Category: BipolarBrave
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You Can’t Change Your Loved One with Mental Illness, But Here’s What You CAN Do
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Living with our loved ones can be a battle, let alone the loved ones with mental illness. We tend to want to change others’ behaviors, but we cannot. We can only control our behaviors and set healthy boundaries to encourage better behaviors. Here are a few ideas of what you…
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Things I Would Have Done Differently In the Psych Ward
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Behind Closed Doors I remember the days in that maddening season of life that I felt like a prisoner inside a prison, inside a prison. Not only was I locked within my own manic-psychotic mind, I was locked behind the doors of the psych ward. Adding insult to injury, the…
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Recommended Reading “The Label Doesn’t Define You”
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The human experience is one of trouble and transformation. It’s more uncommon and yet more uniting to find a shared human experience. I met author Kayla Rose Warner at the annual Fresh Hope for Mental Health Gala last year. We hit it off immediately, as we sat at the same…
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7 Ways To Stay Sane in Quarantine
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We now have the time at home to pause and reevaluate our lives. We can rearrange our days to remain sane and maintain healthy lifestyles that we haven’t been able to prior to this time. Let’s reframe our perspective on the measures we take now for our jobs and the…
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Naming and Claiming: Thoughts on the Word-of-Faith Movement
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My heart is guarded against the Word-of-Faith Movement, an evangelical Christian movement “which teaches that Christians can access the power of faith or fear through speech.” (wikipedia.org) Here are a few paragraphs from Wikipedia that explain the Word-of-Faith movement in more context: “Distinctive Word of Faith teachings include physical, emotional,…
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Announcing the Media Kit for My Book
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If you haven’t seen it, check out the new page on my site for news about the release of my memoir, But Deliver Me from Crazy. Here’s the gist of the page: Hey there! If you’re here, it probably means you’re looking for some content to help me promote the book…
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Featured Athlete Article in Adirondack Sports Paper
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Tom O’Grady was a fellow high school cross-country and track teammate back in the day when I attended Colonie Central High School in Colonie, New York. He was always a fierce competitor on the men’s team and friends with my older brother Matt through the years. He’s followed BipolarBrave for…
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Charisma News Interviews Me on Mental Illness and the Church
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Charisma News Mental Health Podcast host, Kendra Semmen, interviewed me a couple months ago about my experiences with my mental illness episodes and it’s published now. Listen to the entire recording here. Thank you for listening and for your continued support. For more recordings of published videos and podcasts, see…
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20 Mental Health Gifts Under $20
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Here’s a list of some great gift ideas for you or a loved one who struggles with anxiety, depression, or just wants to handle their feelings in general! And don’t sweat it if you don’t have the cash to cover a gift – most of these things are FREE or…
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6 Simple Reasons to Give Thanks for Your Mental Illness
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It helps us to feel more: Having a mental illness can make us more empathetic toward others and feel more deeply and be more compassionate It helps us help others: When we’ve come through the valley, we can tell our story to encourage others It helps us fear God: Our…