Summer 2019

The Friendship Formula

Friendships require cultivation and cooperation to thrive. When one of the friends also has to cope with a mood disorder, things can be even more complicated.

By Sasha Kildare

Friendship & Boundaries: Secret Saboteurs

Learning the art of gracefully exiting from draining friendships and seeking more positive companionships.

By Sasha Kildare

SoundOFF! The Friendship Files

It can be difficult to make and cultivate friendships—and we worry that our needs and our ups and downs may wear them out. How do you and your friend(s) work on acceptance, forgiveness, and trust?

FEATURES

People Like Me

Who understands what it is like to have bipolar? Other people who have bipolar. We hear from four who tell it as they know it.

By Robin L. Flanigan

Cleaner Eating: Food Can Change the Way You Feel

Eating unprocessed food is a good way to improve your overall diet, but proponents say it can also do great things for your mental health.

By Matthew Solan

Bipolar & Marriage: Our Partnership Path

Empathy plays a key role in Mark and Giulia Lukach’s marriage, helping them understand each other’s perspectives, fears and frustrations.

By Elizabeth Forbes

Back Chat: Jeremy Whitley

Nadia Pym is a girl scientist with bipolar. She’s also The Unstoppable Wasp, a Marvel superhero, and Jeremy Whitley brings her to life.

COLUMNS

Mind Over Mood: Talking to Myself

By Stephen Propst

Flight of Ideas: Navigating Disclosure

By Melody Moezzi

Fast Talk: Bipolar 101

By Julie A. Fast

Ask the Doctor: Sleep—More than a Body at Rest

By Melvin G. McInnis, MD, FRCPsych

On My Mind: Taking on the Bipolar Depression Bully

By Valerie Harvey