Hi Reader, Laura Riordan knows that feeling "too happy" can be dangerous. Most people don't have to worry about feeling too happy, but, when you live with Bipolar 1, that euphoric feeling can be a very real and very nefarious signal that you are slipping into mania. Once that slide happens, it is very difficult to course-correct and you may be flying high on a terrifying ride heading towards the inevitable crash of severe depression. This is what it is to live with the bipolar beast, as Laura...

Hi Reader, Every time we receive a piece where someone is speaking up and out about their life with borderline personality disorder, a lump appears in my throat. This is just what we need as a society, I think to myself. Everyone is clamoring at the gate to speak and write about anxiety and depression, but borderline personality disorder is still shrouded in shame. They are the people you stay away from, the people whose emotional instability will bust everything apart. But that isn't true....

Hi Reader, At the advice of a friend, I reached out months ago to dog whisperer/trainer Casey Buckley to learn about the world of service therapy dogs and found out that, yes, there indeed is a world that I needed to be educated about. I learned that service dogs are indeed amazing, trained to alert and assist with so many aspects of life—medical emergencies, balance and mobility, and psychiatric service work. To show the dog’s remarkable impact on the quality of life of a human, Casey and I...