Hey folks, welcome to the Dark Horse podcast Inside Rail. This is going to be a good one, folks.

I have the distinct honor and pleasure of sitting with Laura Delano.

Laura is the founder of the Intercompass Initiative, and she has a book, which is, well, I just got a copy of it yesterday, but I believe it is on the cusp of

publication, or is it just out, Laura?

It'll be out on March 18th.

March 18th.

Well, in any case, welcome to Dark Horse.

Now, from the point of view of orienting our listeners, you and I know each other pretty well

through the marvelous Brownstone Institute, where we have more than crossed paths over the course

of four or five events.

And I have become quite fascinated by your story.

But interestingly, you actually show up in Heather and my life before we knew you in person.

You show up in our book as a result of an article that you wrote.

I've now forgotten the details of when that would have been that reported on your story.

Do you know which article it would have been? It was a profile of me in the New Yorker in 2019

called The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs by Rachel Leveveve. All right, that's it.

So in any case, what we're going to be talking about today is your mind-blowing experience as you were growing up and then confronting a rather profound challenge surrounding your interaction with professional psychology.

So best thing I can do is let you tell your story, which I know you do

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