Thursday is the 4th of July when we celebrate our freedom as Americans. However, some of us still live in bondage ... emotional bondage. Brokenhearted parents are among them....
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Mental Illness Part 5 – Helping Parents Understand Borderline Personality Disorder
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Jun 17, 2024 | Mental Illness
This is part 5 in a series on mental illness, also called brain disorders. As a parent who once knew nothing about mental illness before my daughter, now thirty seven, was...
Mental Illness Part 4 – Panic Disorder; Help for Parents
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Jun 10, 2024 | Mental Illness
Today's post is part 4 in a series on mental illness. Being a parent today is tough. But sometimes parenting can be super-tough. Have you observed unreasonable fears or...
Prayer Can Make the Difference for Struggling Parents
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Jun 2, 2024 | prayer
In my life prayer has made all the difference. My prayers are to the God of the Bible, the all-powerful creator of heaven and earth who raised Jesus from the dead. I have an...
A Good Goal and A Practical Tip When Your Child Has a Mental Illness
by Tom and Dena Yohe | May 20, 2024 | Mental Illness
May is Mental Health Awareness month. Today's post is designed to draw attention to mental illness and offer help to bewldered parents. Brain disorders are not the result of...
5 Activites to Help Weary Parents
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Apr 26, 2024 | what you can do
I have a deep faith in God and a close walk with him for over 55 years, but my husband's cancer has depleted my reserves. Because Christ lives in me, I consider myself able to...
What I Don’t Regret: From the Parent of a Prodigal
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Apr 10, 2024 | what you can do
“I’m so sorry. I never meant to hurt you. I didn’t know what to do and I didn’t understand what you were going through. Please forgive me.” I’ve spoken these apologetic words to...
7 Tips for Parents When Waiting is Hard
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Mar 6, 2024 | what you can do
Life is full of waiting. Let’s be honest, waiting is hard--especially when you are the parent of a troubled teen or adult. It’s hard because there’s a problem they’re powerless...
A Brokenhearted Parent’s Story: 4 Revelations
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Jan 22, 2024 | who you can be
I hope you find encouragement from this brokenhearted parent's story and the 4 revelations that helped change her life. Our stories may be different but our pain is the same....
8 Ways to Develop Resilience During Uncertain Times
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Jan 8, 2024 | who you can be
Life is full of uncertain times. Our lives are full of unknowns. Parents of wayward, troubled teens or adults have an added strain. Their children are not doing well with all the...
Three Strategies to Help Hurting Parents
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Jan 8, 2024 | what you can do
Hurting parents feel helpless. We wonder what we can do to survive the pain and trauma we've experienced with our teen or adult children. How do we live our lives again. Are we...
When God Makes Hurting Parents Wait
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Dec 6, 2023 | what you can do
Sick and tired of waiting for change, I wondered how long before for my daughter would be ready to quit drinking and making poor choices? When would she accept help? At 25 she...