Hello, world. Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 354. I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.

Every day, I interview someone from around the world who has discovered

his talents to do work he loves, to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Michael Weinberger. Welcome, Michael.

Welcome, Don. Michael, are you using your talents doing work that you love? Absolutely.

We want to hear the whole story.

Michael Weinberger was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1994 and also deals with a dual

diagnosis.

He's a successful entrepreneur and terrific husband and father of two.

He's learned how to manage his illness through medication and mindfulness practices.

Michael is a dynamic speaker who is guaranteed to entertain as he walks you through his experiences.

He has started a website, a planforliving.com, which helps individuals achieve happiness through mindfulness and spirituality.

Michael, that's a pithy summary of your career.

Tell our listeners around the world what you're doing now that has you engaged and excited.

Absolutely, Don. Thanks for having me. I have spent the past year building and refining a process of non-medicinal treatment for bipolar disorder.

And what that means is I've come up with a tool and a process that

incorporates gratitude, spirituality, mindfulness, to create personal awareness, to ultimately create

happiness. Okay, wonderful. Wow, that's Perkulea undertaking because how many people in the country and in the world are dealing with this?

What do you call it?

You don't call it a disease.

You call it a condition?

So mental illness can be considered a disease of the brain, and they say that statistically, one in four adult Americans in this country annually will experience some form of mental illness, whether it's anxiety,

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