michael Jordan
- Patrick Swayze
- Quentin Tarantino
- Sylvia Plath
- Vincent van Gogh
- Virginia Woolf
- Winston Churchill
**Connect and Learn More**
website: karlkahler.com
book: Manic Dawn