SIDE BY SIDE: A JOURNEY WITH DEPRESSION on DVD
Written and performed by Brian Wetzel
Directed by Lizann Bassham
Rated PG-13
Recorded live at the Glaser Center in March of 2007
Brian Wetzel, was a professional stand-up comedian whose career and personal life were absorbed by his struggle with clinical depression, and subsequent addiction. Bringing his sense of humor and experiences together in his one-man show, Brian takes his audience on a unique journey of laughter, painful truth, and finally, hope. By walking side by side with the affliction, he finds a way to keep surviving, keep learning, and keep living.
Opal is seven in 1963 when her mother is killed in a freak accident in Texas causing her to develop a disassociative disorder. Her father leaves her to be raised by her grandmother in the backwoods, mountain community of Pine Creek in northern California. "Barefoot" is a story of family, secrets, hard times, healing and forgiveness.
THE BIPOLAR ADVANTAGE
Bipolar Advantage Publishing, Tiburon, CA
ISBN: 978-0977442300
The Bipolar Advantage is about recognizing all of the aspects of the bipolar condition. Wootton readily admits that 'Advantage' is not the typical interpretation of bipolar. Based on his Bipolar in Order Seminar that he developed in 2002, it focuses on the positive approach to the bipolar condition. It is about coming to an acceptance of yourself, while striving to become a better person. The book teaches you to use Introspection to become aware of who you REALLY are and to learn how to change your habits in order to accentuate the positive aspects of the bipolar condition, while minimizing the negative. Turning bipolar into an advantage is accomplished by creating a vision of who you want to be and putting together a plan to follow to get you there; as is done by every successful business in the world.
INTROSPECTION
Bipolar Advantage Publishing, Tiburon, CA
Windows and Mac OS 9 (Classic) only.
Introspection is the software program for people seeking inspiration and guidance with definite tools for spiritual growth. With a searchable database of 1,830 quotes, Introspection offers the wisdom of the World's great religions to people of traditional faiths or those seeking the common themes in all religions. Introspection is a fully integrated program with exquisite photo images, questions for your spiritual practice, and a private searchable journal. The program covers the entire computer screen with gorgeous graphics and an intuitive interface.