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Balancing Act — Writing Through a Bipolar Life is for Sale!
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Balancing Act — Writing Through a Bipolar Life is for Sale!

Bipolar Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Memoir, Mental Health, Mental Illness

Balancing Act — Writing Through a Bipolar Life is for Sale!

Balancing Act -- Writing Through a Bipolar Life is for sale on Amazon Kindle and paperback and Barnes and Nobel! https://www.amazon.com//dp/B07Y3Y1SXB/

Kitt O'Malley2019-09-21T03:33:46+00:00September 21st, 2019|Categories: Bipolar Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Memoir, Mental Health, Mental Illness|Tags: Bipolar, book, Memoir|0 Comments

Balancing Act Book Launch Street Team
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Balancing Act Book Launch Street Team

Bipolar Disorder, Hypomania, Memoir, Mental Health, Writing

Balancing Act Book Launch Street Team

ARC, book launch, street team, Advanced Reader Copy, book review

Kitt O'Malley2019-08-13T16:29:56+00:00July 8th, 2019|Categories: Bipolar Disorder, Hypomania, Memoir, Mental Health, Writing|10 Comments

I Spoke in Public!

Thank you, Lianne Sauvage, for inviting me to share my mental health journey at Belmont High School's Mental Health Assembly! For my speech, I adapted content from My Bipolar Thoughts, my memoir work-in-progress. [...]

Kitt O'Malley2019-08-13T16:31:42+00:00May 26th, 2019|Categories: Acceptance, Bipolar Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Memoir, Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy, Mental Health Blogging, Mental Illness, Mood Cycling, Motherhood, Psychosis, Psychotic Thought Process, Public Speaking, Stigma|Tags: #amwriting, acceptance, amspeaking, Bipolar, bipolar disorder, bipolar thought process, bipolar type II, mental health advocacy, mental health month, Public speaking, purpose|26 Comments

Creative Writing Prompt: Rainstorm

I Prompt for first creative writing class: RAINSTORM Rainstorm The torrential rain kept her awake. She couldn’t sleep. Wasn’t rain supposed to be relaxing? What was it that disturbed her? Why could she [...]

Kitt O'Malley2019-01-20T12:39:55+00:00January 20th, 2019|Categories: Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Blogging, Caregiving, Flash Fiction, Hypomania, Memoir, Mental Health, Parenting, Writing|Tags: creative writing, rain, writing prompt|4 Comments

2019 Goals

White Christmas with snow-dusted ponderosa pines Christmas 2018 Christmas was both beautiful and bittersweet. We spent the holiday among snow covered ponderosa pines with close family, dearly missing our recently departed [...]

Kitt O'Malley2019-01-13T17:59:19+00:00January 13th, 2019|Categories: Bipolar Disorder, Hypomania, Memoir, Mental Health, Self care, Stroke, Writing|Tags: Book writing, exercise, Physical exercise, qi gong, triggers to hypomania|11 Comments

Our Beloved Dog Thumper Passed Away
Our Beloved Dog Thumper Passed Away

Family, Grief, Memoir

Our Beloved Dog Thumper Passed Away

Our grief deepens with another loss. This time of our beloved labradoodle Thumper.

Kitt O'Malley2018-09-08T17:16:00+00:00September 8th, 2018|Categories: Family, Grief, Memoir|Tags: dog, labradoodle, pet, poodle|29 Comments

Should I Change My Book?
Should I Change My Book?

Bipolar Disorder, Grief, Memoir, Mental Health Blogging

Should I Change My Book?

As I've grieved my father's recent death, I've thought about updating my book. Not right away. Maybe I'm just trying to get my mind off his passing. Still, please help me decide. Here's the thing: [...]