I’m often asked how I have got from there to here. Unhealthy to relatively healthy. A life unraveled and hopeless to a life very much worth living. How did I gain confidence in myself, a love of myself, an ownership … Continue reading →

Times like this mess with my mind. The tragic deaths by suicide of well known individuals. My daughter asks about it. I know she thinks of her mom. She’s seen me when I’m not well and she worries. And I … Continue reading →

“Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it – It can’t survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy. When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.” – Brene Brown Every day … Continue reading →

MHA (Mental Health America) asked me recently to write a blog for them regarding sex and how it can relate to bipolar disorder. The goal of the article being to educate and emphasize that sex is a good and healthy thing. … Continue reading →

I was browsing Twitter not long ago, and a good friend who lives with bipolar disorder and is highly functional and a father tweeted that one living with bipolar disorder can be a competent parent. Well not to toot my … Continue reading →