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Four Steps to Emotional Freedom for Brokenhearted Parents
Parents who have been hurt by their children’s destructive choices and behaviors can become full of anger and resentment. Bitterness grows in their hearts. Blame and shame pile up. These moms and dads are in emotional bondage. They aren’t free. There’s nothing to celebrate. How can they find release? Where can freedom be found? Read this blog post from a mom whose walked this painful road to find out how your heart can be free.
Parents Need to Move Beyond Denial
As a parent of a child who suffers from addictions, any self-destructive behavior (like an eating disorder or cutting), a mental illness or a sexual identity issue, we tend to...
The Gift of Music for Parents With Broken Hearts
Do you feel weary in your parenting journey? Are you exhausted and depleted? Tired of the rollercoaster ride, the chaos, the crises, the pain and loss. Are you feeling worn out...
Hurting Parents Feel Crazy
If you're a parent who is hurting due to the self-destructive choices your child is making, or if they suffer from a mental illness and the repercussions of these things are...
Recent Shooting in DC – Help for Families of the Mentally Ill Who Refuse Treatment
The terrible shooting in DC last week was shocking on many levels. One that really struck me as a parent of a child who suffers with a mental illness is that the shooter was...
Promises for Parents in Pain
What promises can you count on when your child is abusing drugs or alcohol, has an eating disorder, cuts themselves, suffers with a mental illness, is promiscuous, has same-sex...
When A Parent Loses Hope
Let's be honest - sometimes parents of troubled teens to adults are depleted. The years of rebellion, substance abuse, mental illness and out of control behaviors take a toll....
Brokenhearted Parents Need Resilience
Are you a resilient person? What is resilience and why do brokenhearted parents need it? The dictionary defines resilience as the ability to recover quickly from adversity,...
What Parents Need to Know About Suicide – Part 3
Are you a parent who has been worried out of your mind that your son or daughter may be thinking about taking their life? Does it torment you that you don't know for sure if...
What Parents Need to Know About Suicide, Part 2
Do you love someone who struggles with suicidal thoughts? Have they made an attempt, maybe more than once? Do you live in fear for their lives? If this is yoru child, it is your...
What Parents Need to Know About Suicide – Part One
Are you a parent who has been fearful your son or daughter might be thinking of killing themselves? Do you know what the warning signs are? Did you feel a great sense of denial...
A word to the Royal Family’s Newest Parents
I am one of millions who watched the TV news specials the night your royal baby boy was born. It was almost 31 years ago, but I remember well how that felt - how wonderful it was...
Three Things Hurting Parents Need to Hear
When I was in so much pain from my 19-year-old daughter's destructive behaviors, I thought I couldn't bear it one more day. Death would have been easier -- hers or mine. Being...