CXMH: On Faith & Mental Health
Health & Fitness:Mental Health
This week we’re joined by Melody Moezzi, author of the new book The Rumi Prescription: How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life. She talks with us about Rumi, her experiences with a bipolar diagnosis, the challenges between faith & mental healthcare, and how to fight injustice with love instead of anger. In the intro, Robert & Holly talk about end-of-the-school year traditions.
Things we mention in this episode/other resources:
- Melody’s other books
- Rumi: Past and Present, East and West: The Life, Teachings and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi by Franklin Lewis
Connect with Melody on her website, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Buy The Rumi Prescription or Melody’s other books on Amazon.
Quotes:
- “Wherever you’re wounded, it calls the Beloved to you.” (tweet)
- “There’s such a conflict between the mental health community and the faith community because one wants to be right. And they think to be right, the other has to be wrong. They don’t realize that they could possibly both be right.” (tweet)
- “We have suspended love, and we want medals for it.” (tweet)
- “Somebody else’s racism isn’t about me, it’s about pain that they have.” (tweet)
- “Love is our most powerful weapon against injustice, not anger.” (tweet)
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Intro/Outro music for this episode is ‘Fall Down’ by Rivers & Robots.
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