Category: BipolarBrave
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Dear Church, Please Don’t Turn a Blind Eye to Mental Illness
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Dear Church, You’re hurting, and I see you. This is a problem. The pandemic of depression, anxiety, and crippling mental illness will not discriminate. Church, you are in the world, and the world is susceptible to brokenness. You are not immune to a broken spirit or a broken body. It…
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Announcing the BipolarBrave 2024 Awards Winners
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Drumroll Please… Happy World Bipolar Day!! The results for the 3rd Annual BipolarBrave Mental Health & Faith Awards for 2024 are in. The contenders were strong in their respective categories: blog, influencer, organization, and broadcast. For nominees to qualify, they needed to meet the guidelines as follows: Have been around…
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Voting Open for the 2024 BipolarBrave Awards
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In honor of World Bipolar Day – March 30th – I’m hosting the annual BipolarBrave Awards again for 2024. The awards are to honor those influencers, blogs, organizations, and broadcasts that have made a difference in the combined arenas of the CHURCH and SOCIETY. With the growing need to address…
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BipolarBrave Awards 2024 Nominations Now Open
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Bipolar is Bold This March 30th is World Bipolar Day. To honor those on the frontlines of social media and active in the world of faith and mental health, I host the BipolarBrave Awards every year. Bipolar is Brave Who has made a difference for you in your life, because…
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Serious About Serious Series: What Every First Responder Should Know About Serious Mental Illness
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Here’s the third post in this series about Serious Mental Illness. In this post, I want to address Serious Mental Illness (SMI) in the context of first responders. For the first two posts on this subject, see those concerning Pastors and Mental Health Providers. For First Responders, the critical…
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Serious About Serious Series: What Every Mental Health Provider Should Know About Serious Mental Illness
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This is the second of a series of posts on Serious Mental Illness, “Serious About Serious Series: What Every ____ Should Know About Serious Mental Illness”. In case you missed it, here’s the link to my first post on What Every Pastor Should Know About Serious Mental Illness. Herein, I…
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Serious About Serious Series: What Every Pastor Should Know About Serious Mental Illness
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Here’s the first of a series of posts on Serious Mental Illness, “Serious About Serious Series: What Every ____ Should Know About Serious Mental Illness”. I’m going to publish these posts in this series as best and as accurately as possible because this is such a misunderstood subject. In this…
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2nd Annual BipolarBrave Awards 2023 Winners Announced
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The results for the 2nd Annual BipolarBrave Mental Health & Faith Awards for 2023 are in. The contenders were strong in their respective categories: blog, influencer, organization, and new to 2023, broadcast. For nominees to qualify, they needed to aim for the guidelines set out in the nominations post. Congratulations…
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A Biblical Response to Mental Illness
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Today on the BipolarBrave blog, my friend and fellow writer, Bethany Marinelli, guest posts about how she responds to cliché answers and platitudes from the church as a Christian with bipolar disorder. I am so grateful for her friendship. We met at the Florida Christian Writers Conference in 2021, where…
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4 Common Reasons Why You’re Depressed (and How to Feel Better)
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Contrary to popular belief, suicide rates spike in the light of Spring, not the darkness of Winter. Did You Know That Depression in the United States… Affects over 18 million adults (one in ten) in any given year. Is the leading cause of disability for ages 15-44. Is the primary…