I recently sent my final draft of the manuscript of my memoir to my publisher. The book is broad – everything from my childhood to adult history of overcoming bipolar disorder. One of my objectives is that this book helps to remove the stigma of mental illness from both the patient and everyone else.  When…

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The stigma of mental illness must be eliminated as more and more of humankind knows more and more how to treat them – just like breast cancer, diabetes, and on and on. One by one, we have our strengths and weaknesses.  Trying to accept others as they are, perhaps helping them with some form of…

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Henry James, American Author (1843-1916), wrote the following, which I keep on my desk: Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind. Kindness to ourselves and others requires self-discipline. We can be—and often are overly—critical to ourselves and…

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We are in The Innovation Age and thus we must: ·         Innovate throughout humankind and its entities of all kinds. ·         Seek wisdom and shun the negative values of selfishness, greed, envy, hate, and revenge. ·         Grow our health in mind, body and “little piece of God.” ·         Foster self-discipline and delayed gratification for ourselves…

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This is a wonderful value and I believe that it should be differentiated from sympathy.  Sympathy encourages victimhood; and if it involves something that is major in our lives– such as race–it can lead to wasted lives. Adversity of all types can be overcome and in doing so an individual very well may gain the…

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