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, …
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 …
Do you know a friend or loved one who suffers from fear, anxiety, and depression and do not know what to do to help them? It can be frustrating to watch someone you know struggle with their mental health and not be able to do anything to relieve their suffering. With this in mind, here …
Every holiday season, you’ll find articles like this—designed to set you up for mental health success during the festivities. As you navigate this year’s celebrations, remember that one of the most important mental health relationships to maintain is the one between a medical professional and a client. This is why this holiday mental health guide …
Living with a mental health diagnosis can put you at risk of getting tangled in a maze of social media apps. Persistent and practically addictive features such as “likes,” impressions, and notifications have defined the last two decades of online media. If you feel empty amidst all of this, you are certainly not alone. While …
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 …
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 …
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 …
We feature an expert in the mental health and substance use disorder field to answer questions. This issue we talk to Patti Miller, MA, Co-Owner & Director, Midwest Center for EMDR Training about Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). Please share about your background and what led you to work with people who experienced trauma and …
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 …
