Lisa Bien, a professional marketing strategist and Temple Public Relations Professor, created Bouncing Back in an effort to give Temple students and other viewers insight into their own misgivings concerning self worth while presenting real life examples of personal struggle with self acceptance.
Living with Bipolar Disorder
About two million American adults, or about 1 percent of the population age 18 and older, have bipolar disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Bipolar disorder can show up in many costumes. It can be happy or sad, euphoric or desperate, energized or exhausted. Lisa Bien invites Sarah Zigler, a Temple student that lives day-in and day-out with bipolar disorder. Opening up to Bien, Zigler touches on her paralyzing depression and her darkest moments dealing with bipolar disorder.
Later Bien brings in Kate Schaeffer, the Program Coordinator for Alcohol & Other Drugs, Interpersonal Violence, and Mental Health with the Wellness Resource Center, to speak about her work with Temple students fighting bipolar disorder, symptoms to be aware of when meeting someone with bipolar disorder, and what resources are available at Temple for students in any state of poor mental health.