Category: stories
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It Happened One Summer
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I went crazy one summer. Not like, I lost my cool and blew up, but in fact, lost my sanity. Mental illness does that to its hosts, and it doesn’t discriminate. I’d been on my medication to treat bipolar disorder for eight years. It wasn’t a mystery that I was…
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Always Look For the Rainbow
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In honor of sharing in the month of October to remember the babies that are lost through miscarriage, SIDS and stillbirth and infant loss awareness, I want to share our story of our firstborn son, Jaxon, with you all. *** When they placed Jaxon on my chest, I knew my…
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Recommended Reading: When Despair Meets Delight
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Tony Robert’s book When Despair Meets Delight launched today. What a gift to the world of church ministry and mental health. Here’s an excerpt from Tony’s interview about the book that I heard… Q: With your book and the big picture, what are some of the things the book…
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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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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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Books to Read to Understand Mental Illness
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Memoirs I recommend that were excellent for understanding mental illness from first-person perspective. All descriptions are taken from Amazon: Running with Scissors Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist…
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Writing From The Heart Today
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Changes Are Here I wanted to write more frequently and regularly here on BipolarBrave, so today I’m writing from the heart. There’s a lot of changes going on in my life lately. Not working full time is one of them. I think there is no right or wrong answer, but…
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OC87RecoveryDiaries Feature: Finding My Faith Despite Losing My Mind
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At twenty-four, I was hitting the peak of my young adult life. I was a college grad enjoying marriage and working my dream job as the graphic designer for a small business in sunny Central Florida. Yes, I was living with bipolar I, diagnosed at the tender age of sixteen, but…