On Mindful Monday, my readers and I practice the art of pausing, TRYING to be still, or considering, ever so briefly, the big picture. We’re hoping this soul time will provide enough peace of mind to get us through the week! If I had to name two things from my childhood that have helped me…

On Fridays I will address a question related to depression and find the answer from an expert. If you have a question you want answered, please ask it on the combox of this post, and I’ll try my best to do some research and feature it in an upcoming Friday post. I think most of…

Thanks to Beliefnet’s Lilit Marcus for finding this story about a guy with bipolar disorder getting $80,000 from his company on discrimination charges. Read the entire article on Canada.com by clicking here. I’ve excerpted from it below. An $80,000 judgment against an Ottawa company that dismissed a man with bipolar disorder has been upheld by…

One of the most hurtful comments made to me during the worst of my depression was this: “You must not want to get better.” I’m having a hard time forgiving the person who said that, even as I know she didn’t intend to be spiteful or mean. She’s just plain ignorant regarding mental health issues.…

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