{"id":12337,"date":"2018-07-07T13:21:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T20:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=12337"},"modified":"2018-07-09T09:22:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T16:22:52","slug":"parent-of-a-teen-or-adult-child-with-bipolar-disorder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/parent-of-a-teen-or-adult-child-with-bipolar-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent of a Teen or Adult Child with Bipolar Disorder?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12338 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yoga.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yoga.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yoga-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Does this mean I can&#8217;t do my marking? No. It means I will nev<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">er be able to do it at a big company. Does this upset me? Of course it does. It&#8217;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.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>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&#8217;s the same with bipolar.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a parent of a child with bipolar or schizoaffective, please join me in my closed group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/StableTable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Stable Table<\/a>. \u00a0I talk more about my work and how you can use my books and experiences to help a child with bipolar THRIVE.<\/p>\n<h1><strong><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Julie\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12338 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yoga.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yoga.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/yoga-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Does this mean I can&#8217;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&#8217;s devastating and I will always be upset by it, but I no longer fight it. 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