This episode features an interview with musician/artist ZAAD AZMI, a 27 year old mentee of Jaymee's who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in his late teens. Jaymee was the Spiritual Director of a mental health treatment center ZAAD entered into in 2015, and the two began working together as clinician and patient, immediately developing creative ways of navigating his crippling diagnosis through the study of mysticism, the application of mindfulness techniques, and dedicated focus of art creation within multiple disciplines. This truly uncommon mental health approach and dynamic, rooted in empathy, radical honesty, the ability to laugh at oneself, and recovery from addiction) has spanned beyond the treatment setting the past 8 years. As a result of unconventional approaches and extraordinary means, ZAAD AZMI has achieved sanity and stabilty through his schizophrenia diagnosis. For the first time in his life, he's sharing this unique story with the world through long form conversation, rather than song. ZAAD AZMI ON SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/aaron-church-56542454 + ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaza8xh7zv2lNGdhwoKcCA LOVE IS THE AUTHOR PODCAST! produced, edited, and hosted by Jaymee Carpenter. INSTAGRAM! @loveistheauthor + @unconventionalgardener  BOOK MENTORSHIP SESSIONS w/ JAYMEE or LACEE! email: [email protected]