TV Interview Violence in Schools Today Tonight

Today Tonight interviewed me as a bullied Australian teacher now mental health advocate for their TV investigation Violence in Schools.

Today Tonight filmed me flicking through my tell-all story Me and Her: A Memoir of Madness, how I was catapulted from abused teacher into the psychiatric system suffering night terrors, mania and PTSD.

Me […]

ME & HIM: A Guide to Recovery aids Suicide Prevention

Living is So BIG, an international suicide prevention website published ‘From MADNESS to Recovery’ the story behind my tell-all memoir ME & HER: A Memoir Of Madness and self-help book ME & HIM:A Guide to Recovery.

5% of the sales of ME & HIM will go directly to Black Dog Institute for research into suicide […]

How to LIFT your Mood

Yesterday I experienced the most shocking BAD day!

Everything I planned turned terribly wrong! Anxiety gripped me after sending out press releases on ME & HIM: a Guide to Recovery. I feared what they would ask and what I’d divulge in their media interviews.

Why was I feeling so angsty?

Behind it all, I worried […]

Healthy Mindset for SUPER Kids BOOK Giveaway

Mental health author and social worker, Stephanie Azri launches her new book, Healthy Mindset for SUPER Kids. Stephanie is currently undertaking her PhD in Social Work. She is the mother of five and a counselor, centering her work on children and families.

In 2012, Stephanie read and positively reviewed my self-help memoir of hope ME […]

SQUEE! ME &HIM: Published in 2013!

WOOHOO! Happy New Year 2013! … I’m cracking open the champers! Dancing from room to room. I’m so eXcited, I could burst! I will finally see my memoir SEQUEL in print, sharing my Recovery secrets with the world.

I’m proud to announce: ME & HIM: A Guide to Recovery will be published in March, 2013. […]

How to be Stress FREE over Christmas

Are you Frantically rushing round preparing for Christmas?

Frazzled by Christmas shopping, heavy traffic and parking? Feverishly attending and organizing Christmas celebrations? … Think again. STOP pressuring yourself!

Christmas is a time of peace and relaxation. And most importantly a time to nurture yourself.

For those managing mental illness like Me, Christmas can trigger stress, […]

Announcing Winners: ME & HER Book Giveaways

I’m announcing the winners of the Mental Health week book giveaway for ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness.

A survivor’s guide through teacher harassment, mental breakdown, and Recovery. How did I reclaim my Life?

DRUM roll … And the Winners are…

ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness (print) …Rachelle Farrell

ME & HER: […]

Coming Home: Children’s Book on Depression: Giveaway

As a mental health advocate and teacher I, Karen Tyrrell would like to welcome Australian children’s author Sharon McGuinness to my blog today. Sharon launched Coming Home, her powerful picture book with an uplifting message on depression.

Coming Home delivers a hopeful story about Gemma who watches her dad as he sits alone in his […]

SECRETS to Balancing your Emotions

Are you sick of riding the emotional Rollercoaster?

Consumed by stress, worry, anger, guilt or depression?

Do you want to be in control of your emotions? … Be filled with an inner calm and peace? … With a deep optimism that everything will be alright?

I was stressed to the max, after parents at my […]