Category: Blogging
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I Don’t Allow My Façade to Slip
I don’t allow my façade to slip I don’t allow myself to cry I fear what I hide behind My façade of functionality I hide my heart I hide my pain I wear armor To protect myself I fear what will happen If I allow myself to cry What will happen If I allow myself…
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Will I Start Blogging Again?
I haven’t really blogged since I published my book, “Balancing Act: Writing Through a Bipolar Life.” Will I start writing again? For some time I did a bunch of podcast interviews, which you can find on my Media page. But the interviews started to bore me. I was telling the same story over and over…
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Overwhelmed by Grief and COVID19
Why Have I Been Quiet? Shortly after my mother died last year, COVID19 hit. My energy is sapped. Staying home during this horrific pandemic, I’ve cocooned with those I love most: my husband and our son. I cannot predict when or what I’ll be writing next. I cannot predict when I’ll return to mental health…
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Best Bipolar Disorder Blogs of 2020
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What I’ve Been Up To Lately
Guest Posts The Better Because Project — I’m Still Learning by Kitt O’Malley NewLifeOutlookBipolar — Living a Purposeful Life with Bipolar Disorder The Minds Journal — Living with Bipolar Disorder as a Mother The Good Men Project I Am More Than Bipolar I Will Not Cry Now Planet Neurodivergent profile — Kitt O’Malley – Bipolar…
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Happy Birthday to Me!
Today I’m 56 years old! That means I’m well past the halfway mark of my life. Yikes! I hope to live at least three more decades, so I better start taking better care of my physical health by eating less high cholesterol foods and exercising regularly. Both my mother and maternal grandmother had strokes. Scary!…
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Balancing Act Book Cover Reveal
Thank you, Michelle Hammer of HammerTimeDesign.com and Schizophrenic.NYC, for an absolutely awesome book cover design! Soon my memoir, Balancing Act: Writing Through a Bipolar Life, will be on the market! Thanks to everyone who has joined the Balancing Act Street Team Facebook group. I greatly appreciate your support in making my memoir a success.
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Best Bipolar Disorder Blogs of 2019
Thank you, Healthline, for selecting me as a best bipolar disorder blog of 2019! Article is shared here.
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Creative Writing Prompt: Rainstorm
I Prompt for first creative writing class: RAINSTORM Rainstorm The torrential rain kept her awake. She couldn’t sleep. Wasn’t rain supposed to be relaxing? What was it that disturbed her? Why could she not sleep? The rain didn’t lull her, it irritated her. Reminded her that all was not well. The hills may slide. The…