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Coping Takes Work is Available on Amazon

My book, What's On My Mind? Coping Takes Work, Volume II is available in Kindle e-book and paperback on Amazon today. 

I am grateful for the contributors of this work: Brian Anderson (author of Beautiful Scars, Volume I and II), Terresa Ford, CPRP, CPS, Pat Strode, Caregiver, Shannon Murphy, LPC, CPCS, and Stacey Walker, Sr. (author of Principles of Biblical Leadership). 

Also, I appreciate my editor Sarah Mayor. 

I am thankful for the book reviews: Christina Bruni (author of Left of the Dial), Corey Jones (author of Hope Is Real), Terri Morgan (author of The Genetic Lottery), Jean Toole (President and CEO of Community Friendship), and Bethany Yeiser (author of Mind Estranged, and President of CURESZ Foundation).

Huge shout out to my Overcoming Schizophrenia blog readers! 

Also, to Jacqlyn Charles from The Women Are Worthy Show and Sheryl Grace from The Authors Lounge Radio Show for supporting mental health awareness for September's Recovery Month and October's Mental Illness Awareness Week.

Coping Takes Work is a collection of select blog entries from Overcoming Schizophrenia (2014-2019), which have been rewritten and remastered. 

This book provides a picture of recovery through its many recovery stories, recovery tips, and self-help journal. This is a short read with about 150 pages. There are links and resources for schizophrenia. 

My message is recovery is possible, and therapy with practical coping skills can help us master resiliency after crisis.

It says in Ecclesiastes 7:8 "Finishing is better than starting. Patience is better than pride (New Living Translation)." 

I am excited about my book and you will be too. Support recovery and Mental Illness Awareness Week that is October 6-12, 2019. Purchase a copy of my book and share with others. It is a great read for my peers in recovery, our caregivers, and mental health professionals.

Thank you.

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