Getting Up: Lessons from a Woman with a Mood Disorder

By Maxine Bigby Cunningham

Getting Up is a collection of poetry and prose in which the author shares her trials and triumphs while living a full and vibrant life, despite her diagnosis of a mood disorder: depression. Through streams of consciousness, touching reflections, and lists, Maxine Bigby Cunningham shares her innermost thoughts and feeling

• Language: English
• Publisher: Purposely Created Publishing Group
• Release date: Oct 10, 2017
• ISBN: 9781947054356

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GETTING UP

Published by Purposely Created Publishing Group™

Copyright © 2017 Maxine Bigby Cunningham

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ISBN: 978-1-947054-34-9

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Praise for Getting Up

Having experienced the challenges of depression as a Black woman, to me, Getting Up: Lessons from a Woman with a Mood Disorder is a gift. A gift that allowed me to remember my own journey and think about a vast array of women who are struggling through this journey with no belief that there is a way out. So hearing about someone else’s journey and their ability to survive and thrive is a gift. Thank you, Maxine, for this gift of yourself, which will help so many others face themselves and learn the way to wholeheartedness.

––Diane Bell McKoy, President and CEO,

Associated Black Charities of Maryland

In Getting Up, Maxine Bigby Cunningham shows that empowered walking is indeed a life-long process. With raw vulnerability, Cunningham’s eclectic poetry and prose reveals the harsh reality of living with depression. Intersecting the personal and political, Getting Up is the book you need to own your losses and choose life. Over and over again.

––Monica A. Coleman, Ph.D., Author of Bipolar Faith: A Black Woman’s Journey with Depression and Faith

What a privilege to celebrate another amazing book by Maxine Bigby Cunningham. Maxine’s writings are a gift to the profession of psychotherapy and the work of recovery. Maxine has a unique gift in her ability to translate very difficult emotional challenges into beautiful poetry and prose that