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I explore the gap between bondage and freedom, and how agency survives even when diagnosis and treatment narrow your choices. Through poems, personal turning points, and practical tools, I map a path from helplessness to daily actions that restore control.

• defining agency versus freedom with clear examples
• reframing bipolar from victimhood to informed choice
• choosing life, asking for help, building early warnings
• creating a Mood Cycle Survival Guide with priorities and reboots
• cautious, supported cross‑titration and micronutrients
• understanding med releases and stress triggers
• using trauma‑focused therapy modalities rather than talk alone
• mindfulness, EFT, journaling, yoga, and supportive exercise
• living mindfully, looping recovery, choosing your hard
• curating inputs and joining a pro‑recovery community

If you have any questions, please send me an email: michelle@theupsideofbipolar.com
If you haven't read my book yet grab your copy here: The Upside of Bipolar: 7 Steps to Heal Your Disorder
If you would like support as you go through the recovery process, join us in the Upsiders' Tribe

FREE Mood Cycle Survival Guide: https://theupsideofbipolar.com/free/

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I trace the path from blind trust in a chemical imbalance story to a research-based, integrated approach for resolving bipolar symptoms. I share the books, experts, tools, and daily practices that rebuilt stability through nutrition, trauma therapy, and mindfulness.

• conditioning to trust credentials over outcomes
• harms from long-term medication, hospitalization and ECT
• turning points as a parent catalyzing responsibility
• micronutrients as neurotransmitter building blocks
• disease model versus drug model explained
• Whitaker and Moncrieff are reshaping assumptions
• therapy that targets trauma at the source
• mindfulness to decode symptoms and reduce reactivity
• building a Mood Cycle Survival Guide
• reframing diagnosis as signals, not disease
• practical steps to start self-led research

If you have any comments or questions, please send me an email. If you haven't developed a Mood Cycle Survival Guide for yourself, make sure you go in the show notes, click on the on the link and get your free Mood Cycle Survival Guide that will start you on your first step to healing and recovery.

FREE Mood Cycle Survival Guide: https://theupsideofbipolar.com/free/

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website: https://theupsideofbipolar.com/

email: michelle@theupsideofbipolar.com

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I challenge the idea that a bipolar label defines a life and show how reframing symptoms creates room for choice, tools, and repair. I share a practical survival guide, language shifts, and boundary skills that turn chaos into traction.

• labels built on symptom clusters create helplessness
• medication roulette, side effects, and why talk therapy often stalls
• rage and dissociation explained as fight or flight
• family strain, codependency, and children’s regulation needs
• choose responsibility after crisis and hospitalizations
• build a response team with clear roles and limits
• design early warning systems to spot triggers
• power priorities and daily reboot practices
• use precise language: symptoms as information
• become a detective of your story and sources
• set healthy boundaries to protect trust and repair relationships
• choose your hard and commit to sustained change

If you're ready to heal and you want to know more about the Upsiders' Tribe make sure you send me an email, linked down below, and you can set up a 30-minute complimentary Zoom where we can talk about your specific situation, and we can determine if the Upsiders' Tribe is a good fit for you.

FREE Mood Cycle Survival Guide: https://theupsideofbipolar.com/free/

The Upside of Bipolar: 7 Steps to Heal Your Disorder: @upsideofbipolar | Linktree

website: https://theupsideofbipolar.com/

email: michelle@theupsideofbipolar.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theupsideofbipolar/

TikTok: theupsideofbipolar (@theupsideofbipolar) | TikTok

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theupsideofbipolar/