The Upside of Bipolar: Conversations on the Road to Wellness
Michelle Baughman Reittinger
74 episodes
3 weeks ago
Send us a message! We challenge the idea that a bipolar diagnosis explains your life and show how labels can block curiosity, fuel victimhood, and fuse to identity. We share the layered tools that helped Michelle heal: micronutrients, trauma work, mindfulness, and a Mood Cycle Survival Guide. • diagnosis as observation, not explanation • relief and fear at first diagnosis • victimhood mindset and its costs • when labels become identity • accountability after harm and repair work • layered he...
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Send us a message! We challenge the idea that a bipolar diagnosis explains your life and show how labels can block curiosity, fuel victimhood, and fuse to identity. We share the layered tools that helped Michelle heal: micronutrients, trauma work, mindfulness, and a Mood Cycle Survival Guide. • diagnosis as observation, not explanation • relief and fear at first diagnosis • victimhood mindset and its costs • when labels become identity • accountability after harm and repair work • layered he...
The Upside of Bipolar: Conversations on the Road to Wellness
30 minutes
4 months ago
EP 65: When You Choose Joy Over Suffering
Send us a message! Michelle shares why she took a hiatus from her podcast to fully experience planning her daughter's wedding and supporting her son through his senior year of high school. • Decided to pause her podcast, blog, and social media when life became overwhelming with a job change, moves, planning a wedding, and senior year activities. • Realized the purpose of healing from bipolar was to be present for these family milestones • Planning her daughter's wedding became a beautiful he...
The Upside of Bipolar: Conversations on the Road to Wellness
Send us a message! We challenge the idea that a bipolar diagnosis explains your life and show how labels can block curiosity, fuel victimhood, and fuse to identity. We share the layered tools that helped Michelle heal: micronutrients, trauma work, mindfulness, and a Mood Cycle Survival Guide. • diagnosis as observation, not explanation • relief and fear at first diagnosis • victimhood mindset and its costs • when labels become identity • accountability after harm and repair work • layered he...