Parenting Mental Illness

A literary lighthouse in the night for parents of older children as it illuminates the murky territory of parenting an adult child who lives with mental illness. "Very insightful for a mom going through similar experiences and struggling with finding resources on the topic. It helped me feel less alone." --Amazon Customer Review "This book calmed me and reassured me, reading it over again." --V. McBride An empowering and informative guide that gives parents back a sense of control and hope at a time when they may feel they have none. Stacy, with her honest, engaging and sensitive nature, ...

This audiobook helps its listeners to consider a Christian view on mental illness, healing, and the role of a mindful Christian in the lives of those who are difficult around them.

In today’s fast-paced world, overthinking has quietly become one of the most common mental health struggles. Nearly three in four adults experience it, impacting sleep, relationships, and peace. But healing doesn’t require endless therapy or drastic change. In this compassionate audiobook, psychiatrist and physician Dr. Erlinda Asa Sabili offers a gentle, science-backed guide to quiet your mind one step at a time.

In this classic work of developmental psychology, renowned psychiatrist and the coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Happened to You? reveals how trauma affects children—and outlines the path to recovery How does trauma affect a child's mind—and how can that mind recover? Child...

To his small Alabama town, Mark Gruenewald was unforgettable. Known as the "Candy Man," he built a successful business, made people laugh, and carried enough kindness in his pockets to brighten a whole community. Behind the smile was a private war with mental illness and addiction that spanned nearly seven decades. When Mark died by suicide in 2020, his daughter, Monica Gruenewald Pate, was left with more than grief. She was left with his journals: honest, heartbreaking, and deeply human. In them she found the hidden terrain of a man trying to survive the storms inside his own mind.

La mayoría de las soluciones para dormir intentan hacer algo contigo: guiarte, distraerte, llevarte hacia algún lugar. Esta hipnosis hace lo contrario. Reduce. En lugar de añadir estímulos, crea un espacio donde la mente deja de esforzarse. Un entorno estable. Sin cambios bruscos. Sin nada que reclame tu atención. Nada que seguir. Nada que hacer. Solo una presencia constante. Y cuando todo se vuelve predecible, el cerebro deja de vigilar.

A compelling and incisive audiobook that questions the overuse of mental health terms to describe universal human emotions Public awareness of mental illness has been transformed in recent years, but our understanding of how to define it has yet to catch up. Too often, psychiatric disorders are...

Seventeen-year-old Elena is vanishing. Every day means renewed determination, so every day means fewer calories. This is the story of a girl whose armor against anxiety becomes artillery against herself as she battles on both sides of a lose-lose war in a struggle with anorexia.

In They Can't Find Anything Wrong!, Dr. David Clarke shares a life-changing approach to Stress Illness that is based on detailed interviews with and successful treatment of over 7000 patients. Tens of millions of people with Stress Illness are usually unaware of the nature or degree of the stress responsible for their symptoms. Unfortunately, few physicians are formally trained to detect and manage this problem.

If you’re the family member of an addict, you may feel confused, guilty, and scared of doing the wrong thing. And when you don’t know how to help, you may find yourself in a codependent role. Addict in the House offers a pragmatic, step-by-step guide to dealing with a loved one’s addiction, from accepting the reality of the disease to surviving what may be repeated cycles of recovery and relapse. You’ll learn how to encourage your addicted loved one to get help without forcing it and finally find the strength to let go of codependence.

An eleven year old Mackenzie fights to maintain a sense of normalcy after her Mother, Renee, has a personality altering stroke. Due to the lack of mental health awareness back in the 80s and 90s in Middle America, Mackenzie's father didn't get immediate medical attention. Mackenzie also didn't have the inherited wherewithal to call 911 at the first sign of psychosis. Instead of taking Renee to see a neurologist after exhibiting possessed like behavior, the family tries to pray the symptoms away. This created an unpredictable environment for the entire family.

Are you tired of restless nights, racing thoughts, and waking up feeling exhausted? Discover the ultimate solution to insomnia with Deep Sleep Hypnosis. This outstanding audiobook take you through an expert hypnosis session that will have you experiencing deep mental and physical relaxation, calming your mind, and effortlessly drifting into a rejuvenating sleep. Through soothing guidance and expertly crafted hypnosis techniques, you will release the stress and tension keeping you awake, allowing your body and mind to enter a state of profound restfulness.

A recovery story about sports, trauma, bullying, abuse, mental illness, disability, and addiction.

The Magic of Night Falls is a new collection of calming bedtime stories for adults, created to help quiet the mind, ease the body, and guide you gently toward sleep. Narrated in Geoffrey Austin Newland's soft Scottish voice, each story unfolds slowly and peacefully drifting from the warmth of the fireside into starry skies, old Scottish myths, moonlit rivers, distant coastlines, hidden worlds, and moments touched by time itself. These are tales of friendship, wonder, and rest, woven with gentle fantasy and magical realism.

Enter Jessica Connors—former sleepless zombie turned sleep whisperer—with a refreshing, funny, and straight-talking guide to ending insomnia once and for all. In The Pretty Damn Concise Guide to… Insomnia, she cuts through the nonsense and gets real about what works, what doesn’t, and how to stop fighting your pillow finally.

Jeni Decker is five-foot nothing and one hundred and [redacted] pounds - a self-described roly-poly, forty-something, Reubenesque bon-bon of a gal, often called cute but never sexy. She has two sons with autism on opposite ends of the spectrum (Jake and Jaxson), a husband who prefers hunting to household chores, an Australian Shepherd named Sugar, and an albino frog named Humbert Humbert. This is her story - a brash, personal, and sometimes shocking memoir.

Your body is tired. You're ready for sleep. And yet… your mind has other plans. This ADHD sleep hypnosis was created for that moment. Inspired by modern hypnotherapy, this deeply soothing journey helps soften racing ADHD thoughts without fighting them.

When a ne’er-do-well cousin dies unexpectedly, Mary Ellen and Charles Hawley agree to take his young son Steven into their home. The boy’s birth mother, who is mentally ill, has already inflicted some psychological damage, but Mary Ellen is determined to help Steven start over. This act of charity soon takes its toll on a marriage that is already quietly fading. As Mary Ellen struggles to adapt to new parenting challenges, she begins to withdraw from her husband and cling to their two-year-old daughter. Finally, in a fit of longing for her former life, Mary Ellen indulges herself in a ...

You survived a stroke, but now you’re dealing with the painful uncertainty, anxiety, and depression left in its wake. You’re ready to take control and take back your mental health—you just need a little help. You never had this level of anxiety or depression before, but your stroke changed everything. That was my story, too. Until I reached my breaking point and had to get help.

An innovative somatic and attachment-based treatment for working with children and adolescents who suffer from complex trauma and neglect "[This] is a ground-breaking new approach to treating traumatized children, based on the combination of keen clinical observation, sensory integration, and a...