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A month ago, I had to stop a VIP. (A very important proposal. No one judged. The day after I let my agent and coauthor know I had to stop for awhile, my horrific and I mean mind blowingly horrific anxiety was almost gone. The proposal sample chapter was a trigger. <\/span><\/p>\n I was so embarrassed. There is Julie A. Fast- once again having to quit. But…. I remembered what I taught myself years ago- Treat Bipolar First. It doesn’t matter if you have to cancel a wedding, put off getting pregnant, take a leave from a job or quit school for awhile, without management, bipolar will put us in the hospital anyway.<\/p>\n Here is the blog for Bp Magazine that came from that rough month<\/a>. Tomorrow, I meet with my coauthor Julie Foster of Pohala Clinic – A Place of Healing<\/a> to resume the project. I have a new plan- to write when she is near and to ask for more help. It took me months to find what might work and even now, I have no idea if I will be able to work. If I can’t, I will take a longer break.<\/p>\n You are more important than work. You are more important than money. Your life is valuable and stopping something that is making you sick is brave.<\/p>\n Julie<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/feb\/2\/16\/1f642.png\")
<\/span>\u00a0) It was devastating. I cried and felt terrible that I once again was too sick to work. Please know that the community on this page helped me greatly with this and when I did make the decision to take a break from the project, I knew I would not be judged.<\/p>\n\n