Boundaries Much has been written about the need for boundaries when supporting people with mental health issues. But I don’t think we hear much about what having such boundaries means to such people themselves. I will describe a bit from a point of view I had at one time. What boundaries mean to me Many […]
Read More...LIVING ROOM MEMORIES 149 (April 13, 2008) Yesterday I took a day off. I took a day for myself – just resting and reading. It was a beautiful feeling. I felt like I was on holidays. My husband was working all day so I was alone. No one interfered with the quiet solitude I had […]
Read More...I need to interrupt my Living Room story to tell you about something I’ve learned in recent years. Through therapy I learned that a couple of friends who had been very kind had become like parents to me – giving me the kind of love my parents had not provided when I was young. I […]
Read More...Most of my current writing tries to help those with mental health challenges to overcome low self-esteem, both within their own minds and in the minds of others.
I’ve lived with bipolar disorder for over fifty years and have for twenty-five years worked to reduce the stigma attached to mental illness.
In an effort to build awareness in the church I founded the Living Room peer support ministry in 2006.
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