ME & HER: A Memoir of Madness TV Interview

YAY! My tell-all feature interview goes to air this Monday night!!

Me & Leisa Goddard

Leisa Goddard TV journalist from Channel 7 News interviewed me at my Brisbane home on my dramatic memoir, ME and Her: A Memoir of Madness. She quizzed me on my personal teacher experiences with violent children and abusive […]

From MADNESS to Recovery: My Bipolar Story: You Tube

SQUEE! I created my first You Tube book trailer! Check out the blurb…

“Karen Tyrrell, teacher shares her struggle with parent harassment until she went MAD. Police incarcerate her into a frightening psychiatric ward. READ: Me and Her: A Memoir of Madness.

ME: wife, mother, writer and teacher HER: manic, Psychic, healer to the […]

ME & HER: A Memoir of Madness Book Giveaway

Nicky Johnston, children’s author, friend and fellow mental health advocate quizzed me on the TRUTH behind my recovery memoir, ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness and me as author.

“Brisbane teacher who cared too much, ended up in psychiatric facility. Serves as a warning to all of us. Make a great movie!” Spencer Howson: […]

Is Bipolar Disorder Genius or Madness?

Down through history, creative minds like Beethoven, Van Gough, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Wolf, Mark Twain and Charles Dickens have struggled with Madness and their creative genius.

What unique quality do these famous people share?

YES, you’re right!

These creative geniuses experienced the highs and lows of manic depression, now called bipolar disorder.

CELEBS: Stephen Fry, […]

How Did I RECOVER from Mental Illness?

Today my mental illness Recovery story was published on CHAN6ES Website. Xs Tyne, co-director of CHAN6ES revealed my gutsy exposé, ME and HER: A Memoir Of Madness and how I changed from HER back into ME.

Launching Karen’s STORY…

“When I was a primary school teacher, parents at my school repeatedly harassed me to […]

Radio Interview Exposé on ME AND HER: a Memoir of Madness.

Today 4BC Radio Brisbane (111.6 AM) interviewed me LIVE about my gutsy memoir, ME AND HER: a Memoir of Madness. I revealed how parents at my school harassed me, teacher Karen Tyrrell, to breaking point and Beyond. I gulped deep breaths throughout the interview … Could I really be that Brave?

Why the Interview NOW? […]

My Brave LIFE Story Published in a Magazine

How I did I triumph over Bipolar Disorder? How did I change my life from a mental illness victim to a pro-active mental health advocate, speaker and author?

Louise Crossley, editor from e-magazine, Essentially Me requested my gritty life story to be disclosed in her Spring Edition, OUT TODAY. She wanted my personal snapshot […]

Published Soon

WooHoo! Its official … My writing will finally be in print soon. My short story, Price of Freedom will be Published in an anthology titled Being Bipolar. Three months ago an editor whispered to me that I’d be included in the final mix but it had to pass the Publisher’s final decision. And it did!

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Beyond Blue

Beyond Blue published my brand-new Story of Hope on their website. Beyond Blue requested I write a personal recount of my Recovery from Bipolar Disorder for their newly relaunched Our Stories section.

Australia’s HUGE mental health organization, supports my memoir, ME AND HER: a Memoir of Madness and my mental health newsletter, ME AND HER. […]