Bipolar No More: The Recovery Journey
Welcome to my podcast. This is intended for individuals with Bipolar Disorder and/or Anxiety issues that are looking for ways to further their recovery process. Where ever you are in your recovery process is fine. This is an ongoing podcast that will air every Wednesday beginning on May 24, 2023. It will cover a variety of tools and examples that can be used to help achieve a healthy recovery: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Please come with an open mind and know that everyone is on their place on this journey. I bring with me 22 years of living in recovery from Bipolar I Disorder. Many of my thoughts and ideas come from years of personal experience. May they be helpful to you as well. I’ve written three books over the past several decades that may be of interest to you. The first is: ”Bipolar No More: A Memoir of Hope and Recovery” (2008); ”Meet My Bipolar Brain” (2011) a Children’s book available in English and Spanish; and ”Covid-19- The Mental Health Connection” (2021). All are available through contacting me at my e-mail address at: michelleholtby@gmail.com. The most important thing any of us can do on a daily basis is to show up. Pray and set the tone for your day. If you need help, reach out to support groups, pray and/or journal. Then relax and do the best you can. Trust that God will do the rest! And if you like what you heard today, please feel free to pass it along to other’s you know. I look forward to having you join me each week
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Wednesday Mar 04, 2026
Wednesday Mar 04, 2026
We all have the oppertunity to say that we hear someone speak. But how many of us choose to actively listen when someone speaks? Communication between people would be so much more effective if we took the time to slow down, look at the person and concentrate on what the person is saying. Happy listening!
Thursday Feb 19, 2026
Thursday Feb 19, 2026
This being valentines week, I wanted to take the opportunity to share some views I have about love. Three main areas I focus on in this podcast are make, show and grow and how each of these areas can lead you to making money if you wish. Happy Listening!
Thursday Feb 05, 2026
Thursday Feb 05, 2026
We are all here to hopefully live out a purposeful life. Not in one day but spanning over a course of our lifetime. These true examples I share hopefully will make you ponder what is it that "I" can do to make a difference in the time each of us has here. Happy listening!
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
Thursday Jan 15, 2026
Happy New Year 2026. This year brings me to a whole new collection of ideas, thoughts and suggestions I have to make yours and mine the best year yet. Truth and trust are key components for any relationship to be successful. May my words be helpful and help you see things in a different light. Happy listening!
Thursday Nov 06, 2025
Thursday Nov 06, 2025
I've had a great year of podcasting. Thank you for listening and here is to my return in 2025. Happy listening?
Wednesday Oct 15, 2025
Wednesday Oct 15, 2025
This week, my dad and I share our separate experiences of what my diagnosis was like from their viewpoint and mine. While twenty five years have past, the memories of the tragic yet blessed day of May 24th, 2001 are in the distant past. Each day is a reminder of how blessed we are for being able to maintain our mental, physical emotional and spiritual selves. Happy listening!
I would like to thank my dad, David Holtby for contributing to this episode. He has written several books titled:
Forty Seventh Star
Lest We forget: World War 1 and New Mexico
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
Welcome to the Christmas Season, 2025. Perhaps you have already started your Christmas giving list and maybe even started finding gifts on sale. If so, kudos to you. Many of us, however, wait until after thanksgiving to start the yearly task of finding a most impossible gift to give to our loved ones. we drive ourselves crazy often with overthinking things when in essence, all most of us really need is a real friend to talk to, and a compassionate person to lend an ear. And all these things cost is your time. Happy listening!
Thursday Sep 11, 2025
Thursday Sep 11, 2025
We all have 24 hours in a day to use. Are you using your time wisely or is it using you? The best thing we can do with our time is to plan things. If you want something to happen, only you have control of that. Use a planner, put it in your phone, or write it on a post-it. Make your own self accountable for what you want to see happen in your life. Happy listening!
Thursday Aug 28, 2025
Thursday Aug 28, 2025
Do you like word search puzzles? These are my favorite kind of puzzles to do. I enjoy them so much that I created a new game from words. It's called "Word Within a Word". I find this to be more challenging and makes my brain work harder. So, it began with these 3 words: dream, balance and Cinderella. Additional word choices have grown from these 3 words. Maybe you will think up a few of your own. And don't forget the yard sale. This Saturday from 8:00-2:00. Happy listening!
Thursday Aug 14, 2025
Thursday Aug 14, 2025
Time, money and energy. You choose. What means the most to you? We all have an equal amount of time on earth, but our money and energy can differ. Happy listening!
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Bipolar No More: A Memoir of Hope and Recovery
Copyright 2008 Michelle J. Holtby
$19.95
This is my first published book written in 3 sections, Then, Now, and Always. Each section goes into detail about what my life was like before I was diagnosed, when I was hospitalized and what my recovery began to look like shortly thereafter. This book is written for anyone with a mental illness especially Bipolar I Disorder as well as family members, friends and those interested in learning more about mental illness.
A limited amount of this book is currently available in audio cd format. It has 6 cd's and the recording is done in Michelle's voice.
Copyright 2008 Michelle J. Holtby
$24.95
Meet My Bipolar Brain
Conoce Mi Cerebro Bipolar (avail. in Spanish)
2012 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Finalist
Copyright 2011 Michelle J.Holtby
$14.95
Meet Abby, a six year old who has Bipolar I Disorder. When I was very young, my parents took me to see a brain doctor (psychiatrist) who told me I had a mental illness that affects the way my brain works. He gave my parents my brain pills (psychiatric medications) that I need to take everyday to stay healthy. These pills are only for me and not to be shared. They make me well but can make other people very sick. They are like vitamins for my brain. That is what I call them so my brain will grow up like me, healthy and strong.
Take this journey with Abby as she goes through school with her classmates as well as activities she does throughout the week. This book is intended for families as well as classroom settings and is intended for those who have children with a mental illness especially Bipolar I Disorder.
Covid-19 and the Mental Health Connection
Copyright 2021 Michelle J. Holtby
$13.99
This memoir is written for anyone who has been touched by a mental illness and/or COVID-19 pandemic. It's a guide, a tool, a comforter, uses various coping techniques, and provides support and views from the secular and Christian world. Michelle invites you to take this one-of-a-kind journey to find hope, help and answers to your most asked questions. Her experiences living with Bipolar I Disorder for 22 years will bring you inner piece so that you, too, can find the answers you need for today, tomorrow and always.