Journaling Through Mental Illness: What Harms and What Heals (Remix)
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? Check Out BipolarShe.com to Register For Janine's Writing class. Starts September 13. Enjoy this Summer Remix of Kathleen Adams' Episode "Journaling for Y...
13 Aug 21min
Can Writing Bad Poems Build Resilience? The Healing Power of Poetry Without Rules
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? You don’t have to be a good poet to write something authentic. Therapist and author Margaret Bryden explains why poetry can cut through the facts, explana...
29 Jul 19min
Can Writing About Hard Times Feel Good? Get Started on Your Story
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? WRITING HARD STORIES CLASS BEGINS SEPTEMBER 13 ENROLL HERE (Early Bird Discount through Aug. 1) During my MFA program in creative writing, my life changed...
17 Jul 4min
Women on Lamictal (Lamotrigine) Warning: What Your Doctors May Not Know
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? This June, I went to Kauai hoping my brain would finally get a break. Instead, I woke up and could barely walk straight. My balance was gone. The room see...
7 Jul 10min
Bipolar and Pregnant: How Betsi Fought to be a Mom
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? In this episode of Bipolar She, Janine talks with Betsi Werling about becoming a mom with bipolar I disorder. The general thinking fifteen years ago, was ...
28 Mai 23min
4 TV/Films That Get Mental Illness Right On Screen
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? Today on Bipolar She, Janine looks at how mental illness shows up on screen from the neurotic, quirky TV musical Crazy Ex-Girlfriend to the critically acc...
23 Mai 9min
What Happened to You? The Neurosequential Model with Diane Vines
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? What Happened to You? The Neurosequential Model With Diane Vines In this powerful conversation, Janine sits down with Diane Vines, a seasoned clinician an...
7 Mai 30min
4 Great Books on Mental Illness to Inspire You to Tell Your Story
TEXT US: Have a Story? Feedback for the Show? Janine shares how writing about her own mental health crises in an MFA program helped her see that illness can be written, shared, and received (mostly) w...
30 Apr 13min
