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  <title>A Mommy and Wife with Bipolar Finds Sustained Recovery</title>
  <description>Sarah is a wife, mommy and has bipolar disorder; finding a place of sustained recovery was extremely important. And Sarah journey has led her to a place of sustained recovery (she got off of the bipolar roller coaster). &amp;amp;nbsp;She has bipolar II and was initially diagnosed with depression; as bipolar II disorder is many times missed by care providers.&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
Sarah's story reminds us that it is important if you have been diagnosed&amp;amp;nbsp;with depression and you continue to struggle with depression even after being treated for it; you might want to ask your caregiver about the possibility of bipolar II disorder.&#13;
Sarah&amp;amp;rsquo;s story is great encouragement to any one is looking to find sustained recovery even as they are a mommy and wife.&amp;amp;nbsp; Sarah made some mistakes a long the way with not taking her medicine but has ended up being at a point in her recovery that she is managing all things well.&amp;amp;nbsp; For the most part, she enjoys life as she once had before the issue with her mental health issues began.&amp;amp;nbsp;&#13;
Pastor Brad Hoefs, host of Fresh Hope Today, is the founder of Fresh Hope Ministries, a network of Christian mental health support groups for those who have a diagnosis and their loved ones. In other words, Fresh Hope is a Christian mental health support group.&#13;
Brad was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1995. He is a weekly blogger for www.bphope.us (Bipolar Magazine). He is also a certified peer specialist and has been doing pastoral counseling since 1985.&#13;
Brad&amp;amp;nbsp;is also the author of Fresh Hope: Living Well in Spite of a Mental Health Diagnosis, which is a available on Amazon or at:&amp;amp;nbsp;www.FreshHopeBook.com&#13;
If you are interested in more information about Fresh Hope go to: www.FreshHope.us&amp;amp;nbsp;or email info@FreshHope.us or call 402.932.3089.&#13;
For a complete list of where Fresh Hope groups are presently meeting go to: www.FreshHope.us&amp;amp;nbsp;and click on &amp;quot;find a group&amp;quot;.&#13;
If you are interested in starting a Fresh Hope group within you faith-community setting contact Julie at: Julie@FreshHope.us&#13;
Fresh Hope Today is a production of Fresh Hope Ministries.&amp;amp;nbsp;Fresh Hope Ministries is a non-profit ministry. &amp;amp;nbsp;The copyrights of this program belong to Fresh Hope Ministries and may not be duplicated with out written permission.&#13;
All of the podcasts of Fresh Hope Today as well as numerous other videos are all available on our YouTube&amp;amp;nbsp;channel: FreshHopeNetwork.&#13;
Fresh Hope Today is also available on iTunes&amp;amp;nbsp;and Stitcher Radio.&#13;
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