Fresh Hope Blog When Remorse and Regret Become Toxic For the past five years I’ve had the blessing of leading a Fresh Hope group, which are faith-based peer run support groups for those who Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog When Your Child is Diagnosed with Bipolar: Becoming a Loved One Recently someone my wife and I love very dearly was been diagnosed with bipolar II disorder. I find myself learning a lot from my wife Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog Wisdom for Living Well: Knowing the Difference Between What We Can Change and What We Can’t Change This line from the Serenity Prayer has been a key for me in learning how to live to well in spite of bipolar disorder: “The serenity to accept Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog Working with Your Medicine: Doing Your Part From my experience medicine is the foundation upon which my recovery is built. Before I could even attempt to make the necessary changes in my Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog My Story of Anxiety I first shared about my struggle with anxiety on my blog. Before I knew it my post had been shared to thousands of people. Not Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog Depression Lies Depression lies. It takes our thoughts and twists them until they become a chain that binds us. Distorted thinking keeps us from getting the help Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog How I Managed My Fearful And Negative Thoughts By: Stan Popovich As an author of a managing fear book, I had my share of dealing with my fearful and negative thought in my Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog Recognizing Signs of Relapse Winter is a bummer for me. I dislike the cold, snow, gray shortened days. But most of all I hate sliding into my winter depressive Read More »
Fresh Hope Blog Spiritual Resources When We Are Depressed Winter is a season when my bipolar depression heads downward. As a pastor these spiritual exercises help to offset the damage depression has on my Read More »