Sitemap - 2023 - Speaking Bipolar's Positivity Club

How Being Willing to Change Can Improve Your Mental Health

Getting Lost Taught Me To Look at the Big Picture

The Power of Trees To Make You Happy and Positive

When the Darkness Seems Too Deep To Escape, Find the Light

Discovering The True Meaning of Home

How to Find More Wins in Your Life

How To Accept Your Past and Move Forward

The Power of Emotions and Allowing Yourself to Feel Them

How To Stay Positive When Things Get Tough

The Importance of Taking Care of Yourself First

You Can Reinvent Yourself at Any Age

December 2023 Gift for ALL Subscribers

How To Find Humor in the Darkest Times

The Myth of the Straight Line: Understanding the Challenges and Victories of Mental Health

How Many Friends Do You Need?

How to Stop Your Mind From Reacting and Start Acting

How Using Words Mindfully Can Transform Your Life

Watching Clouds and Controlling Your Power of Choice

Just Like Pooh, You Are Braver, Stronger, and Smarter Than You Believe

Why You Don't Need to Prove Anything to Anyone But Yourself

How Expressing Your Creativity Can Improve Your Mental Health

It’s All Your Past Experiences That Make You Who You Are

November 2023 Gift for Paid Subscribers

The Mental Health Benefits of Drinking Water

It’s Okay To Cancel Your Day When You Need To Shut Down

Mental Illness: It's Not Weakness, It's Strength

One Moment at a Time: How Courage Helps Me Survive

How to Overcome Limiting Beliefs Brought on by Mental Illness

The Value of Learning Who You Are at Your Core

Things Got Better When I Started Liking the Man I Was Inside

It’s Not Where You Start, It’s Where You Finish

Why Going at Your Own Pace is Okay

Okay to Mess up if You Learn From the Mistake

Walking Away From Toxic Relationships: It’s Okay to Let Go

Keep Your Eyes Open: The Help You Need May Come From an Unexpected Source

October 2023 Gift for Paid Subscribers

Be Like a Spider and Rebuild, Persevere, and Move On

The Painful End of a Date Helped Brenda See the Need To Change

A Forgotten Item from the Past Turns Out to be the Key to a Better Life

The Many Short Races of Mental Illness: Why the Small Wins Matter

Why You Should Focus on the Glass and Not What’s in It

When to Speak, When to Keep Quiet: The Benefits of Silence

Learn To Enjoy the Dance and Love Your Mistakes

Determination Helps Me Conquer My Mental Illness

A Smile Can Change Your Day—And Maybe Even Someone Else's

How Doing Small Acts of Goodness Can Help You

A Vacation in Your Own Backyard: How to Find Peace Close to Home

When I Need to Feel Again, I Turn to Music

September Gift for Paid Subscribers

Embrace What’s Weird About You: The Power of Self-Love

Love, Musicals, and Living Your Best Life With Bipolar Disorder

How Optimism Makes You Powerful for Fighting Mental Illness

How To Live in the Present Moment With Bipolar Disorder

You Must Always Believe in Yourself and Keep Going

What Scorpions Can Teach You About Life

How To Slow Down and Enjoy Every Moment

How to Find Value in Life When Depression Makes You Want to Give Up

Developing Good Habits: The Key to Maintaining Your Mental Health

What I Learned About My Mental Health By Writing 500 Stories on Medium

Leon MacFayden Interview: Q&A About Depression and PTSD

How James Overcame Childhood Abuse and Bipolar Negativity

The Value of Letting Go: How I Make Peace With What I Cannot Change

How Managing Your Mental Illness Can Inspire Others

Bipolar Disorder and the Importance of Accepting Help

August Gift for Paid Subscribers

How To Fight the Fear of Seeking Care For Your Mental Health

Walking Through Mental Graveyards: The Importance of Taking Time to Grieve

What a New York Invasion Can Teach You

Jane's Story: How Moving Forward Helped Her Manage Bipolar Disorder

Nobody’s Life is Perfect: How to Maintain Your Mental Health When Times are Tough

Why Keep Fighting: Success May Be Closer Than You Think

How I Accepted the World and Improved My Mental Health

Blue-Tailed Lizards & Mental Health: A Morning Surprise With a Lesson

You Are Not Your Past: Moving On from Painful Memories

People in Your Life: A Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime

The Power of Determination: How It Can Help You With Mental Health

Choosing To Be Positive: The Ripple Effect and You

You Are Never Too Far from a Fresh Start: It's Okay to Start Over

Why You’re Not a Failure, and How To Keep Moving Forward

The Little Things: How to Create a Happy List and Improve Your Mental Health

A Gift for Paid Subscribers

Tomorrow Always Comes: A Story about Hope and Mental Health

Why You Should Look for the Light in the Darkness

Imposter Syndrome and Mental Illness: How It Holds You Back

Ruminating at Night: How To Break Free From the Past

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Mental Health Lessons From a Mountain: Stand Still and Change Where You Are

How Trying New Things Can Lead to Unexpected Successes: A Bipolar Disorder Story

Seeing the Wildflower in the Weed: How Focus Can Improve Your Mental Health

I Chose a Better Future Even When the Choice Was Scary

What if You Don’t Know Who You Want To Be?

How I Saw the Need To Add Color Back to My World

It’s Okay if the First Times Are Unsuccessful (Mine Were)

How Saying “I Am” Can Change Your Life

One Friend Who Sees the Real You Can Make All the Difference

Patience Will Often Reveal the Answers to Your Troubling Problems

You Need To Accept All Parts of You (Including the Messy Parts)

Be Like a Cat and Hide Under the Bed

It’s Okay To Be a Wild One

The More You Know, the Better You’ll Succeed

Change Comes Down to What You Love More

How To Stop Worrying and Love the Pathless Trail

Choose To See the Beginnings and Endings of Life in a Positive Way

No One Can Beat You Until You Quit in Your Mind

The Little Things Add Up: How to Care for Your Bipolar Disorder

Don't Put It Off: Why Procrastination Is a Terrible Idea When You Have a Mental Illness

Misophonia and Bipolar Disorder: How To Cope When Noise Makes You Angry (and Weekly Update)

Every Trial Has an Expiration Date

The Bravest Thing We'll Ever Do: Owning Our Story and Loving Ourselves

You Should Feel Free To Share Your Mental Illness Story Your Way

Bipolar Depression Is a Gut-Punching Bully You Can Beat

The Importance of Starting Now When It Comes to Mental Health

The Courage to Forgive: How to Apologize When You've Made a Mistake

How Focusing on Your Gifts Can Help You Appreciate What You Have

You Never Know What You Can Do Until You Try

Change Your Environment and Watch Yourself Grow

How I Never Gave Up (and You Shouldn't Either)

Join me on Notes

Day 74 | The Life You Have Led Doesn't Need to be the Only Life You Have

How To Throw Yourself a Good, Old-Fashioned Pity Party This Week

How to Stay Positive When Things Aren't Going Your Way

The Flowers Reminded Me Why the Rain Was Necessary: A Story of Positivity

Don't Let Others Define Your Progress

11 Ways to Hold on to Hope When It Feels Like the Storm Will Never End

How to Work Through a Mental/Chronic Illness Diagnosis

Visitors, Lies, and Complicated Emotions: Day 4 in a Psychiatric Hospital

Happy World Bipolar Day!

Seeing a Doctor, Learning About Anxiety, and Connecting in Group Therapy: Day 3 in a Psychiatric Hospital

Trying New Things: 3 Lessons Learned From Joining an Instagram Live

The Importance of Exercising Regularly for People With Bipolar Disorder (and Weekly Update)

Monday: The Bully of the Week

Taylor Swift’s Anti-Hero and How It Connects to My Bipolar

The Positive Parts of Day Two in a Psychiatric Care Center

Lesson 6: How To Handle Bipolar Symptoms

Day 2 in a Psychiatric Hospital: Adjusting to a New Reality

Adjusting to What You Can’t Change: My Eyeglasses Story

Chronic Illness Has Turned Me Into a Liar

High-Functioning Bipolar Disorder and the Doubt You Must Overcome (and Weekly Update)

When Mental and Physical Health Collide: What To Know About Treating Bipolar When You’re Sick

Lesson 5: How To Improve Your Bipolar Life

Moving Forward Despite Bipolar: How to Stay Positive and Motivated

Surviving Bipolar: My First Day in a Psychiatric Hospital (Part 8)

After 3 Years, COVID Finally Caught Up With Me

Have the Courage to Say What You Need

Lesson 4: Understanding Bipolar Symptoms

Thank You and the Best of 2022