1. Why did you write this book? What are your hopes for the book? I started writing the book as journal entries to keep track of my life, my experiences and what I’d been through. It was purely therapeutic and not originally meant for anyone but me to read, so I could learn more aboutContinue reading “Carrie Cantwell’s New Memoir Daddy Issues A Tour de Force on bipolar disorder in families”
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Profile in Brave: Carrie Cantwell, writer, designer for the movies, and bipolar 2
Photos courtesy of Carrie Cantwell The four year anniversary of Carrie Cantwell’s dad’s suicide hit her hard. That day, she fell into a deep depression, went on disability from work and stayed with her mother. Her mom—a psychotherapist—took her to a psychiatrist because of her genetic predisposition to bipolar disorder, because her dad had bipolarContinue reading “Profile in Brave: Carrie Cantwell, writer, designer for the movies, and bipolar 2”
Dyane Harwood’s Birth of a New Brain will help others with peri-partum bipolar
I first came across Dyane Harwood’s blog after she left continuous comments on my blog and we began a conversation through email and in the comments. Dyane writes her blog after being diagnosed with peri-partum bipolar 1 disorder to help others make sense of their condition and find resources. Dyane’s bipolar was triggered byContinue reading “Dyane Harwood’s Birth of a New Brain will help others with peri-partum bipolar”
New Mental Health Picks from the Publishing World
A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled by Ruby Wax Ruby Wax is a British comedian who suffers from depression and negative thinking. It was this thinking that forced her to get a Master’s degree in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy from Oxford. Her training in comedy and theatre inform her writing style as this is the funniestContinue reading “New Mental Health Picks from the Publishing World”
Tips for those trying to write the mental health memoir
Some of my advice stems from author Dani Shapiro, memoirist, who I had the chance to study with at a writing retreat. Dani along with my graduate school writing professors have inspired me that my book can inform, inspire and be written masterfully. Find your arc and don’t make it totally about mental illness. YourContinue reading “Tips for those trying to write the mental health memoir”
Nineteenth Year Crack Up
This is a poem I wrote during graduate school for Writing. It is a fictionalized account based on what I went through in college. Twelve years have passed since my days in Boston Days when I sat under archways thinking, scribbling poetry, howling sins; the moon listened by fracturing the sky. I read Shakespeare, Kafka, Plath,Continue reading “Nineteenth Year Crack Up”
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