To Honor My Mother
What good can come of a suicide? None. Even so, I wrote this article in honor of my mother and all of the good we have tried to create in the wake of her terrible death. Did you know Debbie? She was a dedicated mother and a loving wife. She was the kind who sang her heart out in the kitchen, worked in group homes for lost and lonely teens, volunteered in schools, and every once in a while, started up a little ...
When sanity becomes your new normal
When was the last time you noticed that you are sane? It’s a state of health that is taken for granted too often, but if you are floating around the second stages of healing from depression or bipolar, (or ADD for that matter,) you are likely a lot more appreciative of the luxuries of sanity than most people. Not quite there yet? Still working on the first stages of balancing chemistry and getting control of your health? Then take the ...
Can you really die of embarrassment?
When you use micronutrient formulations like EMPowerplus to balance your mood, you’ll discover that there is no magic pill effect. No sedation, no warm fuzzy feelings in your face or chest. (There are also no side effects worth mentioning either.) After days or weeks or months, once the old medications are safely eliminated, you are left with only yourself, a predictable mood, and some crystal clear memories of where you have been and what you did during the course of ...
Get Smart About Your Health
Forrest Gump’s momma always said, “Stupid is as stupid does.” Okay, she’s better known for “life is like a box of chocolates…” but we’ll save that one for another blog. I woke up this morning thinking about how “Stupid” is only as stupid as what Stupid does and realized the same goes for “Healthy”. Healthy is what healthy does. Or Crazy is… Can I go there? I know, I know… It wasn’t a choice the first time unhealthy came knocking. ...
On The Other Side Of Truehope
Plenty of people who find their balance using the Truehope Program are let down when they discover that there is no magic pill for the aftermath of bipolar. That’s not entirely true. There was, for me, a combo of medications that was pure magic. I swallowed the five prescription cocktail and slept non-stop for days, and thus, remembered nothing about my life, my mother, or the number on the bathroom scale. And my panic was cured. But that’s not living after all. ...
Reality is Always Kind
Reality Is Always Kind Fifteen years into my recovery from Bipolar I hit a wall. Too many triggers from too much trauma were creating too many panic attacks leaving me vulnerable and compromising my health and robbing me of my happiness as a mom. I had to retrain my memory. None of my memories were kind. What is reality and what is kind about it? In “A Promise of Hope” I wrote about the day my mother loaded my ...
Recording A Promise of Hope
When I sold the rights of publishing to HarperCollins Canada (I lived in Canada until three years ago,) I begged them to produce an audio book so that my story could reach everyone – even people who are as sick as I used to be. When I was super depressed I couldn’t read. Just before the book was published in 2007, I got a call saying they planned to produce the audio book. I asked if I could read it. I wasn’t trying ...
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