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Good Grief with Cheryl Jones

Good Grief with Cheryl Jones

Wednesday at 2 PM Pacific

July 22nd 2020: He Came in With It

Miriam Feldman and her husband Craig were successful artists raising four children in Los Angeles. They were a happy family, with a great confidence in all their children succeeding in whatever they chose. Their son Nick, in particular, was a gifted artist himself, and they looked forward to watching him blossom and grow. But as he reached early adulthood, disturbing symptoms forced them to reckon with the fact that Nick was struggling with mental illness, which over time would be diagnosed as schizophrenia. Facing the challenges of his illness, each person had to find a new way to live and th

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Miriam Feldman

Miriam Feldman is an artist, writer, and mental health activist. She and her husband her husband Craig O’Rourke, also an artist, have four adult children. Their 33-year-old son, Nick, has schizophrenia. When Nick was diagnosed in 2004, Miriam became an activist and a writer. With first- hand knowledge of our mental health system, she decided to be an advocate for those who have no voice. She serves on the advisory board of Bring Change 2 Mind, the non- profit founded by Glenn Close, and writes a monthly blog for their website. Miriam is active in leadership at NAMI Washington and writes for their newsletters. She is a frequent guest on mental health podcasts and is active on Instagram, where
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https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2264/good-grief-with-cheryl-jones 19/04/2024 03:00 19/04/2024 04:00 Good Grief with Cheryl Jones https://www.voiceamerica.com/show/2264/good-grief-with-cheryl-jones Miriam Feldman and her husband Craig were successful artists raising four children in Los Angeles. They were a happy family, with a great confidence in all their children succeeding in whatever they chose. Their son Nick, in particular, was a gifted artist himself, and they looked forward to watching him blossom and grow. But as he reached early adulthood, disturbing symptoms forced them to reckon with the fact that Nick was struggling with mental illness, which over time would be diagnosed as schizophrenia. Facing the challenges of his illness, each person had to find a new way to live and the family as a whole could no longer be as it once was. What did it take to navigate both the illness itself and the toll it took on all of them? How would they find their way forward, grieving what they once were and finding their new life? Join us as Miriam Feldman shares their way forward and where they are now. VoiceAmerica | Talk Radio | Online Talk Radio studio@voiceamerica.com false DD/MM/YYYY Add to Calendar
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