# Xavier Amador

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Episode 2: The Hidden Roots of Emotional Reaction

In this episode of Sacred & Sober, we explore the nature of emotional triggers and the powerful reactions they can evoke. Often, our strongest responses are not just about what is happening in the present moment, but about experiences, wounds, and patterns carried from the past. Together, we'll loo…

163: The Hidden Trauma Created By The Psychiatry System (It's Making People Worse) | Anneke Sips

Access Kelly's Turn On Training here.  Learn more about Kelly's Relaxed Woman System here. Most of what gets labeled psychosis isn't psychosis at all. My guest, Anneke Sips, spent over 25 years inside Dutch psychiatry as a psychiatric nurse, crisis worker, and trauma therapist before founding Netwo…

Episode 15 - Feed Swap | Look Again Podcast - LEAP, Schizophrenia & Anosognosia w/Dr. Xavier Amador

Welcome to Brain Stories Connections! Now available in a new video format available on our Youtube channel.    Is the word "curating" often overused and pretentious? Yes, thanks for asking.  Nevertheless, Brain Stories is curating - sifting through the massive podcast landscape to present the very …

Committable Conversations: AOT and the Cult of True Belief

In this episode Committable Collective members Jesse Mangan and Leah Harris discuss Leah’s recent article, ‘Assisted Outpatient Treatment’ and the Cult of True Belief. The article examines narratives around Involuntary Outpatient Commitments and how much of the discourse around these policies seems…

Bozo the Client? Managing In A Consultancy

Do you want to be right or do you want to be helpful? Choose carefully, because insisting on being "right" usually just makes you poor! On this week’s episode, Squirrel and Jeffrey tackle the classic consultancy challenge: dealing with boneheaded clients. Join us to learn how to use the LEAP method…

When You Can’t Talk Them Into Treatment: The LEAP Method

When you can't talk someone with bipolar into treatment, the problem often isn't stubbornness — it's a symptom. The LEAP method — Listen, Empathize, Agree, Partner — a calmer way to open the door when facts keep bouncing off. You've laid out the evidence, calmly and lovingly — the missed sleep, the…

Bipolar Partner Won’t Get Help? How to Talk Without a Fight

Bipolar partner won't get help? Why reasons bounce off in a high phase, and what can still reach them. Calm, practical, no scare stories. ☎️ If you or they may be in danger right now, don't wait for the video: in the US and Canada, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). Outside the US: https…

EPISODE #5: Anosognosia and the LEAP approach with Dr. Xavier Amador

In this episode, Dr. Xavier Amador, founder of the LEAP Institute and originator of the LEAP® method, joins Docs Tracey and Paul to discuss anosognosia as a bona fide neurological symptom rather than a moral failing or simple denial. They describe the term's origin in early neurology and how contem…