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This week’s craziness

December 9, 2013by jmlindy422 2 Comments

It’s so encouraging to see the response Crazy Good Parent is generating among  parents—and non-parents—struggling with mental health issues. In two months, it’s gone from six founding followers to nearly […]

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blogging, holidays, mental health, parenting, Uncategorized
Crazy Good Parent, Yoga for mental health

Take a Yoga Break From Holiday Stress…With Or Without Kids

December 5, 2013by jmlindy422 4 Comments

by Mary Ann Lopez Editor’s note: Mary Ann Lopez is a writer and yoga instructor who credits her yoga practice with helping her to heal from depression. She chose these […]

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holidays, mental health, parenting, Uncategorized
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Happy Holidays are possible. No, really!

December 2, 2013by jmlindy422 Leave a comment

The following post includes mentions of suicide, anxiety and SAD. These may be triggering for some people. I thought I’d write a post today about the holidays and suicide because […]

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holidays, mental health, parenting, Uncategorized

Crazy Thankful

November 28, 2013by jmlindy422 6 Comments

When a former colleague learned I’d started Crazy Good Parent, he congratulated me but also said “crazy parent” and “good parent” were pretty much mutually exclusive to him. That’s the […]

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holidays, mental health, parenting, Uncategorized

Holiday Housekeeping without the Hyperventilation

November 21, 2013by jmlindy422 11 Comments

It’s not just me that’s bipolar in my life. My house is, too. When I’m up, the house looks pretty good. The furniture is still cat-scratched (the living room) and […]

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holidays, mental health, parenting, Uncategorized
factors of Biopsychosocial model of mental illness

All in the Family: the genetics of mental health

November 14, 2013by jmlindy422 Leave a comment

Editor’s note: Children of parents with mental illness are at higher risk for developing mental illness themselves. The risk is particularly significant among parents with bipolar disorder, ADHD, anxiety and […]

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mental health, parenting, Uncategorized

What scares me about Halloween

October 31, 2013by jmlindy422 11 Comments

There’s not a lot that scares me. Capturing spiders is my job at our house and I don’t kill them. I very calmly catch them up in a tissue and […]

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holidays, mental health, parenting, Uncategorized

What could be good about being bi(polar)?

October 17, 2013by jmlindy422 4 Comments

It started with mulling over my disorder. I know pretty well how being bipolar has negatively affected my life, particularly my relationships with people. But after gazing at my crazy […]

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mental health, parenting, Uncategorized

I’m crazy. I’m a parent. And that’s good.

October 10, 2013by jmlindy422 15 Comments

This morning, like every other morning, my son woke me at 6:20 so I could tell him goodbye. He raps loudly on my bedroom door, then heads downstairs without waiting. […]

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mental health, parenting, Uncategorized

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