Yes You Can! is an effort by one diagnosed bipolar to speak to the consciousness of all who experience bipolar or unipolar depression . . . and to their friends and families.Revealing with candor and clarity the commitment and strategies driving his own substantial progress, Richard Mead draws or more than eight years of weekly exchanges with hundreds of others in MDDA and SFDMDA-Boston and San Francisco's manic depressive and depressive associations.Rather than explore grim memories or intimidating statistics, he chooses ...
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Yes You Can! is an effort by one diagnosed bipolar to speak to the consciousness of all who experience bipolar or unipolar depression . . . and to their friends and families.Revealing with candor and clarity the commitment and strategies driving his own substantial progress, Richard Mead draws or more than eight years of weekly exchanges with hundreds of others in MDDA and SFDMDA-Boston and San Francisco's manic depressive and depressive associations.Rather than explore grim memories or intimidating statistics, he chooses to support and inspire his peers by sharing his own return from hospitalization and chaos to authentic selfhood.Pragmatic, easy to read, without dogma, and inclusive, Yes You Can! urges self-esteem and resilience as cornerstones for reversing paterns of despair and inertia.This challenge, presented with style and flavor by one who knows the agony of defeat, may be the right one at the right time. For those touched by the critical issue, it should rivet your attention and alter your outlook. It is a powerful affirmation -- where affirmations barely exist -- from one who has walked through the fire.
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Add this copy of Yes You Can! : Commitment and Strategies for Overcoming to cart. $9.00, very good condition, Sold by Bingo Used Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Vancouver, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Berkeley, California, U.S.A. : Regent Pr.
