Covid-19 and the Mental Health Connection

<p><center>A journey definitely worth taking-most definitely worth the read!<br>- Jack R. Eastman R.N.</center><p>Wow! Right on time. Michelle has done it again! This is sure to be a bestseller. Our 47 year old author a native of Albuquerque NM published her first book Bipolar No More: A Memoir of Hope and Recovery in 2008. Now we're again fortunate and inspired as she takes us on a short journey and infuses us with insight foresight and hope in our universal quest to maintain mental stability and wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Michelle always makes us feel instantly seen while creating meaningful connections with her audience.<p>This memoir is written for anyone who has been touched by 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 20 years will bring you inner peace so that you too can find the answers you need for today tomorrow and always.<p>One in four Americans are struck each year with a mental illness. While these are challenging enough to deal with beginning in 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic was added to the equation-causing numerous outbreaks of hospitalizations. Endless isolation depression and anxiety soared to all-time levels as did suicide.</p>