We wanted to personally invite you to join in the Conversation with Rabbi Bronstein and her book, "A Narrow Bridge: Awakening from Mental Illness." The Interfaith Network on Mental Illness (INMI) envisions programs as this one to strengthen community connections and experience the power of personal stories. Please register so we can plan for the free lunch for you. Thank you.

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"When I entered a psychiatric hospital at the age of 18, I found these words of great meaning to me. I thought I was all alone, and I could never break free from the darkness and the gloom. Over time, I realized that there were indeed moments of light, of breakthrough, of hope that helped me.  Even when I found myself rolling backwards, these times weren’t permanent.

When I first wrote A Narrow Bridge: Awakening From Mental Illness my focus was on the transitional time when I was in a psychiatric hospital, and only felt gloom. As that time passed, I felt an amazing awakening and saw through the darkness.  Then I realized that it was more than that. I was awakening into a stillness, along with peace and hope. In the end, I felt that the essential message that I wanted to convey to you was that there can be islands of hope—ongoing or intermediary—that can remain with us for the remainder of our lives.

It is always possible to find hope, even after a long sleep in the darkness. I want to share this hope with you. "

-Rabbi Deborah Bronstein