In this episode of Life Lessons, Gin and Sheri are joined by Sara Schley, the author of the acclaimed memoir BrainStorm: From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum. She is a wife, mother, grandmother and community leader. As a business consultant and speaker, she has led organizational transformations at companies around the world. Sara also has a Bipolar II brain, which is on the Bipolar Spectrum. Sara kept her diagnosis a secret from most people for nearly four decades. But now she is choosing to tell her story – from broken to blessed--in an effort to help save lives, end stigma surrounding mental health disorders, and to help optimize healing for millions.

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Resources used for today’s podcast can be found here:

https://saraschley.com/about-sara/

Brainstorm:From Broken to Blessed on the Bipolar Spectrum, by Sara Schley: https://amzn.to/3wx5WWq

https://www.nami.org/Press-Media/Press-Releases/2005/Surveys-Reveal-Gap-in-Understanding-of-Bipolar-Dis#:~:text=Approximately%202.3%20million%20Americans%20are,generally%20requires%20life%2Dlong%20treatment.

https://mentalillnesspolicy.org/medical/bipolar-facts.html

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