My favorite genre is memoir. Indeed, I love to read about the real lives of successful people, and how they got there. Dipping my nose in such books is like having a role model on call. Tales of overcoming adversity give me eternal hope.
A perennial favorite about schizophrenia remains Lori Schiller’s The Quiet Room. She was suicidal; had numerous drug failures; and when Clozapine came on the market it miraculously lifted the voices out of her brain. From the beginning, she was...
Kurt Snyder is the lead author on the book Me, Myself and Them: a Firsthand Account of One Young Person's Experience with Schizophrenia. ... Read more »
So far, the beat goes on. I interviewed for a supervisor position that would've been a promotion. The HR woman sent me an e-mail with the... Read more »
After reading the Pema Chodron interview in February's O magazine, I bought her book, When Things Fall Apart, because I was interested in... Read more »
Browsing O: the Oprah magazine at work, I read with interest an article by Julie Morgenstern, who previewed her new book, When Organizing... Read more »
A co-worker led a book discussion centered on the Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, a Toltec nagual who has dedicated his life to sharing... Read more »
The Only Real Failure is the Failure to Try With schizophrenia, know that some days getting out of bed will be a challenge. Trying can be as simple as waking up and facing the day. There is no rule book on how to live life with schizophrenia. You...
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