Louder Now Episode #122: Some Dreams Are Worth Keeping With Susan Johnson

Episode • Jul 24, 2022 • 49m

Welcome back to the podcast..***EPISODE #122************

Summer has been flying by. I got connected with Susan a few months ago and we were able to have this wonderful talk on faith and bipolar.

Susan's BIO:

Susan graduated from Drake University with a B.A. in Sociology. Since her diagnosis of Bipolar 1 in 1995, Susan's true passion in life is to help break the stigma of living with a mental illness and bring hope to those living with one. Susan is the author of “Some Dreams Are Worth Keeping A Memoir Of My Bipolar Journey.”

She is an accomplished inspirational speaker and guest blogger for the mental health magazine, BP Hope. She received the award for Best Blogger for Healthline.com in 2017 and appeared in the 2018 "This Is Me" article in BP Hope Magazine. Susan's writing also appears in The Catholic Exchange. Susan currently works with special education students as an Instructional Assistant for a school district in Nevada. Susan was a speaker at TEDxTenayaPaseo in January of 2021. Her talk is called “Having A Mental Illness Is Not A Death Sentence.”

Susan is a member of an author community in Las Vegas. She is also a Stability Leader for a nonprofit organization called The Stability Network . She enjoys hiking, baking, traveling, yoga, spending time with her Goddaughter, and trips to the ocean. She loves the Golden Knights hockey team. Susan is originally from Thousand Oaks, CA. She now makes her home in fabulous Las Vegas with her husband, Gary, and demanding Siberian cat, Angel-Ann.

PLEASE WATCH HER TED TALK. LINK HERE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgeURPOQ8Ig&t=726s

You can get her book on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Some-Dreams-Are-Worth-Keeping/dp/0692085270/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1DMN8E3TJ3DBX&keywords=some+dreams+are+worth+keeping+susan+johnson&qid=1658632096&sprefix=some+dreams+are+worth+keeping+susan+johnson%2Caps%2C128&sr=8-1

Susan on BP HOPE:

https://www.bphope.com/author/susiej/

Follow Susan on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/sjohnsonbooks/

Follow Susan on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/sjohnsonbooks

Susan's Website:

http://www.sjohnsonauthor.com/