Anxiety Begins in Your Body

Anxiety is a physical experience. It’s often first felt in the body, and by paying attention to the body we can learn to predict, prevent or manage difficult episodes.

That’s the main point of my new book, Resilience: Handling Anxiety in a Time of Crisis. Here’s an excerpt:

It's Difficult to Correctly Diagnose a Mental Illness

It took years and a few doctors before I was correctly diagnosed and treated. The trouble is, this happens to most people with severe mental illness.

Events and Links

The book Resilience: Handling Anxiety in a Time of Crisis is out! I have several virtual readings and workshops to which everyone is invited. I hope to see you there.

Resilience: Handling Anxiety in a Time of Crisis

I wrote Resilience: Handling Anxiety in a Time of Crisis for people who face the current coronavirus pandemic and its threats to health, communities and jobs. In the book, you’ll find insights and advice on how to confront uncertainty and maintain positive mental health.

Should Psychiatrists and Therapists Disclose Their Own Mental Illness?

I’ve spoken to medical students at the University of Pennsylvania about the experience of being a psychiatric patient. Inevitably, after the class a student or two would quietly take me aside and thank me while relating a hushed story about their own, or a family member’s, struggles with mental illness.

The Language We Use Matters

I return often to ideas about how important the language we use to describe ourselves and our experience with mental illness is.

Open Monitoring Meditation

On my blog "Getting Older With Bipolar" I published an article on some of the benefits of open monitoring meditation.  Here are some instructions on how to do it: