Living well is not an empty dream.
Knowledge is Necessity. If you're one of the lucky ones, your medication will clear your head, restore your judgment, raise your IQ, make you lose 50 pounds, put ten million in your bank account, and have Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt breaking up over the prospect of 20 minutes alone with you.
On the other hand, if you're like the rest of us, you have your work cut out for you. The encouraging news is your diagnosis means you don't have to settle for a miserable half-life. The sobering news is getting well and staying well involves being smart and disciplined - a fairly daunting prospect when we have our illness and a host of side issues to contend with.
The articles in this section serve the dual purpose of letting you know what you're up against and of giving you some answers. The recovery techniques here are simultaneously as old as the hills and backed by modern science, but there are no guarantees. You won't find out if they work for you or not until you put in the work.
John McManamy sings and hugs a gorilla.
Knowledge is Necessity
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Mindfulness - The Ultimate Mood Stabilizer
What is arguably the most effective recovery tool requires a highly disciplined mind.
It's official. Good food is good for you.
If you have a mood disorder you have sleep issues..
This just in - religion and spirituality work.
Everyone is talking about recovery. These people are DOING it.
Don't just stand there - sit!
“Mind precedes its objects. They are mind-governed and mind-made.” - The Buddha
Mindfulness - Living in the Present
Successfully negotiating the present allows us to make peace with our past and face the future with hope.
An innovative researcher discovers that patients know best.
Obesity is a worldwide epidemic. Fortunately you don't have to be part of it.
Thinking of reaching for a chocolate? Think again.
Feeling depressed or fatigued? Check the ingredients on the bottle.
The definitive cheat sheet.
The catch is you have to do it.
We know our capabilities better than our clinicians.
Planning for a Better Tomorrow
Living well requires preparing for - and managing - the worst.
How do we find peace and acceptance in the face of adversity?
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Mindfulness: The Ultimate Mood Stabilizer
The Buddha was on to something ...
Do people with bipolar cycle in and out of time? Call me bichronic.
Living Well with Depression and Bipolar Disorder
John McManamy discusses his book.
We tend to isolate. But isolation can bring on depression.
Depression and mania need not automatically follow when things start going wrong.