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Featured Blogger: Kitt O’Malley – Art by Rob Goldstein

Nov 10, 2016

in Bipolar Disorder, Blogging, Caregiving, Family, Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy, Mental Illness, Psychotherapy, Self care, Stigma, Writing

Thank you, Robert Goldstein, for featuring me on Art by Rob Goldstein as his November featured blogger. The original interview is posted at: robertmgoldstein.com/2016/11/06/featured-blogger-kitt-omalley/. Here I reprint it. This month’s featured blogger is writer and Mental Health Advocate Kitt O’Malley. In this interview we talk about internalized stigma, learning to accept and taking up the challenge of…

NAMIWalks, Conferences, and Fatigue

Sep 21, 2016

in Bipolar Disorder, Hypomania, Mental Illness, NAMI, Recovery, Stigma, Triggers to Mood Cycling, Writing

This summer I’ve been recuperating from caring for my parents, going to the BlogHer16 women’s blogging conference, and training for NAMI In Our Own Voice. This upcoming weekend, I’m attending the Southern California Writers’ Conference, about which I’m understandably worried for I find conferences exhausting and am a bit anxious that I will be out of my…

In My Own Voice

Sep 5, 2016

in Acceptance, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Hypomania, Mania, Medication, Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy, Mental Illness, NAMI, Psychosocial Education, Recovery, Stigma

The weekend after I attended BlogHer16, my local NAMI Orange County office hosted an In Our Own Voice (IOOV) training. In Our Own Voice (IOOV) Hi, I’m Kitt O’Malley Mother of a teen son, wife, mental health advocate You can find me any given day on social media I enjoy reading, writing, art, photography, flowers &…

Please Support Me – #NAMIOCWalker – Thanks!

Aug 18, 2016

in Discrimination, Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy, Mental Illness, NAMI, Psychosocial Education, Recovery, Stigma, Support Group

Please support me and team STIGMA SMASHERS as we walk 5K for NAMIWalks Orange County 2016. NAMI Orange County has been instrumental in my mental health recovery. NAMI Peer-to-Peer introduced me to the concept of mental health recovery and gave me HOPE. I volunteer as a Provider Education presenter and just trained to become an In Our…

Connecting With Others #Online

Aug 3, 2016

in Bipolar Disorder, Mental Illness, Recovery, Self care, Stigma, Support Group, Triggers to Mood Cycling

Guest Post: Connecting With Others Online – by Fliss Baker for NewLifeOutlook Connecting with other people is vital to surviving, living and enjoying life. It is imperative in managing our mental health; we are encouraged to talk, talk and talk some more about how we feel and how our illnesses affect us. However, the stigma of bipolar disorder…

Multicultural Mental Health Facts #MHM

May 4, 2016

in Discrimination, Mental Health, Stigma

Child and Adolescent Mental Health #MHM

May 4, 2016

in Mental Health, Mental Illness, NAMI, Stigma

May is Mental Health Month

May 3, 2016

in Alcoholism, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Disability, Discrimination, Mental Health, NAMI, Stigma

Fighting Stigma Saves Money

Apr 22, 2016

in Discrimination, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Stigma

Rand Study: Investment in Social Marketing Campaign to Reduce Stigma and Discrimination Associated with Mental Illness Yields Positive Economic Benefits to California

I Am Not Ashamed

Mar 30, 2016

in Alcoholism, Bipolar Disorder, Caregiving, Dementia, Family, Mental Illness, Stigma

I am not ashamed that I live with bipolar disorder, a mental illness, a brain disorder. I am not ashamed that I take psychotropic medication. I am not ashamed that my parents are struggling as they age, as their brains and bodies fail them. There is no shame in that. There is no need to…

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