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Tag Archives: Spirituality
Why Robin and I Have Been Absent So Long
I just looked and realized we have not posted anything on our blog since September, and only four times in the last year. I’m not sure any of our followers even remember us at this point, but I want anyone … Continue reading
“Robin, What? You’re Moving?”
I’m sorry it’s taken so long to continue the story. Life got in the way. As we all know, it happens. I’ve been working on a whole new plan for marketing our book, which I will discuss in a different … Continue reading
The Kirkus Review Is In
Robin, Daniel and I have been anxiously awaiting the Kirkus review of our book. It arrived a couple of days ago. It can’t be excerpted or published in any form until after I give the go ahead for Kirkus to … Continue reading
How Did Robin Finally Heal?
In January 2004, after everything I had gone through in the previous year, I was determined to get my life back to some semblance of normal. The panacea, as I saw it, was returning to work as a case … Continue reading
Posted in Ch 9 - Robin: Rebuilding My Life (Excerpts)
Tagged Anxiety, Avoidant Personality Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Book writing, Depression, Disability, ECT, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Mixed Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, Personality Disorder, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychiatric Hospitalization, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Spirituality, Stigma, Suicide, Writing
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Update for the Readers of Despair to Deliverance
I apologize for dropping off the radar for so long. The reality is, a lot has been happening apart from our attempts to finish our book. As I said in my last post, Robin actually moved to Florida! Anyone who … Continue reading
Posted in Updates About Robin, Updates About Sharon
Tagged Bipolar Disorder, Book writing, Depression, Disability, ECT, Electro-Convulsive Therapy, Life, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Mixed Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, OCD, Psychiatric Hospitalization, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Spirituality, Writing
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“I Had the Tylenol All Lined Up.”
During the time Robin was experiencing the aftermath of her meltdown in 2003 I had been a psychologist for a little over ten years. I had been working at the same agency from the time I had begun my … Continue reading