Lasára Allen » Bipolar Disorder http://lasaraallen.com …author, educator, activist, coach. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:59:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Looking Forward to 2011! http://lasaraallen.com/articles/health-and-fitness/looking-forward-to-2011/ http://lasaraallen.com/articles/health-and-fitness/looking-forward-to-2011/#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2011 04:03:31 +0000 Lasára Allen http://lasaraallen.com/?p=2905 Looking Forward to 2011!

(Instead of Resolutions, Try Dedications, Intentions, and WHY NOTs Instead.)

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Dedications:

Self:

To keep working toward my best over-all health: Exercise. Diet. Rest and Relaxation. Meditation. Mental

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As with ending any relationship – getting fired from a job, losing

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Physical exercise for me, from asana yoga, to running, to Pilates, to dancing, is not an optional part of my self-care. Yet I still act sometimes like it is. And end up back in

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Yesterday at therapy my (very awesome) therapist and I were talking about summer break. About how it’s easy

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Okay, I admit it; we bipolar folks can be a real handful. If you have close friends who live with bipolar disorder (BD), you’ve probably had a couple – or more – not-so-easy interactions with them/us.

This is my invitation to walk a mile in their/my shoes.

But before we go further, terms; I choose to say,

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