Thank you, author Bash Sarmiento, for contributing this guest post of self-love and self-care tips. Posting Bash's article in no way promotes the products he linked. Self-Love and Self-Care Tips Photo by Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels [...]
Many thanks to Ron Rapaport for featuring me on his podcast, It's a Wrap with Rap. Ron is a male breast cancer survivor and an advocate for the Male Breast Cancer Coalition. Ron's podcast [...]
Back in 2016, after my local NAMI Orange County office hosted an In Our Own Voice (IOOV) training, I recorded these videos on my YouTube channel. In Our Own Voice (IOOV) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqXC7zuASBA [...]
Why Have I Been Quiet? Shortly after my mother died last year, COVID19 hit. My energy is sapped. Staying home during this horrific pandemic, I've cocooned with those I love most: my husband [...]
"I went mad twice, and twice I came back." --Aliona Kuznetsova Photographer Aliona Kuznetsova "You really shouldn't be afraid to go to them. They won't do anything without your consent [...]
Grief Reading this post, I fear that I come off as self-centered, concerned more with my physical health than grieving my mother's death. Perhaps that's denial. It's hard to properly grieve when dealing [...]
Thank you, Healthline.com, for naming my blog as one of your best bipolar disorder blogs of 2020! I'm honored.
My mother died last month. My sister hosted a lovely family memorial for her this past weekend. I put together a slideshow, for which my uncle, my mother’s brother, related stories of their [...]
To simplify my life, I decided to self-publish Balancing Act - Writing Through a Bipolar Life to Amazon only for now. My mother's health is touch and go right now. Self-care and [...]
