Keep Going University: Loving Someone Through the Fog
Justice Leak didn't wait for permission to love his ailing mother.
There are moments when the world splits in two. One side is everything we know—our routines, our relationships, our illusions of safety. The other is a blank space, the part of the map marked “here be monsters.” Illness will do that. So will grief. So will watching someone you love drift away, slowly, while sitting right in front of you.
In the latest episode of Keep Going, I spoke with actor and technologist Justice Leak about his experience caring for his mother after she was diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer’s. This wasn’t a theoretical conversation. This was personal. It was about faith, patience, and trying to hold on to something slippery and sacred: the self, or what’s left of it, in another person.
Justice’s story wasn’t about a miracle cure. It wasn’t about a quick fix. It was about the long, strange path he walked to give his mom something like clarity during her descent into confusion. Through careful use of psilocybin, sound, movement, and intention, he saw moments of light break through the fog of her illness. Not a reversal, but a reprieve.
This is not medical advice. This is advice on how to keep going when someone you love is slipping away.
