A field guide to radically rethinking mental health, Firewalkers redefines mental illness as a journey of altered states, emotional turbulence, ecstatic visions, crazy blessings, and mad gifts. Winner of a Brimstone Award from the National Storytellers Network.

Through storytelling, photography, media engagement, book publishing, community art groups, trainings, and grassroots outreach, Firewalkers is changing the story of mental health.

Firewalkers chronicles the profound, turbulent, spiritual experience of living through a mental health crisis. What our society labels as “mental illness” can be a sacred quest that has the power to enrich us, reveal unknown strengths, and transform our lives.

If you love Firewalkers, we encourage you to also visit the Icarus Project -- a beautiful, imaginative, and inspiring project. The Icarus Project envisions a new culture and language that resonates with our actual experiences of 'mental illness' rather than trying to fit our lives into a conventional framework. www.theicarusproject.net 

We are now accepting submissions for a Firewalkers Anthology
Details here

Firewalk@vocalvirginia.org, 434-243-7878 x22