{"product_id":"hold-onto-yourself-a-powerful-story-of-life-and-hope-after-mental-illness-9781036908720","title":"Hold Onto Yourself: A powerful story of life and hope after mental illness","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mandy Legg\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Mandy Legg\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Mandy Legg\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Self-Management - Stress Management\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAged just 30, as her marriage unravelled, Mandy Legg was sectioned to a psychiatric hospital following a severe bipolar episode. Terrified and adrift, she made a quiet promise to herself: she would not lose sight of who she was.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a camera in her hands and a fierce determination to reclaim her identity, Mandy transformed the most traumatic experience of her life into art, connection and resilience. This deeply personal and inspiring memoir bears witness to the truth that it is possible to rebuild a life and career after mental illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough raw storytelling, creativity and hard-won insight, Mandy shares how she held onto herself through psychiatric hospitalisation and went on to create a meaningful, successful life. This is not a story of quick fixes or easy answers, but of resilience, identity, and the profound realisation that a diagnosis does not define a destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for professionals, leaders and women who fear their life is over after mental illness, this book is proof that there is life, creativity and contribution on the other side - and that sometimes the detours you never chose become the ones you would not trade for the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mandy Legg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47577397428375,"sku":"9781036908720","price":1504.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781036908720.webp?v=1774903339","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hold-onto-yourself-a-powerful-story-of-life-and-hope-after-mental-illness-9781036908720","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}