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Naima Tracy is a recent college graduate living on a yoga retreat in Hawaii. She facilitates support groups & focuses on empowering those with Bipolar Disorder in relationships. She plays jazz, dances burlesque, and does yoga in her free time. Her love for learning and people is contagious—you’ve been warned! Visit sites.google.com/site/mindfulnessandbipolardisorder/.

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Become Open-Minded: The Benefits of Embracing New People and Ideas

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“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche

Toward the end of last spring I was feeling a little restless in Los Angeles, so I decided to take some time in the summer to live on a yoga retreat in Hawaii. I was set on recharging and finding comfort in like-minded people who valued slowing down and mindfulness.

Learning was not at the top of my list; I was there to unwind from a tough semester and recharge for the semester …

Making Friends When You’re Afraid People Won’t Understand You

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“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” ~Elbert Hubbard

Tonight I am troubled because I have graduated college, and as I am looking back, I am hyperaware of my losses.

In the past few years, I have had the opportunity to make many friends and lose many friends, largely because of my inability to understand and articulate my bipolar disorder to others. I am ashamed at times because of the mood swings that others seem to dismiss as problems that are “all in my head.”

I have lost countless friends, …