Ben Behind His Voices Blog
One Family’s Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope
NEW!– the Ben Behind His Voices audiobook has been updated with a new intro, epilogue, and bonus material! – available only in audiobook form. (updated 2022)
Hear all of the original award-nominated memoir, and find out what has happened in the decade since. We continue our journey through crisis, help, and into hope.
The Parents Network: Eyes, Ears, Heart and Soul
Yesterday I had the pleasure of swapping stories, issues and tips with Susan Schofield, Host of Bipolar Nation on LA Talk Radio, and her husband Michael, author of January First: A Child's Descent into Madness, and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her. (reviewed in my last post)
Sure,we were talking author-to-author, host-to-guest, but mostly we were talking parent-to-parent.
Here is the episode of the show where you can download or hear our conversation.
We need each other. I can't tell you how inspired, informed, and encouraged I have been by the hundreds of families I have met and shared with in the years since Ben's first symptoms. Some of these encounters have been at NAMI Meetings and Classes, some by e-mail, in media or live appearances, others in the pages of books.
Without you all, I don't know how we would have survived. Thank you - for the courage to speak up, the willingness to ask questions and fight, the empathy to reach out.
This is what I hope to give back to you in the pages of Ben Behind His Voices, and in meeting you too.
Together we can make a difference. My favorite cliche - because, like many cliches, it is true.