Archive for April 2024

Anger may be one of those emotions you don’t want to feel.  Maybe you are trying to suppress it because you feel you should not feel angry or that others are judging you for your anger. If you have a child with mental illness or addiction, you may feel angry at your child for their behavior,…

Last night I had a great conversation on my show.  One thing we discussed is that you are not your pain, that this is not your identity.   When you are a parent of a teen or adult child with mental illness or addiction, this is so important to remember in regard to yourself and your child.…

Judgment of ourselves can be something we do without even realizing it. It can come in the form of judging our feelings.  For example, you feel angry years after your child was diagnosed with mental illness or became addicted to drugs and you are judging your feelings in that you think you should no longer be…

If you have a teen or adult child with mental illness and/or addiction, you may at times experience their anger directed at you. I don’t want you to internalize that.  Their anger likely has nothing to do with you.   It can be anger at their illness, addiction, life circumstances, difficulties and hardships related to…