From Amber Heard to Disney’s “Moon Knight,” personality disorders have suddenly become part of public conversation. This was not the case when I first started researching and writing about BPD over a decade ago. For me, interest in this subject was not fueled by Hollywood or celebrity gossip. It was personal.
Borderline Personality Disorder and the Heard-Depp Lawsuit
Like Amber Heard, my mother had Borderline Personality Disorder. Even as a victim of her abuse, my feelings are complicated.
NOW AVAILABLE: Barbara, Uncharted Course Through Borderline Personality Disorder
Barbara, Uncharted Course Through Borderline Personality Disorder is the culmination of a decade researching over one thousand pages of primary source documents and interviewing mental health professionals as Affield learns to understand and appreciate the woman who haunted his childhood.
Join the Launch Team
You can help get Barbara, Uncharted Course Through Borderline Personality Disorder out into the world by joining Wendell’s Launch Team. Anyone in the U.S. is eligible to join. The only fee or requirement is that you purchase one copy of the book! What is a Book Launch Team? A Book Launch Team is a group …
COMING SOON: Barbara, Uncharted Course Through Borderline Personality Disorder
Chickenhouse Chronicles Book 3 Launching November 2021
Every Veteran Has A Story
Did you catch my recent article in the Beltrami County Historical Society newsletter? Read below!
Food surplus from canceled school hot lunch programs leads to discount for area food shelf
On a Sunday morning not long ago, our minister asked what gifts our church family can share with others. For many years Patti and I have volunteered at Bemidji Community Food Shelf (BCFS). A gift I share with others: Thanks to my thirty years’ experience in the meat industry, I often help make meat purchases. …
Past Events
Below is a list of past workshops, signings and speaking engagements that Wendell has been featured at. To bring Wendell to your event, contact him here. 2020 March 16 | 1 p.m. Wendell will speak at the Christian Women’s Luncheon at the Bemidji Eagles Club Veterans Writing Workshop at Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead, MN (Details …
Praise for “Pawns”
Wow is all I can say. Good read!!! The details and the way it flows keeps you not wanting to put it down. Highly recommended for any one looking to really look into someone’s life. ~Daniel T.
Pawns (Chickenhouse Chronicles Book II)
Picking up after Herman, Book 2 chronicles life on the farm once Barbara moves to Minnesota to marry a man she knows only from letters. Between her mental illness and his PTSD, the match is less than happily-ever-after. The book resurrects a decade of abuse, poverty and family dysfunction on an isolated farm in northern Minnesota.