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Oct 3, 2024 | bphope.com | Meg LeDuc |Meg LeDuc lives |Seth Gillihan

Home>Friendship Cycles: How Bipolar Shapes and Strengthens Relationships ViewsIn 1960, writer and theologian C.S. Lewis wrote The Four Loves, exploring different kinds of love and relationships; this is where we find a wonderful quote on friendship often paraphrased as, “Friendship is born at that moment one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.’”What was true for Lewis still holds true today — especially for those of us struggling with a mental health issue.

Sep 29, 2024 | bphope.com | Meg LeDuc |Meg LeDuc lives

ViewsIn 2013, fed up with weight gain as a side effect, I decided to stop taking a key medication to treat my bipolar disorder. I notified my psychiatrist, and she tried to find me a replacement. But nothing worked. Soon, I was having nightmares and insomnia. I was strung out and stressed, showing up late to work and turning in articles past their deadlines. After being written up, I quit my job as a staff writer for a daily newspaper, convinced my boss was preparing to fire me.

Feb 6, 2024 | bphope.com | Meg LeDuc |Meg LeDuc lives

I’ve been considering holding a small ceremony, just my husband and me, to mark the loss of the child we never had. I got this idea from Jody Day, founder of Gateway Women, the worldwide support and advocacy network for childless women. In a podcast episode of The Meaningful Life with Andrew G.

Dec 20, 2023 | bphope.com | Meg LeDuc |Meg LeDuc lives

Home>‘Lean In’ to Cope With Seasonal Affective Disorder ViewsWhen dealing with seasonal affective disorder symptoms, such as feeling drained, it’s often better to accept and plan around them, rather than combating them. I think of it as performing jujitsu on the winter blues. When the weather has shifted, and I’m no longer “Supergirl of Summer” radiating energy, when instead I’m a sloth, and every move is painfully slow — this is when I wield my special fighter trick.