Stella Furlong, MA, and debut author of “Why Me and other frequently asked questions”, a Memoir and Self-Help Hybrid joins eHealth Radio and the Health News and Mental Health Channels.

Listen to interview with host Eric Michaels & guest Stella Furlong discuss the following:

Can you explain why you chose the title of your book: Why Me and other frequently asked questions?
Tell us about your background. I am sure that would help connect the dots there.
Who is your target audience?
Tell us about your co-author.
Tell us about what led to your transformation later in life.

Feedback on the book has been incredible. People from all walks of life have opened up and confided in me about their problems, their family and friends. I have become an ambassador for mental health. It's not a heavy read. I aim to inspire and entertain. Its funny.

More Ruby Wax OBE, author, actress, comedian and broadcaster who has depression and Sir Stephen Fry, author, actor, director comedian, broadcaster and quiz show host who has bipolar disorder. My role models. It is preventative. I warn you of possible triggers to avoid. Things that can press your buttons. We are vulnerable when we have had an episode. We are weak and need to build up our resilience.

I show you tricks of the mind to put you in a more positive place and combat stigma. Meditation has worked wonders for me. Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it! My sister and I went on a Buddhist retreat in Derbyshire, UK a couple of years ago at the Tara International Kadampa Centre. The tide is turning in a time of global crisis in mental health. I am calling for a more holistic treatment of body, mind and spirit. Family and friends can be supportive. They can also be tactless. We are the black sheep. Sarcasm can wound us deeply. Drink and drugs are up there too, of course.

I was in Pub Watch. Banned from local pubs for unruly behavior. I talk about Food for Mood. The importance of diet. I lost 63 lbs with Slimming World. I look and feel great. The prescription drugs turned me into a fat zombie with the classic shuffling gait. I got kidney damage from being put on an inaccurately monitored dose of lithium.

The book traces the historic abuse of the mentally ill. Patients were treated badly by an authoritarian and sometimes cruel regime. We are still looking for answers to Why Me. In 100 AD a Roman poet, Juvenal spoke of the ideal: a healthy mind in a healthy body. We are still asking the question How? In 2026. The book is both timely and timeless. Timely in a global crisis. Timeless. The questions remain.

I’ve just touched the surface. Buy the book and find out more.

Website: https://www.stellafurlong.com