In this post, we’ll pick up from the previous one in which I shared excerpts from Tracy Windsor’s essay, A Bumpy Road: Worth the...

This road may look scenic, even appealing. But for those of us living with bipolar disorder those twists and turns, those ups and downs...

Vincent van Gogh was diagnosed with bipolar disorder (manic-depression at the time) after his tragic death in 1890. He produced over...

Vincent van Gogh’s work as displayed at a recent immersive exhibition in Montreal. March 30th each year is World Bipolar Day. The date...

Are you personally “navigating bipolar country”? Or is someone you care for doing so? If so, you’ll really enjoy learning from the...

This is a screen shot of me during the virtual book launch of the Navigating Bipolar Country anthology in 2022. The anthology was...

Amy Cox is one of the courageous contributors to my 2022 bipolar anthology: Navigating Bipolar Country – Personal and Professional...

At a book launch for my 2018 memoir, Mad Like Me. Every year in Canada, in January, the Bell telecommunications corporation sponsors...

This photo shows me back in 2018 posing with the two paintings my daughter, Tami Hammond-Collins, painted of me in mania and depression....

Recently, some folks from a book club in the US contacted me after they’d read and discussed my 2018 memoir, Mad Like Me: Travels in...

Every year on March 30th, it’s World Bipolar Day. A special day for us all to pause and reflect on this confounding disorder and how it...

Just released! I’m so excited! After two-and-a-half years collaborating with an amazing group of 42 contributors, this powerful new...

Ho, ho, ho! Happy Hanukkah! Et cetera, et cetera. The holidays are here again! But you obviously didn’t need me to tell you that, did...

Missing in action Regular readers of this blog will have noticed that I’ve been silent—MIA, actually—for many months recently. “Where has...

My own experience during the pandemic I don’t know about you, but when the pandemic hit here in Canada in March 2020, a cold chill went...

Writing as therapy Writing about (hypo)mania In my memoir, Mad Like Me: Travels in Bipolar Country, I say: “Bipolar made me feel like a...

People like me who have a mental illness need to take control of our own lifestyles and self-care, in addition to taking our prescribed...

The holidays can be a particularly stressful time for many, and that's in "normal" years. This year, with the added strain from COVID-19...

In a previous blog post, I argued that a mental illness should be considered to be an “underlying condition” that puts us at much higher...

Something that’s been on my mind a lot since the pandemic started is this: how will the stress of COVID-19, physical distancing and...