Dyane Harwood
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Dyane Harwood

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Dyane Harwood graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a degree in English Literature. In 2007, she was diagnosed with postpartum bipolar disorder. Her acclaimed memoir "Birth of a New Brain—Healing from Postpartum Bipolar Disorder" was the first book to cover this overlooked perinatal mood disorder. Dyane has been a freelance writer for twenty years, and she has interviewed luminaries including Anthony Bourdain and Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison. She has written for the HuffPost, SELF, the International Bipolar Foundation, and Postpartum Support International. In 2023, Dyane received a Metabolic Mind Fresh Start Award for her metabolic mental health advocacy and was invited as a Lived Experience speaker at the inaugural Ellenhorn Metabolic Psychiatry Conference. She co-founded the podcast "Our Healing with Metabolic Psychiatry" and she appeared on numerous metabolic health podcasts. Dyane follows a well-formulated vegan ketogenic diet to help manage bipolar disorder and menopause symptoms. Dyane lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California with her husband, the geologist/author Craig Harwood, their two college-age daughters, and their cat Azula.
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