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Last 50 Posts

• Officially moved to www.thrivewithbipolardisorder.com

• How the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves get in our own way & Ways to do something about it (Part 1)

• An Example of “Normal” Mania

• Bipolar Disorder is a useful coping mechanism???

• “What is the difference between your Blog & Facebook Page vs. Therapy?”

• What medication does not improve with bipolar disorder

• What is Bipolar Disorder?

• How To Break-Up With Depression

• Good Stress vs. Bad Stress: How stress can trigger a bipolar episode

• How to experience mania without it becoming a full on manic episode

• Uncovering loving ways for doing an intervention

• Answering Readers Questions: March 23, 2011

• Lessons learned from UNCERTAINTY in the workplace

• Compassion for Charlie Sheen: taking a stand for Charlie

• Getting through “emotional rollercoasters” in relationships

• 2010 in review

• Getting back on the horse

• Self-Care Challenge

• Things we forget while waiting for antidepressants to kick in

• 5 Coping Strategies for loving someone experiencing depression

• People’s responses to how identity can be rebuilt after it crumbles away

• 5 Actions to help someone who has lost touch with reality

• Bipolar Dating Bloopers: Stories About Disclosing Bipolar Disorder on Dates

• Stories & Lessons Learned from “Coming Out” with Bipolar Disorder

• Uncovering reasons why people refuse to acknowledge and support their loved ones living with bipolar disorder

• Reasons why people refuse to acknowledge and get help for Bipolar Disorder

• 5 Ways to help someone who is manic or rapid cycling

• Special for Moms: My Mother’s Story of Witnessing Me Experience Bipolar Disorder

• Part 2: Tearing Down Stima to Understand Diagnoses with Compassion – Behavior Perspective

• Tearing Down Stigma To Understand Diagnoses With Compassion

• Let’s Talk About Suicide & 5 Ways to Take Life Back

• 5 Sensitivities That Affect People Living With Bipolar Disorder

• “To Thrive” or “To Struggle & Suffer” with Bipolar Disorder requires tremendous effort and energy

• “You’re not bipolar enough…”

• Mood Tracking Tool: How to watch the roller coaster without getting on

• Love Letter to Lithium

• Ideas for Loving Someone Living With Bipolar Disorder

• 5 Ways to Gain Control During a Manic Episode

• Structure, Routine & Rituals: 5 ACTIONS to prepare you for when life changes on a dime

• “Newly Diagnosed With Bipolar Disorder Club” Topic #1: Complying & Coping With Medication

• Living With A Label: 5 ways to define the meaning of Bipolar Disorder

• The DO’s & DON’Ts for Responding to Trauma

• The Bipolar Brain-Part 2: The Fight For Domination…When the Right hemisphere is winning.

• The Bipolar Brain: The Fight For Domination…when the left cerebral hemisphere is winning

• SPECIAL FOR MOTHER’S DAY: My Own Story of Depression Coming After Full-Blown Mania

• How depression knocks on your door…And how not to let it in.

• Early Warning Signs of Mania: 6 Areas to Notice Mania on the Horizon

• I’m Bipolar & Proud! 5 Ways to Be Bipolar & Proud