Rippy Berry Delight Recipe
Mother’s Day Recipe from Mollie Katzen’s Moosewood Cookbook. Described in episode 7… Serves 6 Ingredients 3 Cups Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice 3 Cups Plain Yogurt 2 Tbs Fresh Lemon and/or Lime Juice 2 Tbs Honey 4 Cups Fresh Berries (leave small berries whole, slice larger berries) Dash of Cinnamon Sprigs of Mint Instructions Whisk together...
Episode 7 – Eric Riddle Revealed
On this episode, Tony interviews co-host, Eric Riddle. In this interview, Eric and Tony discuss unconditional love, haiku, “bipolar order”, wearing a banana suit, Faithful Friends ministry, and many other topics. Some of the questions include: What is peer recovery? How did you disclose your diagnosis to your children? What does it mean to have...
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Does Awareness Really Shatter Stigma?
Some weeks back, Eric asked me to write a piece for Mental Health Awareness Month (May). I thought I would wait for inspiration. It’s now May 18 and inspiration has not arrived. In the words of Jack London, “You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” So I sit...
Episode 6 – Mark Teike, Lutheran Leader
Mark Teike has served as senior pastor at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Columbus, IN since 1992. Mark and his wife Debbie, a licensed clinical social worker who is the author of The Art of Invitation, have three grown children and one granddaughter. Mark and Debbie grew up in Decatur, IL. Recently, Mark has become...
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Bipolar Too
At age 17, I was given a clinical depression diagnosis. At age 22, it changed to hypomania. At age 27, it changed to Bipolar II. Over the course of the last 20 years, I have been hospitalized 4 times. The first time for mania and the last three for depression. For 13 years, I was...
Episode 5 – Marie Henning, Super Human Resource
Marie Henning has spent her career as a Human Resources professional. In this episode, Marie takes us behind the doors of the office where crucial conversations occur, prayers are offered, and people in distress are uncommonly cared for. Marie offers encouragement to those who face job stress and educates on the benefits offered by employers...
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The Plight of Lady Manic (a poem by Katie Dale)
“Listen,” she said. “Hear me,” she whispered. Voices in her head validated what she heard. Even with proven logic she was stirred, The possibilities were too great to have deferred. Tangible in spirit, angels gathered near, And the devils followed them there, itching to hear. The reality of the unseen wasn’t something to fear, It...
Katie Dale — What Healing Means
Healing is definitely the hand of God on my mind – I consider that I’m healed as it pertains to the elimination of symptoms and side effects. I take medication daily and believe that’s the course God has set me on for a personal healing of bipolar disorder. I don’t have the symptoms – praise...