Digest This: Beyond Blue – surviving depression and anxiety

    A conversation with Therese Borchard, blogger and author of Beyond Blue, a book that offers advice and guidance on surviving depression and anxiety.

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    THIS WEEK’S TOPIC: Beyond Blue – surviving depression and anxiety, a conversation with Therese Borchard

    When: 12:00 noon (EST) Tuesday, January 12.

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    Moderator: Maiken Scott

    This week’s guest:

    borchard100x120Therese Borchard is a successful writer and blogger, a wife and mother. It’s hard to imagine she has dealt with manic depression most of her life, as well as several other mental health issues. She was hospitalized twice, has tried over twenty medication combinations, and worked with seven different psychiatrists. Her new book Beyond Blue offers advice and guidance on surviving depression and anxiety.

    Borchard is the author of the “Beyond Blue” blog on beliefnet.com and her own site, thereseborchard.com

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