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Feeling Out of Control?

World crises including pandemics, terrorist attacks and acts of nature bring out the best and the worst in human beings.

Media coverage usually focuses on the worst and makes us think that our world is filled with a bunch of idiots and people who are unable to follow what is best for society.

In reality, the majority of people are law-abiding, kind and open to working on society as a whole. If we only consume human nature through media, our brains will narrowly focus on the ugly and miss out on the beauty.

Julie

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The News is Getting Me Down

The news this morning really got me down. I’m currently editing one of my books to add more information for the second edition. The focus is on social media.

It’s astonishing how what we put in our brains comes out as a mood.

I have known this all along, but during this coronavirus quarantine it has become extremely clear that what I choose is what I reap.

If I choose to read the awful news all day long, I will feel awful.

If I choose to have just enough information to be safe and then put my focus on work, relationships and creativity, I will have a better day.

Bipolar disorder is a triggered illness. Anxiety is triggered illness. Psychosis is a triggered illness. If you are [ Read More ]

How to Deal with Disappointment When You Have Bipolar Disorder

This article was originally published in Bp Magazine….

When faced with disappointment, my brain never gives me the luxury of deciding how I feel and how I want to react. Nope. It just experiences it and immediately starts doing bipolar flips and twists in a way I find very hard to control.

Here I share two related stories about disappointment that led to intense bipolar downswings. By comparing how I responded to those disappointment downswings, you can see how I have taught myself to manage the illness differently over time. This is something I do each year that I use my management plan.

Letdown

Fifteen years ago, a person interviewed me for a new book on marketing. She invited me to lunch and asked me to share [ Read More ]