The Bipolar Marriage: An Interview with Heather Tobin

The cover story of the most recent issue of BPHope magazine features several couples who live with bipolar disorder. In the “Power of Two,” writer Barbara Boughton does an exceptional job of pulling together nuggets from different two-somes on ways they manage a mental illness together. The handsome couple that graces the front cover, Heather Tobin and Ken Lambert (at left), are friends of mine, and co-conspirators with me of trying to making a marriage work when creative brain wiring wants to tear it apart. Since I knew there was much more to their story than BP was able to cover, I thought I’d interview Heather on the details of keeping a marriage strong despite her bipolar disorder.