This week we welcome to the book club Author and TedX Speaker Susan Johnson. Susan has chosen to share her story of living with bipolar disorder in her memoir Some Dreams Are Worth Keeping: A Memoir of My Bipolar Journey. Susan shares her writing journey and story!
You can connect with Susan at http://www.sjohnsonauthor.com/
More about Susan
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 co-leads a mental health group at her church and 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.
