In “Home Coming: Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child,” bestselling author John Bradshaw describes his years in the seminary as nurturing, where he adopted many “new fathers” and “new mothers” to replace the abusive ones who raised him. He writes, “Another way to champion your inner child is to let your adult find new sources…

Johns Hopkins Medicine has published the following information on recognizing and treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is marked by recurrent, repetitive thoughts (obsessions), behaviors (compulsions), or both that a person recognizes as unreasonable, unnecessary, or foolish yet are intrusive and cannot be resisted. People with obsessive-compulsive disorder do not necessarily have both obsessions…

In the spirit of Columbus Day, I thought I’d discuss what we’re doing over at Group Beyond Blue (in Beliefnet’s community, or social networking site) because in my role as moderator of the group of more than 1,000 members, I am feeling a bit like Columbus. I have no idea where I’m headed. I have…

Also on Beliefnet’s Bipolar Resource page is my article on the intersection of spiritual life and bipolar disorder. I don’t think I’m romanticizing my bipolar disorder in saying that my real faith, the engine that propels me to love better and be better, was born during my severely ill days, that my mood disorder has…

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