Bailey Jets off to the USA

SQUEE! Bailey Beats the BLAH arrived today just in time! Anthony Puttee of Book Cover Café, my publishing adviser handed over my Bailey proof. My hands shook, barely able to turn the pages in eager anticipation.

Couldn’t believe it! … Bailey was EXACTLY how I envisioned… Picture book PERFECT. Take a look at the eye […]

Giveaway #2 signed copies ME & HIM at Goodreads

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ME & HIM: A Guide to Recovery shares HOW I recovered from parent-teacher harassment, the trauma of being incarcerated into a psychiatric ward by police, Bipolar Disorder and Post traumatic stress disorder.

I reveal my husband’s role as carer and the […]

HOW to Beat Anxiety

Have you ever worried with unrelenting Fear and Distress? Has your heart pounded fast in your chest? So you couldn’t breathe?

Have you ever felt faint …shaky… sweaty…choking … or suffered from an upset stomach?

My Story

I, Karen Tyrrell, teacher recovered from post-traumatic stress disorder after parents at my school terrorized me until I […]

How I Recovered from Mental Illness

Director of *My Health Career* website, Amanda Griffiths requested I write a guest blog disclosing how I overcame long term parent-teacher harassment, post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorder. Amanda wanted a real-life perspective to inspire students considering a career in health and psychology.

How did I recover from mental illness when so many are still […]

How to Plot a Children’s Chapter Book

WOOT! Today I commenced my new children’s Chapter Book after weeks of brainstorming, mind-mapping, researching and plotting a story with a strong Mental Health message.

Monday is always the BEST day to start a new project especially when your detailed PLOT beckons you.

Special thanks to Angela Sunde’s children’s writers Facebook group “Monday Writing Sprint” […]

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: […]

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 […]

FREE eBook: Top 30 Tools for Mental Wellness

SQUEE! I’m launching my FREE eBook Top 30 Tools for Wellness :Healthy Mind, Happy Day. 30 Mental Wellness tools to help you feel happier, healthier and mentally stronger.

Get your FREE copy of this powerful eBook that lists step-by-step how to live each day happier, healthier and mentally stronger … using successful healing techniques.

And […]

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 […]

Talking Bipolar Recovery on Blog Talk Radio GLOBAL

SQUEE! I’m broadcasting my recovery memoir, Me and Her: A Memoir Of Madness to the outer reaches of the globe.

NDB Media Blog Talk Radio will be internationally transmitting my interview direct from San Diego, USA. I’m so excited I could burst. I’ll be revealing HOW I developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and bipolar disorder.

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