The only safety is the willingness to adapt to change. Some changes in life are expected. We are somehow prepared for them. When we are still in school, we know in a few years we will start looking for a job. A pregnant woman and her man expect many changes after birth. People ready to retire expect big changes too. They can prepare themselves by getting enough information and by changing their attitude. Yet some changes in life come unexpectedly. They are usually called bad luck or tragedy, not change. Western culture devotes a lot of time and energy to preventing all kinds of bad luck. Nevertheless...

Balancing the Beast: A Bright View of Schizoaffective Disorder is a wonderful book which does a great job explaining schizoaffective disorder. It is very well written and easy to read. It covers the differential diagnosis and various treatment options. This is a great book for both psychiatrists and their patients. I give it a 5 star Excellent rating. By Gregg L. Friedman MD, Psychiatrist, Hallandale Beach, FL ...

Hereby, I am proud to announce the second anniversary of the publishing date of Balancing the Beast, my humble contribution to the well-being of the planet! Happy 4th of July to my American readers! Take care, Helena Smole

This topic is so subtle and fragile that I do not dare to write any general assumptions. Let me just tell you my story. I had a well-paid job for 9 years. But not a single day would go by was I not writing my resignation in my mind. The problem there were very tense human relationships at the office that I found very hard to keep myself out of. Thus I tried several times to find another job so that I could finally quit. The first job, that I almost took, but got distracted from it through a chain of coincidence, turned out to be awful. It is funny that – years later – I met a girl that had used to...

See my new video, where I tell my story and present the book: Balancing the Beast: A Bright View of Schizoaffective Disorder – Bipolar or Manic-Depressive Type.