Category: Gratitude
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Ten Year Anniversary of Hospitalization
Ten years ago, two weeks preceding and including Valentine’s Day, I was hospitalized. Twenty years ago, I experienced a psychotic break during the same season: this season – the season of Lent. Though I do not attend church, this season moves me deeply. I could write more about seasonal affective disorder and how those of…
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The Clay Hunt SAV Act Passed! Thank Your Members of Congress!
The Clay Hunt SAV Act Passed! Thank Your Members of Congress! Thank you for your mental health advocacy! Thank you for contacting your Senators and Congressmen to make your voice heard. Thank you for your support of suicide prevention for our military and veterans community. Your phone calls, emails and tweets helped to pass the Clay…
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Thank You, Followers
Thank you to all of my followers in 2014. Thank you especially to my most active commenters in 2014: Dyane Leshin Harwood of Birth of a New Brain | Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder made 169 comments Ellen Stockdale Wolfe of Moonside | Triumph of Spirit in Love, Nature & Art at StockdaleWolfe.com made 88 comments Glenn Archibald of Glenn2point0 | Opinions on…
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Review: An American’s Resurrection
An American’s Resurrection: My Pilgrimage from Child Abuse and Mental Illness to Salvation by Eric C Arauz My rating: 5 of 5 stars On November 9, 2014, I had the pleasure of hearing Eric Arauz’s presentation on Conscious Storytelling at the International Bipolar Foundation’s Annual West Coast Meeting. He gave us each a copy of…
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Pink Hibiscus with Water Drops
Broken Light Collective, an online photography gallery for people affected by mental illness, published my photograph. I am honored.
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Giving Tuesday
Today is Giving Tuesday, so please donate to any of these charities near and dear to my heart: ALZ.org ~ My father has dementia. Alzheimer’s is one form of dementia that Alzheimer’s Association seeks to eliminate. Cancer.org ~ Thank you, American Cancer Society, for research and life-saving programs for cancer patients. Far too many of my…
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Thank You, DBSA!
Thank you, Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance or DBSA at dbsalliance.org.
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HeForShe 2014
UN Women Global Goodwill Ambassador, Emma Watson, delivered this powerful speech (transcript here) on September 20, 2014 for the HeForShe Special Event at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Take action, visit: HeForShe.org Emma Watson pointed out that sexism not only hurts women, it hurts men. Men often do not reach out for mental health services…
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The Bipolar Blogger Network
Thank you, Raeyn, for adding my blog to the Bipolar Blogger Network. Please visit the Bipolar Blogger Network and check out their feed of member blogs under the Read Along menu header. What a wonderful way to find and network with other bipolar bloggers! The Bipolar Blogger Network is the brainchild of a couple of friends bemused by the…
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Fight Cancer
Time to give a shout out to both the American Cancer Society at cancer.org and the Lymphoma Research Foundation at lymphoma.org. Like many families, our family has been touched by cancer. Dearly loved ones have fought and are fighting cancer. We support both the American Cancer Society and the Lymphoma Research Foundation. Please consider supporting the work they do,…