“Madness. Mania. Miracles.” by Anna Miller and Ann Marie Malden

       

 “Madness.  Mania.  Miracles.” by Anna Miller and Ann Marie Malden

 

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 Here I come, with EXCITEMENT, to introduce to you, ANNA MILLER, author of the latest and the greatest word on bipolar disorder.  Anna Miller, one of the most thrilling, loving, dynamic people you could ever hope to meet, collaborated with her mother, Ann Marie Malden, to chronicle their story of what they label,

 

 

 

 

The Journey Through Madness;

My Journey To Wellness; and Finally, Reflecting on Mental Illness 

 

Every word written with love, compassion and the keenest of insight, this is truly      

 

 

 

 

A story of hope, inspiration, and possibility for full recovery from Bipolar, Depression and Anxiety

 

 

 

and is a book

dedicated to Every person and family who is suffering, or who has suffered from depression, bipolar or anxiety. May your road to wellness be swift and complete. –Anna Miller and Ann Marie Malden

Anna, my friend, you are truly the most joyous of the most joyous.  Thanks to you and to your mother for the tremendous love and courage it took to write this brilliant story–the blueprint for building the highways and byways leading out of depression and despair into hope and power to live our lives joyously!  Love, Ashtora

An excerpt from her introduction follows:

 

 

 

“The Mind is its own place,

and in itself can make a heaven of hell

and a hell of a heaven.” 

 

 

 John Milton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet Yourself in the Middle Even if you are not personally affected by depression, bipolar, or anxiety, you will likely discover a little piece of yourself in my story. Much of what I cover throughout my narrative is universal and impacts all people in today’s modern world. I’ve thrown in a little humor along the way to ease the burden of seriousness shrouding the topic of mental illness.My mother and I co-authored Meet Yourself in the Middle, the result of which is a story told from two very different points of view: 1) My viewpoint from inside my Bipolar nightmare – a personal account of what it’s like to live with depression and mania. 2) My mother’s perspective of watching me, her only daughter, decline into Bipolar disorder, and my associated suffering.

LOVE IS NOT. . .

Thoughts from Ashtora on LOVE:  Love is not about what you can do for me or what I can do for you. Love is not about what we have or have not in common. It is not about what we have or don’t have. It is not about independence or our accomplishments, individual or collective. Love is not about earning or proving anything.

Love is about who we are. Love is the willingness to be with each other. Love is about our mutual ability to allow the other into our lives; and also, to allow ourselves to be vulnerably open to one another. If I cannot allow you into my life, cannot allow myself to welcome and need (at least sometimes) your strength, your weakness, your love and all that comes with who you are, I cannot love you; and in the end, you cannot love me.

Ashtora, March 2008

Thoughts from Albert Einstein on LOVE:  A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.