A Better Pill To Swallow
Just a spoonful of humor helps the medicine go down. Inspired by his brother’s suicide David unleashes his outlandish banter and passion for mental health with his good friends and experts alike. He challenges the over-medicated status quo, asking questions and exploring new holistic alternatives with his guests from a wide array of experience and discipline.
A Better Pill To Swallow
7. On Grief & Conquering Panic Attacks: "Fit In The Big Masterpiece"
In our latest, and most hilarious episode yet, we welcome accomplished actor and playwright, Paul Stroli onto the show. We open with how Paul first met and became instant friends with the host David, and his brother Andy as a creative pair who wrote the show they were all in together before Andy passed away. We take a moment to honor Andy, touching on various aspects of grief.
Paul then shares how he began suffering from debilitating panic attacks in his mid-30s. Instead of succumbing to prescription medication, he "stared down the dragon." He challenged himself by doing a one-man show, leaning all the way into his fear instead of running from it. He also learned that his incessant personal expectation, which plagues so many of us today, was a central source of his psychological tumult. When he learned to surrender his ego, he found that his salvation lay in looking instead for where he "fit in the big masterpiece."
