Author: Kitt O’Malley
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Midwinter Festivals
This morning I received the December 2014 L7 Lifestyles newsletter from Lotus 7 Yoga, a local Rancho Santa Margarita, CA yoga studio. The newsletter summarized different mid-winter celebrations. The newsletter motivated me to finally get off the couch, go to the studio, and take a gentle restorative yoga class. Here I quote the newsletter regarding the world’s major winter festivals:…
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I’m Not Gonna Miss You
This post by Lynne of curvyroads.info hits close to home, as my father, like her mother, has dementia. For more information about dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, visit the Alzheimer’s Association at alz.org.
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NAMI Advocacy Update
Received this NAMI Advocacy Update email on November 25, 2014: Congress Begins Post-Election “Lame Duck” Session Congress has returned for a post-election “lame duck” session. Their main task is to complete work on 2015 spending bills before the Dec. 11th expiration of the current continuing resolution (a temporary funding measure that is keeping the government open until…
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Thank You, DBSA!
Thank you, Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance or DBSA at dbsalliance.org.
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Postpartum Management of Bipolar Disorder
This morning I participated in a webinar sponsored by The International Society for Bipolar Disorders entitled, Postpartum Management of Bipolar Disorder: Challenges and Opportunities, led by Dr. Verinder Sharma. Bipolar disorder is commonly misdiagnosed as major depressive disorder, just as postpartum bipolar disorder is misdiagnosed as postpartum depressive disorder. Misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder has serious consequences.…
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Parenting Resources
Following up on the article I reblogged about parenting while living with mental illness, here are a few great resources: Mental Health America ~ Parenting NAMI for Parents, Caregivers, and Youth ParentingWell® ~ ParentingWell.org Parenting with a Mental Illness: Positive Parenting and Child Resilience
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Being a Parent with a mental illness
I reblogged this excellent post on being a parent with mental illness, originally posted on YOUTH OF A NATION:BENT NOT BROKE by DarcSunshine. http://youthofanation.com/2014/11/22/being-a-parent-with-a-mental-illness/
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Mystic Psychosis
Binary Numbers [A] binary number is a number expressed in the binary numeral system, or base-2 numeral system, which represents numeric values using two different symbols: typically 0 (zero) and 1 (one). ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_number Chaos Theory The theory was summarized by Edward Lorenz as follows: Chaos: When the present determines the future, but the approximate present does…
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Mysticism
My grandfather died when I was twenty-one. Upon returning home from his memorial mass where I gave his eulogy, I experienced an altered state of consciousness when crossing the Bay Bridge. My skin tingled, I felt an energy push out of my skin, and I felt a new cleansing energy fill me to replace the…