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I am forever indebted to my writing instructor, Laura Oliver, for everything she taught me about the craft. But more importantly, she taught me how to go inside for what you need, and to try to resist the urge to feed addictive and self-defeating behavior. Here she is to say the same to you.

In her classic book, “The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity,” Julia Cameron offers readers twelve ways to recover their sense of self or inner creativity. According to this artist, nurturing one’s creative powers is a spiritual exercise–and an antidote to (mild) depression and anxiety. “I have seen lives transformed by the simple…

I’m getting better at reading my mood and recognizing signs of hypomania, but I still have a ways to go. Thank God I have several good friends in my life who love me enough to tell me they think I’m headed toward danger. Last week one such friend pointed out some clues to hypomanic behavior:…

My guardian angel, Ann, sent me the book “Manic” by Terri Cheney. I absolutely loved her epilogue: I’m sitting in my favorite café, writing a line, crossing it out. Writing a line, crossing it out. My soft-boiled egg will be cold by the time I get around to cracking its shell. My latte will have…
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