You are more than your bipolar disorder. Cultivate self-acceptance, reduce symptoms, and prevent future episodes with this innovative and proven-effective workbook. If you have bipolar disorder, you may experience painful self-stigma that is driven by social exclusion, harassment, and discrimination--which can affect your work, relationships, and self-esteem. This self-stigma can lead to even more emotional distress, and even trigger future episodes. So, how can you move past the shame and negative self-talk that stand between you and lasting recovery? Written by an expert in bipolar disorder--who also lives with bipolar--and based on their Overcoming Self-Stigma in Bipolar Disorder program, this step-by-step workbook offers innovative, proven-effective, and empowering tools to help you stabilize your moods and increase your overall well-being. You'll learn to challenge negative messages about what it means to be bipolar, humanize your mental health struggles, and cultivate unwavering self-compassion and self-acceptance. Most importantly, you'll come to understand that you are so much more than your diagnosis. Discover validating activities and skills to: Unmask shame and reclaim your identity Move past negative thoughts Reduce symptom triggers and balance your moods Improve confidence and prevent future episodes Bipolar disorder is a part of your life experience, but it doesn't have to define who you are.

If you're ready to move beyond the pain of self-stigma, reclaim your self-worth, stabilize your moods, and start feeling your best, this workbook can help guide you, step by step.