The Upside of Bipolar: Conversations on the Road to Wellness

Send us a message! I talk with trauma therapist Jen George about why forcing change can backfire and how real healing often starts when we stop “trying” and start getting curious and grounded. We break down memory reconsolidation and why the goal of therapy is to help you trust yourself enough to eventually retire your therapist. • Jen’s story from architecture to helping people “rearrange” their inner world • Why fixing the outside rarely works when the inside is chaotic • The “100-story ...

Send us a message! I talk with Oxford clinical psychologist Mark Williams about why mindfulness is not about emptying the mind and how MBCT helps people stay well by changing their relationship to thoughts and feelings. We share simple practices that fit real life, including how to notice feeling tone and step out of the inner judge that always calls you guilty. • Mark’s path into depression research and relapse prevention • How mindfulness based cognitive therapy reduces recurre...

Send us a message! I share my personal story of three pregnancies and why the first two postpartum seasons spiraled into anxiety, intrusive thoughts, depression, forced weaning, and thyroid chaos. I also break down what changes before the third baby and how a proactive plan with support, nutrition, mindfulness, and trauma work can shift postpartum mental health outcomes. • postpartum anxiety and intrusive thoughts as a threat-scanning brain response • the three-month postpartum cr...

Send us a message! I break down the Recovery Cycle so symptoms stop feeling like failure and start feeling like useful feedback. I share the mindset shifts and practical tools I use to move from discouragement back into determination, action, and long-term maintenance. • recovery as a cycle rather than a straight line • learning points as part of healing rather than relapse • pre-contemplation as denial and why it keeps us stuck • contemplation as anger and self-pity that blocks change ...

Send us a message! My life flipped upside down after an unexpected separation and divorce, and I have leaned on the exact habits that helped me heal my bipolar symptoms in the first place. I share how recovery tools for bipolar symptoms also work for real-life storms, so you can process pain without losing your balance. In this episode: • a personal timeline of separation, moving, and divorce while protecting family privacy • using the Mood Cycle Survival Guide as a default plan&n...