Help! I'm Bipolar: Life Hacks for Us

by Kristi Weldon, Joanne Oestmann (Foreword by)

Overview

"Help! I'm Bipolar: Life Hacks for Us" is a comprehensive and empowering guidebook designed specifically for individuals living with bipolar disorder. Written by acclaimed author and mental health advocate Kristi Weldon, this book offers practical advice, invaluable insights, and a wealth of life-changing strategies for managing the challenges of bipolar disorder with grace and resilience.

Drawing from her own lived experiences and informed by research in psychiatry and mental health, Weldon provides readers with a roadmap for navigating the highs and lows of bipolar disorder with confidence and clarity. From understanding the symptoms and diagnosis to exploring treatment options and self-care practices, each chapter is filled with actionable tips and empowering tools to help readers take control of their mental health and reclaim their lives.

But "Help! I'm Bipolar" goes beyond mere survival; it offers a roadmap for thriving. Weldon encourages readers to embrace their diagnosis as a source of strength and to cultivate a positive mindset that fosters growth and resilience. Through engaging anecdotes, relatable stories, and practical instructions, she shows readers how to harness their unique strengths, build healthy habits, and cultivate a life of meaning and purpose.

Whether you're newly diagnosed or have been living with bipolar disorder for years, "Help! I'm Bipolar: Life Hacks for Us" is an indispensable companion on your journey toward mental wellness. With its compassionate approach, empowering insights, and practical guidance, this book is a beacon of hope for anyone seeking to live a fulfilling and balanced life with bipolar disorder.

Accessible, informative, and profoundly uplifting, "Help! I'm Bipolar" is more than just a book-it's a lifeline for those navigating the complexities of bipolar disorder, offering support, guidance, and inspiration every step of the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780998976358
Publisher:	HowNowBlackCow
Publication date:	03/19/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Kristi Weldon has been a professional business writer and editor for major corporations as well as a trade magazine since the 1990s. Since the first publishing of "What Bipolar Feels Like," this award-winning teacher has gone through a divorce and multiple hospitalizations and felt a need to expand the content of "Help! I'm Bipolar" significantly. A bipolar advocate who worked on a staph vaccine in a biochemistry lab at a major medical research university, Kristi subscribed to the "Journal of Clinical Psychiatry" while researching and writing the book. Her current company has an amazing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policy, and she has been working with the DEI Committee to provide better support for employees with mental health challenges. A 2024 Co-Chair of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals' Mental Health Affinity Group, Kristi is a hybrid award-winning contemporary romance author, multi-published as Kristine Bria and Kristi Hancock, respectively.
Ed.D., LMHC, LPC, LPCS

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

1. What Bipolar Feels Like

2. Good News-or is it?

3. Building Your Arsenal: Psychiatric Professionals

4. Building Your Arsenal: Medication

5. Building Your Arsenal: Therapists

6. I Can't Afford This

7. The Role of Friends and Family

8. Managing Backslides and Self-Care

9. The Best and Worst of Times

10. The Abyss

11. "Cut the Cord"

12. A Different Approach

13. Maintenance

14. The Workplace

15. Bipolar and the What Law

16. Hope for the Future

17. Taking Control of Your Destiny

18. Appendix A: Questions from Readers

19. Appendix B: Recommended Reading and Exercises

20. Appendix C: Additional Resources