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"Find your rhythm. Manage your pain. Design your lifestyle to support health and balance. Do you or someone you know deal with bipolar depression or addiction? Intact teaches the reader how to respond to subtle signals from their brain and from their spirit and to: - Recognize and fight the pain of mild depression before it triggers relapse. - Accommodate circadian rhythms prone to imbalance to help avoid mania, depression, or relapse. - Change thinking patterns. - Develop healthy ways of dealing with stress. Between the ages of 18 and 26, author Sasha Kildare's summers became drugs, sex, psychosis, and psych wards. During manic episodes, she ended up in handcuffs and was raped several times. The integrative treatment she received at Bellevue Hospital, her seventh hospitalization, broke that cycle. She shares her compelling story, the knowledge, and insight that allowed her to overcome buried childhood trauma and addiction so that she could experience, motherhood, fulfilling careers, and long-term remission from bipolar depression. Don't let shaky circadian rhythms, inadequate nutrition, past trauma, and more jeopardize your remission or recovery. ""Sasha Kildare truly delivers. Intact is more than a memoir. It's a fully original, no-holds barred journey of storytelling, poetry, and education."" Brian Whisenant, LGBTQ Programmer, Oxford Film Festival"

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"Praise for Intact: Untangle the Web of Bipolar Depression, Addiction, and Trauma ""Sasha Kildare truly delivers. Intact is more than a memoir. It's a fully original, no-holds barred journey of storytelling, poetry, and education."" -Brian Whisenant, LGBTQ Programmer, Oxford Film Festival ""At times laugh-out-loud, at times cry-out-loud, Kildare takes you on her journey toward overcoming trauma and reconnecting with self and details her hard-won battle learning how to manage addiction and bipolar depression."" -Bobbie Oliver stand-up comic, comedy coach, and author of The Tao of Comedy: Embrace the Pause ""Kildare shares her gripping story, research, and insights into the intricacies of bipolar depression and how overcoming childhood trauma became the critical first step toward learning how to manage bipolar and addiction."" -Sheila Hamilton, Five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and author of ""All the Things We Never Knew"" ""Through her raw, honest, and vulnerable storytelling, Kildare shares her lifelong journey of overcoming trauma, co-occurring bipolar and addiction disorders as well as demonstrating the power of perseverance and self-discovery found in recovery."" -Karl Shallowhorn, President of Shallowhorn Consulting, LLC and author of Working on Wellness: A Practical Guide to Mental Health ""Compelling. As well as sharing her journey from the depths of psychosis to leading a healthy, productive life, Kildare spells out the many tools she uses to manage the symptoms of bipolar depression."" -Joanne Doan, Publisher mental health magazines bp Magazine and Esperanza"

Praise for Intact: Untangle the Web of Bipolar Depression, Addiction, and Trauma Sasha Kildare truly delivers. Intact is more than a memoir. It's a fully original, no-holds barred journey of storytelling, poetry, and education. -Brian Whisenant, LGBTQ Programmer, Oxford Film Festival At times laugh-out-loud, at times cry-out-loud, Kildare takes you on her journey toward overcoming trauma and reconnecting with self and details her hard-won battle learning how to manage addiction and bipolar depression. -Bobbie Oliver stand-up comic, comedy coach, and author of The Tao of Comedy: Embrace the Pause Kildare shares her gripping story, research, and insights into the intricacies of bipolar depression and how overcoming childhood trauma became the critical first step toward learning how to manage bipolar and addiction. -Sheila Hamilton, Five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist and author of All the Things We Never Knew Through her raw, honest, and vulnerable storytelling, Kildare shares her lifelong journey of overcoming trauma, co-occurring bipolar and addiction disorders as well as demonstrating the power of perseverance and self-discovery found in recovery. -Karl Shallowhorn, President of Shallowhorn Consulting, LLC and author of Working on Wellness: A Practical Guide to Mental Health Compelling. As well as sharing her journey from the depths of psychosis to leading a healthy, productive life, Kildare spells out the many tools she uses to manage the symptoms of bipolar depression. -Joanne Doan, Publisher mental health magazines bp Magazine and Esperanza

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Sasha Kildare, author of Dream Walking, is a speaker, mental health advocate, and educator who lives near Los Angeles with her two children. Some of her feature articles have appeared in bp Magazine and Esperanza. Visit her storytelling blog at www.DrivenToTellStories.com. CEO, NAMI Greater Los Angeles County

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