{"id":3826,"date":"2011-08-30T10:25:07","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T17:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2018-10-31T12:05:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T19:05:11","slug":"guest-post-craig-hamilton-part-3-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/guest-post-craig-hamilton-part-3-of-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post: Craig Hamilton part 3 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Craig Ha\"\"<\/a>milton – My Story part 3\u00a0\u00a0 (Click here for part 1)<\/a>\u00a0 (Click here for part 2)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Today I\u00a0 know so much more about this thing called depression, this thing called mania ,\u00a0 chemical imbalance in the brain etc.<\/p>\n

Knowledge really is power.<\/p>\n

Today , I manage Bipolar Disorder with self-awareness, medication, yoga ,regular exercise and a holistic approach to staying fit and healthy.<\/p>\n

I have also reduced my alcohol content which has helped with my overall health.<\/p>\n

My self-awareness is simply more fined tuned today to my stress levels and when I need to pull back, slow down and rest , I do it – that simple.<\/p>\n

Bipolar still provides me with many challenges.<\/p>\n

I have been hospitalized twice in the past 4 years with manic and psychotic episodes.<\/p>\n

Both episodes the resulted in serious depressions.<\/p>\n

Vigilance and awareness are so important with this illness.<\/p>\n

In the area of mental health and public awareness, I simply want to make a difference. When “Broken Open” was written I hoped the book would not only help to further de-stigmatise mental illness but provide some guidelines for those people and their families who were going to walk the same path that I have.<\/p>\n

Today I look back on the book with a great deal of satisfaction. It is helping others but there is still much more to do.<\/p>\n

Craig Hamilton <\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/em><\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Craig Hamilton is an ABC Broadcaster and sought after motivational<\/address>\n
speaker. His book \u2018Broken Open\u2019 is a story of remarkable triumph that<\/address>\n
will inspire all who read it. You can\u00a0read more about Craig at his <\/address>\n
website www.craig-hamilton.com<\/a><\/address>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Craig Ha\"\"<\/a>milton – My Story part 3 (Click here for part 1)<\/a> (Click here for part 2)<\/a><\/p>\n

Today I know so much more about this thing called depression, this thing called mania , chemical imbalance in the brain etc.<\/p>\n

Knowledge really is power.<\/p>\n

Today , I manage Bipolar Disorder with self-awareness, medication, yoga ,regular exercise and a holistic approach to staying fit and healthy.<\/p>\n

I have also reduced my alcohol content which has helped with my overall health.<\/p>\n

My self-awareness is simply more fined tuned today to my stress levels and when I need to pull back, slow down and rest , I do it – that simple.<\/p>\n

Bipolar still provides me with many challenges.<\/p>\n

I have been hospitalized twice [ 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":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826"}],"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=3826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11649,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826\/revisions\/11649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}