Bella and Grace by Stampington
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What is it about people who don’t put the cart back in the cart bin? Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Is it that they are too good to take the four or five steps to put it back? Is it that it’s someone else’s job? These are the same people who get pissed off when […]
Grocery Carts — Tumbleweed Connection
At 2:10 p.m., five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers comprising Flight 19 take off from the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station in Florida on a routine three-hour training mission. Flight 19 was scheduled to take them due east for 120 miles, north for 73 miles, and then back over a final 120-mile leg that would return them to the naval base. They never returned.
On December 5, 2013, Nelson Mandela, the former activist who overcame a nearly three-decade prison stint to become president of South Africa, passes away after years of struggling with health issues. He was 95. “Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a …read more
Eddie Murphy stars as the wisecracking Detective Axel Foley in the action-comedy Beverly Hills Cop, released in theaters on December 5, 1984. The movie marked the first major starring role for Murphy, who went on to become one of the top-grossing actors in Hollywood. Murphy was …read more
The Dei Gratia, a small British brig under Captain David Morehouse, spots the Mary Celeste, an American vessel, sailing erratically but at full sail near the Azores Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship was seaworthy, its stores and supplies were untouched, but not a soul was …read more
The first Medal of Honor awarded to a U.S. serviceman for action in Vietnam is presented to Capt. Roger Donlon of Saugerties, New York, for his heroic action earlier in the year. Captain Donlon and his Special Forces team were manning Camp Nam Dong, a mountain outpost near the …read more
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“This is a moment of suffering. Suffering is part of life. May I be kind to myself in this moment. May I give myself the compassion I need.” – Kristin Neff We hear a lot today about self-compassion. But how do we show compassion to ourselves? What does this look like in our everyday lives? […]
How to Develop Self-Compassion — Don’t Lose Hope
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Happy Thursday!
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Bella and Grace by Stampington
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I was kindly gifted a copy of Manic Man, How to Live a Successfully with a Severe Mental Illness by Jason Wegner and Dr. Kerry Bernes from Soraya Nair, Managing Editor at Cherish Editions for a review. Thank you, Manic Man was another great read from Cherish Editions.
Because this review was done many years ago I’m not able to make the changes to the layout that I would like to.
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Jason Wegner
Lives with a severe mental illness, Bipolar Disorder 1.
Dr. Kerry Bernes
B.Ed., M.Sc., Ph.D., R.Psych., ABPP
Board Certified in Clinical Psychology (American Board of Professional Psychology)
His courageous story begins with a glimpse of Jason’s normal life before the hypomanic stage of his illness kicks in. The mania starts when he tries the dangerous psychedelic drug LSD and takes off a few weeks later in Tanzania. He is in a full-blown manic episode while in Africa, and his behaviours and journaled thoughts demonstrate this. Weeks of mania continue after he returns from Africa until he is tricked into an ambulance and taken to the hospital’s emergency wing. He would be hospitalized in the acute psychiatry ward for 57 days, but his journey to improved mental health had just begun.
To lift Jason out of his severe depression, his psychologist Dr. Kerry Bernes developed “The Octagon of Life,” which represents the eight areas that Jason needed to focus on to rebuild his life. He shares this model in Manic Man, too.
“Jason gives an inside look into his brain during his mania, depression and recovery. It helped me to learn more about the bipolar disorder, as well as mental health in general. Thank you for sharing your story and breaking the stigma surrounding an invisible illness.”
“A must read for anyone who knows anyone going through a mental health crisis. Very well written. Thank you for writing this book.”
I completely understand where Jason is coming from because I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder 1 at 19 years old. Being in a Manic in a state is hard to describe. You have firm beliefs that are not reality, they are grandiose, supernatural, and intoxicating. So intoxicating you don’t want the feelings to stop even when you realize how sick you are.
Jason was like a train going full steam with no brakes, ideas and thoughts coming at him like the changing of slides in a hand projector. They say is the higher you are the harder you fall and Jason fell hard.
He spent 57 days in a Phsychaitrict hospital after his parents intervened on his behalf when his behavior became so erratic they grew concerned for his wellbeing.
During his stay in the hospital, Jason learned about this illness, began to come to terms with his behavior, and started medication which is essential for Bipolar Disorder patients.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has a friend or loved one with Bipolar Disorder, it will give you first-hand insight and you can’t get anywhere else. If you think someone has Bipolar Disorder this is a good book to help you better understand the signs and symptoms.
Cherish Editions is the self-publishing division of Trigger Publishing, the UK’s leading independent mental health and wellbeing publisher.
We are experienced in creating and selling positive, responsible, important and inspirational books, which work to de-stigmatise the issues around mental health, as well as helping people who read them to maintain and improve their mental health and wellbeing. By choosing to publish through Cherish Editions, you will get the expertise of the dedicated Trigger Team at every step of the process.
We are proud of what we do, and passionate about the books that we publish. We want to do the very best for you and your book, holding your hand every step of the way.
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Melinda
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I pray your heart and home are filled with light, joy, and love this holiday season.
Have a blessed Hanukkah.
Melinda
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Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix is born in Seattle. Hendrix grew up playing guitar, imitating blues greats like Muddy Waters as well as early rockers. He joined the army in 1959 and became a paratrooper but was honorably discharged in 1961 after an injury that exempted him from duty …read more
On November 27, 1940, the actor and martial-arts expert Bruce Lee is born in San Francisco, California. In his all-too-brief career, Lee became a film star in Asia and, later, a pop-culture icon in America. Lee was born while his father, a Chinese opera star, was on tour in …read more
On November 27, 1703, an unusual storm system finally dissipates over England after wreaking havoc on the country for nearly two weeks. Featuring hurricane strength winds, the storm killed somewhere between 10,000 and 30,000 people. Hundreds of Royal Navy ships were lost to the …read more
In exchange for a multimillion-dollar fee, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith and rapper 50 Cent took to the stage at New York City’s famous Rainbow Room in the early morning hours of November 27, 2005, as headline performers at the $10 million bat mitzvah of Long Island …read more
Without bothering to identify the village or do any reconnaissance, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an early morning attack on a band of peaceful Cheyenne living with Chief Black Kettle. Convicted of desertion and mistreatment of soldiers earlier that year in a …read more
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Trauma causes us to question our beliefs. Now there’s sand beneath our feet, not the solid ground we thought. When this happens in our life, we can feel destabilized. Everything’s been stripped away, nothing’s certain any more. It’s at desperate times like these when the scales fall from our eyes … that we learn important […]
What Really Matters in Life? — Don’t Lose Hope
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Melinda
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Thanksgiving started with our ancestors, the English pilgrims in 1621 as a festival to give thanks for the plentiful crops and successful year. Many countries today have Thanksgiving celebrations including, Canada, Germany and Korea. Thanksgiving is a time of gratitude.
What we know today as American Thanksgiving was first held in 1621 by the English pilgrims who were celebrating their first successful harvest. They held the occasion to thank God for the great harvest in the preceding year. The 16th president of the US, Abraham Lincoln, declared the event a national holiday in America in 1863 during the American civil war. He declared that the fourth Thursday of November should be set apart to give thanks to God in prayer. Now, Americans observe Thanksgiving to celebrate good health, blessings in their family, and prosperity. On this day, families come together and prepare different meals with turkey meat being a major part of the meal.
You are in my thoughts this Thanksgiving Holiday. You’ve shared your stories, pain, growth and comments with me this past year, I’m so thankful. My life would not be as full without you in it and that would be a shame.
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Melinda
These beautiful flowers were for my anniversary the other day. They also smell good and are ethically grown.
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Bella and Grace by Stampington
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I’m getting my tea grove going now that the temps have cooled down.
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Winter is a hard time for many of us. The days are dark and cold and the nights are long. No wonder we feel down and have to fight to change our mood. If this describes you, then maybe try the following: 1. Stay active – Make sure you build exercise into your life. 2. […]
7 Ways of Dealing with the Winter Blues — Coaching Skills International
Nineteen years ago we said I do in a small chapel in the snowy mountains. It was not our first but knew it was our forever. We had met just 11 months earlier, at New Years Eve party and from the beginning knew we were meant to be together.
We’ve been down many roads in our 20 years together but we’ve always gone down them side by side.
Happy Anniversary, Honey. I love you.
Your Wife
Melinda
This is a night time view in the fireplace mantle. It’s our first year to decorate it and we like how it turned out.
Melinda
Bella and Grace by Stampington
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On November 21, 1980, 350 million people around the world tune in to television’s popular primetime drama “Dallas” to find out who shot J.R. Ewing, the character fans loved to hate. J.R. had been shot on the season-ending episode the previous March 21, which now stands as one of television’s most famous cliffhangers. The plot twist inspired widespread media coverage and left America wondering “Who shot J.R.?” for the next eight months. The November 21 episode solved the mystery, identifying Kristin Shepard, J.R.’s wife’s sister and his former mistress, as the culprit.
Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound. Edison stumbled on one of his great inventions—the phonograph—while working on a way to record telephone communication at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. His work led him to …read more
On November 21, 1976, Rocky, starring Sylvester Stallone as the underdog prizefighter Rocky Balboa, debuts in New York City. The movie, which opened in theaters across the United States on December 3, 1976, was a huge box-office hit and received 10 Academy Award nominations, …read more
On the evening of November 21, 1934, a young and gangly would-be dancer took to the stage of Harlem’s Apollo Theater to participate in a harrowing tradition known as Amateur Night. Finding herself onstage as a result of pure chance after her name was drawn out of a hat, the …read more
French physician Jean-François Pilatre de Rozier and François Laurent, the marquis d’ Arlandes, make the first untethered hot-air balloon flight, flying 5.5 miles over Paris in about 25 minutes. Their cloth balloon was crafted by French paper-making brothers Jacques-Étienne and …read more
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Looking for the Light 