Julie Fast

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October 2007
Julie Fast received Eli Lilly Reintegration Achievement Award for her work helping people successfully manage bipolar disorder.

June 2007
Julie received a Mental Health America journalism award for the best mental health column in the United States.

February 2008

Saturday, February 2, 2008 9:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. pst

Eugene Faith Center
1410 W 13th Avenue
Eugene OR 97402
Meets in the Family Center

Living with & Treating Bipolar Disorder

Julie A. Fast, mental health expert will be a the guest speaker at an informative event for people with mental illness, family members, friends and health care professionals.

January 2008

Thursday, January 17, 2008 – Television
Portland OR KATU channel 2 (ABC affiliate)
AM Northwest 9:00 am-10:00 a.m. PST

Julie will appear on KATU’s AM Northwest in Portland, Oregon. Julie will offer her opinion and expertise on the topic of Britney Spears and bipolar disorder. Click here to read the article that has changed the way the US is looking at Britney Spears’ behavior.

Julie hopes that this television appearance will help the public understand more about bipolar disorder and how it affects a person’s life and the people around her.

December 2007

Julie’s latest book Get It Done When You’re Depressed will be released January 2, 2008.

Julie begins her interview and speaking engagements regarding the upcoming release of her latest book.

October 2007

Julie Fast receives Eli Lilly Reintegration Achievement Award

Julie will be attending the award ceremony in Indianapolis to receive her Eli Lilly Reintegration Achievement Award. Here is some more information about the award:

Founded in 1996 and sponsored by Eli Lilly & Company, the Lilly Reintegration Awards honor mental health professionals and individuals battling severe mental illness for their outstanding contributions and achievements in the mental-health community. Specifically, the awards honor treatment teams, programs and services offering care and support to people with severe mental illness, and individuals with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia who are a source of hope and inspiration to their peers. Each year, those honored are chosen by an independent panel of mental health professionals. Ralph Aquila, M.D., chairperson of the Awards Judging Panel states, “For those battling mental illness, reintegration is about the journey to wellness. These recipients are the people and programs who foster this journey and are on the frontlines helping to make reintegration a reality.” Past Lilly Reintegration Awards recipients include Senator Peter Domenici (R-New Mexico), former Surgeon General David Satcher, Dateline NBC and former First Lady Roslynn Carter.

June 2007

Julie Fast receives Mental Health America Media Award for her column on living with bipolar disorder.

Julie attended the award ceremony in Washington DC to receive her Mental Health America Media Award. Here is some more information about the award:

BUFFALO, NY, August 7, 2007 — bp Magazine contributing editor, Julie Fast, was honored by MHA (Mental Health America) for her magazine columns about living with bipolar disorder. Her award was announced at the annual Media Awards Luncheon held in Washington D.C. in conjunction with the organization’s annual June meeting.

Her award was for “Personal Mental Health Columns” and Fast was one of 15 national journalists named by MHA from media as diverse as CNN TV, Glamour magazine, and National Public Radio.

Being the recipient of this national award for writing excellence means more than just recognition of her journalistic skills, she noted.

“The MHA Award is very exciting,” Fast says. “I never thought I would be able to work as a writer or have a career because of the challenges of having bipolar disorder."

“For me, the award is validation and proof that in spite of my illness, I can write–even when I am sick–and I can even be recognized for it.”

Summer 2007

Julie recently took four months off from her media appearances to write her new book Get It Done When You’re Depressed which will be released by Penguin January 2, 2008. She is pleased to be booking appearances again and hopes to be filling her calendar soon. Please check back often.

Thursday, February 15, 2007 - Radio

6:30 am-6:40 a.m. PST
Cable Radio Network “AM Show with Mr. B and Paul Stern”
Broadcast from CRN Digital Talk Radio
And from TheAMShow.com

Monday, January 22, 2007 - Television

9:00 am-10:00 a.m. PST
If you live in the Portland Metro area you can see Julie on Television
AM Northwest, KATU (ABC affiliate)

Sunday, January 21, 2007 - Radio

6:30 am-7:30 a.m. PT (1:30-1:50 p.m. ET)
Kink FM 102 “Speaking Freely” radio program, Hosted by Shelia Hamilton.
This interview will be available by podcast after the interview.

Thursday, January 11, 2007 - Radio

10:30-10:50 a.m. PT (1:30-1:50 p.m. ET)
“News Now”, Voices of America

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - Radio

WMUB.org “Sound Health” radio program, Hosted by Cheri Lawson
This interview will be available by podcast after the interview.

Saturday, December 30, 2006 - Radio

7:00-8:00 a.m. PT (10:00-11:00 a.m. ET)
“Barbara McFadden Show”, WFHG-AM (Bristol, VA)
Live w/Call-Ins By Phone

August 4-6th, 2006 - In Person

Julie will teach a class called How to Write a Best Selling Self Help Book at the 2006 Willamette Writers Conference.

March 11th, 2006 - In Person

Julie will teach the class How to Write a Best Selling Non Fiction Book at the Little Church in Portland, Oregon. Please visit the classes link for more information.

February 7th, 2006 - In Person

Julie will be the featured speaker for the Willamette Writers Tuesday night lecture series.

2005

Julie spent the majority of 2005 writing her latest books.

May 2005

Women Entrepreneurs of Oregon - Featured Speaker

May 17, 2005, Tuesday, General Meeting: "There's No Such Thing as Adversity: How to turn your personal challenges into business strengths"

Featured Speaker: Julie Fast

As a cutting - edge entrepreneur, best selling author and dynamic speaker, Julie Fast has created an extensive following throughout the world amongst those searching for ways to create personal health and a dynamic and financially successful business.

Her traditionally published book, Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Helping Your Partner is a current best seller and along with her two ecommerce web sites Julie generates over six figure sales per year.

Julie was unable to work for almost ten years due to a serious mental illness and knew that if she did not create something to help herself learn to mange the illness comprehensively, she would not survive. The result was a treatment plan that is now used by thousands of people around the world.

She will tell her personal story of how she turned her adversity into opportunity and how you too can use her five step plan to identify any adversity that may be holding you back from phenomenal business success.

Portlandia - Featured Speaker

May 5th, Thursday: Turn Your Challenges into Business Strengths: How to improve your productivity and reach your highest potential!

April 2005

Wordstock: Portland’s Annual Festival of the Book, Saturday and Sunday April 23 and 24, 2005.

Julie will have a booth at the event. Please stop by and say hello.

August 2004

8/23/04 In Store Appearance

Julie will speak about bipolar disorder and will then sign copies of her book Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Helping Your Partner at the Jantzen Beach Barnes and Noble near Portland, Oregon

BARNES & NOBLE
1720 JANTZEN BEACH
PORTLAND, OR, 97217

March 2004

3/04/04 Radio Appearance

Tom Pope show, Powernomics Radio Network for Tuesday, March 4 at 8:30 a.m. PST (11:30 a.m. EST) for :30 minutes.

3/05/04 Radio Appearance

WRMN Radio in Chicago. Friday, March 5th, at 12:00 noon Pacific time (2:00 p.m. Central) for :60 minutes. The interviewer is Dr. Mike Davison and his show is called "Possibilities Radio." There will be call-ins and emailed comments during the show.

Click here to listen live.

If you are in the Chicago area, please call or email a question to Julie.

3/12/04 Radio Appearance

KCTE Radio on Friday, March 12th, at 1:15 p.m. Pacific Time from Kansas City. Hosted by Rob Kingsbury.

Click here to listen live.

3/22/04 Radio Appearance

WAXE Radio on Monday, March 22nd, at 6:35 AM Pacific Time. The interview is from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The interviewer is Rhett Palmer.

3/23/04 Radio Appearance

KEZX Radio on Tuesday, March 23rd, at 2:00 PM Pacific Time.

3/24/04 Radio Appearance

KSWN Radio on Wednesday, March 24th, at 7:05 a.m. Pacific Time, (9:05 a.m. Central Time). The interviewer is Jesse Stevens and his show is called Pulse of the Prairie, out of Lincoln, Nebraska.

3/31/04 Radio Appearance

WATR Radio on Wednesday, March 31st, at 8:10 a.m. Pacific time (11:10 a.m. Eastern) for :30 minutes.The interviewer is Ed Flynn, his show is "Talk of the Town," and the station is in Waterbury, CT

April 2004

4/03/04 Book Signing

Julie will be signing books and taking questions at the downtown Seattle, Washington Barnes & Noble bookstore on Saturday, April 3rd at 1PM.

Address:
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
600 Pine
SEATTLE, WA 98101
(206) 264-0489

4/06/04 Radio Appearance

The Cable Radio Network, broadcast in 43 states, the interviewer is Mike Horn.

February 2004

Radio appearance: Monday, February 9th at 2:40 p.m. PST (5:40 p.m. EST).

Julie will be a guest on "The Health Report" with Melanie DeVeau, from CKLW's station in Toronto/Ontario, Canada and Detroit, Michigan.