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Love is one of the highest emotional states. When you give yourself love, you tap into this beautiful state of living your life with an open heart. You can easily give love to others and receive love from others. You can look through the lens of love to see what is happening from a new…

If you are struggling because your child has mental illness or addiction, have compassion for yourself. I know you may be focusing on what is wrong and why what you are doing may not be working, but focusing on your frustration and your inability to fix things is going to make you feel helpless and…

As a parent, it can be so hard to see your child feeling unhappy, anxious, frustrated, angry, or other difficult emotions.  This may happen very often if your teen or adult child suffers from mental illness and/or addiction.  When he or she isn’t happy, maybe it affects your mood and your whole being.  If you…

May is mental health awareness month. Mental Illness impacts those of all ages and can start very young. According to the National Center for Mental Illness (NAMI), one in six US adolescents aged twelve to seventeen experienced a major depressive episode, and three million had serious thoughts of suicide. One in three US young adults…

When you hear the word boundaries, do you think of something harsh? Do you feel if you set boundaries with your teen or adult child that you will have to hold back your loving emotions in order to stick to your boundaries? If you answered yes to these questions, let’s work on changing your views…

With much gratitude and love, I am excited to bring my book to life today!  Life does not always give us what we are expecting and can bring many challenges that make us question our ability to handle the pain. When my oldest son was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder at age seventeen after being hospitalized…

If you want to take a step towards a more loving relationship with your teen/adult child, begin with thinking of all the things you love about them. And if right now you are having some difficulties with conflict, communication, or whatever it is, I do understand this could be difficult at first. But think back…

It is a very emotional day for me and I am literally crying tears of gratitude- today I received the author copies of my book!!!  After losing my twenty-six year old son nine years after his battle with mental illness and addiction began, I was called to write this book to share my story of…

When you are so often focused on the challenges that arise with your teen or adult child, it is easy for self love and self care to become neglected.  If you don’t take care of you and give yourself love too, you will have a harder time showing up for your child.  You will not…

Often times we have a story about what life with our children should look like.  It may be based on our own childhood, values or teachings from our parents, or from observing others around us.   When you have a child with mental illness or addiction, life with your child may not look like that story.  And…