From the “Two Bipolar Chicks”, Wendy K. Williamson and Honora Rose, comes this survival guide disguised as a low-key, how to manual. From their wellness vaults, they compiled three decades worth of tips for you. Filled with insightful anecdotes and personal viewpoints – which can differ – Wendy and Honora steer you through the swamps of bipolar disorder and teach you how to dodge the alligators.From advice on medication, to their own, personal journeys with acceptance, you’ll pick up tips on managing depression and mania. There is plenty of factual advice and information on treatments and tidbits for the novice, the pros and everyone in between. It could be an asset to anyone navigating the bipolar waters. Two Bipolar Chicks Guide to Survival: Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder is the consummate bipolar mix of everything you’ll want - and need - inside. The most delicious part is it isn’t bogged down with scientific jargon, though they do explain what you need to know. You’ll hear more from the author you’ve grown to love and the co-author you soon will. It’s their personal insight that will make this a unique book. Divulging tidbits from manic sex and internet sites to how to not blow your life savings when in a manic episode, they blow the lid off telling it like it is. You wanted to know more and here it is! Wendy has also brought in her editor and partner Honora to double the fun. Wendy K. Williamson is the author of the best-selling, inspirational memoir I’m Not Crazy Just Bipolar. This is the book you wanted her to write next: more tips, more about wellness, more information. Voila! The Two Bipolar Chicks Guide To Wellness: Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder was born. You’ll receive an education about treatments, including their own experience with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). You’ll learn the importance of medication management and that not all generics or doctors were created equal. They’ll tell you how crucial little details can be from pill trays to choosing your pharmacy to locking up the credit cards when manic. Wendy and Honora will tell you what has worked - and not worked - for them. This book is designed to fill in the gaps of the scientific ones and keep you entertained so you won’t fall asleep. Wendy K. Williamson has been positively reviewed by Publisher’s Weekly and National Alliance on Mental Illness’ The Advocate. She also currently blogs for BPHope.com. Together, Wendy and Honora run The Red Bank Writers Group.www.twobipolarchicks.comwww.wendykwilliamson.com
Wendy K. WilliamsonWhile studying at Virginia Tech, eight weeks before graduation, Wendy had her first manic episode; it was then she was diagnosed with bipolar type I. Her first book, a memoir, is called I'm Not Crazy Just Bipolar. She co-wrote her second book, Two Bipolar Chicks Guide to Survival: Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder.
Wendy writes for The Huffington Post and BPHope.com. She has written for The Two River Times, BP Magazine and Bipolar Disorder for Dummies: 2nd Edition. Her book has been reviewed by Publishers Weekly and National Alliance on Mental Illness' The Advocate. The author is the founder of The Red Bank Writers Group and resides in NJ, burning out laptops to stay sane.
Honora Rose
Honora is a graduate of Boston University. Upon graduation, she worked in the financial industry for ten years before starting a family. After the birth of her second child, at thirty-five, Honora's years of meteoric highs and crushing lows finally had a name. Her journey to wellness was born. Honora is co-founder of The Red Bank Writers Group and has spoken on over thirty radio programs across the world.
