This Week's Program
Living with Bipolar
“…It didn’t ask on the applications for Ph.D. programs, are you mentally ill? So I told no one ’cause I went in the closet. I was hiding. I was running from the stigma, the shame of being mentally ill.” —Risdon
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Continue ReadingThis Week's Resources
The Shadow Voices website www.ShadowVoices.com includes stories and quotes from the Shadow Voices documentary plus more information on the topic of mental illness and links to resources.
Long Road Back is a website that explores the issues raised in the Long Road Back documentary and follows the stories of two of those interviewed in the program.
Burton's Blog
Mental lllness? Go to Jail.
Burton Buller
My interview with Risdon Slate, Professor of Criminology at Florida Southern College, was a revealing insight into the inner workings of the criminal justice system. Having been both a probation officer and incarcerated for a manic episode in 1986, he speaks from personal experience.
Continue ReadingNext Week
Jeannette Harder, author of a new book especially for churches on protecting children, Let the Children Come: Preparing Faith Communities to End Child Abuse and Neglect, is the featured guest on Shaping Families next week.
Favorite Family Recipes
Chicken and Beans in Red Curry
Carmen Wyse was introduced to this dish at her local Thai Restaurant and thought a lot about trying to recreate it. She reports, "I found two recipes online that seemed a good starting place, combined them and added a bit of my own, and came up with this. It turned out delicious and very close to the restaurant dish. Red curry paste is quite spicy, so judge how much to use based on your family’s preferences."
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