Dr. Kay Bernard offers members of the bipolar community validation of their struggles and meditations to strengthen their life journeys. She defines that community as those with the disorder, the professionals who work with them, the support people whose care enriches their lives and organizations that provide them resources on a national and state level. To discuss spiritual issues, opinions and beliefs of those most affected by bipolar disorders, she uses thriteen fictional stories. Each story revolves around a character with bipolar disorder. Dr. Bernard offers commentary on the story and examines a spiritual isses arising from it.