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From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum
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Sara Schley
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Sara Schley
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Sara Schley is the founder of a consulting business, and she has worked with hundreds of renowned companies worldwide. She's a proud mother, grandmother, community leader, and has been married for 26 years.
She also has a bipolar II brain. Fearing the stigma, she kept this secret for decades. Until now.
In her acclaimed memoir BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum, Sara tells her life-changing story to help end the bipolar stigma, optimize brain health, and save lives.
At 21, as a senior in college, Sara was a scholar-athlete who seemed to have it all. Then, like the flip of a switch, she had her first brain breakdown: A tailspin into a living hell. It was terrifying.
It took her 25 years and five psychiatrists to get the diagnosis that saved her life: Sara is on the bipolar spectrum with a bipolar II brain. If you've never heard of the bipolar spectrum, you're not alone: Most health-care professionals still don't know it exists. Misdiagnosis results and the wrong medications make broken brains worse. However, bipolar exists on a broad spectrum. Understanding this changes everything: With the correct diagnosis, medication, support, and self-care, people who have experienced severe, persistent depression - which is actually a form of bipolar - can live rich, full lives.
Sara's life is proof.
The self-care disciplines Sara has honed over 40 years of living with her bipolar II brain can help anyone who experiences anxiety, stress, or depression heal. Listen to this book to transform your life or that of someone you love.
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Excellent memoir. Highly recomend.
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Excellent
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A balanced and engaging story of a bipolar II journey
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Key to Mastering the Victor Within
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Makes sense- at last!
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Helpful and Encouraging
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The authors detail on information and suggested ideas which is towards the last part. It is very inspiring.
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A intimate introspection of the curveballs Bipolar 2 throws
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Her only real struggle is with debilitating depression. And while that absolutely matters, it felt hard for me to relate. I’ve spent decades around artists with various bipolar disorder diagnoses and I didn’t see their experience reflected in hers at all. Sara’s story is very specific, and very privileged—seeing well-known psychiatrists and insulated from the harsher consequences many others face.
Maybe her story still needs to be told. But it didn’t land for me.
Depression in a Gilded Cage—I’d Pass
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