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Brokedown Sensei: How I Fought Trauma and Bipolar Disorder From The Outside In

Brokedown Sensei: How I Fought Trauma and Bipolar Disorder From The Outside In

The raw dissection of a life spent trying to calm a tortured mind by building a fearless body.

2023

Julio Angel Rivera

Julio Angel Rivera

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In Building Your Body and Soul, No Pain Means No Gain

You’ve gotta be torn down before you’re built back up

Dec 6, 2024

In Building Your Body and Soul, No Pain Means No Gain

Dec 6, 2024

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Speaking Bipolar

Should You Forgive Your Parents?

Sure, they were good to you, but what about before you were born?

Sep 13, 2024

Should You Forgive Your Parents?

Sep 13, 2024

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Who Am I Without Depression?

Finding an identity outside of your diagnosis

May 29, 2024

Who Am I Without Depression?

May 29, 2024

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Cleaning Up Your Own Mess: The Chaotic Wake of Untreated Mental Illness

One day, after coming out of a very long and severe depression, I saw the shadow of a tree on the ground, and I was instantly convinced…

Jun 12, 2023

Cleaning Up Your Own Mess: The Chaotic Wake of Untreated Mental Illness

Jun 12, 2023

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Just Breathe: How Mindfulness Is Creating A New Mental Health Stigma

I woke up at 7am yesterday, feeling pessimistic — not quite depressed, but not exactly happy to see the sun. I started my regular morning…

May 25, 2023

Just Breathe: How Mindfulness Is Creating A New Mental Health Stigma

May 25, 2023

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Speaking Bipolar

Oh No, Here Comes the Sun

Depression and seeing the light

5d ago

Oh No, Here Comes the Sun

5d ago

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Black Bear

Sharing Your Messy Truth

Not being shy about mental health

6d ago

Sharing Your Messy Truth

6d ago

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Black Bear

Holding on to Sanity in Crazy Times

When you’re in recovery while the world burns

Mar 28

Holding on to Sanity in Crazy Times

Mar 28

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Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

How Dark Can the Night Get?

The existential crisis that is middle age in modern times

Mar 25

How Dark Can the Night Get?

Mar 25

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Black Bear

Men and Mental Health

What you don’t say can hurt you

Mar 21

Men and Mental Health

Mar 21

Julio Angel Rivera

Julio Angel Rivera

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Dad, writer, author of Brokedown Sensei, martial arts coach, mental health advocate, speaker - From Brooklyn. NYU grad. Visit InternalJiuJitsu.com..

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