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 parents.

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May 26th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Mental Health, Speaking Out on Bipolar, Updates, Writing | 18 comments

Radio Show ME & HER A Memoir of Madness

Radio presenter and relationship expert , Sally Chester-Law will interview me, Karen Tyrrell, on the story behind my  personal memoir, ME & HER: A Memoir of Madness on her Sunday night program.

She’ll focus on my experiences with long-term workplace harassment leading to my decline and disintegration into mental illness… and HOW I recovered.

ME [...]

January 17th, 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Mental Health, Speaking Out on Bipolar, Updates | 5 comments

Truth behind ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness

Melissa Wray, author of young adult novel Destiny Road interviewed me, Karen Tyrrell on the TRUTH behind ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness.

Melissa dared me to reveal the teacher pressures and passions compelling me to write ME & HER my memoir of RECOVERY.

Melissa wanted to reach the CORE of ME & HER: [...]

October 29th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Mental Health, Speaking Out on Bipolar, Updates, Writing | 4 comments

Magazine Published article featuring ME & HER

Her Canberra magazine published an article featuring me: Karen Tyrrell and my recovery story ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness.  She shared my ten top tools for eliminating STRESS.

Her Canberra journalist, Belladonna Took wrote a powerful article “Open Your Mind – Mental Health Week 2012” with staggering statistics on mental illness.

“One in five [...]

October 9th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Mental Health, Updates, Writing | 16 comments

How to STOP the Stigma of Mental Illness

I’m fighting against the STIGMA of mental illness.

I’m opposing discrimination against people with mental illness in the workplace and in the community.

I’m battling against negative labels ‘MAD, NUTTER, CRAZY’ and stereotypes portrayed in the media … in movies, TV, newspapers and magazines.

My Message of HOPE:

I’m shouting to the world … You [...]

September 5th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Mental Health, Speaking Out on Bipolar, Updates | 4 comments

SECRETS: How to Face your Fears

Today I finally faced my greatest fear. Typing up *THAT* chapter, the most grueling section of my latest mental health recovery memoir, ME & HIM: a Guide to Recovery. The chapter that I had avoided for months. I would rather write, edit, and redraft any chapter in my memoir, avoiding what I really needed to [...]

August 17th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Mental Health, Speaking Out on Bipolar, Updates, Writing | 14 comments

How to Develop Resilience Skills & Keep Mentally Strong

WOOHOO! Last Friday I delivered my first Resilience Training Workshop to a corporate business team, part of a Workplace Health and Safety program … What synchronicity!

Manager, Anila Fredricks who had read ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness, invited me to deliver a motivational talk about my RECOVERY from mental illness, to her [...]

August 13th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books, Mental Health, Updates, Writing | 4 comments

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 [...]

August 2nd, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Mental Health, Speaking Out on Bipolar, Updates, Writing | Leave a comment

Radio: ME & HER offers Hope for those with Bipolar

SQUEE! Today I revealed my message of Hope for those with Bipolar Disorder (and their carers) to masses of eager listeners.

As soon as Maggie Reese, introduced me with her generous opening spiel, tears streamed down my face. My eyes fogged up as I divulged personal secrets from my gutsy book, ME & HER: A [...]

July 22nd, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Blog Tour, Mental Health, Speaking Out on Bipolar, Updates | Leave a comment

Personal Testimonials > Me & Her is Changing Lives

I’m bursting with pride! Readers have shared their personal testimonials on HOW ME & HER: A Memoir Of Madness is helping them deal with or understand their Mental Health issues or those of someone they love. ♥ I’m so proud my Recovery memoir is reaching out and touching people’s lives and hearts in a very [...]

July 5th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Book Reviews, Mental Health, Speaking Out on Bipolar | 4 comments
 
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