Sisters In The Spotlight

Sophie Hardcastle (@sophie_hardcastle) is a twenty-two-year-old author, Fine Arts student and free surfer currently based on the Northern Beaches in Sydney, Australia. She has written two books, both published by Hachette Australia. Her first, Running like China, is a memoir that lays bare the details of her experiences with a mental illness and her second book, Breathing Underwater is a novel set to be released in July 2016.  Soul Sister Circle (@soulsistercircle) chats with Sophie (@soph_hardcastle) about how at 17 years old, the once happy-go-lucky surfer chick lost her joy, her motivation, her energy and witnessed her world unravel as waves of devastation washed over her. She speaks openly about the dark days she endured through three years of misdiagnosis and subsequent mismedication. Her rapid cycling episodes, recurring hospital admissions, her use of drugs, alcohol and sex in an attempt to fix herself, and the desire to take her own life. Finally diagnosed with Bipolar 1 Disorder, Sophie recalls feeli