http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhG2gEzKao8 Compassion - Nurturing - 1000VoicesSpeak.org As I desperately reached out in compassion for others this past 10 days, I've neglected myself. I fueled my efforts with hypomanic energy, all the while sick with [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BINtiLBHCI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Sxv-sUYtM Today's prompt was to think of three songs then free write about them. I came up with two. Two perfect songs. Both beautiful. Both worthy of life. Both true. Duke Ellington [...]
Long time in coming... below more emotionally substantive content are the results of the survey I took in mid-February. First of all, my first reaction to being asked to take a survey is [...]
La Sabrosona of my spanglish familia interviewed me about parenting while living with bipolar disorder. Here is the interview:
At the beginning of this week, Terezin - a woman who had been horrifically abused by a mother diagnosed with manic depressive psychosis - read my poem Suicide Infanticide and was understandably enraged. My poem described a fleeting [...]
Updated my Resources page, adding Child Welfare Resources, in preparation for tomorrow's post about compassion and childhood trauma for #1000Speak for Compassion. Child Welfare Resources Prevent Child Abuse America Healthy Families America Child Welfare Information [...]
Friday, February 20, my #1000speak for Compassion post will address the trauma of child abuse and neglect, and specifically address the potential trauma of having a mentally ill parent. As a parent living with [...]
When my husband or son stay home because they are ill, I lose the structure around which I organize my day and my self. I need the book ends of bringing my son [...]
Originally posted January 11, 2015 on STIGMAMA.COM I do not whisper. I ROAR. Kitt O’Malley | Stigmama Motherhood has been transformational for me. I am NOW building a new foundation. My identity changed. [...]
You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better. - Anne Lamott Confidentiality: we ask that you keep [...]