The Bipolar Executive Blog
Tips and Strategies for Navigating the Journey to Mental Wellness and Practicing Emotional Fitness
4 Easy Ways to Create Space for Processing Big Emotions
Where do you process emotions? Do you hold them in until you are in the safety of your alone time? Do you respond immediately in the face of the emotion?
6 Ways Clubhouse is Helping Those with Diagnosed with a Mental Illness
I tend to be a social media early adopter. For some of you, you know me as the Nichole Kelly who wrote How to Measure Social Media, a book that demonstrated the value of online community in dollars and cents. That book was written around a measurement experiment I ran...
10 Trigger Phrases Every Boss Should Stop Using
1 in 10. That's the probability that you have a member of your team who has received a mental health diagnosis. According to Our World in Data 792 million people are currently living with a mental health diagnosis. That's 10.7% of our global population. Or 1 in 10....
Change your script…change your life
We are in a time where it’s more important than ever to reflect on what we are letting into our lives. The external world can look scary at the moment. It’s safe to say our country is in a period of transition and now that the tension over the election is showing...
Is it OK to date someone with Bipolar Disorder
If you are in the process of considering whether or not to date someone who has been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder you’ve come to the right place. There are some very important questions to ask yourself and your potential partner before you dive in, feet first....
How to Create a Mental Crisis Checklist
Whether you’ve been diagnosed with bipolar disorder or not, chances are you have specific types of actions and behaviors that you know are signs that you are headed for or deeply entrenched in a mental crisis. For those of us who have received a mental health...
I’m an Executive who has been diagnosed with Bipolar disorder
There are 792 million people around the world living with a mental health diagnosis according to Our World in Data. I am not alone. WE are not alone.
How to Process Intense Emotions using Personal Development for Leadership Tips
Have you ever had an emotion course through your body in a visceral way? Most of us have experienced a moment of seething anger, rage or resentment we would describe this way. The intense emotions carry a charge that can be difficult to process in the moment and often...
How to know You’ve Made the Right Decision Using Personal Development for Leadership
Everyone I know has agonized over a decision at some point in their life. The decision was something considered big, impactful and unable to be changed once made. These types of decisions can be crippling even for the most capable corporate executive. When we’re faced...
How I Found My Peaceful Center Using Personal Development for Leadership Tips
In my explorations of personal development for leadership I often ask myself, “where am I headed?” and “where am I trying to get to?” These questions help me clarify what I’m looking for when I’m entering another stage in my personal development for leadership...
Dealing with Personal Disappointment and Failure for Personal Development for Leadership
We know that disappointment and failure are critical elements to success. Yet, when it happens to me, I recognize I have forgotten all of that and found myself obsessing over every little detail of my failure. I admit, I have had perfectionist tendencies in the past...
Common Myths About Empathic Leaders
There’s been a lot of talk about empathy in the workplace for personal development for leadership and what that looks like. Even in my own articles I focus on discussing the kinder, more compassionate leader of tomorrow. However, there are some common myths about...
6 Shifts to Thrive As a High Performing Single Parent Using Personal Development for Leadership Tips
Being a single parent comes with it’s fair share of opportunities and challenges. The amount of things I do on a given morning before 7 AM boggles even my mind. It’s more than any respectable to do list can hold. I’ve learned that in order to thrive, I have to take a...
How to Respond to an Employee in a Mental Health Crisis Using Personal Development for Leadership Tips
In June of 2020 I had a manic episode related to Bipolar Disorder in front of my boss...on Zoom. I was in a state of hyper paranoia and unwellness that was evident. He described the look of panic in my eyes as “terrifying”. Imagine being on the other end of that Zoom...
How to Release the Pressure Valve in High Stress Jobs Using Personal Development for Leadership Tips
There are some jobs where stress should be in the job description. These high pressure jobs are often found in higher levels of leadership where the stakes are higher and more jobs are at stake under our leadership. And there are other jobs that are simply high stress...
How to Take Your Empathy Skills to Mastery for Personal Development for Leadership?
One of the often-unspoken truths about personal development for leadership is that many of us were never taught “how” to be a good leader. The college courses provide theoretical foundations for leadership that are long forgotten by the time the student advances into...
How to Use Empathic Intuition for Personal Development and Leadership
There is one key soft skill that I’ve found impacts a leader’s ability to rally their team in personal development and leadership. Empathy. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. As a leader empathy has become a superpower. We have led...
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