ALANTIS PERKINS

Before Liberty Moon

Before Liberty Moon existed, I was just someone trying to survive.

Trying to understand trauma.

Trying to understand my own mind.

Trying to figure out how to live with experiences that didn’t always make sense.

 

Like many people navigating mental health challenges, I spent years searching for answers, stability, and understanding.

 

Along the way, I realized something important.

There are millions of people walking through the same darkness — but many of them are walking through it alone.

That realization became the beginning of Liberty Moon.

Not as a company.

Not as a brand.

But as a mission.

A mission to create a place where knowledge, lived experience, and community could help people understand trauma, adversity, and mental health challenges — and hopefully find a path toward recovery and stability.

That mission eventually became Liberty Moon™. And this is the story of how it began.

 

 

A Founder’s Story

My name is Alantis Perkins but I’m known professionally Wolf Alantis Mores, known professionally. I’m the Founder & President of Liberty Moon™, LLC, a mission-driven mental health EdTech and media company based in Massachusetts.

Through Liberty Moon, I serve as the Lead Blogger and content curator, creating educational articles, media, and patient- and peer-informed resources that help people better understand and navigate trauma, adversity, dissociation, and mental health challenges.

Much of this work is shared through Mental Illness Recovery And Thrive News™, Liberty Moon’s blog and media platform where I focus on mental health peer education, patient education, and resources that help people move toward recovery and stability.

 

The Story Behind My Name

My name professionally Alantis Perkins. It’s a name my late mother Gloria Perkins named me.

Alantis is pronounced Ah-Lawn-Tees.

Many people assume it refers to Atlantis, the lost city, but the story behind my name is different. I wasn’t named after the city but after Alantis, the lost angel of guidance, a figure said to guide people toward the “lost city of happiness.” The role is something like a guide or life coach helping people find their way.

I’ve always liked that idea of guidance because it reflects the kind of work I try to do through Liberty Moon.

Because the name can take some getting used to, many people simply call me Wolf — and that works for me too.

I’ve always loved wolves and lycanthropes — werewolves, lycans, and similar mythologies — which is another reason the name fits me well.

 

Names & Identity

You may notice that I use a few different names in different contexts. Each one serves a different purpose in my work and creative life.

 

Alantis Perkins

This is the professional name I use publicly for my work as the Founder & President of Liberty Moon™ and as a writer and mental health educator.

 

Wolf Alantis Mores the Wolfpack

This name represents the symbolic and narrative identity connected to the Wolfpack — the metaphor I sometimes use to describe my internal Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) system and personal story of recovery. It reflects the mythic and storytelling side of my journey.

 

MAXWULF

This is my creative and community identity used for gaming, creative projects, and entertainment platforms.

In everyday conversation, many people simply call me Wolf, which I’m perfectly happy with.

 

Behind the scenes, my legal name is used for official matters such as business filings and contracts, but for most public-facing work you will see me using the names above.

 

Each of these identities reflects a different part of my work, creativity, and personal journey.

 

 

My Journey with lived Experience & Transparency

Part of Liberty Moon’s foundation is honesty about lived experience.

My work in mental health education is not purely academic — it is deeply personal. I live with several mental health conditions and neurodivergent experiences, including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Schizotypal Personality Disorder (STPD), Major Depressive Disorder with Anxious Distress (MDD), Complex PTSD with psychotic features (C-PTSD), and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).

Because of these experiences, I understand firsthand how confusing and isolating mental health challenges can be. I also understand how powerful knowledge, support, and community can be in helping people find stability and recovery.

In my personal narrative I refer to my internal identity system symbolically as Wolf Alantis Mores the Wolfpack. This is a metaphor that represents the parts of my system working together toward healing, stability, and helping others.

Liberty Moon is not built around diagnosis or labels. Instead, it is built around the belief that lived experience, education, and community knowledge can help people better understand themselves and support one another.

My hope is that being open about my experiences helps reduce stigma and encourages others to seek knowledge, support, and recovery.

My work is deeply personal. I’m currently on my own journey toward even stronger trauma recovery and stability, and Liberty Moon grew out of that journey.

Because of this lived experience, I want people to navigate trauma and adversity better than I did.

I focus on patient and peer education, mental health literacy, and helping people better understand trauma, mental illness, adversity, and the resources that can help.

The Liberty Moon community — what we sometimes call the Wolfpack — also uses this platform for community education, activism, and support around mental health awareness.

I earned my Trauma-Informed Peer Specialist Certification through the Kiva Centers on December 19, 2025, and I’m continuing to pursue additional certifications to deepen my work in mental health education.

 

I graduated high school in May 2010 and later attended college while participating in several academic programs and mentorship opportunities that began in early grade school and continued through college.

 

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My Story

I’m an orphan. I lost both of my parents to cancer.

My mother, Gloria Perkins, passed away from sarcoma cancer.

My father, Calvin Johnson, passed away from lung cancer after previously surviving another form of cancer.

Their strength and perseverance continue to influence the work I do today.

 

 

My Life Outside the Work

I’m originally from Boston, Massachusetts, and I currently live in Weymouth, MA.

Outside of my work in mental health education, I’m a pretty laid-back person. I enjoy gaming — especially Pokémon and zombie games — reading self-help books, and exploring the Arts & Humanities.

I’m also an alternative fine artist, which means I explore many forms of artistic expression, including animation and other visual arts. For me, art isn’t about choosing a style as much as it is about expressing the energy and passion of a moment.

 

 

 

The People and Companions Who Support Me

Two companions play a huge role in my life.

My service dog Bentley helps interrupt and regulate many of my mental health symptoms and assists me in navigating environments safely.

My life partner, Cindy Mores, is also an incredible support and one of my closest friends.

Bentley and Cindy are both central parts of my life and support system.

 

 

Family Background

I also come from a family connected to music history.

I’m the nephew of Maurice Starr and the youngest son of Calvin Russell Johnson, producers who helped co-create and produce internationally recognized groups such as New Edition and New Kids on the Block.

 

 

My Goals

My long-term goals are simple but meaningful.

I want to be a strong and helpful mental health educator, community leader, and family man. I truly hope to become a good father someday, and I want to continue helping people better understand mental health and find paths toward recovery and stability.

At the heart of everything I do is the belief that:

Knowledge, community, and lived experience can help people better understand and navigate mental health challenges.

 

 

My Mission

My mission is simple:

Follow the moonlight to your freedom™

I create educational resources with the goal of bringing hope to the hopeless, helping people understand their experiences and discover tools and knowledge that can support recovery.

You hopefully know me better now. So maybe you should also know who I’m doing this for.

I’m doing this for all the kids you’ve seen portrayed in films like Hardball, Dead Poets Society, Lean on Me, One Eight Seven, and Freedom Writers — the kids who just need someone to believe in them.

Kids need hope to survive.

Kids need hope to keep their souls alive.

Kids need hope to grow.

I’m doing this for troops who come home to misfortune and suicide.

I’m doing this for people brave enough to leave cults but who suddenly find themselves without the life skills needed to survive and thrive.

I’m doing this for people trapped in narcissistic abuse.

I’m doing this for people caught between political wars.

I’m doing this for everyone affected by cancer, including my parents who lost their battles.

I’m doing this for everyone who is homeless.

For everyone affected by autism who needs life skills and hope to survive and thrive.

For everyone with trauma histories.

For everyone affected by community struggles and adversity.

I’m doing this for my loved ones.

And I’m doing this for myself, because my heart is hungry for it — especially while I’m on a journey toward self-mastery.

I hope we as a community can stop the hate and stop the violence.

I hope we can learn to love, hope, cultivate compassion, and make positive connections with each other.

Life is too short to live any other way.

We need to prioritize giving hope to the hopeless so we can recover from mental illness and adversity together, as a community.

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But either way:

I love you. I hope the best for you.

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Or as I often say:

“I’m just a random guy online trying to help folks.”

— Alantis Perkins

 

Liberty Moon exists to turn lived experience into knowledge, and knowledge into hope.