EP 90: My Life Fell Apart. My Recovery Tools Held Me Together.

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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 
• building a response team and asking for help early 
• avoiding the extremes of hiding until crisis or talking about struggles nonstop 
• setting healthy boundaries that protect relationships and prevent burnout 
• tracking early warning signs to catch triggers and symptom patterns sooner 
• adjusting micronutrients under high stress and why sleep and anxiety can spike 
• choosing trauma-informed therapy modalities that target root causes 
• practicing mindfulness meditation to process emotions instead of suppressing them 
• combining meditation with deep journaling to clarify thoughts and beliefs 
• using exercise and yoga to support stability without mood triggers 
• planning forward with mindful living and bullet journaling during major change

 
If you haven't already, please get a copy of my book, The Upside of Bipolar: 7 Steps to Heal Your Disorder. If you haven't already got a copy of the Mood Cycle Survival Guide, go in the show notes and grab a copy of that. 

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