"I’d been suffering for several years from reccurring psychoses, and despite my efforts to heal, it felt like my condition was only getting worse. Sean's healing retreat was a life-saver. It took me into an intense period of trauma-resolving and inner work. After that I could return to normal life, after years of disability and struggle. I’ve found new strength, joy and ease to life that I never experienced before."

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For more on Kerstin's story, please see her full-length article at www.madinamerica.com.

"Due to a psychotic break, the love between Lara and me had shifted entirely - from an intense ride to a numb insecure feeling. After my 10 day retreat, the love came back once again. The light in my eyes and my entire attitude gained a boost. My emotions, my soul and body all feel more connected, as if everything is in its right place. I'm so blessed to have grabbed this opportunity for inner healing. It’s a great feeling to be able to live a dynamic life with highs and lows without losing yourself!"

Tim has shared his story of healing through television, radio and print in The Netherlands. Here's just one example!

I first contacted Sean in 2014, after reading his book - "Am I Bipolar or Waking Up?" (that I would strongly recommend to anyone who had a psychotic experience), and one year later I got to work with him during a private retreat.

At the time of my retreat in 2015, I felt quite stuck career-wise and emotionally drained, but with a big desire to change things in my life. Even though I had a manic episode last year, my whole attitude towards life got better. I moved to a better workplace, I am less fearful and more confident with day-to-day relationships.

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Since my first bipolar episode I kept asking why this happened to me. Psychiatrists could only speculate and left me thinking another one could come at any time. Thus, I'd been living in constant fear of my “illness” for years. Discovering Sean’s work changed EVERYTHING for me. Understanding the "disorder" empowered me to cure myself. It took a lot of effort, but I am meds-free since 2018. I hardly even remember about the bipolar thing now, and my life has never been better. Sean is a true healer, and I am forever grateful for his guidance.

My first crisis occurred in 2006. I had suffered personal losses and went to the psychiatrist, who diagnosed me with bipolar disorder and started drug treatment. But since I'm a pediatrician, I already knew that the psychiatrist's plan would be for me to take this medication for the rest of my life, so I started to search for a cureIt was in 2008 that I discovered Sean Blackwell's YouTube videos. Not only did they begin to make sense of my "bipolar" experience, but they also opened my mind to something new and hopeful. I studied and translated a lot of the content into Portuguese. I also discovered that Sean lived in my country of Brazil and had a social networking site with his wife, Ligia, called Alma Bipolar. That site helped give me the peer support I needed at the time.In 2011 I met Sean at a holotropic breathing workshop, where he acted as my sitter during my breathwork session. A while after that, I stopped my medication. Now in 2020, Sean has introduced me to CEC, Conscious Emotional Clearing! Medication free for ten years, I feel like I am a better person, who is much more integrated. Thank you very much for this, Sean & Ligia!

What a wonderful process Sean’s Distance Surrogate Breathwork is. Having had 7 sessions and one Conscious Emotional Clearing I can say that his work has opened up my life to opportunities I never saw coming. Sean’s professionalism and care in helping me deal with deep shadow issues in my psyche was life changing.

I recommend his work to anyone with bipolar disorder, or anyone else with an interest in transforming their life. Having had bipolar for too many years to remember I was still able to access great healing through Sean’s processes. I am truly grateful for the work we did together.

Watching Sean's videos anchored a sense of MEANING and VALIDATION into my experience - a totally different perspective that was being offered by the mainstream who told me I'd need to take medication for the rest of my life. With meaning and  validation however, I had the catalyst that set me out on a trajectory of self discovery, growth & healing, and all medication free for 9+ years.

After 10 years of being in and out of psychiatric hospitals, I found myself jobless, living with my parents, 80 pounds overweight and facing thyroid cancer. A terrible thought was starting to arouse in my mind: suicide. One day I stumbled over Sean's videos and everything turned around starting with that day.I studied his videos, got in touch with him, translated and subtitled everything into Romanian during 6 months. The following year Sean agreed to come to Romania and do his very first Bipolar Awakenings Healing Retreat with me. During that first retreat, I had a Kundalini awakening and my 3 years of constant coccyx pain immediately disappeared. After a second retreat with Sean the following year, my cancerous thyroid nodule started to shrink. Six months later, I came off my psychiatric medications completely and have been off of them completely ever since. Nowadays my thyroid levels are completely back to normal, as well as my weight. I owe my current life to Sean. I moved into my own house, started my own business and have a stable, loving relationship. I hope this testimonial will inspire others to work with Sean as he gave me my life back. Actually, I should say, a much better life.

I was sitting on my sofa, alone as I had just split up with my girlfriend and had been arguing with my mother about how I didn’t want to continue taking psychiatric medications forever. Full of anger, I decided to start searching YouTube for alternative approaches to bipolar disorder. With so many videos from doctors saying the same thing, I found one suggested video titled, “Bipolar Disorder or Spiritual Emergency?” by Sean Blackwell.

 From that point onward, a lot changed, as I got to know the work of Sean and Ligia here in Brazil. I knew, intuitively, that I needed the support of someone who knew what it was like to live through a Spiritual Emergency – an experience that generated a lot of insights which were quite different from what mainstream psychiatry was saying. I ended up doing two, week-long retreats with Sean, as well as weekly therapy with Ligia. They provided excellent Bipolar Breathwork facilitation and support as part of my healing process. I knew that once I was able to let go of the traumas of the past, that my life would improve a lot – and it did!