My Unexpected Superpower
If you feel you need guidance and a new perspective on turning any adversity into a super power, purchase My Unexpected Superpower now!
Learn How to Unlock Your Inner Potential!
In My Unexpected Superpower, discover how Karina Schulz offers a new perspective on living with bipolarity that emphasizes acceptance, understanding and leveraging symptoms as a way to deal with situations and achieve personal and professional goals, above expectations. This book is not only meant for people with bipolarity, but rather for anyone who wishes to make slight changes in his or her mentality in order to take steps to improve his or herself each day.
If you feel you need guidance and a new perspective on turning any adversity into a super power, purchase My Unexpected Superpower now!
What are some of the lessons you will learn in this book?
Lesson 1 - Recognition
Starting a practice of recognizing your adversities and deciding to use them to your benefit will lead you to more satisfaction and help you rely less on the opinions, critiques and judgements of others.
Lesson 2 - Having a Choice
By choosing to go down your own path instead of one that has been previously paved, you begin to cultivate a more positive, unique individuality that others will notice.
Lesson 3 - Mindset
Understanding the influence that your mindset has on your goals, perspectives and outcomes will provide more clarity for the steps you should take to become who you want to be.
Lesson 4 - Your Toolbox
Filling your emotional toolbox with tools and resources prior to confronting stressing situations will help you deal with the conflict with a stable mind.
About the Author
Karina Schulz’s first book is a recounting of her journey with bipolar disorder from childhood through young adulthood. My Unexpected Superpower provides tips that anyone can use to enhance how they achieve goals and interact with others. She is a young, first generation American, born to an Austrian mother and a Peruvian father. During her childhood, she often felt ostracized as she only practiced South American and Austro-German traditions. She wasn’t brought up with a clear understanding of the typical American childhood which includes the traditional values or holidays that are celebrated in the United States. As time went on, she became aware that her international influence wasn’t the only marginalizing feature. Karina’s emotions were particularly variable and this led her to think distinctly from her peers.
During her sophomore year at the University of Southern California, Karina was given the option of being committed as a patient at a mental hospital or pushed to enroll in an intensive out-care patient program. Instead, Karina took an introspective approach to change the way she handled situations emotionally by enriching her knowledge, proximity, understanding and emotional toolbox proactively to be prepared for any new conflict down the line.
After speaking with others both nationally and internationally, she often received the same comments and questions: “Wow! But how do you do it?” This book answers just that. Both how and why Schulz took a turn and how she turned what was previously an adversity into what other people began to admire.
If you feel you need guidance and a new perspective on turning any adversity into a superpower, then purchase My Unexpected Superpower and start your journey today!
Introduction
My superpower is being bipolar.
The day before my high school graduation, at 18 years old, my mom told me. She had wanted to hide it because she didn’t want me judging other members of my family who clearly demonstrated some of the same symptoms. I thought and still think that’s a stupid idea to hide the fact that your daughter is bipolar from your daughter!
After she told me though, everything made sense.
Turns out, the times when I thought I was on top of the world, I was just in a manic period. I love them. They are great. And over time, I’ve learned to channel my spike in energy towards positive projects and plans to create movement for activities and goals in my life.
Being bipolar, my thoughts are somewhat all over the place. So writing a book was extremely difficult. I started journaling with the intention to publish a book six years ago. And stopped five and a half years ago. My sprint lasted about six months. I kept getting distracted or highly invested in some other project I manifested. I sporadically got back into book writing on about four separate occasions since then.
Some chapters of the book may not flow as seamlessly from one topic to another as you’d like, but that’s more how my brain works. Think of it as getting an insight into my thought process.
I want to demonstrate that it’s okay to be different.
I am passionate about helping others find what motivates them and how they can achieve their own goals, not someone else’s. My purpose is to provide a first-hand account of how mental disorders are not or should not be inhibitors to achieving what you want. They can be the catalyst!
For people with other mental disorders, this book can be a base or inspiration to analyze your thought process from a different angle to see how you can best benefit in your personal and professional career. For those with no known or diagnosed mental disorder/s, this book can also serve to find more motivation by mindfully critiquing your situation at work, home, school or elsewhere.
I ask that you stay curious. Question why I decided to act or not act on certain situations. My actions and reactions may be different than yours. You may agree or disagree with my decision, and that’s okay. Your background may have influenced you to come to a different conclusion, and that’s okay.
Overall, please enjoy reading and feel free to reach out to me personally should you want to challenge or discuss my mentality and choices.