ABOUT CHRISTINA

Christina Bruni

I’m Christina Bruni. I work with peers who want to recover and have a full and robust life. My number one goal is that peers can establish and sustain health, wealth, and happiness after facing illness, trauma, or injustice.

How I help peers create positive change is through sharing light-years-ahead information with readers, followers, and audience members in my books, blogs, and public speaking.

For over 15 years I’ve been a career services librarian helping library patrons create resumes and conduct job searches. Out of this expertise I published the book Working Assets: A Career Guide for Peers — Finding and Succeeding at a Job Living with a Mental Illness.

My first book was Left of the Dial: A Memoir of Schizophrenia, Recovery, and Hope. This atypical account dramatizes how my love of music, fashion, and books helped me heal and recover from a serious illness alongside treatment and family and peer support.

I’m happy to hear from you. Contact me at cb@christinabruni.com

 

Books

Working Assets: A Career Guide for Peers: Finding and Succeeding at a Job Living with a Mental Illness (October 2022).
Left of the Dial: A Memoir of Schizophrenia, Recovery, and Hope (January 2015).
Benessere Psicologico: Contemporary Thought on Italian American Mental Health Chapter: Recovery is Within Reach (2013).

 

Public Speaking Engagements:

Guest Panelist NAMI-Staten Island Family-to-Family educational course (2023-present)
Editorializing Lived Experience: Creating an Impactful Message in Professional Writing on Zoom (2022, 2021)
Perspectives on Schizophrenia online panel, Queens Public Library (2020)
NPO Media Podcast 10 on Finding the Career You Love https://www.npomedia.org (2018)
“Write Your Story to Heal Your Self” workshop, 12th Annual Peer Conference at NYU (2018)
“Hope for Healing” Brooklyn Clubhouse (2018)
“Succeeding at a Job You Love” NAMI-New York State Educational Conference (2017)
“Left of the Dial: Thoughts on Recovery” NAMI-NYC Metro (2016)
“Going After Your Goals with Gusto” Zucker-Hillside IPRT (2010)
“5 Factors in Recovery from Schizophrenia” Poster Session, NAMI San Diego Conference (2008)

 

Publications

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Christina Bruni