Somewhere there's a YouTube video of this.
I want to tell you a story. It starts at the gym. We know this story took place a long time ago because I was (a) running at (b) 6:00...
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Heidi Bartle
- Nov 7, 2022
- 4 min
Your Mental Survival Guide for the Holidays
Do you set up your Christmas tree in October or breathe into a paper bag as the holidays approach? Maybe somewhere in the middle? Family...
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Heidi Bartle
- Nov 3, 2022
- 3 min
My October Depression
Like Anne of Green Gables, "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." I took this picture a mile from my house. It...
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Heidi Bartle
- Oct 15, 2022
- 2 min
Mental Illness Letters, Vol. 3
Dear Medical Assistant, Thanks for giving me a laugh as you were reading off my prescriptions before my recent physical. Your...
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Heidi Bartle
- Oct 11, 2022
- 4 min
Top 10 Questions People Ask Me
For those of you that are new to this blog on Heidi Bartle Books, I thought it was time to introduce myself! I'm so glad you are here. My...
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Heidi Bartle
- Oct 9, 2022
- 2 min
Reframing criticism
During one season of my life - the season that these hooligans (my darling youngest children) were about this size - I regularly received...
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Heidi Bartle
- Oct 4, 2022
- 4 min
Three Things I Do Every Day to Lift My Mood
My body's default setting is called Stay in Bed. Every morning of my life there's an annoying little dude in my brain who reasons that...
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Heidi Bartle
- Sep 22, 2022
- 1 min
Bipolar & My Brain
Picture it: December 2012. I am 33. My fifth baby is a year old. I have been meeting with a psychiatrist and a therapist for 14 months to...
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Heidi Bartle
- Sep 19, 2022
- 2 min
Suffering in Mental Illness: From Torture to Teacher
When my depression was at its very worst, one of the only thoughts in my head was, "please make it stop." There were times when the...
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Heidi Bartle
- Sep 15, 2022
- 3 min
Two ways mindfulness has helped me navigate tough emotions
One of the first things my first therapist tried to teach me was meditation. I've always had trouble quieting my mind. Over the last ten...
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Heidi Bartle
- Sep 12, 2022
- 2 min
Mental Illness Letters, Vol. 2: Anxiety
Hey Anxiety, For most of my life I called you "perfectionism" or "being high strung" or "worrying." I have never considered myself to be...
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Heidi Bartle
- Sep 5, 2022
- 2 min
Executive Malfunctioning: The Depressed Brain
A few years ago (many years into my mental illness diagnosis), I expressed to my psychiatrist some serious concerns about my memory. I...
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Heidi Bartle
- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
How to Use When Mommy Feels Sad with Young Kids
Today I had the privilege of witnessing a discussion about depression as a friend read my book to her four young children (eight years...
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Heidi Bartle
- Aug 29, 2022
- 3 min
Five ways Mister Rogers taught us to talk about mental health
I grew up watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. I enjoyed his sweater-and-shoes routine, his neighborhood of make-believe, his...
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Heidi Bartle
- Aug 23, 2022
- 3 min
Pull Those Cognitive Weeds
Last week, I was driving up my street and thought how lovely my lawn looked. Isn't it bright and happy, set against my little house with...
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Heidi Bartle
- Aug 16, 2022
- 3 min
Sincerely, Your Patient with Bipolar
In a former life, when my children were young and I had more brain cells, I wrote a blog. For six years I wrote about family life, random...
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Heidi Bartle
- Aug 10, 2022
- 2 min
Three simple tips for talking to a loved one with depression
A good friend taught me the concept that sometimes help isn't helpful. Those strangers who condescendingly comment about the wild...
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Heidi Bartle
- Aug 6, 2022
- 2 min
How chickens I didn't want taught me the lesson I needed
My chickens are mentally ill. Naturally, I assume they got it from me, but every poultry article in the blogosphere says some breeds are...
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Heidi Bartle
- Jul 14, 2022
- 2 min
Finding Hope in the Storm of Mental Illness
My daughter recently taught me about finding hope when I am consumed by the storm of depression. When weighed down by the challenging...
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