Hey Everyone! First off... Bipolar, Grief, & God is a is a spin-off series based on the original Podcast I started in January 2026 Entitled "H.O.P.E. Hang On Pain Ends."

My name is Alana, I'm a girl from Jersey with a hell of a story to tell. My podcasts are just me, my voice, my stories ... no professional sound system, or editor. The reason I started this new spin-off series .... is not a new chapter, or a new book from H.O.P.E ... it's a fresh page.

Whether you listened to my last podcast or not, the gist of the story is this.... I have Bipolar Disorder, I suddenly lost my Father in December 2025... followed by the near-death of my Mother six weeks later ... I took a leave from my job of almost seven years.... I turned 44 years old, and I started a podcast that would change everything for me.

What I found out months (and over 100 episodes) later, is that I was actually IN something called a "quiet hypomanic episode" of my Bipolar disorder while recording ... Yes, I was SHOCKED as well! I fell into a depressive state, where, although I wanted to delete the podcast due to complete shame and embarrassment, I continued to record myself ... in heartbreak and despair of the depression that comes along with my illness.

I slowly came out of the depression, was convinced everything I had recorded and all that I had done, all of the ideas I had, this "Alana Michaels Empire" I had built, was all due to my sickness.

Well... turns out I was wrong. I am now healthy, happy, and grounded ... and ready to share everything ... but through a completely different lens…

So ... I hope that you will join me ... for some tears, laughs, and stories you won't believe ... my hope is that you walk away from EACH episode with something you can weave into your own life ... because at the end of the day, I am telling my story ... to Change Yours.

Love Always,

Alana