John Poehler and Oliver Seligman Discuss How to Live a Fulfilling Life When You Have Bipolar Disorder. Oliver has written a book called Befriending Bipolar: a patient's perspective. This book gives a unique and engaging perspective on living with a mental illness; describing the euphoric highs, hellish depths and brutally confusing psychoses, as well as sharing what has worked for him and what hasn't. Befriending Bipolar is available on Amazon at: https://amzn.to/35kYQKW  Oliver's website:...

Diagnosed with bipolar type one at seventeen, Oliver Seligman has battled with euphoric manias, suicidal depressions and bewildering psychoses, as well as the side effects of psychiatric medication. Having spent time in mental hospitals in Norway, Australia and the U.K, he has experienced a range of approaches to bipolar and has tried many forms of alternative treatment and a variety of medications. At one point, after four years of continuous depressions, psychoses and manias, it looked as...

Tristan Miller is an actor, comedian, and podcast host. Tristan is the creator of Manic Impressive, an hour of stand-up comedy.   Ways to get in touch with Tristan: www.tristanjmiller.com Twitter: @tristanjmiller1 Instagram: @tristanjmiller TikTok: @tristanjmiller David Lynch Foundation  davidlynchfoundation.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support

John is a big believer in taking action to prevent a mood episode. However, what do you do when you are in a depressive episode? John discusses some suggestions to help you get through. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support

Meet Sharon Laflamme.  Facilitator/founder of Creating Serenity, LLC.  She has taken her life's passions of human behavior, health, nutrition, yoga, meditation and incorporated them into creating an internal space for healing.  Healing herself and others has been a lifelong passion.  Her journey through childhood trauma created a need to heal, and as an empath, that meant everyone she was in contact with.  She became a certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner where she helps transform...

John Poehler chats with Willa Goodfellow, who is the author of Prozac Monologues: A Voice from the Edge. Ways you can connect with Willa: Twitter @WillaGoodfellow Instagram @WIllaGoodfellow Website https://willagoodfellow.com/ Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/WillaGoodfellowAuthor/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support

Chris Wyllie is known as "The Game Changer", chats with John Poehler about his new Persuasion Masterclass and his philosophy about coaching his clients. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support

John discusses adaptability and how it has helped him to manage his own bipolar disorder. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support

John discusses how he is reaching out during the COVID-19 pandemic due to "pandemic fatigue" and the need for medication changes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support

John suggests resources to help improve your mental health right now during COVID-19. These resources can help you whether you have bipolar disorder or you do not. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support

John discusses psychosis and his own experience living through it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support

John discusses racing thoughts, what they are, and how he deals with them. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support

John discusses how the name - The Bipolar Battle - materialized. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support

Natalie Dale graduated Alpha-Omega-Alpha from the Chicago Medical School in 2016 and began her residency in Neurology at Oregon Health Sciences University. After struggling with Bipolar II Disorder, she decided to leave medicine and focus on her long-time passion: writing. Since then, she has written three novels and several short stories exploring the deeply personal experience of physical and mental illness. She also freelances, writing research essays, fact-checking, and translating...

John discusses how the motives of others impacts his bipolar disorder. Specifically, during the current environment of the world related to COVID-19. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support

John discusses the process he goes through in making important decisions while living with bipolar disorder. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support

Finding the right tools is imperative when managing bipolar disorder. John discusses a tool he has used that has been a game changer in his life. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support

John talks about the number one common trigger of a mood episode. Other triggers are discussed and tools are mentioned to help recognize future episodes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support

Paul Marlow came up with the idea of Never Alone during his depression after his dad passed away. Over the next 16 months, he used the motivation to create something worthy to help others in the world, to also help him fight his way out of depression. Today, www.weareneveralone.co is live. Each sale goes back into creating free online content to help those who need it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this...

John explores bipolar depression and ways to manage it. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support

Resilience expert Anne Grady is not your typical motivational speaker. She is a best-selling author, two-time TEDx speaker, trainer, survivor, optimist, inspirer, and truth-bomb dropper.  Anne has a master’s degree in organizational communication and has spent the last 20 years working with some of the largest organizations around the globe. She has become known as a leading expert on communication, leadership, emotional intelligence, and resilience, contributing to Harvard Business Review,...

John discusses personal responsibility and how it relates to bipolar disorder. He provides suggestions how you can take personal responsibility for your bipolar disorder. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/john-poehler/support