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Bipolar Journeys: Stories of Strength, Struggle and Self-Discover

Amanda Goff (Misfit), a journalist, has written two previous memoirs, but this is the first as herself, Amanda. She was diagnosed with bipolar at age 48 after having spent the previous ten years as a high- profile escort.

Sarah Martin (Dear Psychosis) writes of her daughter suffering a psychotic episode while travelling in Turkey, a subsequent diagnosis of bipolar, and the confronting impact on her family.

Jacqui Louise Swallow (The Bipolar Runner) navigated school and university despite a troubled teenage and, as a young mum, realised that keeping active helped her manage bipolar better than anything and set herself a goal of running the Melbourne Marathon.

Host: Suzanne Leal

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