Episode 25 with Kit O'Malley- Mental Health, creating balance and living with Bipolar.

Thanks for listening to the Creating Resilience podcast. I’m joined by Kit OMalley, author of "Balancing Act: Writing Through a Bipolar Life," Kit is a mental health advocate, public speaker, and former psychotherapist who lives with bipolar disorder. Her personal experience and clinical background inform her advocacy and enable her to help herself and guide others toward mental health recovery. We talk about Kit’s work volunteering with the US National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and how they are supporting an national suicide and crisis line. We compared how mental health is supported in the UK and how Kit used creative ways to support her psychotherapy patients and her own mental health as she came to terms with living with a Bipolar diagnosis. LINKS 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (United States) If you or someone you know is struggling or needs support now, 24/7: Call or text 988 988lifeline.org You are not alone. contact the US National Alliance on Mental Illness: nami.org Kit’s Website: https://www.kittomalley.com BOOK LINK: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B083H59W59 Twitter; @KittOMalley Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/KittOMalleyAuthor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kittomalley Music on the intro and outro of this podcast is by John D Revelator from his song, ‘Hope’, you can hear the full track here. You can support me to bring more stories of creating resilience to the world! If you value this content and the time and energy invested in researching and producing episodes I would be really grateful if you could sponsor it for less than a fiver a month- that’s £2.50 an episode- less than a takeaway coffee. Please go here to become a supporter, thankyou! Here is how I can help you create more resilience in your life: Download a guide to taming your stress triggers here Move from ‘alarm’ to ‘calm’ with a 'Power Hour' 1:1 coaching package. Learn more  here, Remove your blocks to success with 1:1 transformative EFT tapping coaching here. Read my  blog posts on the website here For all the links to my creative work go here.