Kyle Nicolaides is the author of Thank God For Depression and former lead singer of the rock band Beware of Darkness. During a decade-long career in music, he wrote the Top 5 Billboard rock hit “Howl,” amassed over 35 million streams, appeared on Conan and in Rolling Stone, and toured with artists including The Smashing Pumpkins, The Struts, Eagles of Death Metal, and Skunk Anansie. He performed at festivals including Reading & Leeds, Aftershock, SXSW, and Vans Warped Tour.

Despite all the outward material success, Kyle deeply struggled with depression and anxiety, which eventually contributed to the demise of his band. The collapse of his music career sent him down a radical healing path with ayahuasca, psychedelics, and spirituality. He wrote Thank God For Depression about how ayahuasca healed his depression. He later spent four years performing sacred healing music in ayahuasca ceremonies.