If you are a parent of a child with mental illness or addiction who is feeling overwhelmed with fear, you don’t want to miss this segment from last week where I was a guest on The Kornelia Stephanie Show: Stories That Inspire Hope with Kornelia Stephanie and Friends. Use the links below to hear how…

If your child has a mental illness or is using drugs or alcohol, life can feel unpredictable.   Giving you a lot of uncertainty as to what will happen.   Uncertainty that results in you hanging on tight to the need for things to be certain.   One crisis after another can actually meet that need for certainty,…

Do you find yourself putting your feelings on hold in order to tend to others? When you have been experiencing difficulties with your teen or young adult, whether from their depression, mental illness, drug or alcohol use, or anything else causing a challenge, you may not even realize that what you feel is coming second…

What you are focusing on may be preventing you from living in the present, finding joy and connecting with yourself.  Where is your focus?  If you are focusing on something that happened in the past (whether it was yesterday, one year ago or twenty years ago) or what may or may not happen in the…

Are you living in anticipation of the next thing that could go wrong? Living with the fear of what might happen can be hard emotionally.   It occupies your mind and can overtake other areas of your life. Even during periods where things are going well, you may find the fear still with you, fear…

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers!  You are truly a gift, remember that always. On this special day to honor you, remember that whatever is happening you are loved and you are not alone. Today can be a difficult day for some, especially if you have lost a child or are struggling in your relationship…

When you are so focused on challenges with your teen or young adult child, you may feel you are losing connection with yourself. Constant focus on crises may leave you with little time or energy for yourself or the things you enjoy.   Life may become all about the problems.  Losing sight of joys.   Start by recognizing…

If your child begins using drugs or alcohol or has a mental illness in their teens or young adulthood, not only is life different but they may be different too.   They may not enjoy the same activities they once did, have the same social life, relate to you in the same way, or handle things…

So many times we focus on what is not working, what is wrong, what we fear…the result?  We feel unhappy, anxious, upset.   Creating a routine every morning and evening to shift your focus from the negative to the positive will shift your energy, which will help you create more positive experiences for yourself.  Your energy matters most…

You may be inadvertently judging your teen or young adult child, even when you think you are not being judgmental. Maybe sometimes you minimize their feelings and other times you acknowledge them.  For example, your twenty- four year old son confides in you that he is feeling down because he didn’t get the apartment he…