Suicide Prevention

New Years is a time for a new beginning and a fresh start. It is a time to let go of the pain from our past and focus on today, now, and the future. I have a lot of pain from my past, depression, fear, psychosis, anxiety, emotional eating, and low self-esteem. 2013 is about improvement and progression in my journey of mental health recovery. I’m going to let go of my past and focus on three key coping skills-inner healing, spirituality, and self-love.

The end

We’ve finally made it to the end of the year.

First of all, I want to congratulate you for making it through one more year.

Glad you are alive.

Glad you’ve made it through 2012.

Having bipolar disorder… you really don’t know when you will just snap.

Snap and just do what you fear the most.

I always wondered how others felt when counting down from 10 to one
on NYE.

They seek hope.

 Opportunities, Resolutions, & Wellness in the New Year

Being bipolar we have a tendency to indulge. We indulge in shopping, adventures, hobbies, friends, worries, cares, causes and even eating out. Sometimes we eat out at very nice places. Often, we just eat anywhere. We swipe that card and then load up on what will inevitably be an over indulgence in unnecessary calories. This is unhealthy in two ways.

January Webinar with Dr. Ellen Leibenluft

Bipolar Disorder and Severe Irritability in Youth: Same or Different?

Join us for a Webinar on January 30th at 9:00am PST

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/402394942

Come out on January 27th to cheer on our 40 marathon runners, The Stigma Busters!

Volunteers are need to help with our course support! Sign up today:

 MEET THE "REAL" INFORMANT, MARK WHITACRE

International Bipolar Foundation invites you to a special luncheon and presentation

Mark Whitacre Against All Odds

Thursday, January 24, 2013 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Estancia La Jolla
9700 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla

Ticket per person $65

 Happy New Year!

Please join us this Saturday, December 29th, for a Mardi Gras Casino Fundraiser to benefit International Bipoalr Foundation and the Carlsbad Marathon & Half running team!

Event if free and begins at 6:00pm!

Please e-mail greatbaker@aol.com for details! 

For me, 2012 has been a year of great success, immense loss, incredible opportunity and continual change. I accomplished things that I once doubted I could, lost people and things that I had expected to have for years to come, was presented with chances to do things that excited and inspired me, and have experienced more changes, both in my life and within my life, that I would never have imagined was possible in such a short period of time.