So….who are you?
As I begin my training as a Hearing Advocate for those involuntarily hospitalized, I found this post timely. Finding My Sunshine is a mother, wife and PhD student living with Bipolar disorder. In [...]
Full Circle
Mission Hospital Laguna Beach ~ my 2005 "Alma Mater" as South Coast Medical Center This morning I interviewed with Mental Heath Association of Orange County to be a volunteer Hearing Advocate representing [...]
To conceive or not to conceive – Is that really a valid question?
Thank you, Edel Williams of Placid's Place for this blog post. When I was pregnant with my son, I was under treatment for depression, but was not yet diagnosed bipolar type II. That [...]
The Bipolar Blogger Network
Thank you, Raeyn, for adding my blog to the Bipolar Blogger Network. Please visit the Bipolar Blogger Network and check out their feed of member blogs under the Read Along menu header. What a wonderful way to [...]
‘You Don’t Know’ & ‘I Am the One’
Susan Zarit of Bravely Bipolar posted this video clip from the 2009 Tony Awards Performance of 'You Don't Know' and 'I Am the One' from the Broadway musical Next to Normal on her blog post [...]
Manic Temper Tantrum
Tasmanian Devil (Looney Toons) Last night I blew up and had a full-on manic temper tantrum. I forcefully threw my iPad down and then proceeded to flip over the kitchen table. Crap. [...]
Why Do I Write? Kitt O’Malley
Why Do I Write? Kitt O'Malley. First published September 8, 2014 on STIGMAMA.com * I write for I am more than a mother and a wife. I am a writer. I write for [...]
NAMI Week Five
Colorful and Monochromatic Roses At the end of week five of NAMI's Peer-to-Peer training, we learned the concept behind Dialectical Behavior Therapy or DBT. To begin seeing the world in less black and white [...]
You’ve Got This!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxAoS6gGDzA&feature=youtu.be Healthline launched a video campaign called "You've Got This" where we who live with bipolar disorder can make a short video offering hope and inspiration to those recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Check out videos [...]
As a Child
As a child I wanted to be a doctor To cure people of disease As a teen I wanted to be a neurosurgeon To fix brains with a scalpel As a young woman [...]