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Breaking into My Life
Breaking Into My Life chronicles the impact that growing up with a mentally-ill mother had on author Michelle Dickinson-Moravek, and how she finally reclaimed herself and the life she deserved.
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This past Friday evening, I was asked to speak and support a mental well-being program for high school girls at my high school in Westfield. The program is called “It’s a Girl Thing”. What a real privilege to get to contribute to this event. Now, this program is entirely voluntary. As the girls showed up… Continue Reading
Recently, one of my favorite artists from my youth, Mariah Carey, revealed her battle with bipolar disorder. In her interview with People, she said: “Until recently I lived in denial and isolation and in constant fear someone would expose me,” she says. “It was too heavy a burden to carry and I simply couldn’t do… Continue Reading
A few weeks ago I was fortunate to meet our CEO of Johnson and Johnson, Alex Gorsky. When I did, I gave him a copy of my book. His response really amazed me. He said, “When one member of the family has a mental illness, the entire family is impacted.” He really does get it!… Continue Reading
You are Not Alone Imagine, you are headed off to college and packed in your suitcase is your prescription. A bottle and a secret that you don’t want anyone to know about. Tucked in the side pocket of your bag is a pouch of anxiety wrapped in fear sprinkled with shame. Your loving support… Continue Reading
When our J&J content labs reached out to me to ask me if they could write an employee spotlight article on me, I had no real idea what that would mean. Of course, I was grateful that my little book was being picked up by JnJ.com. However, little did I know the reach that this… Continue Reading
Here is my weekly blog entry this week. Thanks for all of the encouragement and support with my videos. (This is SO far out of my comfort zone. But, then again, it is good to get uncomfortable.) Sending you all so much love. Continue Reading
My little book has afforded me to meet the most amazing and loving people. Danni Michaeli is one of those people. I feel so fortunate to have met him through a mutual friend. Danni is just love personified. He is also one of the many amazing mental health professionals out there helping people. He is… Continue Reading
I am very fortunate to get to work with some of the most amazing human beings at J&J. Serge is one of them. I met Serge through our newly formed Mental Health Diplomat Group. He is a project director based in our Belgium offices who works in the Janssen Neuroscience department. Every day he focuses… Continue Reading
Today’s entry is the first of a few guest blog entries to highlight different mental illness perspectives. I am super excited to introduce you all to my friend Lori’s amazing daughter, Jess Pearson. Jess is a very passionate Mental Health Student Advocate and the current President of Active Minds at Ramapo College of NJ. A… Continue Reading
I am very excited to share these: Thursday, March 29th – Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ Saturday, April 7th – Towne Bookstore, Westfield, NJ – 11:00 – 1:00 pm Tuesday, April 10th – Westfield Rotary Club, Westfield, NJ – 12:15pm Saturday, April 14th – Barnes and Noble, Clark NJ – 1:00-3:00 pm… Continue Reading
