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My primary writing focus is helping people understand bipolar disorder so they can live their best life with mental illness. I’m a writer who wastes time…
Do you ever feel like your give-a-darn is broken? Like no matter how hard you try, nothing seems to matter?
For me, I know it’s part of bipolar depression. But even though I can rationalize on the cause, I still struggle to fight it.
What’s probably the most scary thing…
Success.
It’s a tricky word. The official Merriam-Webster’s definition of success is, “degree or measure of succeeding; favorable or desired outcome; the attainment of wealth, favor, or eminence.”
In reality, you can’t define success simply. …
It started with the speakers, and it all went downhill from there.
Despite it being Monday morning, I was full of energy and optimism. It was going to be a great day.
I pulled up YouTube music on my office computer and chose Movin’ by David Archuleta as my first…
Everyone is busy talking about their resolutions. People are losing weight, changing careers, getting married, moving to dream homes, and the list goes on endlessly. No doubt you’re thinking about your bipolar resolutions.
Goals are good. They help you focus and give you direction. …
I don’t know.
Why are we so afraid of those three little words? Do we think people will assume we’re stupid? Are we afraid they will stop loving us?
Maybe it’s not always been this way, but more and more I see people who fear saying the words. …
Are you a glass half-full or a glass half-empty person? I try to see the glass as half-full, but I’m not always successful.
Mindset is an important consideration as you approach the end of the year. You have the choice to look back on the year with gloom or to…
To remember 2021 as a record setting year might not be enough. The year saw unprecedented events, but it wasn’t all bad.
There were definite challenges, but I’m focusing on the positive. Despite everything, I has a year full of good things.
As I was writing a post about end-of-the-year…
It’s a monster that sleeps inside of me. As I approach my fifties, it rests more often, but when startled, it rises with as much ferocity as ever.
Bipolar anger is a separate entity from me, at least in my mind. It’s irrational, impulsive, and destructive. …
Standing in front of the six-foot patio door in my home office, I watched the heavy mist coat the cars out front. I am home for the day and have the time to write, but no words are coming.
I wish my muse followed the same schedule I do. I…
