The Other Side of Bipolar: Revealing Your Strengths to Move Beyond the Diagnosis
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.76 (694 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0997107707 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Hope does exist.” -- Gary Douglas, The Place“It’s not often that a book filled with such helpful tools and guidance reads like page-turning poetic fiction.” -- Dr. Dain Heer, Being You, Changing the World
Any who have faced such a diagnosis will find this an inspiring, engrossing saga which offers hope, revelation, and much food for thought as it follows a journey that takes the identification of 'bipolar' and turns it upside down." -- Diane Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review. You don’t need to live a small, safe existence; you can go after your dreams, challenge yourself, and create a life far beyond what you may have thought is possible."The Other Side of Bipolar sits apart from other autobiographical surveys of psychological struggles, offering readers the rare opportunity to explore and utilize many of the gifts formerly identified as disabilities. Embedded throughout this poetic story are examples of tools and techniques you can apply immediately to begin to create a sense of peace and possibility in your life.Lauren’s story will captivate you and show you a path to finding peace and joy with being different, and ultimately how to utilize yo
"Spellbinding, Inspiring and Empowering" according to Cynthia Makris. This intensely honest and insightful book is impossible to put down. From the first page, the story of this girl's struggle and courage drew me in so powerfully that I read the book in one sitting. I feel as if the author were a close personal friend, she is so soul-baring. Not only does she master the intensities of loneliness and being "other," she always shows compassion for everyone who was invo. She has written so beautifully and with such vulnerability Amazon Customer I couldn't put this book down. It was so well written. I was drawn into her life and her journey. Lauren captured the teenage angst and how she was pulled into this downward spiral and then how she was able to navigate the turbulence of those years and being labeled and drugged. She was able to pull herself out of all that to become so much stronger and such an invitation to others on what else is p. An invitation into choosing more anonymous I came across Lauren Polly 6 months ago when I was diagnosed with bipolar at age 44 and started looking for alternative ways of relating to it. I read she was writing this book, so I was really looking forward to her perspective "from the inside".I devoured the book within 24 hours, sobbing and choking along.Lauren has this gift of giving words to experiences - speaking the unspeakable of painful, d
She coaches and offers workshops worldwide. Lauren Polly earned a Master’s Degree from the U. of Va. She is also a Certified Access Consciousness Facilitator, Certified Talk to the Entities Facilitator, and Registered Yoga Instructor. . in Communication Disorders with a focus in Speech and Language Pathology. Her teachings have been featured in The Chang