I want to teach parents to recognize the true potential of a child that still fits within the very real challenges of bipolar. For example, I, the Julie who is intelligent and very educated and very, very good at what she does in terms of marketing and writing could easily GET a job at NIKE. But I, the Julie who has bipolar, would be sick within a month of working in the stimulating, go, go, go environment of Nike.
Does this mean I can’t do my marking? No. It means I will never be able to do it at a big company. Does this upset me? Of course it does. It’s devastating and I will always be upset by it, but I no longer fight it. I work within my ability and I work within MY STABILITY.
I might want to do all of the difficult poses in yoga for example, but depending on where I am in life, I might have to modify my yoga practice. I may do my yoga from a chair. It’s the same with bipolar.
If you are a parent of a child with bipolar or schizoaffective, please join me in my closed group The Stable Table. I talk more about my work and how you can use my books and experiences to help a child with bipolar THRIVE.
