Julie A. Fast is the six time bestselling mental health author of Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Helping Your Partner, Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder (Audible version is now available), Getting it Done When You’re Depressed and The Health Cards Insight System for Bipolar Disorder. Julie was the original consultant for the Claire Danes character on Homeland and is on the registry as a mental health expert for People Magazine, US, Newsweek and other publications. She speaks regularly for major mental health organizations, appears on media during mental health crises around the world, received the Eli Lilly Reintegration Award for her work in bipolar management, writes an award winning column for BP Hope Magazine, blogs for Psychology Today and currently focuses on preventing bipolar disorder and psychotic disorder symptoms. She stresses the importance of medications when needed, with a primary focus on the comprehensive management of the illness. Julie has shared her mental health management method to the OHSU psychiatric department, Pacific University, NAMI, DBSA, Pacific Power, Cedar Hills Hospital, Geminus CEU training, PESI CEU training, Mental Health America, Monterey County Mental Health and many more. She currently coaches and holds workshops for family members and partners of people with mental health disorders. Her family group on Facebook is The Stable Table. Her group for partners is The Stable Bed. Julie was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1995 at age 31 and eventually diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. She struggles with the illness daily. She has family members with bipolar and lived with a partner for ten years who has the illness. Her goal is simple: to speak honestly about this complex and misunderstood illness so that instead of being seen as a scary and confusing ’emotional problem,’ bipolar disorder is openly and intelligently discussed as a manageable medical condition. Please join Julie on her JulieFast Instagram page where she uses images and color to offer education and hope to people with bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, psychosis and more.