Do you believe in love at first sight? John and Mary Guillermin sure believe so. John Guillermin is best known as the director of The Towering Inferno (1974), starring Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, and Fred Astaire, along with King Kong (1976), with Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange and Charles Grodin, and a host of American, British and French Films. But there is more to this story than just Hollywood Royalty. Mary and John had an epic love story, filled with passion, mutual admiration and manic depression, a.k.a.: bipolar disorder. Mary Guillermin shares their life together. Mary takes us on the road of her life as John's wife, love, confidanté and muse for the last 16 years of his life. Today Mary has dedicated her life to helping others understand bipolar disorder, giving them the tools she learned from Peter Fleming and The Pellin Institute to live a thriving and fulfilling life. If you suffer through manic depression or bipolar disorder, THIS is a "must listen to" interview. This is a touching and tender episode. https://johnguillermin.com/ https://pellininstitute.com/ About Mary Guillermin: Mary Guillermin, editor and co-author of John Guillermin: The Man, The Myth, The Movies, was married to John for the last 16 years of his life. She is the Director of Communications and a Senior Pellin Practitioner at the Pellin Institute International, which offers training, coaching, and counseling in Contribution Training and Gestalt online and in person (www.pellininstitute.com). She is a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in California, and a writer and solo show artist. Mary performed her first one-woman show, From Crazy to Sane: A Tale of Feminine Mysticism, Magic, & Madness at Solofest 2020, the largest solo show festival on the West Cost, just before theaters closed due to the pandemic. In her show, she highlighted some key aspects of her marriage to John. She is also an accomplished collage artist and many of these collages are used as back screen projections to illustrate her play. Host: Brad Szollose: Fueled by the passion to ignite game-changing conversations, award-winning author Brad Szollose created Awakened Nation—a podcast dedicated to deeper conversations with today's cutting edge entrepreneurs, idea makers and disruptors, bestselling authors, activists, healers, spiritual leaders, professional athletes, celebrities and rock stars...conversations that take a deep dive into the extraordinary. This podcast will make you think. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/awakenednation/support