No Restraints with Rudy Caseres Episode 22: Ellen Forney

6/29/2018

No Restraints with Rudy Caseres Episode 22: Ellen Forney

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This week on No Restraints with Rudy Caseres my guest is Ellen Forney. Ellen is a cartoonist and the author of the graphic memoir Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me as well as it's recently released sequel/companion piece Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life. I had been following Ellen's work for several months after reading glowing reviews from the New York Times, NPR and Melody Moezzi for BP Magazine. It wasn't until I saw that she was doing a book signing with mutual friend and all around bad-ass Dese'Rae L Stage (who is featured in Rock Steady) that I felt like I had a chance of connecting with her. After several weeks of back and forth emails, shticker-filled messages, and missed calls we were finally able to make this interview a reality. I didn't know what to expect but thankfully Ellen and I hit it off immediately. All in all, talking with Ellen about her work as well as her views on bipolar is definitely one of the highlights of doing No Restraints so far.

You can support Ellen and follow her work at the links below.

Website:
EllenForney.com

Buy your copy of Rock Steady:
indiebound.org/book/9781683961017
amazon.com/dp/1683961013/

Buy your copy of Marbles:
indiebound.org/book/9781592407323
amazon.com/dp/1592407323

Ellen Forney Shtickers for iMessage:
itunes.apple.com/.../ellen-forney.../id1153370559...

Goodreads:
goodreads.com/author/show/202782.Ellen_Forney

Instagram:
Instagram.com/ellen_forney

Twitter:
Twitter.com/ellen_forney

See you next week for an all new episode of No Restraints with Rudy Caseres.

Because it's for your own good.

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ABOUT RUDY

My name is Rudy Caseres and I am an award-winning public speaker, live-streaming, social media influencer/manager, and storytelling event producer. I am the host of No Restraints with Rudy Caseres where I have live interactive candid discussions with the leading advocates in mental health, human rights, and suicide prevention (currently on hiatus). I also host a monthly panel discussion for The Mighty with the leading mental health advocates in the world. I previously hosted SPSM Chat - Suicide Prevention Social Media where I led lively discussions with various experts in the field of suicidology. I advocate for humane treatment in the mental healthcare system and effective suicide prevention. I have given over 100 presentations in which I have shared my story of living with bipolar, surviving a mental breakdown while serving in the US Army, and fighting against forced psychiatric treatment in front of grad students, doctors, psych ward patients, educators, and youth at junior highs, high schools, and juvenile detention facilities. I have spoken across the country from the California State Capitol at an event headlined by legendary actor Richard Dreyfus to the Shedding Light on Mental Health Conference in Greater Wheeling, West Virginia. My content has been featured in The Mighty, This is My Brave, HealthyPlace, The S Word, OC87 Recovery Diaries, Sweatpants & Coffee, Stigma Fighters, and Schizophrenic NYC. In 2017, I was awarded the NAMI California Outstanding Peer of the Year and I was named one of The Mighty's Mental Health Heroes of 2017. After living in Los Angeles, California most of my life I recently relocated to the Denver, Colorado area.

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