Marya Hornbacher’s Research about Mental lllness
What do you know about mental illness? By Gabby Abbott | Apr. 15, 2015 | 285 Submissions Author Marya Hornbacher is working on a book about mental illness. Her book will profile the [...]
Bad Mom – Spoken Word for Tha.Speakeasy
Prompted by an invite to Tha.Speakeasy Facebook event on April 17th & 18th, I read my poem, Bad Mom, which I'm posting here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSPxegcCxEM Bad Mom Bad mom Selfish mom Ineffective mom Permissive [...]
Been Busy
No wonder I'm exhausted! Friday I attended a NAMI California Regional Meeting in which we participated in NAMI Smarts for Advocacy Training. NAMI Smarts for Advocacy is a hands-on advocacy training program that helps [...]
Two, No Three, Songs #Writing101
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 [...]
Why I Keep Away from Madness, Dyane Leshin-Harwod #MarchMadness
I love this post written by my dear friend Dyane Leshin-Harwood of Birth of a New Brain: Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder for STIGMAMA.com. She eloquently and powerfully explains how she takes care of herself, how she pays [...]
World Bipolar Day – March 30 – Happy Birthday, Van Gogh!
World Bipolar Day (WBD) will be celebrated each year on March 30th, the birthday of Vincent Van Gogh, who was posthumously diagnosed as probably having bipolar disorder. [I'm not so sure you can [...]
Postpartum Bipolar Disorder Research Study
Walker Karraa, PhD My friend & colleague, Dr. Walker Karraa, is studying the stigma surrounding postpartum bipolar disorder. If you fit her research criteria and are interested in participating, please do so. Her [...]
Passed My SSDI Review (Whew!)
Beautiful Tree Manipulated to Look Agitated and Hypomanic Spring triggers hypomania and agitation in me. As many of my readers already know, one spring over twenty years ago, tricyclic antidepressant misuse, [...]
I’m Sick & Had to Cancel
I am SO disappointed. Woke up this morning with gastroenteritis. Not able to go on my trip to the San Franciscod Bay Area. Not able to be interviewed for Rebecca Gitenstein's study on mothers [...]
Bay Area Here I Come!
Happy Birthday to My Dear Friend Dyane Harwood and Her Muse Lucy This weekend I’m going up to the San Francisco Bay Area so that Rebecca Gitenstein can interview me at The Wright [...]