I just received the following comment from Gail:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Julie i read a reader comment that you weren\u2019t very successful with your programs because you still suffer with mood swings. this person obviously doesn\u2019t understand the different severities of the disorder. If i get a week of stability I am grateful. The rest of the time I just work at what needs to be done. The good thing is I\u2019m still alive even though I\u2019ve tried very hard not to be. I feel you present a reality for most people and constant encouragement for me<\/p>\n
** Hi Gail,<\/p>\n
I understand how people could think it odd that I still need to do so much work on myself considering that I have written so many books on managing the illness. The reality of this illness is that it\u00a0 needs daily management for many people. I actually use my tips every day- especially those in\u00a0 Get it Done When You’re Depressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0The Health Cards are my daily management tool- not an hour goes by that I don’t use some form of my work in order to keep my life stable. I am one of the unfortunate ones who often has 24 hour bipolar symptoms! I wish I could just get them to go away- but in reality, I can get them to calm down and fade into the back ground. That is always my goal.\u00a0 My book Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder has helped me with all of my relationships- that’s for sure! It’s easy to overwhelm people when you have bipolar- so learning as many management tools as possible is essential.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I plan to write more books in the future as I learn more about how to manage the illness even more successfully. I am especially interested in how we can use the tips in The Health Cards to keep our relationships strong while we work and stay in school. That takes some skills- and I plan to work on and write about those skills as much as possible.\u00a0 I want us all to be happy and stable. That is my goal in life personally and professionally. If you have not tried the Health Cards, I recommend you check them out. I promise they will change your life for the better within the first weeks you learn to use them.\u00a0 We all want to be stable and it really does take a plan you can use every day. It does get easier as you practice- but there is a chance you will always need to use the skills.<\/p>\n
Julie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I just received the following comment from Gail: <\/p>\n
Julie i read a reader comment that you weren\u2019t very successful with your programs because you still suffer with mood swings. this person obviously doesn\u2019t understand the different severities of the disorder. If i get a week of stability I am grateful. The rest of the time I just work at what needs to be done. The good thing is I\u2019m still alive even though I\u2019ve tried very hard not to be. I feel you present a reality for most people and constant encouragement for me<\/p>\n
** Hi Gail,<\/p>\n
I understand how people could think it odd that I still need to do so much work on myself considering that I have written so many books on managing the illness. The reality of this illness is that it needs daily management for many people. I actually use my tips every day- especially those in Get it [ Read More ]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11875,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1383\/revisions\/11875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}