May 3rd, 2018 By Cortland Pfeffer Contributing writer for Wake Up World “I wouldn’t say a single word to them, I would listen to what they have to say. And that’s what...
Category - Cortland Pfeffer and Irwin Ozborne
Cortland Pfeffer founded Taking The Mask Off in 2014 to help shine a light on the mental health industry (as well as other areas of our society that are shrouded in deceit and misinformation). Sharing insider perspectives and real life stories that have been gathered over 20 years in the field, Cortland is a psychiatric Registered Nurse who was himself once a patient in psychiatric hospitals, jails, and treatment centers. He now wishes to share his experiences with others.
Cortland’s partner Irwin Ozborne is an avid historian, a survivor of childhood abuse and torture over a period of 13 years, and a recovered alcoholic. As a mental health practitioner, today Irwin practices holistic care and incorporates eastern philosophy into his work with clients.
You can follow Cortland and Irwin via www.takingthemaskoff.com
Worn Out Souls – A Story of Soul Contracts and Synchronicity
January 13th, 2018 By Irwin Ozborne Contributing writer for Wake Up World There are no coincidences in life. A coincidence is defined as a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances...
The State of Psychiatry Address: The Dark Truth of the “Mental Health” Industry
By Cortland Pfeffer Contributing writer for Wake Up World “A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” — Mahatma Gandhi An 18-year-old...
10 Life Lessons I Learned as a Psychiatric Nurse – and Patient
By Cortland Pfeffer Contributing writer for Wake Up World Over the past 25 years, I have been immersed in the mental health and addiction system as a patient, later as staff, as a Registered...
Drug Addiction: A For-Profit Epidemic
By Cortland Pfeffer & Irwin Ozborne Contributing writers for Wake Up World The drug epidemic is not an addiction problem, it is a humanity problem. “Few medical schools or residency...
911: The Alarm Clock of Human Consciousness
By Irwin Ozborne Contributing writer for Wake Up World “Make no mistake about it – Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or becoming...
What If We Are The “Bad Guys”?
By Irwin Ozborne Contributing writer for Wake Up World “We were told to just shoot people, and the Officers would take care of us” – Iraqi War Veteran Abeer Qassim al-Janabi...
Ignorance Is Not Bliss – The Truth About the Diamond Industry
By Irwin Ozborne Contributing writer for Wake Up World “For every hand in marriage, another hand is taken away. For every finger to receive a ring, another finger must pull a trigger...
The Other Side: The Spiritual Gift of Borderline Personality Disorder
By Cortland Pfeffer & Irwin Ozborne Contributing writers for Wake Up World She was crying like I had never seen anyone cry before. As she sat with her head in her hands, the large, clear...
Over The Rainbow: The (Yellow Brick) Road to Enlightenment
By Irwin Ozborne Contributing writer for Wake Up World In junior high school, I was a painfully shy student. It was to the point I would go through an entire week without peeping a single sound...
Compassion, Christianity or Consumerism? The True Meaning of Christmas
By Cortland Pfeffer and Irwin Ozborne Contributing writers for Wake Up World Christmas has become symbolic of all that is wrong with our society. Much like the Grinch, whose heart was three...
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Implicit Oppression of Women
By Irwin Ozborne Contributing writer for Wake Up World “If tomorrow, women woke up and decided they really liked their bodies, just think how many industries would go out of business...