Today’s interview is somewhat untraditional, but I think you’ll enjoy it. After I read the hilarious anecdotes in Nancy Bachrach’s newly released memoir, “The Center of the Universe,” I knew I had to dig a little more on how, exactly, she copes with a dysfunctional family. Nancy formerly worked in advertising in New York and…

Optimism Software is broken into several sections, which help you to track various aspects of your recovery. For example, in the “Stay Well Strategies” section, you can list the things that you know, or suspect, are beneficial to your health. The fields have been set up with lots of ideas to get you started. In…

After trying out James Bishop’s Optimism Software, I became intrigued by this new wave of technology tools to help us with sanity. So it was with great interest that I looked at the new Live Happy iPhone application based on happiness expert Sonja Lyubomirsky’s book “The How of Happiness.” Her research suggests that different kinds…

I was touched by this comment on the combox of my post “5 Ways Churches Can Minister to Those with Mental Illness” by Beyond Blue reader Vincent Zimmerman: Therese, I sometimes think I must be the only person diagnosed with bipolar disorder and generalized anxiety who doesn’t find peace and security in faith. I don’t…

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