Author: Katie
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The GAMEPLAN Has Arrived – sign up for yours now
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This tool and multipurpose document that contains resources for preparation in case of a mental health emergency includes: -Emergency contacts (professional and personal) -Hotlines, websites and apps to go to for mood management and more mental health resources -Medication and mental health history form -Triggers and pro-actions for situations -Safety…
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…But Deliver Us From Bipolar
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To see this post in my first video blog, visit my YouTube channel. There was a time in my life when I wanted to soar on the wings of eagles and claim healing in Jesus’ name. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at 16, and I wanted to be healed by…
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Do you have your GAMEPLAN? It’s coming…
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On Monday, March 13th I’ll be re-releasing the newest version of GAMEPLAN for free to all of my blog followers. Subscribe to my newsletter to get your copy. GAMEPLAN is a mental health resource guide that includes: Healthcare providers entries Family and friend crisis contact entries Important hotlines, apps and…
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Talk Bipolar To Me – Part 2: A Series For Engaging Those With Mental Illness
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What Goes Up Must Come Down If you’re familiar with bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder for that matter, being down in clinical depression has a deceptive effect on its subjects. With an imbalance of the brain’s chemistry, clinical depression is a state of mind where feelings seem to trump…
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Talk Bipolar To Me – Part 1: A Series For Engaging Those With Mental Illness
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Getting Nowhere Fast Does communicating with your loved one tend to feel as though they won’t open up? Or, perhaps, they’re going too fast for you to keep up with. Maybe they’re dominating the conversation and you can’t get a word in edgewise. In any of these situations it can…
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Morgan Meredith Guest Posts, “Recovering When Your Mental Illness Ends a Friendship”
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Losing friends is always hard. It’s even harder when they leave because of your mental health. “Sorry, but we just can’t be friends until you’re cured of this. Good luck!” “Your mental illness makes me afraid to talk to you.” As horrible as these sound, especially from people claiming…
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An Interview With My Husband, Chris Dale
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We’ve been together 9 years, 8 years married. I want to introduce you to my best friend (after Jesus) and love of my life, Mr. Awesome, Mr. Christopher Dale! He graciously agreed to be interviewed and so here is the tell-all story behind my better half, my mental health advocate,…
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Amy Simpson Guest Posts “10 Things Everyone Needs to Know When Mental Illness Hits Home”
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Amy Simpson is an author, speaker and life coach, and has been a forerunner in the mental health conversations in churches across the nation. Today she guest posts on 10 truths regarding suffering with mental illness. During a high school youth group meeting, we did an activity that involved saying…
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Got (Spiritual) Milk?
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We are not hungry for what we don’t know. I’ve said it before, you can have a taste of the truth, but not a taste for the truth. It’s the analogy Peter gives in 1 Peter 2:2-3 “Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you…
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Tony Roberts Guest Post, “Proving God: A Testimony To His Presence Amidst My Mental Illness”
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Katie’s Note: Tony and I collaborated to guest post on one another’s blogs. Check out my guest post The Secret To Finding Sanity After a Mental Episode on Tony’s blog, DelightinDisorder.org. I entered pastoral ministry in January, 1991. In March,1995 I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. By God’s grace, and with the…