Leave everything you thought you knew about mental illness at the door.

Xavier didn’t grow up in the most traditional of circumstances — in a lot of ways. But his rich and complex family life would come to shape him and have lasting impacts on the world to this day.

Get to know Paul, this podcast’s inimitable composer, who’s got his own fair share of stories to tell - often, through music.

Lindsay grew up in a family in which you were just as likely to live with schizophrenia as not. Follow along to hear the latest updates about the Galvin siblings from the sister who has been as the center of it all.

With the weight of three generations on her shoulders, a daughter will have to break her deepest promise to disrupt a dangerous cycle.

Anita’s son was flourishing in a medical career with the military when he developed schizophrenia. Instead of treatment, he got jail. It launched the battle of a lifetime against an enemy that is virtually invisible.

Adrian’s greatest fear was not his loving dad’s mental illness, it was what Adrian was sure he was going to inherit.

Michael was nearly 60 when he kicked his craving for drugs, which only meant that the hardest part of rebuilding his scorched past was about to begin.