Dyane Harwood Archives

Review: Birth of a New Brain #PostPartumBipolar
Review: Birth of a New Brain #PostPartumBipolar

Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Depression, Involuntary Hospitalization, Mania, Motherhood

Review: Birth of a New Brain #PostPartumBipolar

Dyane Harwood thrilled me when she sent me an advance copy of her memoir, Birth of a New Brain: Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder. (I pre-ordered it and was anxiously awaiting it’s October [...]

Kitt O'Malley2017-08-27T16:36:12-07:00August 27th, 2017|Categories: Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Depression, Involuntary Hospitalization, Mania, Motherhood|Tags: bipolar disorder peripartum onset, Book Review, Dyane Harwood, Memoir, postpartum, postpartum bipolar|18 Comments

#Bipolar Disorder and #Motherhood

My Response to Natasha Tracy’s post, Bipolar Disorder and Pregnancy: Bipolar Taking Away Choice I didn’t know I had bipolar disorder when I chose to become a mother. I was diagnosed with dysthymia [...]

Kitt O'Malley2016-03-08T10:51:39-08:00March 8th, 2016|Categories: Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Mental Illness, Migraine, Motherhood|Tags: bipolar disorder perinatal onset, Birth of a New Brain, Dyane Harwood, Natasha Tracy, neuro-atypical, neuroatypical, perinatal bipolar disorder, postpartum bipolar disorder, pregnancy|19 Comments

A Room of My Own

My friend Dyane Harwood’s recent post A Stigma of One’s Own got me thinking. Dyane takes issue with the non-profit foundation A Room of Her Own (AROHO) for describing Virginia Woolf’s suicide as "took her own life" and for [...]

Kitt O'Malley2015-10-17T14:29:06-07:00October 17th, 2015|Categories: Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Stigma, Writing|Tags: A Room of Her Own, AROHO, Dyane Harwood, manic depression, trauma, Virginia Woolf, women writers|0 Comments

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 [...]

Kitt O'Malley2015-03-20T12:49:38-07:00March 20th, 2015|Categories: Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar Parenting, Health, Mental Health|Tags: bipolar disorder, Dyane Harwood, friendship, gastroenteritis, Rebecca Gitenstein, San Franciscod Bay Area|43 Comments

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 [...]