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...
EP 68: Beyond the Medication Merry-Go-Round with Dr. Teralyn Sell
The Upside of Bipolar: Conversations on the Road to Wellness
1 hour 11 minutes
3 months ago
EP 68: Beyond the Medication Merry-Go-Round with Dr. Teralyn Sell
Send us a message! We challenge the “gold standard” of therapy plus meds and show how nutrition, sleep, and curiosity reveal root causes that the psychiatric labels miss. Dr. Teralyn Sell shares her journey from traditional psychotherapy to functional brain health, and why feeding the brain changes everything. • how siloed systems block simple solutions like omega‑3s • the cost of medication‑first care on memory, mood and agency • subjectivity in diagnosis and the loss of curiosity • thyroid...
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...