Madisyn Taylor - Unmedicated

PRAISE FOR MADISYN TAYLORS

unmedicated.

Unmedicated is a precious gift of a book for anyone who has struggled with depression. In this deeply personal and profoundly practical guide, Madisyn will hold your hand through how to take daily actions to change your state. This is not some intellectual, do-this-to-feel-better-immediately read but a guide from a veteran who has been in the trenches of depression, and shares her secrets and practices to healing from the inside out.

HeatherAsh Amara, bestselling author of the Warrior Goddess book series

With amazing honesty, Madisyn shares her own spiral into despair and resulting over-reliance on prescription medications. The four pillars she discovered, created, and employed to free herself from the secrets within her soul also released her from this dependency. These four pillars, each composed of wisdom and action steps, can do the same for you, whether you are hiding your light within medications, isolation, illicit drugs, or simply bad thoughts about yourself. When integrated into the rest of your life, they will bring meaning to the phrase being alive.

Cyndi Dale, intuitive, healer, and bestselling author of The Subtle Body , The Intuition Guidebook , The Complete Book of Chakras , and Energetic Boundaries

Many eloquent voices have begun to dispute the widely held view that our life challenges are best handled by taking chemicals. In Unmedicated , Madisyn Taylor shares how sadness and anxiety dogged her heels, how medication proved the wrong answer for her, and how, by following her program, you can live an emotionally healthy life without psychiatric medication. A very rich, interesting, and important bookand highly recommended!

Eric Maisel, author of The Future of Mental Health, Rethinking Depression , and Humane Helping

Unmedicated offers those using prescription drugs for depression, anxiety, stress, panic attacks, and other similar maladies hope, inspiration, and most important, solutions to assist them in living drug free. With a four-tier program, this book provides an easy yet powerful program that holistically balances mind, body, and spirit. If you are seeking more joy and more peace through natural methods, this book is for you.

Arielle Ford, bestselling author of Turn Your Mate into Your Soulmate

As one of the 40 million Americans with an anxiety disorder, I am grateful for Madisyn Taylors new book Unmedicated . Like a close friend, Madisyn shares with her readers her personal healing journey and the insights she garnered while on it. Her revelations result in her four-pillar program, which can lead anyone who follows the practices to a profound feeling of health and well-being. Whether you take medication or not, I encourage you to use Unmedicated as a tool to create positive change. Take action and feel the shift.

Lissa Coffey, author of The Four Pearls and the Four Squirrels

With wisdom and sensitivity, Madisyn Taylor shares her journey to unmedicated freedom, using four unique pillars of holistic healing. For anyone who has tried everything, as Madisyn has, or who simply seeks the joy of living life in a new way, this offering shines a bright light of hope.

Sara Wiseman, author of Messages from the Divine

Told with unflinching honesty, clarity, and purpose, Madisyns revelatory Unmedicated reveals a hard-fought and well-earned reclamation of health from a minefield of self-medication, drugs, depression, anxiety, and disconnection from life. By sharing her inspirational journey, as well as strength, courage, life-lessons, and love, she offers readers welcomed pillars of strength and beacons of light to help free ourselves from the darkness of pain and suffering. A beautiful guide to self-healing, and encouraging and nurturing in its approach, this remarkable book serves as an invaluable resource for self-reflection, offering indispensable holistic tools for personal growth, and transformation.

Anthony J.W. Benson, creative business strategist and consultant, Dreams Made Manifest coach, inspirational speaker, and writer

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W e are now at a tipping point in our approach to psychological and psychiatric issues. The drug approachthat there is a pill for every ailmenthas not lived up to its promise. The 1990s decade was all about the brain, and many incredible discoveries in neuroscience have been made since in our understanding of how the brain functions. These discoveries have also shown us how incredibly complex the brain is and how much more we have to learn.

The brain is an organ that is subject to all the genetic and environmental insults it accrues over the years. Inflammation, toxicity, head trauma, vascular insufficiency, and endocrine issues all affect our mind, mood, and behavior. We need to lower our toxic burden of heavy metals, chemicals, and pesticides. We need to lower inflammation in our brains through proper diet and adequate antioxidants. Special care should be given to avoid head trauma in our children and young adults. We also need to supply our brains with the proper vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and hormones so the brain has what it needs to function properly. Most important, we need to deal with the stress in our lives.

Stress plays a crucial part in brain health. Most patients I see are extremely stressed. When we are stressed, in that fight-or-flight mode, we are destroying brain cells by the millions. In Unmedicated , Madisyn shows how to take responsibility for your mental health, how to lower your stress levels, how to preserve your brain function, and how to be happier in your life.

We all need to take responsibility for our situations. So often, we go to a health practitioner looking for the magic pill to make us better. Medication can be helpful at times, but it is only part of the solution. Usually, our symptoms are only the tip of the iceberg. Discovering the why rather than just the name of what we are experiencing leads to self-discovery and a more lasting cure. An analogy I use is a ceiling with ten holes in it. A medication may be effective in plugging up one or two of the holes, but that still leaves eight holes open. The track record of psychiatric medication has fallen short. The result is often only slightly better than a placebo but with intolerable side effects. This is why when medication must be used, it should be in a holistic, functional-medicine setting.

Clear you mind, nurture your spirit, strengthen your body, and find you tribe . These four pillars of natural wellness taught in this book are all worthy goals to work toward. A clear mind allows you to see reality the way it is and to make the necessary changes in your life. When your mind is activated by emotional stress, neuroscience has shown that you dont see reality clearly and often make unhealthy or improper choices. When your spirit is nurtured, you feel connected to something bigger and more powerful than yourself. You become curious, open, less defensive, and integrated. As your body strengthens, it allows your mind to become more clear, and you can enjoy the energy and vitality you deserve. Health is a function of participation: the more you isolate yourself, the sicker you will become. Finding your tribeyour communityallows you to participate and be supported by like-minded people.