Category: Mental Health

Screen Time in Bed: Everyone’s Secret

On January 1st, 2025, I decided to make a major overhaul in my life. I wanted to change everything, from organization to exercise. My goal was to personally explore and evaluate personal development trends as someone living with a bipolar type 1 diagnosis. I’ll be honest; keeping up a high standard of spiritual, mental, physical, …

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12 Months to Change My Life… All Over Again

I always believed that self-help wasn’t suitable for people with bipolar disorder. This year, however, I am experimenting on myself. In 2010, when I embraced recovery, numerous doctors and counselors advised me to avoid the personal development industry. They said a severe mental health diagnosis comes with many limitations that popular self-help practices may not …

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The Rewards of Returning to School as an Adult

Returning to school as an adult posed a serious threat to my mental health. Balancing a full-time career, full-time university, and full-time recovery was a significant challenge. For five years, I focused primarily on surviving the process of obtaining my master’s degree. Late nights, lack of sleep, and excessive procrastination all made the road to …

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The Skill of Vacation: Reclaiming Relaxation in Recovery

Taking a vacation should be easy. Many Americans struggle to truly get time away. A 2022 study by Qualtrics uncovered that nearly half of Americans polled still worked one hour a day while on vacation.1 That doesn’t sound like a real holiday. In fact, some Americans seem to avoid taking vacation in fear of falling …

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Lessons Learnt From My Mental Health Struggles

I am Stan Popovich and I struggled with fear and anxiety for over 20 years. During these times, my anxieties and fears were so powerful that I had trouble getting through the week and there were times I felt like giving up. I learned numerous lessons from my struggles, which I will share in this …

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First Person: Becoming Bipolar

I didn’t just wake up with bipolar disorder type one. My mental health condition slowly revealed itself over the course of nine years. It is hard to pinpoint when the symptoms began; however, I am certain I noticed something lurking beneath the surface as a teenager. It was obvious to many who loved and cared …

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