A Truce in the Mommy Wars–Patricia Mann Interview, Part 2
In pondering the potential pitfalls in the pursuit of happiness apparently alliteration makes me happy, it's important to recognize when enough is in fact enough ... lest we fall prey to never being...
View ArticleStanding in Your Truth, Adoptee-Style
If you've been following this blog or if you've met me, then you may be aware of my "issues" with mental health. And by issues, I mean, I completely lost my mind in what was diagnosed as a bipolar...
View ArticleAdoption Secrets and Surprise Birthday Parties
Greetings from the windy road on the way to Montenegro ... By the time you're reading this I will have likely thrown up 1-3 times due to car sickness, and each of my children will have averaged 1-3...
View ArticleCreativity & Bipolar Disorder–A Chat with Becky Johnson, Part 1
You know how great it is when you find someone with something in common? You know how even better it is when you have several things in common? Yeah, that. Becky Johnson and I connected over a myriad...
View ArticleThe Love-Hate Relationship with Meds–A Chat with Becky Johnson, Part 2
Since you have become medication free, have the functions and the creativity you lost returned? This was the question that blogger, yogi and cool chick Becky Johnson asked me in the last post,...
View ArticleThe Unconscious Mind and Adoption Loss—Part 1
The unconscious mind is not just a theory in a book, not some trumped-up paradigm or overblown fancy, but as real as the nose on your face, as real as a pickle jar. According to Jung, everything in the...
View Article9/11, National Tragedy and Adoption Loss
"Will you tell me if anything ever happens to my baby?" "Oh dear, you don’t need to worry about that. Your child will grow up healthy and happy, and you will move on with your life.” How many times?...
View ArticlePsychiatric Medicine: Temporary or Life-Long?
Doctor, are you sure I need these drugs? What about the side effects? How do I know that I really need them? Can I be sane without them? If you've ever been to therapy--whether with someone who...
View ArticleVital Methods for Managing Bipolar
How can you manage bipolar? Is it possible, or are you doomed for a life in and out of hospitals, or medicated to the point of numbness? I'm so pleased to have Becky writing a super open and honest...
View ArticleWelcome to the Adoptionland Carnival, Next Stop: The End.
This guest piece comes from Jodi Gibson Haywood, a fellow adoptee writer. I thought her post was simply amazing, and wanted to share it with you. Dear Adoptee Contemplating Suicide, I have been where...
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