Confessions of a Swinger
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About the Book
Radio/television broadcaster and author Karen Kenneddy shares her story of her journey with Biploar Affective Disorder, more commonly known as Manic Depression, living with it unknowingly and finally after 15 years, finding a diagnosis.
Karen's personal account of how this mood disorder affected her life may seem familiar to you or may describe someone you know. Her often humourous insights into the symptoms and anatomy of this illness help shake the stigma of mental illness. Karen encourages people to identify and address a potential problem by getting proffessional help. She tells of her experience in regaining control over her moods and ultimately living a quality life.
In Confessions of a Swinger, she breaks the barrier on mental illness by putting an unremarkable face to the illness of biploar affective disorder, which affects more than 1% of the population. Myths and misunderstandings around mental illness have contributed to negative judgements, shame and stigma. Karen helps dispel some of these myths and "normalize" mental illness. This book is for anyone who suspects they are held hostage by their own turbulent moods and also for family and friends caught in the storm.
About the Author
Karen Kennedy is a radio/television broadcaster who has worked and lived in Vancouver, B.C. for 15 years and has recently moved to Sarnia, Ontario where she is a morning-show host on CFGX 99.9 The FOX FM.
Born in St. JohnÕs, Newfoundland, she's lived in many areas of Canada and has worked in various industries from broadcasting to hotel/restaurant to painting nuts, bolts and stretches of pipe at oil refineries in Alberta. Her adventurous and restless nature compelled her to travel though parts of the U.S., Europe, the Middle East and the Bahamas.
While "Confessions of a Swinger" is her first plunge into the literary lake, she hopes to continue writing and is currently working on her next endeavor which addresses, among other issues, the Canadian judicial system and its impact on divorcing families in turmoil.