Finding Your Bipolar Muse: How to Master Depressive Droughts and Manic Floods and Access Your Creative Power

by Lana R. Castle

Book Overview

Separate fact from fiction with this thoughtful book about the relationship between creativity and mental health--and learn how to find balance without losing inspiration.

Do creativity and mental illness truly go hand in hand, as many people believe, or is that simply a stereotype? Are suffering and deprivation necessary for creative work, or is there a better approach?

Lana Castle draws from research, interviews, surveys,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569243409
• ISBN13: 9781569243404
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

New Bipolar Book - A Great Help

Finding Your Bipolar Muse left me on an incredible high. It's both motivational and practical, and the Toolkit really helped me crystalize my goals. The book covers it all, from taking care of yourself and your creative environment to setting priorities, de-stressing and improving productivity. This book is a must-have for people with bipolar disorder. It totally blew me away.

Winner!

Straight-forward, helpful and witty, I really enjoyed this book. Castle blends pieces of personal info., the experience of others, and factual information in a way that encouraged me to explore my own creative ideas. I, too, am bipolar, and thought that no long-term good could come out of my writing, but I feel inspired to give it a try! Her ideas and the way she relayed the wide scope of opportunities to use creativity helped me find a brighter perspective on it all.

Even better than her first book and a good follow up

This second book by Lana Castle on bi-polar disease is even better than her first. She leads you gently through the steps to live successfully in the world. If you have a loved one in need of encouragement and support, help can be found in this book. I have recommended this book to several of my friends and have had good feedback.

Wow... This book was good

Ms. Castle has written a really thoughtful handbook to understanding the artist in us all - not just for bi-polar people. Her style is easy to read, smart and functional with just the right amount of research provided as to not make it text-booky. We can all use the insights in this book to help us cultivate the successful artist inside. It was surprisingly warm and helpful. Thank you.