Mental Illness and Spirituality with Sylvia True
Life, Death & The Space Between with Dr. Amy Robbins
Dr. Amy Robbins
4.8 • 585 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
“Above all, be curious.” -- Sylvia True
Sylvia True was born in England to parents who were refugees from Germany. She moved to the US when she was five. Growing up with parents from different cultures, a mother who was a Swiss champion figure skater, and a father who was a theoretical nuclear physicist gave her varied and unique perspectives.
During her summer breaks, Sylvia likes to travel to the Amazon and do research in the rainforest. She has raised two daughters, who are both pursuing their passions.
Presently, she lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two very spoiled dogs, where she is a high school chemistry teacher.
Her book “Where Madness Lies” is available from Top Hat books and from wherever books are sold.
Today we talk about how…
- The book is essentially her grandmother’s story
- Her family’s legacy of mental illness let to suffering under Nazi Germany
- Intergenerational trauma and secrecy in her family because mental illness was connected with Nazi murder
- Children in a household sense unspoken fear, shame and secrecy
- Sylvia’s own mental illness created openness in her family
- Sylvia’s fascination and experience with the paranormal was integrated into the storyline of her book
- Ambiguity between mental health and the paranormal blurs the two
- Her paternal grandfather was Anne Frank’s family doctor
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Dr. Amy Robbins and welcome to Life, Death, and the Space Between podcast. |
| 0:08.6 | I'm a licensed clinical psychologist and medium. |
| 0:11.5 | And here we explore life, death, consciousness, and what it all means. |
| 0:17.7 | Sylvia True was born in England to parents who were refugees from Germany. |
| 0:22.5 | She moved to the U.S. when she was five. |
| 0:25.4 | Growing up with parents from different cultures, a mother who was a Swiss champion figure skater, |
| 0:30.7 | and a father who was a theoretical nuclear physicist, gave her varied and unique perspectives. During her summer breaks, Sylvia likes to |
| 0:40.8 | travel to the Amazon and do research in the rainforest. She has raised two daughters both pursuing |
| 0:47.1 | their passions. Presently, Sylvia lives in Massachusetts with her husband and two spoiled dogs |
| 0:53.5 | where she is a high school chemistry |
| 0:55.5 | teacher. Where Madness Lies is her new book that is available from Top Hat Books and wherever |
| 1:02.7 | books are sold. So welcome Sylvia to the show. Thank you for having me. Hi, everybody. I just wanted to thank you all for your continuing support of the show and for |
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