A Guide for Teens: How to Protect Your Mental Health
Here is a short practical guide to help you understand what mental health is and how you can take care of yours. While this is a guide designed for teens and mental health, all ages will find the information contained here helpful. What is Mental Health? Mental health…
Easy Holistic Mental Health for Teens
Taking care of your mental health doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. A holistic approach means checking in with your thoughts, your body, your emotions, your spirit, and even your environment. It’s important to understand what holistic mental health…
A Calm Start to Summer: Before-Camp Anxiety Is Real—Here’s a Routine to Help
Summer camp can be a magical experience—a time to explore, create new friendships, build confidence, and step into more independence. But for many kids, especially tweens, the excitement of camp is mixed with something else: anxiety. To that end, we could all benefit…
How to Hold on to Hope: The Moment I Learned Hope Was a Skill
There’s a moment in every life where something shifts. For me, that moment came quietly but unmistakably—like a puzzle piece finally clicking into place. It happened not in a classroom or on a stage, but in the presence of a young person who had no sense of tomorrow…
100 Ways to Grow Hoping Skills as a Family
100 Ways to Grow Hoping Skills as a Family How do you teach children how to hope? How do we teach ourselves? Here’s a practical (and completely doable) guide to building emotional resilience, connection, and belief in brighter tomorrows—together—to grow hoping…
Why Your Child Needs Hoping Skills™: A New Essential for Mental Health and Resilience
As a therapist, author, and parent, I’ve seen firsthand what happens when a child loses hope—and what happens when they learn how to grow it. That’s why I’ve created a new concept I believe every parent should understand and teach their children: hoping skills . This…
Reading Saves Lives: How Books Build Mental Health in Children
Reading Saves Lives: How Books Build Mental Health in Children A message to every parent wondering what more they can do to protect their child’s emotional well-being. You’ve probably heard the phrase, “Reading saves lives.”Let’s talk about why this is true. As…
How Do I Know When My Child Needs to See a Therapist?
When Should My Child See a Therapist? A compassionate guide for parents who want to get it right—but aren’t always sure what the signs really are. When our kids seem “off,” more emotional, withdrawn, struggling to sleep, or acting out more than normal, we…
Conversation Guide: Talking to Your Child About Suicide & Bullying
Let this be your gentle suicide and bullying guide help you navigate through the storm. Just like your child is never alone with you, we will not leave you to handle this threat alone. Depression thrives in the dark. The way you shine the light is through talking…
Parent Checklist for Mental Health: What Every Family Should Know About Suicide & Bullying
Do your kids seem overly worried, anxious, or more withdrawn than normal? As a parent, seeing our kids struggle, especially with their mental health, feels scary. Here’s a handy parent checklist for mental health to help you better understand what your child is going…