Natasha Tracy's Bipolar Burble Newsletter
May 2021 Edition
Welcome to my Bipolar Burble Newsletter. It's where I have a chance to talk to you, my readers, and offer information that can help those with mental illness and their loved ones. Thanks for reading.
Happy Mental Health Awareness Month!
In this edition you'll find:
- An new podcast interview
- On-demand masterclass information
- Bipolar Burble and Breaking Bipolar articles you may have missed
- An Instagram image and quote
- A Lost Marbles review
- A May quote
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New Podcast Interview with Anne McDaniels from Bleav "SoCal Sweat"
I love doing podcasts. They're often an informal exchange of ideas which is relaxing for me and the listeners. In this podcast, former NFL cheerleader Anne McDaniels interviews me about bipolar disorder, depression and my life. I also dispel one of the most annoying myths that I believe causes stigma in the bipolar community.
11 Masterclasses Are Now Available On-Demand
As you may know, I've been running masterclasses over the last few months. I'm pleased to say that you can get on-demand access to any of these masterclasses.
- Get Real 1: What You Need to Understand About a Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis — Everything you need to understand about what a bipolar diagnosis really means.
- Get Real 2: What Rapid Cycling in Bipolar Disorder Is Really Like — What rapid cycling bipolar disorder is
and what to do about it.
- Get Real 3: Beating Bipolar Depression — Everything you need to know about depression in bipolar disorder from experience and the latest research.
- Get Real 4: How People with Bipolar Disorder Think — Cognitive Distortions — If you’re curious why a person with bipolar disorder acts differently than you average
person, this will give you some insight and ways of handling it.
- Get Real 5: Preventing Suicide — Tips from a Suicide Survivor — If statistics around suicide and mental illness scare you, this is the webinar for you. Learn all about suicide, prevention and what to do if an attempt occurs.
- Get Real 6: Anxiety in Bipolar Disorder — And What? Why? How to Fight It — Anxiety is so common in people with bipolar
disorder. If you experience anxiety with bipolar or if you have a loved one who does, this is the webinar for you.
- Get Real 7: Learn How to Accept a Mental Illness Diagnosis — It’s not easy being diagnosed with a mental illness. We often feel denial, anger, sadness and more. Learn how to
fully accept a mental illness diagnosis and find peace in this webinar.
- Get Real 8: Anger, Aggression and Rage in Bipolar Disorder — Not everyone experiences anger and rage as a part of bipolar disorder, but some do. Learn more about
anger, aggression and rage as a part of bipolar disorder and how to handle it.
- Get Real 9: How to Have Difficult Mental Health Conversations — All of us are going to have to have a difficult conversation about mental illness,
suicide, psychosis or another mental health topic at some time in our lives. Let’s learn about how to have these conversations successfully.
- Get Real 10: How to Treat Treatment-Resistant Depression in Bipolar — It is an unfortunate reality that many with bipolar disorder struggle with depression even with treatment. Learn about
how to treat treatment-resistant depression according to the latest research.
- Get Real 11: Let's Talk About Sex and Bipolar Disorder — Sex is a taboo subject for many, but we need to talk about it. This masterclass aims to improve your sex life if
you have bipolar disorder.
The price to access a masterclass is $45 for one or $40/masterclass if you buy more than one. For access to any masterclass, just click the button below to email me.
What You May Have Missed
Here are a some things you might have missed from Bipolar Burble and Breaking Bipolar:
The Archives
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Insta-Instagram
May 2, 2021
"May is mental health awareness month.
I usually write about mental illness, but today I want to mention mental HEALTH as that does matter too. The more you take care of your mental health, the less vulnerable you are to mental illness.*
This means that taking doing things like going to therapy, de-stressing your life, learning mindfulness and taking other steps is important because it preserves your mental health. And there is no health without mental health. You can have the greatest body health in the world but if you also have poor mental health, you won't be able to enjoy it; your poor mental health will steal every day.
Now, I'm still going to be taking about mental illness this month, but I'll be talking about mental health too. Because while only some people have mental illness, we ALL have mental health.
(*Not all mental illnesses can be avoided no matter what you do, of course.)"
'Lost Marbles' Reviews
I'm pleased to say I now have 284 reviews/ratings between GoodReads and Amazon. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to write their thoughts. Lost Marbles is rated about 4.5 stars out of 5!
"I order quite a few books, but have never reviews them. I wish when I was diagnosed 15 years ago with Bipolar 1- this book would have been there for me. I thought I had a malignant tumor or retarded. This book is the most comprehensive information on a disorder that I can only compare to hell. For anyone just diagnosed- this should be the first book you read prior to Kay Redfield Jamison; they should
be 1st and 2nd in your bookcase. Sure, there are 100s of books on Bipolar- how many actually live the disorder and use most of their .time researching information to help all of us- she deserves all awards she has won.
Many times I have internalized questions- maybe inappropriate- she makes me understand I am not alone with my thoughts. If you, a family member or Medical student, in psychiatry or not- ( the only way stigma can be broken is through education) this book rates right up there with An Unquiet Mind. My only question is why she doesn't write for BP magazine. Thank you - you have helped me 3 fold!!!"
If you've had a chance to read Lost Marbles, I would love it if you would leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads. Thanks, I appreciate it.
May's Final Words
That's it for now folks; I'll catch up with you again in June. Until then, please keep safe and get vaccinated as soon as you can.
Finally, here's an May quote that you might enjoy:
“The world's favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May.”
-- Edwin Way Teale
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