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Practices for a Healthy Brain: PECS

Practices for a Healthy Brain: PECS

Sep 21, 2021 | Mental Health

OK, let’s get down to it. I am badass disciplined about my self-care. I believe it is absolutely essential to preventing my next bipolar flare. The prospect of that is so terrifying that I am uber dedicated to practices for a healthy brain. When people ask me, “How...
So You think you might have a Bipolar brain? Now what?

So You think you might have a Bipolar brain? Now what?

Sep 14, 2021 | Mental Health

The following is an excerpt from my upcoming memoir, BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum. Like I did for so many years before my correct diagnosis and treatment, you may feel hopeless, discouraged, cynical. This makes total sense! You’ve tried...
Uncontrollable Depression: Death Was at my Door

Uncontrollable Depression: Death Was at my Door

Sep 7, 2021 | Mental Health

The following is an excerpt from my upcoming memoir, BrainStorm: From Bruised to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum. It sounds melodramatic, but here’s the truth: Death was at my door hour by hour. I was in the throws of an uncontrollable depression, unable to get out of...
Bipolar II is hard to diagnose

Bipolar II is hard to diagnose

Sep 3, 2021 | Mental Health

The following is an excerpt from my upcoming memoir, BrainStorm: From Bruised to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum. I have an anomaly in my DNA, an accident of genetics that I now know is Bipolar II or “soft bipolar.” Ninety percent of the time, Bipolar II is hard to...