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Bipolar Clarity

The workbook

Twenty-four chapters, one for each lesson, in one printable book. Free, with no email address and no sign-up.

↓ Download the complete workbook PDF · 291 pages · 2.2 MB

Large file. On a phone, it is easier to start with one chapter: lesson 1 is 18 pages.

↓ Start with chapter 1 · 0.3 MB

What's inside

Each chapter goes with one video lesson. The video explains the thing; the chapter is where it becomes yours, in your own handwriting: a question page, a baseline, a warning-sign ladder, a draft to review with your care team.

Besides the twenty-four chapters, the book has:

  • Start here, and a map of how the twenty-four chapters fit into one plan
  • A midpoint check-in, after lesson 12
  • A page for coming back after a gap: you do not start again
  • The glossary: 49 entries, the words this workbook uses and the clinical ones, written for the first year after a diagnosis
  • What the research says, and what it doesn't, with a link to every source
  • Crisis lines, country by country, at the back

One chapter at a time

If you would rather take it one chapter at a time, each lesson has its own booklet. It has the same pages as the book, plus the crisis lines at the back.

  1. 1 Newly Diagnosed With Bipolar? Write This Page First 18 pages · 0.3 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  2. 2 What Is Bipolar Disorder? (And What It Isn't) 21 pages · 0.3 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  3. 3 Bipolar Sleep: 3 Short Nights That Mean Different Things 20 pages · 0.4 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  4. 4 Bipolar Early Warning Signs: Pick 4 That Are Yours 19 pages · 0.3 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  5. 5 What Is My Bipolar Medication Actually For? 19 pages · 0.3 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  6. 6 Bipolar Life Chart: How to Map Your Mood History 21 pages · 0.4 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  7. 7 Bipolar 1 vs Bipolar 2: What the Number Really Means 20 pages · 0.3 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  8. 8 Hypomania Signs Others Often Notice Before You Do 23 pages · 0.4 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  9. 9 Manic and Depressed at the Same Time? Mixed Features 24 pages · 0.4 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  10. 10 Bipolar Disorder or Something Else? Thyroid, Trauma, ADHD 27 pages · 0.4 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  11. 11 Alcohol, Cannabis, and Bipolar Disorder: What to Notice 24 pages · 0.4 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  12. 12 Bipolar Triggers: What Adds Pressure—and What Protects You 32 pages · 0.4 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  13. 13 Bipolar Psychiatry Appointment: Make the Short Visit Count 21 pages · 0.3 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  14. 14 I Feel Fine. Why Am I Still on Bipolar Medication? 19 pages · 0.3 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  15. 15 Bipolar Side Effects: What to Track and When to Call 21 pages · 0.3 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  16. 16 Thinking About Stopping Bipolar Medication? Start Here 20 pages · 0.3 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  17. 17 Bipolar Disorder and Pregnancy: Questions to Ask Early 20 pages · 0.3 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  18. 18 Does Therapy Help Bipolar Disorder? What the Evidence Says 20 pages · 0.3 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  19. 19 Bipolar Warning Signs: Subtle, Clear, and Urgent 20 pages · 0.3 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  20. 20 How to Draft a Bipolar Crisis Plan—Before You Need It 21 pages · 0.4 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  21. 21 I Think a Bipolar Episode Is Starting—What Should I Do? 20 pages · 0.3 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  22. 22 How to Build a Routine That Helps With Bipolar Disorder 20 pages · 0.3 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  23. 23 Life After a Bipolar Episode: Work, Money, and Relationships 19 pages · 0.3 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF
  24. 24 Grieving the Person You Were: Bipolar and Identity 22 pages · 0.4 MB Lesson → ↓ PDF

How to use it

Watch the lesson, then open the chapter. The chapters stand on their own if the video isn't an option today, but the questions are easier after someone has walked you through them.

Print the whole thing, or one chapter the week you need it.

Go at the pace you actually have. Every chapter has a shorter route for a hard week, and it still produces something you can use.

Your answers stay on your paper. Nothing is submitted, uploaded or collected.

In other languages

Each language has its own page, with its chapters one by one.

Printing for a group, a ward or a waiting room? You can print the workbook and hand it out, free, as many copies as you need, as long as it is not changed and not sold. The page for professionals →

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