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Perry Mental Health breathe; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends; ptsd-trauma; children-adolescents; childrens-mental-health; student-mental-health; mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c840545eeb8cd484bc6c05", "title": "A Conversation with Dr. Matt Stanford | Mental Health Month", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvuwH23nH-w", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/yvuwH23nH-w", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Dr. Matt Stanford.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yvuwH23nH-w/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "A Conversation with Dr. Matt Stanford | Mental Health Month Dr. Matt Stanford Mental Health family-friends; mental-health; mental-health-the-church; mental-health-month-2018; young-adult-mental-health; children-adolescents", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8405792ee15f19fbdb413", "title": "A Family's Journey with Mental Illness | Living Grace", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXCL-YzR9uI", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/iXCL-YzR9uI", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iXCL-YzR9uI/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "A Family's Journey with Mental Illness | Living Grace Kay Warren family-friends; interview; mental-health; student-mental-health; children-adolescents; childrens-mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e28eb4158c9c4a443989", "title": "A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/a-grace-disguised-how-the-soul-grows-through-loss", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4tHEPoa", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "With vulnerability and honesty, Jerry Sittser walks through his own grief and loss to show that new life is possible--one marked by spiritual depth, joy, compassion, and a deeper appreciation of simple blessings. Loss came suddenly for Jerry Sittser. In an instant, a tragic car accident claimed three generations of his family: his mother, his wife, and his young daughter. While most of us will not experience such a catastrophic loss in our lifetime, all of us will taste it. And we can, if we choose, know the grace that transforms it. Whether your suffering has come in the form of short-term illness, chronic illness, disability, divorce, rape, emotional abuse, physical or sexual abuse, chronic unemployment, crushing disappointment, mental illness, or the loss of someone you love, Sittser will help you put your thoughts into words in a way that will guide you deeper into your own healing process. A Grace Disguised plumbs the depths of our sorrows, asks questions many people are afraid to ask, and provides hope in its answers: Will the pain ever subside? Will my life ever be good again? Will the depression ever lift? Will I ever overcome the bitterness I feel? What is God's plan in all of this? The circumstances are not important; what we do with those circumstances is. In coming to the end of ourselves, we can come to the beginning of a new life.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d823e587017bded7afe1_66d0e28eb4158c9c4a44394f_668a999b238d694d083c9b59_667dd18dc9a0a6e9c7f83e9e_6673c93ab9ed32aabf03b5e4_agracedisguisedrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss BY Jerry Sittser, PhD With vulnerability and honesty, Jerry Sittser walks through his own grief and loss to show that new life is possible--one marked by spiritual depth, joy, compassion, and a deeper appreciation of simple blessings. Loss came suddenly for Jerry Sittser. In an instant, a tragic car accident claimed three generations of his family: his mother, his wife, and his young daughter. While most of us will not experience such a catastrophic loss in our lifetime, all of us will taste it. And we can, if we choose, know the grace that transforms it. Whether your suffering has come in the form of short-term illness, chronic illness, disability, divorce, rape, emotional abuse, physical or sexual abuse, chronic unemployment, crushing disappointment, mental illness, or the loss of someone you love, Sittser will help you put your thoughts into words in a way that will guide you deeper into your own healing process. A Grace Disguised plumbs the depths of our sorrows, asks questions many people are afraid to ask, and provides hope in its answers: Will the pain ever subside? Will my life ever be good again? Will the depression ever lift? Will I ever overcome the bitterness I feel? What is God's plan in all of this? The circumstances are not important; what we do with those circumstances is. In coming to the end of ourselves, we can come to the beginning of a new life. grief Grief", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e28d6b905323d14cfe4a", "title": "A Grace Revealed: How God Redeems the Story of Your Life", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/a-grace-revealed-how-god-redeems-the-story-of-your-life", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4daEaWd", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Grief" ], "summary": "Twenty years ago, Jerry Sittser lost his daughter, wife, and mother in a car accident. He chronicled that tragic experience in A Grace Disguised , a book that has become a classic on the topic of grief and loss. Now he asks: How do we live meaningfully, even fruitfully, in this world and at the same time long for heaven? How do we respond to the paradox of being a new creature in Christ even though we don’t always feel or act like one? How can we trust God is involved in our story when our circumstances seem to say he isn’t? While A Grace Disguised explored how the soul grows through loss, A Grace Revealed brings the story of Sittser’s family full circle, revealing God’s redeeming work in the midst of circumstances that could easily have destroyed them. As Sittser reminds us, our lives tell a good story after all. A Grace Revealed will helps us understand and trust that God is writing a beautiful story in our own lives.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82449fcce655c0eeaaa_66d0e28d6b905323d14cfe1f_668a999ba9bc7657b2952a1f_667dd18dcd6cfb669a5ce0c2_6673ca36a8c70c9d6d771b02_agracerevealedrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "A Grace Revealed: How God Redeems the Story of Your Life BY Jerry Sittser, PhD Twenty years ago, Jerry Sittser lost his daughter, wife, and mother in a car accident. He chronicled that tragic experience in A Grace Disguised , a book that has become a classic on the topic of grief and loss. Now he asks: How do we live meaningfully, even fruitfully, in this world and at the same time long for heaven? How do we respond to the paradox of being a new creature in Christ even though we don’t always feel or act like one? How can we trust God is involved in our story when our circumstances seem to say he isn’t? While A Grace Disguised explored how the soul grows through loss, A Grace Revealed brings the story of Sittser’s family full circle, revealing God’s redeeming work in the midst of circumstances that could easily have destroyed them. As Sittser reminds us, our lives tell a good story after all. A Grace Revealed will helps us understand and trust that God is writing a beautiful story in our own lives. grief Grief", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e28d853f968f1af66200", "title": "A Grief Observed", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/a-grief-observed", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4ufOjGP", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief" ], "summary": "Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the \"mad midnight moment,\" A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period: \"Nothing will shake a man -- or at any rate a man like me -- out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself.\" This is a beautiful and unflinchingly honest record of how even a stalwart believer can lose all sense of meaning in the universe, and how he can gradually regain his bearings.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d824fc05d24408767840_66d0e28d853f968f1af661db_668a999bd4500528654227e5_667dd192dce16374e4998d36_6673cad44350dea264b9f250_agriefobservedrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "A Grief Observed BY C.S. Lewis Written after his wife's tragic death as a way of surviving the \"mad midnight moment,\" A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss. This work contains his concise, genuine reflections on that period: \"Nothing will shake a man -- or at any rate a man like me -- out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself.\" This is a beautiful and unflinchingly honest record of how even a stalwart believer can lose all sense of meaning in the universe, and how he can gradually regain his bearings. grief Grief", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "673e5dfae92987487fd4562f", "title": "A Handbook for Coping with Suicide Grief (AAS)", "url": "https://www.suicidology.community/store/viewproduct.aspx?id=13916121", "externalUrl": "https://www.suicidology.community/store/viewproduct.aspx?id=13916121", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Grief", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about grief and suicide prevention from Suicidology.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/694b2c8042168dd9e5e6904b_handbook.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "A Handbook for Coping with Suicide Grief (AAS) suicide-loss; mental-health Suicidology", "publishedAt": "Wed Dec 24 2025 00:00:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c8405e92ee15f19fbdba8b", "title": "A Hope-Filled Approach to Suicide Prevention", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnW7KMowECw", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/gnW7KMowECw", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren & Dan Adams.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gnW7KMowECw/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "A Hope-Filled Approach to Suicide Prevention Kay Warren & Dan Adams Mental Health family-friends; featured; childrens-mental-health; student-mental-health; suicide; mental-health; children-adolescents; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; young-adult-mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce55e9340bab2f53b5babf", "title": "A Journey Toward Health and Hope", "url": "https://library.samhsa.gov/product/journey-toward-health-and-hope-your-handbook-recovery-after-suicide-attempt/sma15-4419", "externalUrl": "https://library.samhsa.gov/product/journey-toward-health-and-hope-your-handbook-recovery-after-suicide-attempt/sma15-4419", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention from Library Samhsa.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69433b92e142dabe2a0ace54_journey.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "A Journey Toward Health and Hope after-a-suicide-attempt; suicide Library Samhsa", "publishedAt": "Sat Jan 24 2026 01:14:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c8405e6ec24fcf84969571", "title": "A Marriage Tuneup: Keeping Your Marriage Healthy During Stressful Times", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jL-3pihpJc", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/9jL-3pihpJc", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [], "summary": "Watch this video.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9jL-3pihpJc/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "A Marriage Tuneup: Keeping Your Marriage Healthy During Stressful Times facebook-live", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8405237fd9f68f653542c", "title": "A Message about Homelessness in Orange County", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aezhYVBSPro", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/aezhYVBSPro", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "The Church" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Pastor Rick and Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aezhYVBSPro/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "A Message about Homelessness in Orange County Pastor Rick and Kay Warren", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e28e53bd4671d83ce38d", "title": "A New Kind of Normal: Hope-Filled Choices When Life Turns Upside Down", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/a-new-kind-of-normal-hope-filled-choices-when-life-turns-upside-down", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/491AXG5", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "Carol Kent has lived every parent's nightmare. After her only son was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, Carol's life took a permanent detour. She and her husband, Gene, have been adjusting ever since, moving to Florida to be near the prison, starting a new ministry for prison inmates and their families, and sharing the faithfulness of God with anyone who will listen. A New Kind of Normal begins with the story of that horrible night when Carol and Gene learned their son had been arrested, but it doesn't end there. In fact, Carol knows what it means to live with an unthinkable circumstance that will never change-and to still make hope-filled choices. Through the eight chapters in this book, Carol will use their own story, the story of Mary mother of Jesus, and stories of women who have experienced their own \"new normal\" to share how God has led them to choose life, gratitude, vulnerability, involvement, forgiveness, trust, and action.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d8238777ec5625d4fcfd_66d0e28e53bd4671d83ce343_668a999b41e22cf3ecd185e7_667dd18d47d09438a5969e77_6673cb85a0fb2796f84403ea_anewkindofnormalrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "A New Kind of Normal: Hope-Filled Choices When Life Turns Upside Down BY Carol Kent Carol Kent has lived every parent's nightmare. After her only son was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, Carol's life took a permanent detour. She and her husband, Gene, have been adjusting ever since, moving to Florida to be near the prison, starting a new ministry for prison inmates and their families, and sharing the faithfulness of God with anyone who will listen. A New Kind of Normal begins with the story of that horrible night when Carol and Gene learned their son had been arrested, but it doesn't end there. In fact, Carol knows what it means to live with an unthinkable circumstance that will never change-and to still make hope-filled choices. Through the eight chapters in this book, Carol will use their own story, the story of Mary mother of Jesus, and stories of women who have experienced their own \"new normal\" to share how God has led them to choose life, gratitude, vulnerability, involvement, forgiveness, trust, and action. grief; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness Grief Parents of Children with Mental Illness", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66cb4475edabdad89067935b", "title": "A Night of Hope: Reclaiming Soul Care for the Church | The Institute for Christian Psychology", "url": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e5182383_1466559340_a-night-of-hope--the-institute-for-christian-psychology.mp3", "externalUrl": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e5182383_1466559340_a-night-of-hope--the-institute-for-christian-psychology.mp3", "type": "Audio", "typeSlug": "audio", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church" ], "summary": "Listen to this audio resource about mental health and suicide prevention.", "image": "", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#e7d2dc", "language": "en", "searchableText": "A Night of Hope: Reclaiming Soul Care for the Church | The Institute for Christian Psychology audio; interview; mental-health; suicide; the-church", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Audios" }, { "id": "66c84065ec3e40bd58974be1", "title": "A Personal Journey with Mental Health | Hope for Mental Health Community", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVzGelUpyfk", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/pVzGelUpyfk", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "OCD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Bethany Barnard.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pVzGelUpyfk/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "A Personal Journey with Mental Health | Hope for Mental Health Community Bethany Barnard Mental Health hope-for-mental-health-community; mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; ocd; depression; family-friends \"ALL MY QUESTIONS\" BY BETHANY BARNARD THE INTERNATIONAL OCD FOUNDATION Bethany Barnard", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e28ece3869aa036eb857", "title": "A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God's Sovereignty", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/a-place-of-healing-wrestling-with-the-mysteries-of-suffering-pain-and-gods-sovereignty", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4u83qlQ", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief" ], "summary": "In this eloquent account of her current struggle with physical pain, Joni Eareckson Tada offers her perspective on divine healing, God’s purposes, and what it means to live with joy. Over four decades ago, a diving accident left Joni a quadriplegic. Today, she faces a new battle: unrelenting pain. The ongoing urgency of this season in her life has caused Joni to return to foundational questions about suffering and God’s will. A Place of Healing is not an ivory-tower treatise on suffering. It’s an intimate look into the life of a mature woman of God. Whether readers are enduring physical pain, financial loss, or relational grief, Joni invites them to process their suffering with her. Together, they will navigate the distance between God’s magnificent yes and heartbreaking no—and find new hope for thriving in-between.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d823e0c9575d6cbbaefe_66d0e28ece3869aa036eb82f_668a999b9eb0aa57cd5776bc_667dd18e95865aec1e1e164f_6673cc82a0226c20fc4d9ec2_aplaceofhealingrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "A Place of Healing: Wrestling with the Mysteries of Suffering, Pain, and God's Sovereignty BY Joni Eareckson Tada In this eloquent account of her current struggle with physical pain, Joni Eareckson Tada offers her perspective on divine healing, God’s purposes, and what it means to live with joy. Over four decades ago, a diving accident left Joni a quadriplegic. Today, she faces a new battle: unrelenting pain. The ongoing urgency of this season in her life has caused Joni to return to foundational questions about suffering and God’s will. A Place of Healing is not an ivory-tower treatise on suffering. It’s an intimate look into the life of a mature woman of God. Whether readers are enduring physical pain, financial loss, or relational grief, Joni invites them to process their suffering with her. 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On staff at the National Institute of Mental Health when the program was being developed and implemented, Torrey draws on his own first-hand account of the creation and launch of the program, extensive research, one-on-one interviews with people involved, and recently unearthed audiotapes of interviews with major figures involved in the legislation. As such, this book provides historical material previously unavailable to the public. Torrey examines the Kennedys' involvement in the policy, the role of major players, the responsibility of the state versus the federal government in caring for the mentally ill, the political maneuverings required to pass the legislation, and how closing institutions resulted not in better care - as was the aim - but in underfunded programs, neglect, and higher rates of community violence. Many now wonder why public mental illness services are so ineffective. At least one-third of the homeless are seriously mentally ill, jails and prisons are grossly overcrowded, largely because the seriously mentally ill constitute 20 percent of prisoners, and public facilities are overrun by untreated individuals. As Torrey argues, it is imperative to understand how we got here in order to move forward towards providing better care for the most vulnerable.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d824fa085f78872cba74_66da0eeaf4377efe749bbd40_Book_AmericanPsychosis.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "American Psychosis: How the Federal Government Destroyed the Mental Illness Treatment System BY E. Fuller Torrey, MD In 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered an historic speech on mental illness and retardation. He described sweeping new programs to replace \"the shabby treatment of the many millions of the mentally disabled in custodial institutions\" with treatment in community mental health centers. This movement, later referred to as \"deinstitutionalization,\" continues to impact mental health care. Though he never publicly acknowledged it, the program was a tribute to Kennedy's sister Rosemary, who was born mildly retarded and developed a schizophrenia-like illness. Terrified she'd become pregnant, Joseph Kennedy arranged for his daughter to receive a lobotomy, which was a disaster and left her severely retarded. Fifty years after Kennedy's speech, E. Fuller Torrey's book provides an inside perspective on the birth of the federal mental health program. 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For even while she was pursuing her career in academic medicine, Jamison found herself succumbing to the same exhilarating highs and catastrophic depressions that afflicted many of her patients, as her disorder launched her into ruinous spending sprees, episodes of violence, and an attempted suicide. Here Jamison examines bipolar illness from the dual perspectives of the healer and the healed, revealing both its terrors and the cruel allure that at times prompted her to resist taking medication. An Unquiet Mind is a memoir of enormous candor, vividness, and wisdom—a deeply powerful book that has both transformed and saved lives. mental-health; bipolar-disorder Mental Health Bipolar Disorder", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e28d2d74b4b5e83f7770", "title": "Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices That Can Transform Your Life and Relationships", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/anatomy-of-the-soul-surprising-connections-between-neuroscience-and-spiritual-practices-that-can-transform-your-life-and-relationships", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4t7j9AL", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Do you want to improve your relationships and experience lasting personal change? Join Curt Thompson, M.D., on an amazing journey to discover the surprising pathways for transformation hidden inside your own mind. Integrating new findings in neuroscience and attachment with Christian spirituality, Dr. Thompson reveals how it is possible to rewire your mind, altering your brain patterns and literally making you more like the person God intended you to be. Explaining discoveries about the brain in layman’s terms, he shows how you can be mentally transformed through spiritual practices, interaction with Scripture, and connections with other people. He also provides practical exercises to help you experience healing in areas where you’ve been struggling. Insightful and challenging, Anatomy of the Soul illustrates how learning about one of God’s most miraculous creations―your brain―can enrich your life, your relationships, and your impact on the world around you.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d824fc05d2440876788f_66d0e28c2d74b4b5e83f7650_668a999cb3c0e62df624aed6_667dd18f91eabbc8eac9be65_6673d0adb3ec2eb1ddeb8208_anatomyofthesoulrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices That Can Transform Your Life and Relationships BY Curt Thompson, MD Do you want to improve your relationships and experience lasting personal change? Join Curt Thompson, M.D., on an amazing journey to discover the surprising pathways for transformation hidden inside your own mind. Integrating new findings in neuroscience and attachment with Christian spirituality, Dr. Thompson reveals how it is possible to rewire your mind, altering your brain patterns and literally making you more like the person God intended you to be. Explaining discoveries about the brain in layman’s terms, he shows how you can be mentally transformed through spiritual practices, interaction with Scripture, and connections with other people. He also provides practical exercises to help you experience healing in areas where you’ve been struggling. 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Children relate to the angry octopus in this story as the sea child shows the octopus how to take a deep breath, calm down, and manage anger. Angry Octopus Color Me Happy, Color Me Calm is a new coloring book that compliments this story. Children learn to unwind, relax, and control anger with this fun exercise known as progressive muscle relaxation. Children relate to the angry octopus in this story as the sea child shows him how to take a deep breath, calm down, and manage his anger. These effective stress and anger management techniques for children focus awareness on various muscle groups to create a complete resting of the mind and body. Progressive muscle relaxation can be used to lower stress, decrease pain, and manage anger. This engaging story quiets the mind and relaxes the body so your child can let go of anger, relax, and fall asleep peacefully. This story is longer making it ideal for older children or those with a longer attention span. Angry Octopus is also featured on the Indigo Ocean Dreams Audio/CD and is available as an interactive APP on the iTunes bookstore. It is also available in several eBook formats. Note to Parent: Angry Octopus is a kid favorite. Parents report that their children use the techniques in the story to calm themselves and also remind their parents to use the same technique. This story received national attention on ABC’s Shark Tank. Every child has a different emotional maturity, attention span, and need. While the stories are best suited for ages 6-12, do not let this be your primary reason for selecting. You know your child best and remember this is not about the reading level. The focus is on the actual techniques.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d825ac35bc2ddcd65e49_66d0e28b45a98ac321796544_668a999d4d4b9e30297f455e_667dd190ee2a0f5a2290d6cd_6673d283f791a8d16624ba99_angryoctopusrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Angry Octopus: Children Learn How to Control Anger, Reduce Stress and Fall Asleep Faster BY Lori Lite Angry Octopus is a story that teaches children how to use progressive muscle relaxation and breathing techniques to calm down, lower stress, and control anger. Children relate to the angry octopus in this story as the sea child shows the octopus how to take a deep breath, calm down, and manage anger. Angry Octopus Color Me Happy, Color Me Calm is a new coloring book that compliments this story. Children learn to unwind, relax, and control anger with this fun exercise known as progressive muscle relaxation. Children relate to the angry octopus in this story as the sea child shows him how to take a deep breath, calm down, and manage his anger. These effective stress and anger management techniques for children focus awareness on various muscle groups to create a complete resting of the mind and body. Progressive muscle relaxation can be used to lower stress, decrease pain, and manage anger. This engaging story quiets the mind and relaxes the body so your child can let go of anger, relax, and fall asleep peacefully. This story is longer making it ideal for older children or those with a longer attention span. Angry Octopus is also featured on the Indigo Ocean Dreams Audio/CD and is available as an interactive APP on the iTunes bookstore. It is also available in several eBook formats. Note to Parent: Angry Octopus is a kid favorite. Parents report that their children use the techniques in the story to calm themselves and also remind their parents to use the same technique. This story received national attention on ABC’s Shark Tank. Every child has a different emotional maturity, attention span, and need. While the stories are best suited for ages 6-12, do not let this be your primary reason for selecting. You know your child best and remember this is not about the reading level. The focus is on the actual techniques. mental-health; childrens-mental-health; children-adolescents Mental Health Children's Mental Health Children & Adolescents", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "673bd7b630bc5419835168eb", "title": "Anxiety (Beyond Blue)", "url": "https://www.beyondblue.org.au/mental-health/anxiety", "externalUrl": "https://www.beyondblue.org.au/mental-health/anxiety", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about anxiety and mental health from Beyondblue Org.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6945a7caee37839aac90c186_aussiean.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Anxiety (Beyond Blue) anxiety; mental-health Beyondblue Org", "publishedAt": "Fri Dec 19 2025 19:40:37 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "673bd8818e1360d0f0831e60", "title": "Anxiety (VeryWell Mind)", "url": "https://www.verywellmind.com/anxiety-7508391", "externalUrl": "https://www.verywellmind.com/anxiety-7508391", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about anxiety and mental health from Verywellmind.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6945aa10ecc9893c4f99b3ad_vwm.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Anxiety (VeryWell Mind) anxiety; mental-health Verywellmind", "publishedAt": "Fri Dec 19 2025 19:40:37 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "673bd68fe8972517372d1e71", "title": "Anxiety and Depression Association of America", "url": "https://adaa.org/", "externalUrl": "https://adaa.org/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Depression", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about anxiety and depression from Adaa.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6945ce1cdf8d25c35a608e12_adassocam.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Anxiety and Depression Association of America anxiety; depression; mental-health Adaa", "publishedAt": "Fri Dec 19 2025 22:24:22 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "673bd80f2f4cc92b24d68e1f", "title": "Anxiety and Panic Attacks (MIND UK)", "url": "https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/anxiety-and-panic-attacks/about-anxiety/", "externalUrl": "https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/anxiety-and-panic-attacks/about-anxiety/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about anxiety and mental health from Mind Org.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6945c040e389f8137074a10e_minduk.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Anxiety and Panic Attacks (MIND UK) anxiety; 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mental-health Nimh Nih", "publishedAt": "Fri Dec 19 2025 21:03:08 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "673bd92c156d8508d9ef49bc", "title": "Anxiety Resources (Centre for Clinical Interventions)", "url": "https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/Resources/Looking-after-yourself/anxiety", "externalUrl": "https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/Resources/Looking-after-yourself/anxiety", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about anxiety and mental health from Cci Health Wa Gov.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6945cac68cb85f1e2091887a_cci.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Anxiety Resources (Centre for Clinical Interventions) anxiety; mental-health Cci Health Wa Gov", "publishedAt": "Fri Dec 19 2025 22:15:08 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e28beffab4f275291852", "title": "Anxious: Choosing Faith in a World of Worry", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/anxious-choosing-faith-in-a-world-of-worry", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4d9uCLc", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "Advanced Writers and Speakers Association's 2015 Golden Scroll Merit Award (Nonfiction) 12th Annual Outreach Resource of the Year Recommendation (Counseling) Our culture is frantic with worry. We stress over circumstances we can't control, we talk about what's keeping us up at night and we wring our hands over the fate of disadvantaged people all over the world, almost as if to show we care and that we have big things to care about. Worry is part of our culture, an expectation of responsible people. And sadly, Christians are no different. But we are called to live and think differently from the worried world around us. The fact is, worry is sin, but we don?t seem to take it seriously. It is a spiritual problem, which ultimately cannot be overcome with sheer willpower―its solution is rooted entirely in who God is. How can we live life abundantly, with joy, as God has called us to do, when we?re consumed by anxiety? We are commanded not to worry, not only in the well-known words of Jesus recorded in Matthew 6, but also throughout the Old Testament and the epistles to the church. The Bible makes it clear that the future belongs only to God, who rules and is not subject to the limitations of time. To live with joy and contentment, trusting God with the present and the future, is a countercultural feat that can be accomplished only through him. Challenging the idolatrous underpinnings of worry, former Christianity Today executive Amy Simpson encourages us to root our faith in who God is, not in our own will power. We don?t often give much thought to why worry offends God, but indulging anxiety binds us to mere possibilities and blinds us to the truth. Correctly understanding the theology of worry is critical to true transformation. This is a book not just for people who worry; this is a call to the church to turn its eyes from the things of earth and fix its eyes on the author and completer of our faith.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d825dd7aea7c5dbb721b_66d0e28beffab4f275291815_668a999d37c1d4fd1b9ec72b_667dd19048f7ccd03fa6e584_6673d3c7ca1e3b91d2c13acd_anxiouschoosingfaithrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Anxious: Choosing Faith in a World of Worry BY Amy Simpson Advanced Writers and Speakers Association's 2015 Golden Scroll Merit Award (Nonfiction) 12th Annual Outreach Resource of the Year Recommendation (Counseling) Our culture is frantic with worry. We stress over circumstances we can't control, we talk about what's keeping us up at night and we wring our hands over the fate of disadvantaged people all over the world, almost as if to show we care and that we have big things to care about. Worry is part of our culture, an expectation of responsible people. And sadly, Christians are no different. But we are called to live and think differently from the worried world around us. The fact is, worry is sin, but we don?t seem to take it seriously. It is a spiritual problem, which ultimately cannot be overcome with sheer willpower―its solution is rooted entirely in who God is. How can we live life abundantly, with joy, as God has called us to do, when we?re consumed by anxiety? We are commanded not to worry, not only in the well-known words of Jesus recorded in Matthew 6, but also throughout the Old Testament and the epistles to the church. The Bible makes it clear that the future belongs only to God, who rules and is not subject to the limitations of time. To live with joy and contentment, trusting God with the present and the future, is a countercultural feat that can be accomplished only through him. 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Park offers you both the permission and the process for how to grieve and heal at your own pace. In As Long As You Need , J.S. offers an honest and unrushed engagement with grief, decoding four types of grieving—spiritual, mental, physical, and relational—and offering compassionate self-care and soul-care along the way. If you are struggling to process loss, pain, or grief from the last few years or the last few minutes, J.S. is an experienced and deeply empathetic listener and grief catcher who has held the pain and questions of thousands of patients. While social and cultural narratives about grief are dominated by \"letting go, moving on, or turning the page\" in his nearly decade of service as a chaplain at a major hospital with a designated level one trauma center J.S. understands firsthand how rushing or suppressing grief only adds a suffocating layer of pain on top of the original wound. From his unique window into the stories of the ill, injured, dying, and their families, J.S. offers you: Permission to dismantle all too common myths about grief and replace them with a guilt-free and unrushed approach to navigating your losses. Encouragement for how entering grief, rather than avoiding it, leads to a hard but meaningful holding of your loss. Empathy and hope if you are struggling with a crisis of faith in the midst of grief. Recognition that grief spans a wide narrative of loss: loss of future, faith, mental health, worth, autonomy, connection, and loved ones. Affirmation that your grief is your own. While the DNA of grief might be universal to the human condition, how you experience and process grief is unique to you. From the ER to deliveries to deathbeds across every sort of illness and injury imaginable, J.S. Park has provided meaningful counseling for people in all walks of life and death. Now, through his book he wants to assure you that, while everybody else might rush past your pain, grief is the voice that says, take as long as you need. ‍", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69716068645b094d889e4474_need.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve BY J. S. Park Veteran hospital chaplain to the sick, dying, and bereaved, J.S. Park offers you both the permission and the process for how to grieve and heal at your own pace. In As Long As You Need , J.S. offers an honest and unrushed engagement with grief, decoding four types of grieving—spiritual, mental, physical, and relational—and offering compassionate self-care and soul-care along the way. If you are struggling to process loss, pain, or grief from the last few years or the last few minutes, J.S. is an experienced and deeply empathetic listener and grief catcher who has held the pain and questions of thousands of patients. While social and cultural narratives about grief are dominated by \"letting go, moving on, or turning the page\" in his nearly decade of service as a chaplain at a major hospital with a designated level one trauma center J.S. understands firsthand how rushing or suppressing grief only adds a suffocating layer of pain on top of the original wound. From his unique window into the stories of the ill, injured, dying, and their families, J.S. offers you: Permission to dismantle all too common myths about grief and replace them with a guilt-free and unrushed approach to navigating your losses. Encouragement for how entering grief, rather than avoiding it, leads to a hard but meaningful holding of your loss. Empathy and hope if you are struggling with a crisis of faith in the midst of grief. Recognition that grief spans a wide narrative of loss: loss of future, faith, mental health, worth, autonomy, connection, and loved ones. Affirmation that your grief is your own. While the DNA of grief might be universal to the human condition, how you experience and process grief is unique to you. From the ER to deliveries to deathbeds across every sort of illness and injury imaginable, J.S. Park has provided meaningful counseling for people in all walks of life and death. 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children-adolescents Nimh Nih", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 23:52:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66ce55db340bab2f53b5ae38", "title": "Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)", "url": "https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd", "externalUrl": "https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "ADHD" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about adhd from Nimh Nih.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/696a82af20c9ce19294d6e4a_adhd.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) adhd Nimh Nih", "publishedAt": "Sat Jan 24 2026 00:34:21 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c8405e38147e34dd8a50ab", "title": "Back to School: Support for Families and Kids | Hope for Mental Health Community", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6MgChRVLLw", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q6MgChRVLLw", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Anxiety", "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Dr. Casey Call.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q6MgChRVLLw/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Back to School: Support for Families and Kids | Hope for Mental Health Community Dr. Casey Call Mental Health mental-health; hope-for-mental-health-community; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; childrens-mental-health; student-mental-health; anxiety; ptsd-trauma; adhd; children-adolescents; family-friends RECOMMENDED RESOURCES Casey Call, Ph.D., M.S., M.Ed.", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c84050956e0699ad122b58", "title": "Battling Mental Illness | Life Today", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF7C-ouQBx4", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/yF7C-ouQBx4", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Anxiety", "Bipolar Disorder", "Borderline Personality Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Eating Disorders", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "OCD", "Schizophrenia", "Student Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Sheila Walsh.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yF7C-ouQBx4/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Battling Mental Illness | Life Today Sheila Walsh Mental Health family-friends; grief; mental-health; suicide; interview; adhd; anxiety; bipolar-disorder; borderline-personality-disorder; children-adolescents; childrens-mental-health; depression; eating-disorders; global-mental-health; ocd; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; ptsd-trauma; salud-mental; self-injury; schizophrenia; student-mental-health; substance-use-disorder; mental-health-the-church; veterans-mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e28bf71d4547b783922e", "title": "Beauty Will Rise", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/beauty-will-rise", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/3R6z196", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "BEAUTY WILL RISE is a collection of 12 new and profound songs from Steven Curtis Chapman . Created in the past 18 months in the walk through the darkness of the loss of his daughter Maria, and while God continues to meet him there on the journey.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82542877796e4ca7569_66d0e28bf71d4547b78391fc_668a999d38ac6b558c1fab28_667dd191842ac2fd75b4a9e4_6673d448a7bf3ab8d34744a0_beautywillrisecdrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Beauty Will Rise BY Steven Curtis Chapman BEAUTY WILL RISE is a collection of 12 new and profound songs from Steven Curtis Chapman . Created in the past 18 months in the walk through the darkness of the loss of his daughter Maria, and while God continues to meet him there on the journey. grief; ptsd-trauma; music Grief PTSD & Trauma Music", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e28bd35f8714533292b5", "title": "Becoming Friends of Time: Disability, Timefullness, and Gentle Discipleship", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/becoming-friends-of-time-disability-timefullness-and-gentle-discipleship", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4cCneI7", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Time is central to all that humans do. Time structures days, provides goals, shapes dreams―and limits lives. Time appears to be tangible, real, and progressive, but, in the end, time proves illusory. Though mercurial, time can be deadly for those with disabilities. To participate fully in human society has come to mean yielding to the criterion of the clock. The absence of thinking rapidly, living punctually, and biographical narration leaves persons with disabilities vulnerable. A worldview driven by the demands the clock makes on the lives of those with dementia or profound neurological and intellectual disabilities seems pointless. And yet, Jesus comes to the world to transform time. Jesus calls us to slow down, take time, and learn to recognize the strangeness of living within God’s time. He calls us to be gentle, patient, kind; to walk slowly and timefully with those whom society desires to leave behind. In Becoming Friends of Time , John Swinton crafts a theology of time that draws us toward a perspective wherein time is a gift and a calling. Time is not a commodity nor is time to be mastered. Time is a gift of God to humans, but is also a gift given back to God by humans. Swinton wrestles with critical questions that emerge from theological reflection on time and disability: rethinking doctrine for those who can never grasp Jesus with their intellects; reimagining discipleship and vocation for those who have forgotten who Jesus is; reconsidering salvation for those who, due to neurological damage, can be one person at one time and then be someone else in an instant. In the end, Swinton invites the reader to spend time with the experiences of people with profound neurological disability, people who can change our perceptions of time, enable us to grasp the fruitful rhythms of God’s time, and help us learn to live in ways that are unimaginable within the boundaries of the time of the clock.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d825dd7aea7c5dbb7226_66d0e28bd35f871453329258_668a999d5358df269664c835_667dd1919f2e33a63b565f7d_6673d51ee7c0523e00687ebf_becomingfriendsoftimerecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Becoming Friends of Time: Disability, Timefullness, and Gentle Discipleship BY John Swinton Time is central to all that humans do. Time structures days, provides goals, shapes dreams―and limits lives. Time appears to be tangible, real, and progressive, but, in the end, time proves illusory. Though mercurial, time can be deadly for those with disabilities. To participate fully in human society has come to mean yielding to the criterion of the clock. The absence of thinking rapidly, living punctually, and biographical narration leaves persons with disabilities vulnerable. A worldview driven by the demands the clock makes on the lives of those with dementia or profound neurological and intellectual disabilities seems pointless. And yet, Jesus comes to the world to transform time. Jesus calls us to slow down, take time, and learn to recognize the strangeness of living within God’s time. He calls us to be gentle, patient, kind; to walk slowly and timefully with those whom society desires to leave behind. In Becoming Friends of Time , John Swinton crafts a theology of time that draws us toward a perspective wherein time is a gift and a calling. Time is not a commodity nor is time to be mastered. Time is a gift of God to humans, but is also a gift given back to God by humans. 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In the end, Swinton invites the reader to spend time with the experiences of people with profound neurological disability, people who can change our perceptions of time, enable us to grasp the fruitful rhythms of God’s time, and help us learn to live in ways that are unimaginable within the boundaries of the time of the clock. mental-health; disability Mental Health Disability", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce55f944144deed097d9e1", "title": "Befrienders Worldwide", "url": "https://befrienders.org/", "externalUrl": "https://befrienders.org/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about mental health from Befrienders.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69430a2bd10761ea28b44c87_befriend.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Befrienders Worldwide global-mental-health Befrienders", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 22:53:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c8405d570e01c04cb29a81", "title": "Belle Donne con Subtítulos en Español", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfEegHsxXoI", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/lfEegHsxXoI", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Belle Donne.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lfEegHsxXoI/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "es", "searchableText": "Belle Donne con Subtítulos en Español Belle Donne belle-donne; espanol; grief; ptsd-trauma; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8405ca576f5d6187d7194", "title": "Belle Donne: A Gathering for Grieving Women", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGHvFaj3B1Y", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/UGHvFaj3B1Y", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video about grief and trauma & ptsd.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UGHvFaj3B1Y/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Belle Donne: A Gathering for Grieving Women grief; ptsd-trauma; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce55e84a518df1da7b136c", "title": "Best Practices and Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide", "url": "https://reportingonsuicide.org/Recommendations/", "externalUrl": "https://reportingonsuicide.org/Recommendations/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention from Reportingonsuicide.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6949a3a3fe9b1e45d8f44f84_reportsui.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Best Practices and Recommendations for Reporting on Suicide suicide-prevention Reportingonsuicide", "publishedAt": "Sat Jan 24 2026 00:53:38 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e28b496c5cc828aab040", "title": "Between a Rock and a Grace Place: Divine Surprises in the Tight Spots of Life", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/between-a-rock-and-a-grace-place-divine-surprises-in-the-tight-spots-of-life", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/3Oz4bp0", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Carol Kent and her husband, Gene, are now living what some would call a heartbreaking life - their son, Jason, a young man who initially had so much promise, is now living out a life sentence for murder in a maximum security prison. All their appeals have been exhausted at both the state and federal levels humanly speaking, they have run out of options. But despite their hopeless situation, Carol and her husband live a life full of grace. Kent reveals how life's problems become fruitful affliction where we discover the very best divine surprises, including peace, compassion, freedom, and adventure. Through the Kent's remarkable ongoing journey, Jason's riveting letters from behind bars, and true \"grace place\" stories from the lives of others, Between a Rock and a Grace Place reveals that when seemingly insurmountable challenges crash into our lives, we can find \"divine surprises\" as we discover God at work in ways we never imagined. With vulnerable openness, irrepressible hope, restored joy, and a sense of humor, Carol Kent helps readers to find God's \"grace places\" in the middle of their worst moments.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d825ac35bc2ddcd65eb8_66d0e28b496c5cc828aab009_668a999d160abcbd3320dfbd_667dd1915174c44dde23f756_6673d5d90e752d8166256321_betweenarockandagraceplacerecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Between a Rock and a Grace Place: Divine Surprises in the Tight Spots of Life BY Carol Kent Carol Kent and her husband, Gene, are now living what some would call a heartbreaking life - their son, Jason, a young man who initially had so much promise, is now living out a life sentence for murder in a maximum security prison. All their appeals have been exhausted at both the state and federal levels humanly speaking, they have run out of options. But despite their hopeless situation, Carol and her husband live a life full of grace. Kent reveals how life's problems become fruitful affliction where we discover the very best divine surprises, including peace, compassion, freedom, and adventure. Through the Kent's remarkable ongoing journey, Jason's riveting letters from behind bars, and true \"grace place\" stories from the lives of others, Between a Rock and a Grace Place reveals that when seemingly insurmountable challenges crash into our lives, we can find \"divine surprises\" as we discover God at work in ways we never imagined. With vulnerable openness, irrepressible hope, restored joy, and a sense of humor, Carol Kent helps readers to find God's \"grace places\" in the middle of their worst moments. grief; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness Grief Parents of Children with Mental Illness", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66da5fd9b6181728bb3aa2b4", "title": "Beyond the Clinical Hour: How Counselors Can Partner with the Church to Address the Mental Health Crisis", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/beyond-the-clinical-hour-how-counselors-can-partner-with-the-church-to-address-the-mental-health-crisis", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4tcsaso", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "The global mental health crisis is growing faster than our existing mental health care system can address. To meet the scope of human need, we need new models of care. The good news is that there is an institution uniquely positioned with the resources and the heart to help: the church. Psychologists James Sells and Amy Trout and journalist Heather Sells know firsthand the urgency of the situation―but they have also witnessed creative partnerships between churches and mental health professionals springing up across the United States. In this book, they call clinicians, students, and educators to collaborate with churches and lay leaders to envision and then create innovative solutions in their own communities. Challenging the dominance of the traditional \"clinical hour\" as a one-size-has-to-fit-all model, Sells, Trout, and Sells give concrete guidance on how mental health professionals can work with churches to provide consultation, train lay leaders, and develop and evaluate programs to expand a continuum of care. They also explore the skills, theological foundations, and research-based knowledge that both Christian counselors and church leaders need to integrate their spheres of expertise. Both a call to action and an encouraging roadmap, this book charts the way forward for combining the science of the mental health discipline with the service of Christian ministry. Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d8229ac8d50f6c632484_66da5f4578e1e09f14c0f959_Book_BeyondClinicalHour.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Beyond the Clinical Hour: How Counselors Can Partner with the Church to Address the Mental Health Crisis BY James N. Sells, Amy Trout, and Heather C. Sells The global mental health crisis is growing faster than our existing mental health care system can address. To meet the scope of human need, we need new models of care. The good news is that there is an institution uniquely positioned with the resources and the heart to help: the church. Psychologists James Sells and Amy Trout and journalist Heather Sells know firsthand the urgency of the situation―but they have also witnessed creative partnerships between churches and mental health professionals springing up across the United States. In this book, they call clinicians, students, and educators to collaborate with churches and lay leaders to envision and then create innovative solutions in their own communities. Challenging the dominance of the traditional \"clinical hour\" as a one-size-has-to-fit-all model, Sells, Trout, and Sells give concrete guidance on how mental health professionals can work with churches to provide consultation, train lay leaders, and develop and evaluate programs to expand a continuum of care. They also explore the skills, theological foundations, and research-based knowledge that both Christian counselors and church leaders need to integrate their spheres of expertise. Both a call to action and an encouraging roadmap, this book charts the way forward for combining the science of the mental health discipline with the service of Christian ministry. 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Find the science-based information you need in the revised third edition of this indispensable guide. Trusted authority Dr. David J. Miklowitz shares proven strategies for managing your illness or supporting a loved one with the disorder. Learn specific steps to cope with mood episodes, reduce recurrences, avoid misdiagnosis, get the most out of treatment, resolve family conflicts, and make lifestyle changes to stay well. Updated throughout, the third edition has a new chapter on kids and teens; the latest facts on medications and therapy, including important advances in personalized care; and expanded coverage of the bipolar II subtype. 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Borderline Personality Disorder is a startlingly common condition, affecting as many as 3% of people under the age of 18. Characterized by struggles with emotional regulation, self-image, self-worth, mood swings, and impulse control, and often appearing alongside other conditions like anxiety, depression, and substance use, BPD is a condition any parent with an adolescent should be aware of. The good news is that BPD is treatable, and families can find relief with an accurate diagnosis and proper treatment. A long-trusted BPD reference, Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents offers parents, caregivers, and adolescents a complete understanding of this complex and tough-to-treat disorder. 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How do I answer someone who wants my time, love, energy, or money? Why do I feel guilty or afraid when I consider setting boundaries? How do boundaries relate to mutual submission within marriage? Aren’t boundaries selfish? You don’t have to let your life spiral out of control. Discover how boundaries make life better today! Plus, check out Boundaries family collection of books dedicated to key areas of life - dating, marriage, raising kids, parenting teens, and leadership. 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Sinai School of Medicine The definitive classic that has helped more than 400,000 people defeat obsessive-compulsive behavior, with all-new material from the author An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and over. Traditionally, OCD has been treated with Prozac or similar drugs. The problem with medication, aside from its cost, is that 30 percent of people treated don't respond to it, and when the pills stop, the symptoms invariably return. In Brain Lock, Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D., presents a simple four-step method for overcoming OCD that is so effective, it's now used in academic treatment centers throughout the world. Proven by brain-imaging tests to actually alter the brain's chemistry, this method doesn't rely on psychopharmaceuticals. Instead, patients use cognitive self-therapy and behavior modification to develop new patterns of response to their obsessions. In essence, they use the mind to fix the brain. Using the real-life stories of actual patients, Brain Lock explains this revolutionary method and provides readers with the inspiration and tools to free themselves from their psychic prisons and regain control of their lives.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6960548ab420a562db713b68_lock2.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Brain Lock, Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior – The Definitive Four-Step Method for Understanding and Overcoming OCD BY Jeffrey M. Schwartz “This book will make a world of difference in the lives of people with OCD.” — Eric Hollander, M.D., Compulsive, Impulsive & Anxiety Disorders Program, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine The definitive classic that has helped more than 400,000 people defeat obsessive-compulsive behavior, with all-new material from the author An estimated 5 million Americans suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and live diminished lives in which they are compelled to obsess about something or to repeat a similar task over and over. Traditionally, OCD has been treated with Prozac or similar drugs. The problem with medication, aside from its cost, is that 30 percent of people treated don't respond to it, and when the pills stop, the symptoms invariably return. In Brain Lock, Jeffrey M. Schwartz, M.D., presents a simple four-step method for overcoming OCD that is so effective, it's now used in academic treatment centers throughout the world. Proven by brain-imaging tests to actually alter the brain's chemistry, this method doesn't rely on psychopharmaceuticals. 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Breath as Prayer will lead you through the practice and the proven health benefits of Christian breath prayer: intentional prayers centered around Scripture that focus our minds on Christ as we calm our bodies through breathing. 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Breath as Prayer will lead you through the practice and the proven health benefits of Christian breath prayer: intentional prayers centered around Scripture that focus our minds on Christ as we calm our bodies through breathing. Breath as Prayer offers: More than 80 breath prayers focused on Scripture, along with brief meditations Gorgeous original full-color illustrations A quick-start how-to guide to refer to as needed Guidance on how to implement a breath prayer practice The science behind breath work and prayer and why it works An invitation to reflect on the effect of breath prayers on your body With a beautiful foil-accented cover, Breath as Prayer is an ideal gift for: Anyone experiencing stress, anxiety, or fear Grief and anxiety support groups Prayer groups and prayer ministries Men and women looking for new avenues for connecting with God Teens and young adults dealing with stress and anxiety Adult baptism and confirmation God created our bodies, minds, and spirits to be intimately connected with one another. Purpose-filled breathing is one of the most effective, calming ways to integrate all aspects of who we are, especially during times of intense stress. Breath as Prayer invites you to the crossroads of Christian contemplative practice, Scripture, psychology, and science to deepen your faith, bring peace to your body, and discover a new reliance on Christ. 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There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat twenty-five thousand times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The answers aren’t found in pulmonology labs, as we might expect, but in the muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of São Paulo. Nestor tracks down men and women exploring the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices like Pranayama, Sudarshan Kriya, and Tummo and teams up with pulmonary tinkerers to scientifically test long-held beliefs about how we breathe. Modern research is showing us that making even slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can jump-start athletic performance; rejuvenate internal organs; halt snoring, asthma, and autoimmune disease; and even straighten scoliotic spines. None of this should be possible, and yet it is. Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d826b1a3eb995ae51c87_66d0e28a959bfe696ee37ffb_668a999ec91f93978150cb16_667dd18b07bc7c75964e61dd_66732d597ba2138843b90d96_breathrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art BY James Nestor A New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020 Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR “A fascinating scientific, cultural, spiritual and evolutionary history of the way humans breathe—and how we’ve all been doing it wrong for a long, long time.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic and Eat Pray Love No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you’re not breathing properly. There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat twenty-five thousand times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences. Journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it. The answers aren’t found in pulmonology labs, as we might expect, but in the muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of São Paulo. Nestor tracks down men and women exploring the hidden science behind ancient breathing practices like Pranayama, Sudarshan Kriya, and Tummo and teams up with pulmonary tinkerers to scientifically test long-held beliefs about how we breathe. Modern research is showing us that making even slight adjustments to the way we inhale and exhale can jump-start athletic performance; rejuvenate internal organs; halt snoring, asthma, and autoimmune disease; and even straighten scoliotic spines. None of this should be possible, and yet it is. Drawing on thousands of years of medical texts and recent cutting-edge studies in pulmonology, psychology, biochemistry, and human physiology, Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. 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hope-for-mental-health-community; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; breathe", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8406117c1885294259994", "title": "BREATHE Call with Kay Warren & Pete Earley", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pss7VRwEfCE", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/Pss7VRwEfCE", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Bipolar Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren & Pete Earley.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Pss7VRwEfCE/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "BREATHE Call with Kay Warren & Pete Earley Kay Warren & Pete Earley Mental Health breathe; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends; suicide; bipolar-disorder; grief; ptsd-trauma; mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8406013f435c278afc212", "title": "BREATHE Call with Pastor Rick & Kay Warren", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXSHAWsi7t8", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/bXSHAWsi7t8", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Pastor Rick & Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bXSHAWsi7t8/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "BREATHE Call with Pastor Rick & Kay Warren Pastor Rick & Kay Warren Mental Health breathe", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "6983c36d2c1bd20a97847ab4", "title": "BREATHE Resource Packet", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/breathe-resource-packet", "externalUrl": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Breathe_ResourcePacket_Oct2025+(2).pdf", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Compiled by the team at Hope for Brighter Tomorrows, this resource packet provides recommended mental health resources, including books, websites, and podcasts.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6983c26c4230ce5c9944a477_Breathe%20Resource%20Packet.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "BREATHE Resource Packet BY The Team at Hope for Brighter Tomorrows Compiled by the team at Hope for Brighter Tomorrows, this resource packet provides recommended mental health resources, including books, websites, and podcasts. mental-health; 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family-friends; substance-use-disorder Celebraterecovery", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 23:38:29 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c8404e2cf856e2bbb95d84", "title": "Celebrate Recovery and Mental Health | Mental Health Awareness Month 2016", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiQiI6x10CI", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/AiQiI6x10CI", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring John Baker.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AiQiI6x10CI/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Celebrate Recovery and Mental Health | Mental Health Awareness Month 2016 John Baker Mental Health facebook-live; mental-health; mental-health-month-2016; substance-use-disorder", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e28adcc4a998c2ae3c39", "title": "Celebrate Recovery Curriculum Kit", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/celebrate-recovery-curriculum-kit", "externalUrl": "https://store.pastors.com/celebrate-recovery-updated-curriculum-kit.html", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "The Church" ], "summary": "Kick off Celebrate Recovery in your church the right way! See what more than 30,000 churches and 4 million people worldwide have discovered! Celebrate Recovery isn't just a program — it's a means toward complete restoration and transformation based on 8 Christ-centered life principles. And the best way to kick off Celebrate Recovery in your church is with this curriculum kit! Providing you with all the support you need to cast the vision for Celebrate Recovery , this resource will help your congregation get started on God's road to wholeness, growth, and spiritual maturity. The kit includes: 1 leader's guide 1 each of The Journey Begins participant's guides #1-4 1 each of The Journey Continues participant's guides #5-8 1 Resource USB which contains: pastor's resources including sermon transcripts, MP3 sermons, and three videos featuring John Baker, Johnny Baker, and Rick Warren; leader's resource including 25 customizable lessons from The Journey Begins curriculum and three videos featuring John Baker, Johnny Baker, and Rick Warren 1 personal size Celebrate Recovery Study Bible 1 copy of Your First Step to Celebrate Recovery 1 copy of Celebrate Recovery Booklet: 28 Devotions It's time for your congregation to stop looking back and start looking forward to God's future for them — a future worth celebrating!", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82649fcce655c0eeba4_66d0e28adcc4a998c2ae3b56_668a999e12e96e6907f8f67a_667dd193f490f136eb1ac850_6673da980d84c7c4cf912a74_celebraterecoverykitrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Celebrate Recovery Curriculum Kit BY John Baker, Rick Warren Kick off Celebrate Recovery in your church the right way! See what more than 30,000 churches and 4 million people worldwide have discovered! Celebrate Recovery isn't just a program — it's a means toward complete restoration and transformation based on 8 Christ-centered life principles. And the best way to kick off Celebrate Recovery in your church is with this curriculum kit! Providing you with all the support you need to cast the vision for Celebrate Recovery , this resource will help your congregation get started on God's road to wholeness, growth, and spiritual maturity. The kit includes: 1 leader's guide 1 each of The Journey Begins participant's guides #1-4 1 each of The Journey Continues participant's guides #5-8 1 Resource USB which contains: pastor's resources including sermon transcripts, MP3 sermons, and three videos featuring John Baker, Johnny Baker, and Rick Warren; leader's resource including 25 customizable lessons from The Journey Begins curriculum and three videos featuring John Baker, Johnny Baker, and Rick Warren 1 personal size Celebrate Recovery Study Bible 1 copy of Your First Step to Celebrate Recovery 1 copy of Celebrate Recovery Booklet: 28 Devotions It's time for your congregation to stop looking back and start looking forward to God's future for them — a future worth celebrating! celebrate-recovery; mental-health; substance-use Celebrate Recovery Mental Health Substance Use Disorder", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e28a7abb85b116697343", "title": "Celebrate Recovery Participant's Guide", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/celebrate-recovery-participants-guide", "externalUrl": "https://store.pastors.com/the-journey-begins-participants-guide-set-volumes-1-4.html", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders" ], "summary": "This bundle includes all four The Journey Begins participant guides for the Celebrate Recovery Program: Guide 1: Stepping Out Of Denial Guide 2: Taking An Honest and Spiritual Inventory Guide 3: Getting Right with God Guide 4: Growing In Christ By working through the lessons and exercises found in each of the 4 Participant's Guides, you will begin to experience the true peace and serenity you have been seeking, restore and develop stronger relationships with others and with God, and find freedom from life's hurts, hang-ups, and habits. Note: These booklets are identical to the participant guides included in the Celebrate Recovery Kit . When purchased in this bundle you save compared to purchasing individually.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d8264e466c6c1a86fa1f_66d0e28a7abb85b1166972e9_668a999ee5ae872e1aa94b35_667dd1937c79fb8fea270f48_6673db4aa7bf3ab8d34befad_crparticipantguiderecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Celebrate Recovery Participant's Guide BY John Baker This bundle includes all four The Journey Begins participant guides for the Celebrate Recovery Program: Guide 1: Stepping Out Of Denial Guide 2: Taking An Honest and Spiritual Inventory Guide 3: Getting Right with God Guide 4: Growing In Christ By working through the lessons and exercises found in each of the 4 Participant's Guides, you will begin to experience the true peace and serenity you have been seeking, restore and develop stronger relationships with others and with God, and find freedom from life's hurts, hang-ups, and habits. 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When purchased in this bundle you save compared to purchasing individually. celebrate-recovery; mental-health Celebrate Recovery Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce56024c9c46026d1fbfa4", "title": "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION: MENTAL HEALTH", "url": "https://www.cdc.gov/mental-health/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/", "externalUrl": "https://www.cdc.gov/mental-health/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/mentalhealth/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about mental health from Cdc.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/696197d03ce542a0dd1c2e3d_cdc.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION: MENTAL HEALTH mental-health Cdc", "publishedAt": "Sat Jan 10 2026 00:05:47 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e28961f3abbc397e32aa", "title": "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/change-your-brain-change-your-life-the-breakthrough-program-for-conquering-anxiety-depression-obsessiveness-anger-and-impulsiveness", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4uecPZ5", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Depression", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this completely revised and updated edition, neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen includes effective \"brain prescriptions\" that can help heal your brain and change your life. “Perfection in combining leading-edge brain science technology with a proven, user-friendly, definitive, and actionable road map to safeguard and enhance brain health and functionality.”—David Perlmutter, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain In Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, renowned neuropsychiatrist Daniel Amen, M.D., includes new, cutting-edge research gleaned from more than 100,000 SPECT brain scans over the last quarter century and scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures work in your brain. Dr. Amen’s “brain prescriptions” will help you: • To quell anxiety and panic : Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoil • To fight depression : Learn how to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) and use supplements targeted to your brain type • To curb anger : Follow the Amen anti-anger diet and learn the nutrients that calm rage • To boost memory : Learn the specific steps and habits to decrease your risk for Alzheimer’s disease that can help you today • To conquer impulsiveness and learn to focus : Develop total focus with the One-Page Miracle • To stop obsessive worrying : Follow the “get unstuck” writing exercise and learn other problem-solving exercises You’re not stuck with the brain you’re born with.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d828394e015a5da57b38_66d0e28861f3abbc397e3275_668a999fcb026024343e7353_667dd193e4dc75b1e31a23b8_6673db9b98423b19ecac0dfb_changeyourbrainrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness BY Daniel Amen, MD NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this completely revised and updated edition, neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen includes effective \"brain prescriptions\" that can help heal your brain and change your life. “Perfection in combining leading-edge brain science technology with a proven, user-friendly, definitive, and actionable road map to safeguard and enhance brain health and functionality.”—David Perlmutter, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Grain Brain In Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, renowned neuropsychiatrist Daniel Amen, M.D., includes new, cutting-edge research gleaned from more than 100,000 SPECT brain scans over the last quarter century and scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures work in your brain. Dr. Amen’s “brain prescriptions” will help you: • To quell anxiety and panic : Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoil • To fight depression : Learn how to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) and use supplements targeted to your brain type • To curb anger : Follow the Amen anti-anger diet and learn the nutrients that calm rage • To boost memory : Learn the specific steps and habits to decrease your risk for Alzheimer’s disease that can help you today • To conquer impulsiveness and learn to focus : Develop total focus with the One-Page Miracle • To stop obsessive worrying : Follow the “get unstuck” writing exercise and learn other problem-solving exercises You’re not stuck with the brain you’re born with. mental-health Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Fri May 15 2026 16:51:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce55da24935221feb828e5", "title": "Child Mind Institute Guide to ADHD", "url": "https://childmind.org/guide/parents-guide-to-adhd/", "externalUrl": "https://childmind.org/guide/parents-guide-to-adhd/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Children & Adolescents" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about adhd and children & adolescents from Childmind.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6943433a0f3e9b49c7d4eb5c_name.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Child Mind Institute Guide to ADHD adhd; children-adolescents Childmind", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 00:24:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66ce55fb24935221feb84442", "title": "Children and Mental Health, Is This Just a Stage?", "url": "https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/children-and-mental-health", "externalUrl": "https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/children-and-mental-health", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about children & adolescents and mental health from Nimh Nih.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6949d8dfe1badccdcbaf4be0_childhood.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Children and Mental Health, Is This Just a Stage? children-adolescents Nimh Nih", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 23:52:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66ce55f9689ce1d1ff891fb0", "title": "Children and Teen Mental Health", "url": "https://www.mhaet.com/early-intervention/children-and-teen-mental-health/", "externalUrl": "https://www.mhaet.com/early-intervention/children-and-teen-mental-health/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about children & adolescents and mental health from Mhaet.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6949c701018cbdf1d5e0dcb3_easttenn.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Children and Teen Mental Health children-adolescents Mhaet", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 23:52:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e2895904750b58fdcbb7", "title": "Children, Teens and Suicide Loss", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/children-teens-and-suicide-loss", "externalUrl": "https://www.tdcbookstore.org/store/p83/Children%2C_Teens_and_Suicide_Loss_Item_%23590.html", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Dougy Center: The National Grief Center for Children Families, have developed Children, Teens and Suicide Loss, a guidebook designed specifically to help families with children and teens, who are survivors of a suicide death, better address their complex practical and emotional needs. Niños, Adolescentes y Pérdida por Suicidio (Spanish language version) available here \"The suicide death of a parent, sibling, or friend impacts children and teens forever. Children, Teens and Suicide Loss offers useful suggestions and practical ways to support bereaved children and their families. Included are tips on understanding and explaining why people die of suicide, navigating the immediate aftermath of the death, and ways to facilitate healthy grieving. This resource will help parents, professionals who work with children and teens, as well as anyone who wants to support a family bereaved after the suicide death of a loved one,\" said Donna Schuurman, Ed.D, F.T., Senior Director for Advocacy and Training of Dougy Center: The National Grief Center for Children & Families.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d826ffbbd71161039a7e_66d0e2895904750b58fdcba9_668a999f365de8780ff5d4ef_667dd1937ac7f4f06cc80410_6673dc73c31a48a2dd845a4e_childrenteenssuicidelossrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "es", "searchableText": "Children, Teens and Suicide Loss BY The Dougy Center The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Dougy Center: The National Grief Center for Children Families, have developed Children, Teens and Suicide Loss, a guidebook designed specifically to help families with children and teens, who are survivors of a suicide death, better address their complex practical and emotional needs. Niños, Adolescentes y Pérdida por Suicidio (Spanish language version) available here \"The suicide death of a parent, sibling, or friend impacts children and teens forever. Children, Teens and Suicide Loss offers useful suggestions and practical ways to support bereaved children and their families. Included are tips on understanding and explaining why people die of suicide, navigating the immediate aftermath of the death, and ways to facilitate healthy grieving. This resource will help parents, professionals who work with children and teens, as well as anyone who wants to support a family bereaved after the suicide death of a loved one,\" said Donna Schuurman, Ed.D, F.T., Senior Director for Advocacy and Training of Dougy Center: The National Grief Center for Children & Families. mental-health; suicide; ptsd-trauma; childrens-mental-health; children-adolescents; student-mental-health Mental Health Suicide PTSD & Trauma Children's Mental Health Children & Adolescents Student Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce55ea973f1c07916afbd9", "title": "Children, Teens, and Suicide: Alliance of Hope", "url": "https://allianceofhope.org/find-support/children-teens/", "externalUrl": "https://allianceofhope.org/find-support/children-teens/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Grief", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about grief and suicide prevention from Allianceofhope.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/694b2b802e3356197e418872_teens.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Children, Teens, and Suicide: Alliance of Hope suicide-loss Allianceofhope", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 23:56:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c8404e6150f95f07527578", "title": "Children's Mental Health - Awareness | Mental Health Awareness Month 2016", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgFxO80MNFM", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/kgFxO80MNFM?list=PLMh_VL07zTs0roaJ8EQ4R7-Y5xMCLpQ4K", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Elizabeth Styffe.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kgFxO80MNFM/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Children's Mental Health - Awareness | Mental Health Awareness Month 2016 Elizabeth Styffe Mental Health childrens-mental-health; 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That was the day she lost her son Matthew to suicide. Most of us will not face anything so devastating, but every single day we will face something that threatens our attempts to live with joy. Health problems, financial worries, marriage issues, loneliness, unresolved relational conflicts, anxiety about our nation or our world, stress over how our kids are turning out. In those moments, how do we choose joy over fear, apathy, or despair? In Choose Joy , Kay shares the path to experiencing soul-satisfying joy no matter what you're going through. She helps you send your spiritual roots deep into the soil of God's love so that you can develop convictions and certainties about him that will become the source of your strength when happiness isn't enough. \"The only thing that would allow me to survive the loss of my son was what I knew and believed about God . . . and joy,\" says Kay. Let her lead you toward true and lasting joy in your life.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6972a1027342a30d152943ea_choosejoy.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Choose Joy BY Kay Warren On April 5, 2013, Kay Warren's life changed forever. That was the day she lost her son Matthew to suicide. Most of us will not face anything so devastating, but every single day we will face something that threatens our attempts to live with joy. Health problems, financial worries, marriage issues, loneliness, unresolved relational conflicts, anxiety about our nation or our world, stress over how our kids are turning out. In those moments, how do we choose joy over fear, apathy, or despair? In Choose Joy , Kay shares the path to experiencing soul-satisfying joy no matter what you're going through. She helps you send your spiritual roots deep into the soil of God's love so that you can develop convictions and certainties about him that will become the source of your strength when happiness isn't enough. \"The only thing that would allow me to survive the loss of my son was what I knew and believed about God . . . and joy,\" says Kay. Let her lead you toward true and lasting joy in your life. grief; suicide-loss Grief Suicide Loss", "publishedAt": "Thu Jan 22 2026 22:16:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "6972a1cceedd37025981c921", "title": "Choose Joy: Women's Devotional", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/choose-joy-womens-devotional", "externalUrl": "https://store.pastorrick.com/collections/books/products/choose-joy-womens-devotional", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Joy is a daily choice. When we go through difficult times—times when we think we might break beneath the pressure or the sorrow—joy becomes a choice we make minute by minute. With deep compassion born from experience, Kay Warren offers thirty devotions based on the life-giving principles of her book Choose Joy . Each devotion begins with an encouraging Scripture, followed by Kay's wise words on how to live with joy even when life is hard, our plans are shattered, our health fails, or it feels like we are walking through life alone. Each devotion ends with a short prayer to help bring us closer to the source of all joy–our loving God. No matter what you're going through, you can choose joy–today, tomorrow, always. ‍", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6972a1c84f80ed03aec351d3_devotional.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Choose Joy: Women's Devotional BY Kay Warren Joy is a daily choice. When we go through difficult times—times when we think we might break beneath the pressure or the sorrow—joy becomes a choice we make minute by minute. With deep compassion born from experience, Kay Warren offers thirty devotions based on the life-giving principles of her book Choose Joy . Each devotion begins with an encouraging Scripture, followed by Kay's wise words on how to live with joy even when life is hard, our plans are shattered, our health fails, or it feels like we are walking through life alone. Each devotion ends with a short prayer to help bring us closer to the source of all joy–our loving God. 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But it was only when his own son—in the throes of a manic episode—broke into a neighbor's house that he learned what happens to mentally ill people who break a law. This is the Earley family's compelling story, a troubling look at bureaucratic apathy and the countless thousands who suffer confinement instead of care, brutal conditions instead of treatment, in the “revolving doors” between hospital and jail. With mass deinstitutionalization, large numbers of state mental patients are homeless or in jail-an experience little better than the horrors of a century ago. Earley takes us directly into that experience—and into that of a father and award-winning journalist trying to fight for a better way.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d8275d8fdb15a4cd71a1_66d0e288496c5cc828aaae83_668a999f9eb0aa57cd57788c_667dd19595865aec1e1e1a76_667a9eca1f2c73cc56e04c43_crazyrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness BY Pete Earley “A magnificent gift to those of us who love someone who has a mental illness…Earley has used his considerable skills to meticulously research why the mental health system is so profoundly broken.”—Bebe Moore Campbell, author of 72 Hour Hold Former Washington Post reporter Pete Earley had written extensively about the criminal justice system. But it was only when his own son—in the throes of a manic episode—broke into a neighbor's house that he learned what happens to mentally ill people who break a law. This is the Earley family's compelling story, a troubling look at bureaucratic apathy and the countless thousands who suffer confinement instead of care, brutal conditions instead of treatment, in the “revolving doors” between hospital and jail. With mass deinstitutionalization, large numbers of state mental patients are homeless or in jail-an experience little better than the horrors of a century ago. Earley takes us directly into that experience—and into that of a father and award-winning journalist trying to fight for a better way. mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; bipolar-disorder; children-adolescents; childrens-mental-health; student-mental-health Mental Health Parents of Children with Mental Illness Bipolar Disorder Children & Adolescents Children's Mental Health Student Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Fri May 15 2026 16:51:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c84053c6638899dfec129c", "title": "Creating a Culture of Compassion and Action in Response to the Opioid Crisis | HHS Webina", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJVUcOUcz1Q", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/kJVUcOUcz1Q", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "The Church" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kJVUcOUcz1Q/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Creating a Culture of Compassion and Action in Response to the Opioid Crisis | HHS Webina Kay Warren Mental Health mental-health; mental-health-the-church; substance-use-disorder", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce55ffb074782b1906f487", "title": "Creating Community Connections for Mental Health", "url": "https://www.samhsa.gov/mental-health/how-to-talk/community-and-faith-leaders", "externalUrl": "https://www.samhsa.gov/mental-health/how-to-talk/community-and-faith-leaders", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about the church and mental health from Samhsa.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6942e8d3e09bde3cf6d4468d_Connect.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Creating Community Connections for Mental Health the-church Samhsa", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 23:52:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66cb4473f5ba4402fce80f9f", "title": "Dangerous Surrender | Spread a Little Love Around: American Family Living Radio Show", "url": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e5036342_1461191881_spread-a-little-love-around.mp3", "externalUrl": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e5036342_1461191881_spread-a-little-love-around.mp3", "type": "Audio", "typeSlug": "audio", "topics": [ "Family & Friends" ], "summary": "Listen to this audio resource about family & friends.", "image": "", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#e7d2dc", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Dangerous Surrender | Spread a Little Love Around: American Family Living Radio Show audio; interview", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Audios" }, { "id": "66d0e28661f3abbc397e3193", "title": "Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/dare-the-new-way-to-end-anxiety-and-stop-panic-attacks", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/48oaSRu", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "If you’re tired of just managing your anxiety and want a powerful natural solution, then apply the ‘Dare’ technique as explained in Barry McDonagh’s latest book. Based on hard science and over 10 years helping people who suffer from anxiety, Barry McDonagh shares his most effective technique in this new book. The DARE technique can be used by everyone, regardless of age or background, to live a life free from anxiety or panic attacks.In this step-by-step guide you will discover how to: Stop panic attacks and end feelings of general anxiety. Face any anxious situation you’ve been avoiding (driving/flying/shopping etc.). Put an end to anxious or intrusive thoughts. Use the CORRECT natural supplements to relieve anxiety. Boost your confidence and feel like your old self again. Fall asleep faster and with less anxiety each night. Live a more bold and adventurous life again. IMPORTANT: THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A BOOK It also comes with a free App for your smartphone as well as four audios for quick anxiety relief. With these new tools you can apply the DARE Response in any situation that makes you anxious (e.g. driving/shopping/traveling). Help is now with you wherever you go!", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d829daeb1ffb5868e1de_66d0e28661f3abbc397e3165_668a99a10b541e1beea3b34a_667dd19643227fc020fd6fba_667a9f2948fab4d65e27e590_darerecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks BY Barry McDonagh If you’re tired of just managing your anxiety and want a powerful natural solution, then apply the ‘Dare’ technique as explained in Barry McDonagh’s latest book. Based on hard science and over 10 years helping people who suffer from anxiety, Barry McDonagh shares his most effective technique in this new book. The DARE technique can be used by everyone, regardless of age or background, to live a life free from anxiety or panic attacks.In this step-by-step guide you will discover how to: Stop panic attacks and end feelings of general anxiety. Face any anxious situation you’ve been avoiding (driving/flying/shopping etc.). Put an end to anxious or intrusive thoughts. Use the CORRECT natural supplements to relieve anxiety. Boost your confidence and feel like your old self again. Fall asleep faster and with less anxiety each night. Live a more bold and adventurous life again. IMPORTANT: THIS IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A BOOK It also comes with a free App for your smartphone as well as four audios for quick anxiety relief. With these new tools you can apply the DARE Response in any situation that makes you anxious (e.g. driving/shopping/traveling). Help is now with you wherever you go! mental-health; anxiety-disorder Mental Health Anxiety", "publishedAt": "Fri May 15 2026 16:51:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c8404c5fac8b3cd4e6a383", "title": "Daring to Grow a Deep Soul | Saddleback Church", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STvo_nGpumQ", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/STvo_nGpumQ", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "The Church" ], "summary": "Watch this video about the church.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/STvo_nGpumQ/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Daring to Grow a Deep Soul | Saddleback Church messages", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "69715f5ae553751ba5fa346d", "title": "Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/dark-clouds-deep-mercy-discovering-the-grace-of-lament", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4cDHCbP", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief" ], "summary": "This book seeks to restore the lost art of lament in order to help readers discover the power of honest wrestling with the questions that come with grief and suffering.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69715f56b97b2d9118d0a836_dark.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament BY Mark Vroegop This book seeks to restore the lost art of lament in order to help readers discover the power of honest wrestling with the questions that come with grief and suffering. grief Grief", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce55f252b4794aab63336f", "title": "Data on Substance Use and Mental Health Treatment Facilities", "url": "https://store.samhsa.gov/product/national-substance-use-and-mental-health-services-survey-n-sumhss-2021-data-substance-use/pep23-07-00-001", "externalUrl": "https://store.samhsa.gov/product/national-substance-use-and-mental-health-services-survey-n-sumhss-2021-data-substance-use/pep23-07-00-001", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "Schizophrenia", "Substance Use Disorders" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about schizophrenia and mental health from Store Samhsa.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6942e6a1d753003afdeff53c_sufacilitiess.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Data on Substance Use and Mental Health Treatment Facilities schizophrenia; mental-health; substance-use-disorder Store Samhsa", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 00:50:29 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e2875204e54f568b82d5", "title": "DBT Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Kids and Caregivers", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/dbt-therapeutic-activity-ideas-for-kids-and-caregivers", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4d0t0T0", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health" ], "summary": "Are you a therapist looking for a user-friendly DBT-C workbook? One that will become your go-to-book for kids and families? DBT Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Kids and Caregivers has 70 DBT-C reproducible handouts and worksheets for kids (6 -12yo) and families that will engage the child, improve your knowledge and use of DBT-C skills, allowing you to feel capable and confident in the therapy room. DBT Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Kids and Caregivers helps therapists solve the struggles they face when working with children with emotional and behavioral challenges such as, anxiety, depression, aggressiveness, isolation, tantrums, and refusal to comply with adults. This book is one of the first to present each DBT-C skill with an easy to understand explanation, fun and engaging illustrations, discussion questions, and tips and suggestions for the therapist to use in the therapy room. Whether you are a newly graduated therapist, a therapist new to DBT-C or seasoned in your knowledge and experience, DBT Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Kids and Caregivers will forever transform the way you work with children and families, allowing you to feel capable and confident in the therapy room. The book includes a section for parenting skills, giving the parent easy to use behavior management and validation skills with their child, improving their self-assurance in managing and empathizing with their child's highly sensitive emotions and behavior.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82863db952ea8595775_66d0e2875204e54f568b82af_668a99a04bf5067c6f4208ed_667dd196e2ed932cf2cbe971_667a9f6e014337a740d05801_dbtkidscaregiversrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "DBT Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Kids and Caregivers BY Carol Lozier, MSW, LCSW Are you a therapist looking for a user-friendly DBT-C workbook? One that will become your go-to-book for kids and families? DBT Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Kids and Caregivers has 70 DBT-C reproducible handouts and worksheets for kids (6 -12yo) and families that will engage the child, improve your knowledge and use of DBT-C skills, allowing you to feel capable and confident in the therapy room. DBT Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Kids and Caregivers helps therapists solve the struggles they face when working with children with emotional and behavioral challenges such as, anxiety, depression, aggressiveness, isolation, tantrums, and refusal to comply with adults. This book is one of the first to present each DBT-C skill with an easy to understand explanation, fun and engaging illustrations, discussion questions, and tips and suggestions for the therapist to use in the therapy room. 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DBT is specifically designed for emotionally sensitive young people, especially those with borderline personality disorder, and the activities in this book will help regulate strong emotional responses which can lead to impulsivity, unstable relationships, low self-image and reactive emotions. It is a concise and easy-to-read resource, accompanied by vignettes and activity sheets. It presents an overview of the four modules of DBT: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills used in these modules can be logged and monitored through the tick lists and diary cards provided. These practical tools and ideas are reproducible, and will be invaluable for anyone working with teens.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82741c2c2232a4cab44_66d0e2881a8e2343b469f4ff_668a99a041e22cf3ecd18793_667dd1968ea05d44e018f853_667a9fa464b5da7cc5a75d03_dbtteensrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "DBT Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Working with Teens BY Carol Lozier, MSW, LCSW This fun and engaging activity book helps to teach teens to manage emotions and develop relationships by tracking their progress using Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) techniques. DBT is specifically designed for emotionally sensitive young people, especially those with borderline personality disorder, and the activities in this book will help regulate strong emotional responses which can lead to impulsivity, unstable relationships, low self-image and reactive emotions. It is a concise and easy-to-read resource, accompanied by vignettes and activity sheets. It presents an overview of the four modules of DBT: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills used in these modules can be logged and monitored through the tick lists and diary cards provided. 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What to Do When Your Child Is Hurting from the Inside Out", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/does-my-child-have-ptsd-what-to-do-when-your-child-is-hurting-from-the-inside-out", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4vWZxBL", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Is it possible that the struggles you have with your child may be because he or she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? Once ignored, even by the medical professionals treating war veterans, PTSD is gaining global recognition as a very real and serious issue for those who have experienced traumatic events, even children. When children experience medical illness, witness violence, or are abused, it can leave a lasting effect. According to recent studies, 50 to 60 percent of children who experience these traumas early in life may suffer from a form of PTSD, leading to issues in childhood, through adolescence, and even into adulthood. Does My Child Have PTSD? is designed for readers looking for answers about the puzzling, disturbing behaviors of children in their care. With years of research and personal experience, Philo provides critical information to help people understand causes, symptoms, prevention, and effective diagnosis, treatment, and care for any child struggling with PTSD.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82732144aeb1646ae9d_66d0e2885204e54f568b82f0_668a99a0d450052865422b76_667dd197b0fcb05ae4bf131e_667a9fe36996984a03f7b983_doesmychildhaveptsdrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Does My Child Have PTSD? What to Do When Your Child Is Hurting from the Inside Out BY Jolene Philo Is it possible that the struggles you have with your child may be because he or she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? Once ignored, even by the medical professionals treating war veterans, PTSD is gaining global recognition as a very real and serious issue for those who have experienced traumatic events, even children. When children experience medical illness, witness violence, or are abused, it can leave a lasting effect. According to recent studies, 50 to 60 percent of children who experience these traumas early in life may suffer from a form of PTSD, leading to issues in childhood, through adolescence, and even into adulthood. Does My Child Have PTSD? is designed for readers looking for answers about the puzzling, disturbing behaviors of children in their care. 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We want to reach out and help those who are hurting—but the words or actions we use may unintentionally add to their burden instead of easing their pain. Forged from author Kenneth C. Haugk’s own experiences of suffering, the book draws on extensive research with more than 4,200 people who have experienced various kinds of suffering in their lives, offering key insights and suggestions of what to say and do—and what not to say or do—when people are hurting. With its biblical foundation, compassionate approach, and concrete ideas, Don’t Sing Songs to a Heavy Heart will help you bring God’s loving presence to hurting people when they need it most. Don’t Sing Songs to a Heavy Heart is a valuable resource for: Pastors, chaplains, counselors, physicians, nurses, support group leaders, social workers, and others in the caregiving field Deacons, elders, shepherds, and other congregation caregivers Hospital and hospice volunteers and emergency relief workers College and seminary classes on caregiving or pastoral care Adult education classes, Sunday school classes, and small groups Continuing education for Stephen Ministry Anyone who relates to people who are suffering In addition, people who themselves are in the midst of suffering find this book to be reassuring, comforting, and encouraging.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d8276e304154a7345649_66d0e2872efded5f0343e7d1_668a99a0238d694d083c9e2c_667dd197b40d387893dc4d54_667aa01c99dbcae494689bdb_dontsingsongstoheavyheartrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Don't Sing Songs to a Heavy Heart: How to Relate to Those Who Are Suffering BY Kenneth C. Haugk, PhD “Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.” (Proverbs 25:20) This proverb describes an all-too-human problem each of us faces from time to time. We want to reach out and help those who are hurting—but the words or actions we use may unintentionally add to their burden instead of easing their pain. Forged from author Kenneth C. Haugk’s own experiences of suffering, the book draws on extensive research with more than 4,200 people who have experienced various kinds of suffering in their lives, offering key insights and suggestions of what to say and do—and what not to say or do—when people are hurting. With its biblical foundation, compassionate approach, and concrete ideas, Don’t Sing Songs to a Heavy Heart will help you bring God’s loving presence to hurting people when they need it most. Don’t Sing Songs to a Heavy Heart is a valuable resource for: Pastors, chaplains, counselors, physicians, nurses, support group leaders, social workers, and others in the caregiving field Deacons, elders, shepherds, and other congregation caregivers Hospital and hospice volunteers and emergency relief workers College and seminary classes on caregiving or pastoral care Adult education classes, Sunday school classes, and small groups Continuing education for Stephen Ministry Anyone who relates to people who are suffering In addition, people who themselves are in the midst of suffering find this book to be reassuring, comforting, and encouraging. mental-health; grief; the-church Mental Health Grief The Church", "publishedAt": "Fri May 15 2026 16:51:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce5616f7ede9160fd4b31a", "title": "DOUGHY CENTER Training", "url": "https://www.dougy.org/professionals-trainings", "externalUrl": "https://www.dougy.org/professionals-trainings", "type": "Training", "typeSlug": "training", "topics": [], "summary": "Explore this training from Dougy.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6965858c5749184fd370b63a_dougytrain.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#f1dfbd", "language": "en", "searchableText": "DOUGHY CENTER Training all-trainings Dougy", "publishedAt": "Sat Jan 24 2026 01:14:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66ce561648c847b2e425fc30", "title": "DOUGY CENTER", "url": "https://www.dougy.org/", "externalUrl": "https://www.dougy.org/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Grief" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about grief from Dougy.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/694b20e22d6e6135f8e686a0_doug.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "DOUGY CENTER grief Dougy", "publishedAt": "Sat Jan 24 2026 01:14:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e28645727ed5ff837e06", "title": "Downcast: Biblical and Medical Hope for Depression", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/downcast-biblical-and-medical-hope-for-depression", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/3QDyFGX", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Depression", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "What is depression really? A psychological disorder? An emotional problem? A spiritual weakness? A medical condition? People struggling with depression are often given simplistic answers, which can lead to fear of seeking help, and even a sense that they have personally failed in some way. With compassion developed from their personal and clinical experience as psychiatrists, the authors tackle the complexities of depression from a multi-disciplinary approach. In this thoughtful and practical guide, they weave together Scripture with science, theology with cutting edge scientific research, and the stories of many Christians who have suffered, to help those with depression to find healing. For Christians, hope for depression lies in a deep understanding of both what it means to inhabit broken bodies in a fallen world, and the hope we have in the gospel. By fully grasping the implications of both for our bodies, minds, and souls, can we learn what it means to walk by faith even through the dark valley of depression.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d829e587017bded7b391_66d0e28645727ed5ff837e01_668a99a10b541e1beea3b347_667dd19739d3fa6ea99b2cc5_667aa03fb0064f3780e400dc_downcastrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Downcast: Biblical and Medical Hope for Depression BY Jennifer Huang Harris, MD; Harold G. Koenig, MD; & John R. Peteet, MD What is depression really? A psychological disorder? An emotional problem? A spiritual weakness? A medical condition? People struggling with depression are often given simplistic answers, which can lead to fear of seeking help, and even a sense that they have personally failed in some way. With compassion developed from their personal and clinical experience as psychiatrists, the authors tackle the complexities of depression from a multi-disciplinary approach. In this thoughtful and practical guide, they weave together Scripture with science, theology with cutting edge scientific research, and the stories of many Christians who have suffered, to help those with depression to find healing. For Christians, hope for depression lies in a deep understanding of both what it means to inhabit broken bodies in a fallen world, and the hope we have in the gospel. By fully grasping the implications of both for our bodies, minds, and souls, can we learn what it means to walk by faith even through the dark valley of depression. depression; mental-health Depression Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Fri May 15 2026 16:51:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e287b86d619b403c92c8", "title": "Drink Deep: A Musical Journey Through Grief", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/drink-deep-a-musical-journey-through-grief", "externalUrl": "https://www.musicforthesoul.org/resources/drink-deep/#", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief" ], "summary": "Whenever someone close to us loses a loved one we want to do something to help. It can be difficult to find the right words – or any words – to say or write that adequately express our sympathy. This collection of 14 songs walks the listener through grief in a way that acknowledges the pain of their loss, honors their loved one, and reassures us all of our ultimate hope. The physical CD comes in a beautiful sympathy card.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d8284fd9e08fc68682d9_66d0e287b86d619b403c9298_668a99a0b33ce2995faade1a_667dd197dd3d5938666dc687_667aa058bcbef7cf297b7464_drinkdeepcdrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Drink Deep: A Musical Journey Through Grief BY Music for the Soul Whenever someone close to us loses a loved one we want to do something to help. It can be difficult to find the right words – or any words – to say or write that adequately express our sympathy. This collection of 14 songs walks the listener through grief in a way that acknowledges the pain of their loss, honors their loved one, and reassures us all of our ultimate hope. The physical CD comes in a beautiful sympathy card. grief; music Grief Music", "publishedAt": "Mon Jan 26 2026 23:15:53 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c8405a86919a529d042ac2", "title": "Duelo y pérdida durante COVID-19 con el Dr. Jerry Sittser", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhj8qAvR_lI", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/nhj8qAvR_lI", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Grief", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Milan & Kay Yerkovich.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nhj8qAvR_lI/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "es", "searchableText": "Duelo y pérdida durante COVID-19 con el Dr. Jerry Sittser Milan & Kay Yerkovich espanol; facebook-live; salud-mental; grief; ptsd-trauma", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce55e0434d9666089ca228", "title": "Dysthymia: Long Lasting Depression", "url": "https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/dysthymia#:~:text=Dysthymia%20is%20a%20milder%2C%20but,body%2C%20mood%2C%20and%20thoughts.", "externalUrl": "https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/dysthymia#:~:text=Dysthymia%20is%20a%20milder%2C%20but,body%2C%20mood%2C%20and%20thoughts.", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Depression" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about depression from Hopkinsmedicine.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/694b184750d2e9e5f41e1455_dysthymia.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Dysthymia: Long Lasting Depression depression Hopkinsmedicine", "publishedAt": "Sat Jan 24 2026 00:20:23 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66ce55e2139b5013b6dd4296", "title": "Eating Disorder Resources: Kirsten Haglund Foundation", "url": "https://kirstenhaglundfoundation.org/resources/#Treatment-Centers", "externalUrl": "https://kirstenhaglundfoundation.org/resources/#Treatment-Centers", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Eating Disorders" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about eating disorders from Kirstenhaglundfoundation.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6945e5b0333ce83d6d2737cc_khf.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Eating Disorder Resources: Kirsten Haglund Foundation eating-disorders; 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Then he provides seven biblical, reality-tested steps to become emotionally mature: Become your authentic self Break the power of the past Let go of power and control Surrender to your limits Stop to breathe by practicing rest and Sabbath Learn new skills to love well Love Christ above all else Plus, check out the full line of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality books dedicated to many different key areas of life. Workbooks, study guides, curriculum, and Spanish editions are also available.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82842877796e4ca7668_66d0e2875802c520f057d47c_668a99a1a9bc7657b2952d94_667dd197817324bffd2809c5_667aa0a7d1da8e17a448cb8e_emotionallyhealthyspiritualityrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "es", "searchableText": "Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature BY Peter Scazzero A road map for discipleship with Jesus that is powerfully transformative. Peter Scazzero learned the hard way: you can't be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature. Even though he was the pastor of a growing church, he did what most people do--avoid conflict in the name of Christianity; ignore his anger, sadness, and fear; use God to run from God; and live without boundaries. 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A faith-informed guide for parents on how faith and medicine can work together to care for your child.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69eabf52a179584115156e96_Faith%20and%20Medicine.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cce8e7", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Faith and Medicine In the Christian Journey Through Mental Illness david-mandani-lcsw Should Christians use medication for mental illness? A faith-informed guide for parents on how faith and medicine can work together to care for your child. ‍ How can Christian families navigate the deeply personal and often painful questions surrounding faith and medicine when a child is living with mental illness? For many Christian families, this question carries real and lasting weight. When your child is in pain, you want to do the right thing and honor your faith. You're terrified of getting it wrong. Those fears make complete sense, and they deserve honest, compassionate answers. In Christian communities, the relationship between faith and mental health medication can stir up deep emotions. Some families fear that turning to medicine means replacing trust in God. Others worry that a diagnosis reflects something spiritually wrong. Still others have watched their child suffer for years, often wondering whether professional treatment could have helped sooner. This article isn't here to set faith against medicine. It's here to help you think clearly, act wisely, and be strengthened, even in the hardest seasons. Why This Is So Difficult If you're the parent of a child living with mental illness, you've probably carried years of grief. You may have watched your child lose work, housing, relationships, stability, and trust. You may have spent long seasons trying to help, only to meet denial, resistance, or repeated crises. If the illness is severe, there may have been hospital stays, emergency visits, unsafe behavior, or painful loss of insight. As a Christian parent, you may also carry a weight of guilt. Did you pray enough? Teach enough? Protect enough? Believe enough? And underneath that, there's often a fear of being judged by others in your church. Those pressures make it hard to think clearly. But fear and shame aren't good guides when the stakes are this high. God and Medicine Aren't in Conflict Christians don't usually reject modern medicine for other physical conditions. We don't call it unspiritual to use insulin for diabetes, antibiotics for an infection, or blood pressure medication for the heart. We see those as ordinary parts of caring for the body. Mental illness deserves the same approach. The brain is part of the body. When it's in distress, mood, thinking, sleep, behavior, and judgment can all be affected. Psychiatric medication is meant to ease symptoms and help a person live with more stability. It isn't meant to change who someone is. It's meant to reduce suffering and make daily life more manageable. For many families, medication can also make room for other good supports to work better, including therapy, routines, sleep, relationships, and spiritual care. When mental health care and faith work together, the whole person is cared for. A Theology of Medication Scripture teaches that God is the giver of every good gift, and Christians may rightly receive medical knowledge and skill as part of his providential care (James 1:17; Matthew 5:45). Using medicine is not a rejection of trust in God but can be one way of receiving his provision with gratitude and wisdom, much like food, shelter, and other ordinary means he uses to sustain life. The Bible does not require believers to refuse ordinary means of care as a test of faith. No one would ask a person with diabetes to reject insulin or a family facing cancer to refuse treatment in order to prove spiritual sincerity. In the same way, there is no biblical basis for demanding that someone forgo psychiatric medication as proof of greater trust in the Lord, especially when such care may protect life and reduce suffering. This does not mean medication is always the right choice in every case. Those decisions should be made carefully with qualified medical professionals, patients, and families, with prayerful dependence on God’s wisdom. Faith communities should make room for Christians to follow sound treatment guidance without shame, judgment, or unnecessary hesitation. James 5:14 calls for prayer for the sick and anointing with oil. This practice sits comfortably alongside medical treatments, not against them. The early church prayed for the sick and also benefited from the medical knowledge of Luke, the beloved physician and close companion of Paul (Colossians 4:14). Prayer and medicine are not enemies; they are distinct means through which God may show mercy in a fallen world. Spiritual disciplines, repentance, and growth in Christ remain central to Christian life, but they are not substitutes for appropriate mental health treatment when serious mental illness is present. What Research Tells Us About Severe Mental Illness You may be wondering whether medication is really necessary. That's a fair question. And the honest answer is that decades of research and clinical guidelines point in the same direction: for many people with severe mental illness, medication is an important part of treatment. For conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression, the evidence is consistent that medication reduces symptoms. It helps prevent relapses and supports the kind of stability that makes everything else, including therapy, relationships, and daily life, more possible. The sooner treatment begins, the better the outcomes tend to be. When severe mental illness goes untreated for a long time, recovery becomes harder. Not impossible, but harder. Getting your child connected to care early isn't giving up on faith. It may be one of the most loving things you can do. The illness doesn't stay still while you wait. Each untreated episode can make the next one harder to recover from. That's not meant to frighten you; it's simply meant to free you from the idea that waiting is the safer choice. Medication isn't a cure, and it doesn't work the same way for everyone. But for severe mental illness, treatment opens a real door toward stability, safety, and a life that feels worth living. Common Concerns About Faith and Mental Health Medication Many Christian family members hesitate to pursue medication, and for understandable reasons: You may fear that medication will replace prayer. You may worry your loved one will feel dull, flat, or unlike themselves. You may have heard stories about difficult side effects. You may be unsure whether the concern is spiritual, medical, or both. You may feel embarrassed or judged. You may simply not know enough about the medicine to feel comfortable. These concerns deserve to be taken seriously. At the same time, they shouldn't be the only voice shaping the decision. Your spiritual beliefs matter deeply. So does good medical guidance. There’s room for both. A Careful Path Forward The first step is always a careful evaluation by a qualified mental health professional. If medication is being considered, that evaluation should be done by a psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse practitioner, or another appropriately licensed prescriber. The goal is to understand what's happening, how serious it is, and what kind of help is needed most. That evaluation should look at symptoms, safety, medical history, sleep, stress, trauma, substance use, and any other factors that may be contributing. In many situations, therapy, family support, daily routines, and practical help can begin right away. In real life, these supports often happen together rather than in strict order. For some people, genetic testing may be helpful after several medication trials or when side effects have made treatment difficult. It can sometimes give useful clues about how the body may process certain medicines, but it doesn't replace clinical judgment. For people who have difficulty taking medication every day, or who stop treatment repeatedly, long-acting injections may be considered as a way to provide steadier care. Genetic Testing Some families hear about genetic testing and hope it will give a clear answer. It may offer helpful clues, but it isn't a perfect tool. It can sometimes help a prescriber understand how a person's body may process certain medicines, which may be useful after several medication trials or when side effects have been hard to manage. Even so, genetic testing can't tell the whole story. It doesn't predict exactly which medicine will work best and it doesn't replace careful clinical judgment. It's one tool among many, not the final word. Long-Acting Injections For people living with severe mental illness, one of the hardest realities is often staying on medication. Some stop taking it because they don't believe they're sick. Others stop because of side effects, forgetfulness, fear, or confusion. When illness affects insight, a person may not realize they need treatment. Long-acting injectable medication can help in those situations. It's given on a regular schedule and can provide steadier treatment for people who have difficulty with daily pills. For some families, this means fewer relapses, fewer hospital stays, and more stability at home. It isn't the right answer for everyone. But for some, it's a very important option. Costs and Benefits Every treatment has costs. Psychiatric medication is no different. The possible costs include side effects, follow-up appointments, adjustment periods, and the emotional weight of trial and error. Some medicines may cause sleepiness, weight changes, restlessness, or other concerns that need attention. Regular check-ins with doctors help track how the medicine is working and address any side effects. The possible benefits can also be significant. Medication may reduce symptoms, improve sleep, lower agitation or fear, and help a person stay out of the hospital. It may help them think more clearly, relate more steadily, and live with more safety and dignity. When the illness is severe, the cost of not treating it can be very high. How to Talk with Your Child If your child is open to conversation, speak gently and clearly. Don't begin with blame or panic. Begin with concern and care. You might say: \"I love you, and I can see how much you're carrying.\" \"I'm not trying to control you. I want to help you have more stability.\" \"Would you be open to talking with a doctor about medication?\" \"We can take this one step at a time.\" If your child resists, the conversation isn't over. Severe mental illness can make insight difficult. Patience matters. Repeated calm conversations may be more helpful than one intense discussion. The goal is to preserve trust and keep communication possible. Faithful Care You don't have to choose between your faith and your child's care. Medication isn't the Savior, but it may be one of the ways God provides care in a broken world. Prayer matters. Scripture matters. Community matters. Therapy matters. Medicine may matter too. Isaiah speaks directly to moments like this one: \"Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand\" (Isaiah 41:10 NIV). These decisions are often painful and complex, and there may not be a perfect answer. But there can be a faithful one. A faithful response is honest about the illness, open to help, careful with treatment, and rooted in love. You're not failing your child by seeking treatment. You're honoring the life God gave them. Author Note and Disclaimer David Mandani, MATS, MSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), California License No. 76182, provides educational content on mental health, faith, and family support. This article is for general educational and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, psychiatric advice, or psychotherapy, and it is not a substitute for individualized care from a licensed physician, psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse practitioner, therapist, or other qualified health professional. Reading this article does not create a therapist-client relationship. The author does not prescribe or manage medication. 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Yes, and choosing it doesn’t mean your faith is weak. Mental health guidance for Christian parents who want to care for their child’s whole person.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69eabf450b48d86b4ba1a30c_Faith%20and%20Therapy.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cce8e7", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Faith and Therapy: Why Mental Health for Christians Doesn’t Have to Be Either/Or david-mandani-lcsw Is therapy biblical? Yes, and choosing it doesn’t mean your faith is weak. Mental health guidance for Christian parents who want to care for their child’s whole person. Someone at church told you to \"be anxious for nothing\" when you shared that your child was struggling. Maybe a well-meaning friend said your family just needed to pray more. You may have wondered if making a therapy appointment means your faith isn't strong enough. If you're a Christian parent navigating your child's mental health challenges, whether they are 14 or 44, you've probably felt this tension deep in your bones. The pull between what some in your faith community say and what your child needs. The guilt of wondering whether making a therapy appointment means you're trusting God less. Here's what we want you to know: faith and mental health are not an either/or choice. You don't have to pick between the Bible and a therapist's office. In fact, caring for your child as a whole person is one of the most theologically faithful things you can do. The False Choice That Hurts Families For too long, many in the faith community have treated mental illness as an exclusively spiritual problem. The assumption sounds something like this: diagnose it with Scripture, treat it with prayer, and if healing doesn't come, something must be wrong with your faith. This perspective on mental health has left countless Christian families feeling stuck and ashamed. Many churches approach mental illness as if \"it's all spiritual.\" But Scripture itself tells us we are whole beings: mind, body, and spirit. When we reduce a complex mental health condition to a spiritual failing, we don't just miss the mark theologically, we cause real harm to families already carrying more than they can manage. And the harm isn't hypothetical. Our team has witnessed it before: a family is told their loved one has been \"healed\" through prayer, so they stop medication. Then their loved one gets worse, enters a suicidal crisis, and ends up hospitalized, homeless, or in jail. And the family is left devastated, wondering what went wrong. This isn't a failure of faith. It's what happens when we care for only part of a person and forget the rest. What the Bible Says About Caring for the Whole Person Is therapy biblical? It's one of the most searched questions among Christian parents wrestling with their child's mental health. The Bible consistently reinforces that we are not disembodied souls floating through life. We are physical creatures with brains that can break, just like bones can break or hearts can fail. As Rick and Kay Warren have often said: “It's not a sin to be sick.” Think about it this way: if your child broke their leg, you wouldn't just pray over it and send them on their way. You'd take them to a doctor. You'd get an X-ray. You'd put on a cast. The brain deserves the same practical care we'd give any other part of the body. This doesn't mean faith is irrelevant to mental health care. It just means faith isn't the only tool in the toolbox, and that's okay. In fact, that's good theology. Health professionals who understand the physical, emotional, and relational dimensions of a person's experience can be a tremendous gift to families navigating mental disorders like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. Why Therapy Can Be a Gift From Above James says, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights” (James 1:17 NIV). This verse is often quoted in church, but its implications for mental health care are rarely explored. Scripture teaches that God gives good gifts in many forms. Counseling insight, clinical wisdom, and therapeutic care can be among those gifts when they help bring healing, stability, and support to people who are suffering. God’s kindness is not limited to what happens inside a church building; he often cares for his people through very practical means. This understanding matters deeply for Christian parents navigating the intersection of faith and mental health. You are not abandoning your faith when you make a therapy appointment. You are receiving help from a God who loves your child and has provided tools for their care and healing, tools that may include both prayer and professional support. Why Well-Meaning Churches Sometimes Get It Wrong It’s important to say that most faith leaders and church communities that respond poorly to mental health issues aren't acting out of cruelty. They're likely acting out of fear and a lack of training. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than 1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year. That means roughly 20 percent of the people sitting in any given congregation on Sunday morning are living with a diagnosable condition. And yet many faith communities have no framework for how to help. Faith leaders want to support hurting families, but they often don't know where to start. As a result, parents who open up about their child's depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or addiction are often met with platitudes instead of practical support: \"God won't give you more than you can handle.\" \"Have you tried praying more?\" \"Be anxious for nothing.\" These responses may come from genuine care. But for a parent who is already exhausted, already questioning, already carrying more than anyone should, they land like judgment. And they can push families further into isolation at the exact moment they need community most. Families carrying this burden often feel like outsiders in the very place meant to welcome them. Families don't feel safe sharing their reality. So they stop talking. They stop asking for help. They pull away. And the cycle of isolation deepens. How to Find Safety in Your Faith Community So what do you do if your church experience has been more hurtful than helpful? It helps to think about relationships in terms of concentric circles. On the outermost ring are casual acquaintances: the people you smile at in the church lobby. Moving inward, you find people you trust more, share more with, spend more time with. And then there's the innermost circle of the people who truly know your story. Not everyone at church needs to be in your inner circle. The key is learning to discern who is safe and being thoughtful about what you share and with whom. Here are a few markers of a safe relationship in a faith community: They listen more than they advise. A safe person asks questions before offering solutions. They sit with you in the hard stuff instead of rushing to fix it. They don't reduce your child's mental health condition to a spiritual problem. A safe person can hold space for the complexity, acknowledging that your child's brain chemistry is real while also praying alongside you. They respect your choices about treatment. A safe person doesn't tell you to stop your child's medication. They don't shame you for seeing a therapist. They trust that you are making the best decisions you can with the information you have. They stay. A safe person doesn't disappear when things get hard. They text you on Tuesday. They show up with a meal. They don't need your family to be \"fixed\" to keep loving you. If you haven't found those people yet, you're not alone. And it doesn't mean they don't exist. Sometimes you have to look beyond your immediate church to find a community that truly understands. Find people who won't make you feel guilty for asking \"Is therapy biblical?\" and instead will sit with you in the complexity. That's exactly why communities like Hope for Brighter Tomorrows exist. Faith-Informed AND Clinically Aware: What Integration Actually Looks Like What does it look like to hold faith and mental health together without choosing sides? It looks like what we call being \"faith-informed and clinically aware.\" It's an approach that honors your spiritual beliefs while also respecting the science behind mental health care. It means getting your child professional help AND praying for them. These are not competing activities. Just as you might see a cardiologist for your heart and still pray for healing, you can see a therapist or Christian counselor for your child's anxiety and still trust God with their future. Your Christian faith and evidence-based mental health care can work together. It means learning what you're actually dealing with. There’s power in understanding what mental illness actually is: what's happening in the brain, what treatment options exist, what questions to ask. When you're armed with accurate information, you're better equipped to filter well-meaning but misinformed advice from your faith community. Knowledge partners with faith. It means building a support team. A holistic approach to your child's mental health might include a professional therapist, a small group of two or three trusted friends for emotional support, and spiritual connection that comes from a few church leaders that offer prayer and presence. You need spiritual support, emotional support, and professional support for the long haul. This kind of community provides a sense of belonging and the strength to move forward, even in the hardest seasons. It means rejecting shame. Mental illness is not a sin. Seeking help is not a failure. Needing medication is not a lack of faith. Rick and Kay Warren often say, “Your illness is not your identity.” Once you can name the stigma and see it for what it is, you can begin making choices that help your family. It means embracing the tension. Easy answers often don’t come. Faith holds space for mystery, for lament, for the prayers that haven't been answered yet. You can love God deeply and still take your child to therapy. These truths can coexist. You're Not Alone in This If you've been carrying the weight of faith questions, the church hurt, and the guilt of seeking professional help, we want you to know something: You haven't failed your child. You haven't failed God. And you don't have to figure this out by yourself. No parent should have to walk alone. That’s why Hope for Brighter Tomorrows is here. Whether you're just beginning to explore therapy for your child or you've been on this journey for decades, there's a place for you here. Our Hope for Brighter Tomorrows community is full of parents who get it. They’ve sat in the same pews, heard the same platitudes, and found their way to a faith in Christ that holds both honesty and hope. You don’t need to choose between faith and therapy. Prayer and treatment. You can choose both, and the God of grace will meet you in those places. And if you need a community of peers to share the burden you’re bearing, we are here for you. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. parents-of-children-with-mental-illness", "publishedAt": "Thu Mar 26 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Articles" }, { "id": "66c84053fa4df094c0ce0db6", "title": "Faith in Action | Doable Discipleship Podcast Ep. 64", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsN9FobQfdk", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/HsN9FobQfdk", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HsN9FobQfdk/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Faith in Action | Doable Discipleship Podcast Ep. 64 Kay Warren interview; mental-health; suicide; family-friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66cb44760df9a10f453a0551", "title": "Faith in Action | Doable Discipleship Podcast Ep. 64", "url": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e10792880_1597442335_faith-in-action--doable-discipleship-podcast-ep-64.mp3", "externalUrl": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e10792880_1597442335_faith-in-action--doable-discipleship-podcast-ep-64.mp3", "type": "Audio", "typeSlug": "audio", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Listen to this audio resource about mental health and suicide prevention.", "image": "", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#e7d2dc", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Faith in Action | Doable Discipleship Podcast Ep. 64 audio; mental-health; suicide; interview", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Audios" }, { "id": "66ce55f3ca61a4cfdb6cdd11", "title": "Faith. 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In the wake of the tragedy, she embarked on a brave journey to better understand his harrowing battle with mental illness and, ultimately, to overcome the stigma of suicide. Fear Gone Wild is her intimate account of all that led to that tragic day, including her husband's panic attacks and debilitating bouts of anxiety and depression. Despite their deep faith in God and the countless prayers of many believers, Andrew was never healed of his illness. Turning to Scripture for answers, she discovered that God uses wilderness experiences to prepare His children--including Jesus--for his greater purpose and to work miracles inside our souls. With a clear-eyed acknowledgment of how misguided and misinformed she was about mental illness, Kayla Stoecklein shares her story in hopes that anyone walking through the wilderness of mental illness will be better equipped for the journey and will learn to put their hope in Jesus through it all.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/697167631cdf8c4e4190dac9_gone%20wild.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Fear Gone Wild: A Story of Mental Illness, Suicide, and Hope Through Loss BY Kayla Stoecklein On August 25, 2018, Kayla Stoecklein lost her husband, Andrew--megachurch pastor of Inland Hills Church in Chino, California--to suicide. In the wake of the tragedy, she embarked on a brave journey to better understand his harrowing battle with mental illness and, ultimately, to overcome the stigma of suicide. 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Unfortunately, this hope is often lost amid the well-meaning labels and medical treatments that dominate the mental health field today. In Finding Jesus in the Storm , John Swinton makes the case for reclaiming that hope by changing the way we talk about mental health and remembering that, above all, people are people, regardless of how unconventionally they experience life. Finding Jesus in the Storm is a call for the church to be an epicenter of compassion for those experiencing depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and related difficulties. That means breaking free of the assumptions that often accompany these diagnoses, allowing for the possibility that people living within unconventional states of mental health might experience God in unique ways that are real and perhaps even revelatory. In each chapter, Swinton gives voice to those experiencing the mental health challenges in question, so readers can see firsthand what God’s healing looks like in a variety of circumstances. The result is a book about people instead of symptoms, description instead of diagnosis, and life-giving hope for everyone in the midst of the storm.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d828b22fcf9f1024a452_66d0e2864a6c0bb990c2480a_668a99a19249e5db87d0fb66_667dd18b8ea05d44e018f11f_66732e44ce1640e4ce6cb371_findingjesusinthestormrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Finding Jesus in the Storm: The Spiritual Lives of Christians with Mental Health Challenges BY JOHN SWINTON People with mental health challenges are not excluded from God’s love or even the fullness of life promised by Jesus. 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In May 2003 prominent philosopher, author, and professor J. P. Moreland awoke in the middle of the night to a severe panic attack. Though often anxious by temperament and upbringing, Moreland had never experienced such an incident before. Thus began an extended battle with debilitating anxiety and depression. More than a decade later, Moreland continues to manage mental illness. Yet along the way he's moved from shame and despair to vulnerability and hope. In Finding Quiet Moreland comes alongside fellow sufferers with encouragement and practical, hard-won advice. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, nearly 20 percent of Americans suffer from mental illness, and people in the pews are not immune. 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Her exquisite words are a tender touch that resurrect us in our brokenness to the knowledge that we are deeply seen - and even in our weakness, there can be life-giving glory and reviving grace. These are healing pages for hurting hearts, and ones I will return to again and again. \" -Ann Voskamp, NYTimes bestselling author of The Broken Way and One Thousand Gifts As a girl, Alia Joy came face to face with weakness, poverty, and loss in ways that made her doubt God was good. There were times when it felt as if God had abandoned her. What she didn't realize then was that God was always there, calling her to abandon herself. 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These are healing pages for hurting hearts, and ones I will return to again and again. \" -Ann Voskamp, NYTimes bestselling author of The Broken Way and One Thousand Gifts As a girl, Alia Joy came face to face with weakness, poverty, and loss in ways that made her doubt God was good. There were times when it felt as if God had abandoned her. What she didn't realize then was that God was always there, calling her to abandon herself. In this deeply personal exploration of what it means to be \"poor in spirit,\" Joy challenges our cultural proclivity to \"pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps.\" She calls on readers to embrace true vulnerability and authenticity with God and with one another, showing how weakness does not disqualify us from inclusion in the kingdom of God--instead, it is our very invitation to enter in. Anyone who has struggled with feeling inadequate, disillusioned, or just too broken will find hope. 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Insatiable craving for things that don’t satisfy Relational disappointments and loneliness Frustrated search for purpose and meaning Relentless desire for comfort and security Ongoing struggle to live with loss and unfulfilled dreams Join Nancy Guthrie in discovering why emptiness has never been, and never will be, a problem to God. As Nancy pulls back the curtain on God’s work to fill up emptiness as revealed throughout the Bible, you’ll experience page after page of grace and hope that your emptiness can and will be filled. 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As Nancy pulls back the curtain on God’s work to fill up emptiness as revealed throughout the Bible, you’ll experience page after page of grace and hope that your emptiness can and will be filled. 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Now, in their first-ever devotional book, Kate Bowler and co-author Jessica Richie offer 40ish short spiritual reflections on how we can make sense of life not as a pursuit of endless progress but as a chronic condition. This book is a companion for when you want to stop feeling guilty that you’re not living your best life now. Written gently and with humor, Good Enough is permission for all those who need to hear that there are some things you can fix—and some things you can’t. And it’s okay that life isn’t always better. In these gorgeously written reflections, Bowler and Richie offer fresh imagination for how truth, beauty, and meaning can be discovered amid the chaos of life. Their words celebrate kindness, honesty, and interdependence in a culture that rewards ruthless individualism and blind optimism. 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She is an inspiration to all!\" -Dr. Phil “Every young woman and man interested in overcoming disordered eating should read this treasure of a book.” -Leigh Cohn, M.A.T., CEDS, Editor-in-Chief, Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention “The beauty of Jenni's written journey through her tormented relationship with Ed is that it is honest, passionate, hopeful-but, most important, it ultimately assures the reader that life really can move on.” -Lynn Grefe, CEO, National Eating Disorders Association Combining Jenni's signature personal advice and unfailing encouragement along with valuable exercises you can do as you read, Goodbye Ed, Hello Me will give you the prescriptive tools to take the final steps in divorcing your Ed completely. 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In Goodbye Ed, Hello Me Jenni shows you that being fully recovered is not just about breaking free from destructive behaviors with food and having a healthy relationship with your body; it also means finding joy and peace in your life. \"Jenni Schaefer has dedicated her life to helping people overcome their eating disorders and live life to the fullest. She is an inspiration to all!\" -Dr. Phil “Every young woman and man interested in overcoming disordered eating should read this treasure of a book.” -Leigh Cohn, M.A.T., CEDS, Editor-in-Chief, Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention “The beauty of Jenni's written journey through her tormented relationship with Ed is that it is honest, passionate, hopeful-but, most important, it ultimately assures the reader that life really can move on.” -Lynn Grefe, CEO, National Eating Disorders Association Combining Jenni's signature personal advice and unfailing encouragement along with valuable exercises you can do as you read, Goodbye Ed, Hello Me will give you the prescriptive tools to take the final steps in divorcing your Ed completely. 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Each day men and women diagnosed with mental disorders are told they need to pray more and turn from their sin. Mental illness is equated with demonic possession, weak faith, and generational sin. As both a church leader and a professor of psychology and behavioral sciences, Matthew S. Stanford has seen far too many mentally ill brothers and sisters damaged by well-meaning believers who respond to them out of fear or misinformation rather than grace. Grace for the Afflicted is written to educate Christians about mental illness from both biblical and scientific perspectives. Stanford presents insights into our physical and spiritual nature and discusses the appropriate role of psychology and psychiatry in the life of the believer. Describing common mental disorders, Stanford probes what science says and what the Bible says about each illness. Consistent with DSM-5 diagnoses, this revised and expanded edition is thoroughly updated with new material throughout, including eight new chapters that cover bipolar disorders trauma- and stressor-related disorders dementia cerebrovascular accidents (stroke) traumatic brain injury suicide a holistic approach to recovery mental health and the church", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82aaaa91f96f2035fa3_66d0e2835eca2d7f593e0787_668a99a32ff7fc933a6d3de5_667dd18b39d3fa6ea99b1b77_66732f501b2ffcf281054f3e_gracefortheafflictedrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Grace for the Afflicted: A Clinical and Biblical Perspective on Mental Illness BY Matthew S. Stanford, PhD Why has the church struggled in ministering to those with mental illnesses? Each day men and women diagnosed with mental disorders are told they need to pray more and turn from their sin. Mental illness is equated with demonic possession, weak faith, and generational sin. As both a church leader and a professor of psychology and behavioral sciences, Matthew S. Stanford has seen far too many mentally ill brothers and sisters damaged by well-meaning believers who respond to them out of fear or misinformation rather than grace. Grace for the Afflicted is written to educate Christians about mental illness from both biblical and scientific perspectives. Stanford presents insights into our physical and spiritual nature and discusses the appropriate role of psychology and psychiatry in the life of the believer. Describing common mental disorders, Stanford probes what science says and what the Bible says about each illness. Consistent with DSM-5 diagnoses, this revised and expanded edition is thoroughly updated with new material throughout, including eight new chapters that cover bipolar disorders trauma- and stressor-related disorders dementia cerebrovascular accidents (stroke) traumatic brain injury suicide a holistic approach to recovery mental health and the church bipolar-disorder; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; ocd; veterans-mental-health; borderline-personality-disorder; self-injury; substance-use; adhd; schizophrenia; ptsd-trauma; eating-disorder; depression; mental-health; anxiety-disorder Bipolar Disorder Parents of Children with Mental Illness OCD Veterans Mental Health Borderline Personality Disorder Self-Injury Substance Use Disorder ADHD Schizophrenia PTSD & Trauma Eating Disorders Depression Mental Health Anxiety", "publishedAt": "Fri May 15 2026 16:51:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e2842efded5f0343e5b8", "title": "Grace for the Children: Finding Hope in the Midst of Child and Adolescent Mental Illness", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/grace-for-the-children-finding-hope-in-the-midst-of-child-and-adolescent-mental-illness", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/422rYR9", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Anxiety", "Bipolar Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Eating Disorders", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "OCD", "Student Mental Health", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "The church's response to child and adolescent mental health disorders has too often been characterized by fear and misinformation rather than grace or wisdom. The result has been families that desperately need practical advice and pastoral care on these disorders, and on the thorny issues that often surround them. Psychologist Matthew Stanford has written Grace for the Children to educate Christians about a range of common child and adolescent mental health disorders, from both scientific and biblical perspectives. Based on DSM-5 diagnoses, this book covers autism spectrum disorder attention deficit hyperactivity disorder disruptive behavior disorders depression bipolar disorders anxiety post-traumatic stress disorder obsessive compulsive and related disorders eating disorders The church is uniquely positioned to offer things our mental health system often lacks: hope, a holistic view of human nature, accessible care, and supportive community. Grace for the Children is a call for the church to pick up this mantle and to offer grace to children and adolescents suffering from mental health disorders.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d829d65de9955b7cb237_66d0e2842efded5f0343e59a_668a99a3166a899b5ea79acb_667dd19a94b0bef24e2aaf35_667aa4f16867cc7a7b04c176_graceforchildrenrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Grace for the Children: Finding Hope in the Midst of Child and Adolescent Mental Illness BY Matthew S. Stanford, PhD The church's response to child and adolescent mental health disorders has too often been characterized by fear and misinformation rather than grace or wisdom. The result has been families that desperately need practical advice and pastoral care on these disorders, and on the thorny issues that often surround them. Psychologist Matthew Stanford has written Grace for the Children to educate Christians about a range of common child and adolescent mental health disorders, from both scientific and biblical perspectives. Based on DSM-5 diagnoses, this book covers autism spectrum disorder attention deficit hyperactivity disorder disruptive behavior disorders depression bipolar disorders anxiety post-traumatic stress disorder obsessive compulsive and related disorders eating disorders The church is uniquely positioned to offer things our mental health system often lacks: hope, a holistic view of human nature, accessible care, and supportive community. Grace for the Children is a call for the church to pick up this mantle and to offer grace to children and adolescents suffering from mental health disorders. mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; student-mental-health; childrens-mental-health; children-adolescents Mental Health Parents of Children with Mental Illness Student Mental Health Children's Mental Health Children & Adolescents", "publishedAt": "Fri May 15 2026 16:51:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66cb4476457532cc95533b33", "title": "Grief | A She's Still There Story on Chrystal's Chronicles Podcast", "url": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e6378559_1499884015_a-shes-still-there-story--chrystals-chronicles-podcast.mp3", "externalUrl": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e6378559_1499884015_a-shes-still-there-story--chrystals-chronicles-podcast.mp3", "type": "Audio", "typeSlug": "audio", "topics": [ "Grief" ], "summary": "Listen to this audio resource about grief.", "image": "", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#e7d2dc", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Grief | A She's Still There Story on Chrystal's Chronicles Podcast grief; interview; audio", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Audios" }, { "id": "66cb447686dc7f32f1c66746", "title": "Grief and Leadership | Managing Leadership Anxiety Podcast", "url": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e10792974_1597445228_grief-and-leadership--managing-leadership-anxiety-podcast.mp3", "externalUrl": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e10792974_1597445228_grief-and-leadership--managing-leadership-anxiety-podcast.mp3", "type": "Audio", "typeSlug": "audio", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Grief", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Listen to this audio resource about mental health and anxiety.", "image": "", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#e7d2dc", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Grief and Leadership | Managing Leadership Anxiety Podcast audio; mental-health; interview", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Audios" }, { "id": "66c8405bc3d7ba7a98f6a815", "title": "Grief and Loss During COVID-19 with Dr. Jerry Sittser", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Elev0oGnbMA", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/Elev0oGnbMA", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay and Dr. Jerry Sittser.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Elev0oGnbMA/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Grief and Loss During COVID-19 with Dr. Jerry Sittser Kay and Dr. Jerry Sittser facebook-live; family-friends; grief; mental-health; ptsd-trauma", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "681cff575eb65ead2fe374e8", "title": "Grief Training (David Kessler)", "url": "https://www.davidkesslertraining.com/", "externalUrl": "https://www.davidkesslertraining.com/", "type": "Training", "typeSlug": "training", "topics": [ "Grief" ], "summary": "Explore this training about grief from Davidkesslertraining.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/696582a4e536f430989f0e83_traingrief.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#f1dfbd", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Grief Training (David Kessler) all-trainings Davidkesslertraining", "publishedAt": "Mon Jan 12 2026 23:26:25 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e284a2568e8edd9960f9", "title": "Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One's Search for Comfort, Answers, and Hope", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/grieving-a-suicide-a-loved-ones-search-for-comfort-answers-and-hope", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/3QQfr0K", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "\"Albert,\" the neighbor said, \"your mom needs you to come home.\" That's how it began for Albert Hsu when his father died. Anyone who has lost a loved one to suicide experiences tremendous shock and trauma. What follows is a confusing mix of emotions―anger, guilt, grief, and despair. Suicide raises heartrending questions: Why did this happen? Why didn't we see it coming? Could we have done anything to prevent it? How can we go on? After his father's death, Hsu wrestled with the intense emotional and theological questions surrounding suicide. While acknowledging that there are no easy answers, he draws on the resources of the Christian faith to point suicide survivors to the God who offers comfort in our grief and hope for the future. For those who have lost a loved one to suicide and for their counselors and pastors, this book is an essential companion for the journey toward healing. This revised edition incorporates updated statistics, has expanded resources for suicide prevention and mental health ministry, and now includes a discussion guide for suicide survivor groups.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82bdaeb1ffb5868e3ba_66d0e284a2568e8edd9960da_668a99a34d4b9e30297f482a_667dd19be6008315aeca7ee6_667aa6040a88800f304eff92_grievingsuiciderecommended2.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One's Search for Comfort, Answers, and Hope BY Albert Y. Hsu \"Albert,\" the neighbor said, \"your mom needs you to come home.\" That's how it began for Albert Hsu when his father died. Anyone who has lost a loved one to suicide experiences tremendous shock and trauma. What follows is a confusing mix of emotions―anger, guilt, grief, and despair. Suicide raises heartrending questions: Why did this happen? Why didn't we see it coming? Could we have done anything to prevent it? How can we go on? After his father's death, Hsu wrestled with the intense emotional and theological questions surrounding suicide. While acknowledging that there are no easy answers, he draws on the resources of the Christian faith to point suicide survivors to the God who offers comfort in our grief and hope for the future. For those who have lost a loved one to suicide and for their counselors and pastors, this book is an essential companion for the journey toward healing. This revised edition incorporates updated statistics, has expanded resources for suicide prevention and mental health ministry, and now includes a discussion guide for suicide survivor groups. mental-health; suicide; grief Mental Health Suicide Grief", "publishedAt": "Fri May 15 2026 16:51:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c8405973ec2f8efeb35310", "title": "Grieving as a Family", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyQMh9j56r4", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/kyQMh9j56r4?list=PLMh_VL07zTs09L8iaUI6FNMqKwkO7jIes", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay and Pastor Tommy Hilliker.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kyQMh9j56r4/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Grieving as a Family Kay and Pastor Tommy Hilliker grief; suicide What Not to Say to Someone Who is Grieving Kay Warren Mental Health grief; suicide; mental-health; ptsd-trauma; family-friends; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c84064b54373a644799fd4", "title": "Growing Emotionally and Spiritually Through the Enneagram | Hope for Mental Health Community", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YoK_ljzBwo", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/_YoK_ljzBwo", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Bill and Kristi.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_YoK_ljzBwo/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Growing Emotionally and Spiritually Through the Enneagram | Hope for Mental Health Community Bill and Kristi Mental Health mental-health; hope-for-mental-health-community; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends SOUL SHEPHERDING Bill & Kristi Gaultiere", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce55f3973f1c07916b0263", "title": "Guia Para Padres Sobre El TDAH", "url": "https://childmind.org/es/guia/guia-para-padres-sobre-el-tdah/", "externalUrl": "https://childmind.org/es/guia/guia-para-padres-sobre-el-tdah/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [], "summary": "Open this guide or website from Childmind.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6941d6e85d111b545564a7e0_guia.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "es", "searchableText": "Guia Para Padres Sobre El TDAH espanol Childmind", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 23:52:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e28361f3abbc397e2dc3", "title": "Guided Prayer Experience", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/guided-prayer-experience", "externalUrl": "http://15e50d5042f8867cff88-3b1d37bbed62ab73fc28b350df0f1686.r26.cf2.rackcdn.com/uploaded/2/0e7353095_1526592598_2018maymentalhealthmonthprayerexperience.pdf", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Depression", "Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "Explore this recommended resource by Saddleback Church.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d829fa085f78872cbddf_66d0e28361f3abbc397e2d75_668a99a3134dc172d6200440_667dd19b8ea05d44e018fd33_667aa63097d73ef1640ffa17_2018maymentalhealthmonthprayerexperiencepic.jpeg", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Guided Prayer Experience BY Saddleback Church downloads; 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hope-for-mental-health-community; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; ptsd-trauma; bipoc-mental-health; family-friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e283e7f00c90c8ced6ea", "title": "Healing the Wounded Heart: The Heartache of Sexual Abuse and the Hope of Transformation", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/healing-the-wounded-heart-the-heartache-of-sexual-abuse-and-the-hope-of-transformation", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4cEy7t4", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "First published in 1989, Dan Allender's The Wounded Heart has helped hundreds of thousands of people come to terms with sexual abuse in their past. Now, more than twenty-five years later, Allender has written a brand-new book on the subject that takes into account recent discoveries about the lasting physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual ramifications of sexual abuse. With great compassion Allender offers hope for victims of rape, date rape, incest, molestation, sexting, sexual bullying, unwanted advances, pornography, and more, exposing the raw wounds that are left behind and clearing the path toward wholeness and healing. Never minimizing victims' pain or offering pat spiritual answers that don't truly address the problem, he instead calls evil evil and lights the way to renewed joy. Counselors, pastors, and friends of those who have suffered sexual harm will find in this book the deep spiritual guidance they need to effectively minister to the sexually broken around them. Victims themselves will find here a sympathetic friend to walk alongside them on the road to healing.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82a1947d067fadfbc0e_66d0e283e7f00c90c8ced66f_668a99a441e22cf3ecd18957_667dd19be25f6e3d767ac236_667aa6502968646a56f6a99f_healingwoundedheartrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Healing the Wounded Heart: The Heartache of Sexual Abuse and the Hope of Transformation BY Dan B. Allender, PhD First published in 1989, Dan Allender's The Wounded Heart has helped hundreds of thousands of people come to terms with sexual abuse in their past. Now, more than twenty-five years later, Allender has written a brand-new book on the subject that takes into account recent discoveries about the lasting physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual ramifications of sexual abuse. With great compassion Allender offers hope for victims of rape, date rape, incest, molestation, sexting, sexual bullying, unwanted advances, pornography, and more, exposing the raw wounds that are left behind and clearing the path toward wholeness and healing. Never minimizing victims' pain or offering pat spiritual answers that don't truly address the problem, he instead calls evil evil and lights the way to renewed joy. Counselors, pastors, and friends of those who have suffered sexual harm will find in this book the deep spiritual guidance they need to effectively minister to the sexually broken around them. Victims themselves will find here a sympathetic friend to walk alongside them on the road to healing. mental-health; ptsd-trauma Mental Health PTSD & Trauma", "publishedAt": "Fri May 15 2026 16:51:05 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66da5eedb3042c8d1caf551e", "title": "Healthy Feelings, Thriving Faith: Growing Emotionally and Spiritually through the Enneagram", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/healthy-feelings-thriving-faith-growing-emotionally-and-spiritually-through-the-enneagram", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/422qfLF", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "If you've ever taken a personality test, you may have found yourself in enthusiastic agreement about the positive aspects of your personality, while the less desirable traits listed may have made you a bit defensive. Maybe you read up on a different personality type and wished you had more of those qualities. But the truth is, every type can get stuck in unhealthy emotional and spiritual patterns. And no matter what your personality, you have the potential to grow into the healthiest and most loving version of yourself. In Healthy Feelings, Thriving Faith , Drs. Bill and Kristi Gaultiere use the Enneagram to lead you through a journey of discovery, showing you how God can transform unhealthy patterns of anger, shame, anxiety, and sadness into freedom, joy, peace, and love. Through eye-opening insights, engaging stories, and simple soul care practices and spiritual disciplines, this book offers an avenue to renewed hope and personal growth you may not have thought possible. 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Why hasn’t God answered my prayers for a miracle? Can I expect God to protect me? Does God even care? According to Nancy, this questioning is not a bad thing at all but instead an opportunity. It’s a chance to hear with fresh ears the truth in the promises of the gospel we may have misapplied. 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It’s a chance to hear with fresh ears the truth in the promises of the gospel we may have misapplied. 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What will we look like? What will we do every day? Won’t Heaven get boring after a while? We all have questions about what Heaven will be like, and after twenty-five years of extensive research, Dr. Randy Alcorn has the answers.In the most comprehensive and definitive book on Heaven to date, Randy invites you to picture Heaven the way Scripture describes it―a bright, vibrant, and physical New Earth, free from sin, suffering, and death, and brimming with Christ’s presence, wondrous natural beauty, and the richness of human culture as God intended it.This is a book about real people with real bodies enjoying close relationships with God and each other, eating, drinking, working, playing, traveling, worshiping, and discovering on a New Earth. Earth as God created it. Earth as he intended it to be.The next time you hear someone say, “We can’t begin to image what Heaven will be like,” you’ll be able to tell them, “I can.”", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6971645b5d3c66a2671dff53_alcorn.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Heaven: A Comprehensive Guide to Everything the Bible Says About Our Eternal Home (Clear Answers to 44 Real Questions About the Afterlife, Angels, Resurrection, and the Kingdom of God) BY Randy Alcorn Have you ever wondered . . . ? What is Heaven really going to be like? What will we look like? What will we do every day? Won’t Heaven get boring after a while? We all have questions about what Heaven will be like, and after twenty-five years of extensive research, Dr. Randy Alcorn has the answers.In the most comprehensive and definitive book on Heaven to date, Randy invites you to picture Heaven the way Scripture describes it―a bright, vibrant, and physical New Earth, free from sin, suffering, and death, and brimming with Christ’s presence, wondrous natural beauty, and the richness of human culture as God intended it.This is a book about real people with real bodies enjoying close relationships with God and each other, eating, drinking, working, playing, traveling, worshiping, and discovering on a New Earth. Earth as God created it. Earth as he intended it to be.The next time you hear someone say, “We can’t begin to image what Heaven will be like,” you’ll be able to tell them, “I can.” grief Grief", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "697163878f4992f07f1e61a5", "title": "Heaven: Your Real Home...From a Higher Perspective", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/heaven-your-real-home-from-a-higher-perspective", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/3R5Pjiu", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief" ], "summary": "Gain a fresh perspective on heaven from someone who has endured more than her share of earthly challenges for over fifty years--quadriplegia, cancer, and chronic pain. Joni Eareckson Tada's bestseller Heaven has inspired us to live well on earth even as we long for eternity, but as Joni tells us in this updated and expanded edition of Heaven , the longer you journey with your eyes on heaven, the more you begin to see. A quadriplegic for over fifty years, Joni has also endured cancer and extreme ongoing pain, and she doesn't speak lightly when she reminds us that, \"God knows the precise tools to use in your life to cut, facet, cleanse, and refine the diamond that is your eternal soul . . . Every good thing that God has ever given you will last for all eternity--including the best part of every affliction.\" It is from this vantage point that Joni now speaks about how we can live for Jesus as we look forward to our real home in heaven. Drawing on Scripture, Joni answers the deepest questions of our hearts, including: What will heaven be like? Who will we be in heaven? How can we get ready for heaven? Join Joni as she invites you on this journey of looking back on God's faithfulness, discovering how we got to where we are, and looking forward to our real home. ‍", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69716384ace42b4721ab0849_jet.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Heaven: Your Real Home...From a Higher Perspective BY Joni Eareckson Tada Gain a fresh perspective on heaven from someone who has endured more than her share of earthly challenges for over fifty years--quadriplegia, cancer, and chronic pain. Joni Eareckson Tada's bestseller Heaven has inspired us to live well on earth even as we long for eternity, but as Joni tells us in this updated and expanded edition of Heaven , the longer you journey with your eyes on heaven, the more you begin to see. A quadriplegic for over fifty years, Joni has also endured cancer and extreme ongoing pain, and she doesn't speak lightly when she reminds us that, \"God knows the precise tools to use in your life to cut, facet, cleanse, and refine the diamond that is your eternal soul . . . Every good thing that God has ever given you will last for all eternity--including the best part of every affliction.\" It is from this vantage point that Joni now speaks about how we can live for Jesus as we look forward to our real home in heaven. Drawing on Scripture, Joni answers the deepest questions of our hearts, including: What will heaven be like? Who will we be in heaven? How can we get ready for heaven? Join Joni as she invites you on this journey of looking back on God's faithfulness, discovering how we got to where we are, and looking forward to our real home. ‍ grief Grief", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce55f6b655fadb78745318", "title": "Help Starts Here", "url": "https://www.211.org/", "externalUrl": "https://www.211.org/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Family & Friends" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about family & friends from 211.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69740f86cd3fd2437e29d277_help%20starts%20here.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Help Starts Here family-friends 211", "publishedAt": "Sat Jan 24 2026 00:20:23 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66ce55fb30b8b132f2cc3904", "title": "Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Traumatic Events", "url": "https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/helping-children-and-adolescents-cope-with-disasters-and-other-traumatic-events", "externalUrl": "https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/helping-children-and-adolescents-cope-with-disasters-and-other-traumatic-events", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about children & adolescents from Nimh Nih.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6949c88c6e91d6c693d2cd00_traumacope.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Traumatic Events children-adolescents Nimh Nih", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 23:52:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66ce55ed712dc0a6ef045702", "title": "Helping Children Deal with Grief", "url": "https://childmind.org/article/helping-children-deal-grief/", "externalUrl": "https://childmind.org/article/helping-children-deal-grief/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Grief" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about grief and children & adolescents from Childmind.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6949e75a04101bdc8913cc2f_dealgrief.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Helping Children Deal with Grief grief Childmind Helping Children Deal with Grief children-adolescents; grief Childmind", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 23:08:50 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c8405342109caacaab2ac0", "title": "Helping Kids Heal from Trauma | Mental Health Month", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_1BFver9wU", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/q_1BFver9wU", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren and Nelba Márquez-Greene.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q_1BFver9wU/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Helping Kids Heal from Trauma | Mental Health Month Kay Warren and Nelba Márquez-Greene Mental Health childrens-mental-health; facebook-live; grief; mental-health; mental-health-month-2018; ptsd-trauma; children-adolescents; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends; bipoc-mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c84053b54373a644799524", "title": "Helping People Heal From Sexual Abuse with Beth Moore and Rick & Kay Warren", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtijkPpJ_s0", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/jtijkPpJ_s0", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Beth Moore and Rick & Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jtijkPpJ_s0/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Helping People Heal From Sexual Abuse with Beth Moore and Rick & Kay Warren Beth Moore and Rick & Kay Warren interview; ptsd-trauma; messages", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce55ff4c9c46026d1fbba9", "title": "Helping Toddlers Cope with Grief and Death", "url": "https://www.zerotothree.org/resource/helping-toddlers-cope-with-grief-and-death/", "externalUrl": "https://www.zerotothree.org/resource/helping-toddlers-cope-with-grief-and-death/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Grief" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about children & adolescents and grief from Zerotothree.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6949d2b7e3cf07bf57ed2659_understand.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Helping Toddlers Cope with Grief and Death children-adolescents; grief Zerotothree", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 23:52:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "6977ef897eb77c3251d43726", "title": "Hidden in My Heart (A Lullaby Journey Through Scripture), Vol. 2", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/hidden-in-my-heart-a-lullaby-journey-through-scripture-vol-2", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4n2hV8A", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Children & Adolescents" ], "summary": "Volume II continues the journey through Scripture as new passages are brought to life. In the tradition of Volume I, this collection of songs weaves Scripture into powerfully peaceful music for any age. Whether you are two or 92, Scripture Lullabies will surely minister deeply to your soul. Nightmares disappear when this music is played. Adults, teens and children experience relief from anxiety as an atmosphere of peace replaces turmoil and unrest.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6977ef4f9abdb1570d92c7ce_lull.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Hidden in My Heart (A Lullaby Journey Through Scripture), Vol. 2 BY Scripture Lullabies Volume II continues the journey through Scripture as new passages are brought to life. In the tradition of Volume I, this collection of songs weaves Scripture into powerfully peaceful music for any age. Whether you are two or 92, Scripture Lullabies will surely minister deeply to your soul. Nightmares disappear when this music is played. 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DIANE LANGBERG'S WEBSITE Diane Langberg, Ph.D.", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e28268ae3cdbbf9a56e3", "title": "Hiding From Love", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/hiding-from-love", "externalUrl": "http://www.amazon.com/Hiding-Love-John-Townsend/dp/0310201071/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400285602&sr=1-1&keywords=hiding+from+love", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "A journey of discovery toward healing, connected relationships, and a new freedom and joy in living. When you experience emotional injury, fear, or shame, your first impulse is to hide the hurting parts of yourself from God, others, and even yourself. Often, you've learned these hiding patterns during childhood to protect yourself in a threatening environment. The problem is that when you hide your injuries and frailties, you isolate yourself from the very things you need in order to heal and mature--connection, intimacy, and love. What served as protection for a child becomes a prison to an adult. In Hiding from Love , Dr. John Townsend helps you explore the hiding patterns you've developed and guides you toward the healing grace and truth of safe, connected relationships with God and others. You'll discover: The difference between \"good\" and \"bad\" hiding Why you hide the broken parts of your soul from the God who can heal them How to be free to make mistakes without fear of exposing your failures and imperfections How to obtain the joy and wholeness God intends you to have through healthy bonding with others", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82aa25fbb814866f81d_66d0e28268ae3cdbbf9a56db_668a99a4b3c0e62df624b379_667dd19b4d8782c251e86d1c_667aa6ce393ef17fab5e6dcb_hidingfromloverecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Hiding From Love BY John Townsend, PhD A journey of discovery toward healing, connected relationships, and a new freedom and joy in living. When you experience emotional injury, fear, or shame, your first impulse is to hide the hurting parts of yourself from God, others, and even yourself. Often, you've learned these hiding patterns during childhood to protect yourself in a threatening environment. The problem is that when you hide your injuries and frailties, you isolate yourself from the very things you need in order to heal and mature--connection, intimacy, and love. What served as protection for a child becomes a prison to an adult. In Hiding from Love , Dr. John Townsend helps you explore the hiding patterns you've developed and guides you toward the healing grace and truth of safe, connected relationships with God and others. You'll discover: The difference between \"good\" and \"bad\" hiding Why you hide the broken parts of your soul from the God who can heal them How to be free to make mistakes without fear of exposing your failures and imperfections How to obtain the joy and wholeness God intends you to have through healthy bonding with others mental-health Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66da699838c5c63ee095cea5", "title": "Holding to Hope: Staying Sane While Loving Someone with a Mental Illness", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/holding-to-hope-staying-sane-while-loving-someone-with-a-mental-illness", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4e9MRBg", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Anxiety", "Bipolar Disorder", "Borderline Personality Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Eating Disorders", "Mental Health", "OCD", "Student Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Staying Sane While Loving Someone with a Mental Illness ----- Loving someone who has a mental illness can be as difficult as having the illness itself. It is even possible for those who love someone with a mental illness to suffer even more than their loved one who has the diagnosis. Their pain is your pain. Their struggle is your struggle. You are their mental health coach, life coach, and advocate. And yet, who is caring for you? How do you keep from being 'done in' by the roller coaster of mental health recovery? How do you find hope in the midst of what seems to be a hopeless situation? How do you as their loved one hold on to hope for them and yourself? How do give them hope much less hold onto hope yourself? That's what this book is about. It's about giving you hope. This book will empower you to hold onto hope while offering hope to your loved one who has a mental illness. This book is for you, the loved one. Our intent is to empower you to live well, give you hope and the strength to hold onto that hope in spite of the ups and downs of your loved one's recovery journey. We hope to provide you with practical insights, cause you to think, encourage you to find healing, and most of all to assure you that you are NOT alone. You can become the hero against the villain of mental illness in your life. Brad and Donna Hoefs are college sweethearts who have been married for over 40 years. They are blessed with two children and four beautiful grandkids. They have served in the ministry of the church for the past 35 years: Donna as a worship leader and teacher, Brad as pastor. Brad is the founder of Fresh Hope for Mental Health, and today is the full-time Executive Director. Donna continues to serve as the worship leader of Anchor of Hope, is a facilitator for Fresh Hope's Trauma Healing groups, and heads up WorshipOutlet.com. The Hoefs are ever so grateful for the Lord's redemptive work in their lives. 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How do you as their loved one hold on to hope for them and yourself? How do give them hope much less hold onto hope yourself? That's what this book is about. It's about giving you hope. This book will empower you to hold onto hope while offering hope to your loved one who has a mental illness. This book is for you, the loved one. Our intent is to empower you to live well, give you hope and the strength to hold onto that hope in spite of the ups and downs of your loved one's recovery journey. We hope to provide you with practical insights, cause you to think, encourage you to find healing, and most of all to assure you that you are NOT alone. You can become the hero against the villain of mental illness in your life. Brad and Donna Hoefs are college sweethearts who have been married for over 40 years. They are blessed with two children and four beautiful grandkids. They have served in the ministry of the church for the past 35 years: Donna as a worship leader and teacher, Brad as pastor. Brad is the founder of Fresh Hope for Mental Health, and today is the full-time Executive Director. Donna continues to serve as the worship leader of Anchor of Hope, is a facilitator for Fresh Hope's Trauma Healing groups, and heads up WorshipOutlet.com. The Hoefs are ever so grateful for the Lord's redemptive work in their lives. They are living proof that there is always hope! mental-health; adhd; anxiety-disorder; bipolar-disorder; borderline-personality-disorder; depression; eating-disorder; ocd Mental Health ADHD Anxiety Bipolar Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder Depression Eating Disorders OCD", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "6917a59166a34a56fc1febea", "title": "Holiday Challenges: Establishing Boundaries, Estrangement & Grief, and Fighting for Joy", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxK1ioOkJcU", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/oxK1ioOkJcU?si=gZ8Rb4n8JMXY0IPI", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oxK1ioOkJcU/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Holiday Challenges: Establishing Boundaries, Estrangement & Grief, and Fighting for Joy Kay Warren family-friends; mental-health", "publishedAt": "Thu Nov 20 2025 18:12:58 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8406781e724fd354cb454", "title": "Holiday Heaviness | Breathe Devotional with Luan Sy", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8x0EJLoI40", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/P8x0EJLoI40", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Luan Sy.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P8x0EJLoI40/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Holiday Heaviness | Breathe Devotional with Luan Sy Luan Sy Mental Health mental-health; breathe; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; devotional", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "695ef8faa3b2f5ffe79ad02d", "title": "Holiday Plan", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/holiday-plan-2026", "externalUrl": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Holiday+Plan+Evergreen.pdf", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Anxiety", "Bipolar Disorder", "Borderline Personality Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Eating Disorders", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "OCD", "Schizophrenia", "Student Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "For many, the holiday season is the best time of the year. For others, the holidays create some uncomfortable and stressful moments. We often find ourselves weary, emotionally drained, and managing a higher than usual amount of stress. When we add in the “normal” stresses of everyday life, plus the holiday season, it’s no wonder we all could use a little extra support. Please take a few moments to create a plan to take care of yourself in the midst of the difficulties of the holiday season. May you experience the Lord’s love for you and his nearness.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/695ef88f48e2236b8c612784_holiday%20plan%20cover.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Holiday Plan BY Kay Warren For many, the holiday season is the best time of the year. For others, the holidays create some uncomfortable and stressful moments. We often find ourselves weary, emotionally drained, and managing a higher than usual amount of stress. When we add in the “normal” stresses of everyday life, plus the holiday season, it’s no wonder we all could use a little extra support. Please take a few moments to create a plan to take care of yourself in the midst of the difficulties of the holiday season. 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Use this HOPE box to store keepsakes such as pictures, images, drawings, Scripture cards or anything else to give you hope, strength, and encouragement in hard times. Makes a great gift as well! Product Details Keepsake Box Box Body Material: wood Box Lid Material: wood with faux marble finish Dimensions: 5 7/8\" x 5 7/8\" x 2 7/8\"", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82a5b9750161dcac489_66d0e282e7f00c90c8ced62d_668a99a437c1d4fd1b9ecac2_667dd19c2f6df0a074e81d5b_667aa766afc0e34cf12cc648_hopeboxproductimages.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "HOPE Box BY Kay Warren Sometimes we need tangible reminders of hope in our lives. Use this HOPE box to store keepsakes such as pictures, images, drawings, Scripture cards or anything else to give you hope, strength, and encouragement in hard times. Makes a great gift as well! Product Details Keepsake Box Box Body Material: wood Box Lid Material: wood with faux marble finish Dimensions: 5 7/8\" x 5 7/8\" x 2 7/8\" grief; mental-health Grief Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66e4bd7c59418942eb1ead63", "title": "Hope for Mental Health Community | Autism Spectrum Disorder & ADHD: Trials & Triumphs", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqCjFBwOEwc", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/dqCjFBwOEwc?si=Ws_2TI02rnmosyYA", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Esther Park, DO and Mijun Park, PsyD.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dqCjFBwOEwc/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Hope for Mental Health Community | Autism Spectrum Disorder & ADHD: Trials & Triumphs Esther Park, DO and Mijun Park, PsyD Mental Health hope-for-mental-health-community; adhd; mental-health; family-friends; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; autism-spectrum-disorder OAK HEALTH CENTER Mijin Park, P s y. D.", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8405d205cc4e17c373481", "title": "Hope for Mental Health Community with Pastor Scott Sauls", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seBArXG6K3Q", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/seBArXG6K3Q", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Anxiety", "Bipolar Disorder", "Depression", "Eating Disorders", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "OCD", "Schizophrenia", "Student Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Pastor Scott Sauls.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/seBArXG6K3Q/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Hope for Mental Health Community with Pastor Scott Sauls Pastor Scott Sauls adhd; anxiety; bipolar-disorder; depression; eating-disorders; family-friends; mental-health-community; ocd; ptsd-trauma; schizophrenia; substance-use-disorder; student-mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce55f7689ce1d1ff891e42", "title": "Hope for Mental Health Community: Kay Warren", "url": "https://kaywarren.com/community/", "externalUrl": "https://kaywarren.com/community/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about family & friends and mental health from Kaywarren.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/694319f5c5a6d22d5b4fd240_kay.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Hope for Mental Health Community: Kay Warren family-friends Kaywarren", "publishedAt": "Sat Jan 24 2026 00:34:21 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e28210b5ec13af65506d", "title": "Hope for Mental Health Ministry Starter Kit", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/hope-for-mental-health-ministry-starter-kit", "externalUrl": "https://store.pastors.com/hope-for-mental-health-starter-kit.html", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "The Hope for Mental Health Starter Kit includes: ‍ HOPE FOR MENTAL HEALTH PASTOR'S DVD: Pastor Rick and Kay Warren, and Pastor Tommy Hilliker explain the Biblical foundations and guiding values behind the mental health ministry model at Saddleback Church. They will answer commonly asked questions and describe the step-by-step pathway to an effective and comprehensive mental health ministry that can be implemented by every church regardless of size. ‍ HOPE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERMON CD: A compilation of messages from Pastor Rick and Kay Warren. ‍ ANCHORED: STUDENT MINISTRIES MENTAL HEALTH WEEKEND SERVICES DVD: Includes messages, testimonies, videos, games, and graphics to help youth group leaders discuss mental illness with their students. ‍ MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE GUIDE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES: This digital guide includes basic education about common mental illnesses, answers to frequently asked questions, and helpful information for families on how to support their mentally ill loved ones. It is provided free of charge as a courtesy to those seeking insight and information on mental health. Designed to serve as a simplified reference guide, this resource should not be utilized as a diagnostic tool. Click here to download the resource guide now! This guide is also available on the Flash Drive. ‍ STORIES OF HOPE TESTIMONY DVD: Real lives, real hope. Be encouraged and strengthened by these individuals and families affected by mental illness as they share how God's love helped them experience hope in the midst of struggle. ‍ JOURNEY TOWARD HOPE: A GUIDED EXPERIENCE: Living with mental illness can be challenging, isolating, and painful. The pages are filled with Scripture, experiential practices, prayers, space to journal, and personal stories to help move toward hope. ‍ HOPE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE FLASH DRIVE: Includes transcripts, bulletin inserts, graphics, and additional resources to help equip your church as you start a mental health ministry. ‍ FREEDOM from ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION: Saddleback Church uses this powerful book, by Mike Marino, as a tool for our depression and anxiety support groups.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/66d0e28210b5ec13af655045_668a99a4134dc172d62005db_667dd19c0e1a1ade17b0ad6a_667aa7807662255fef080935_hope4mhministrykitproductimages.avif", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Hope for Mental Health Ministry Starter Kit BY Saddleback Church The Hope for Mental Health Starter Kit includes: ‍ HOPE FOR MENTAL HEALTH PASTOR'S DVD: Pastor Rick and Kay Warren, and Pastor Tommy Hilliker explain the Biblical foundations and guiding values behind the mental health ministry model at Saddleback Church. They will answer commonly asked questions and describe the step-by-step pathway to an effective and comprehensive mental health ministry that can be implemented by every church regardless of size. ‍ HOPE FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERMON CD: A compilation of messages from Pastor Rick and Kay Warren. ‍ ANCHORED: STUDENT MINISTRIES MENTAL HEALTH WEEKEND SERVICES DVD: Includes messages, testimonies, videos, games, and graphics to help youth group leaders discuss mental illness with their students. ‍ MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE GUIDE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES: This digital guide includes basic education about common mental illnesses, answers to frequently asked questions, and helpful information for families on how to support their mentally ill loved ones. It is provided free of charge as a courtesy to those seeking insight and information on mental health. Designed to serve as a simplified reference guide, this resource should not be utilized as a diagnostic tool. Click here to download the resource guide now! This guide is also available on the Flash Drive. ‍ STORIES OF HOPE TESTIMONY DVD: Real lives, real hope. Be encouraged and strengthened by these individuals and families affected by mental illness as they share how God's love helped them experience hope in the midst of struggle. ‍ JOURNEY TOWARD HOPE: A GUIDED EXPERIENCE: Living with mental illness can be challenging, isolating, and painful. The pages are filled with Scripture, experiential practices, prayers, space to journal, and personal stories to help move toward hope. ‍ HOPE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE FLASH DRIVE: Includes transcripts, bulletin inserts, graphics, and additional resources to help equip your church as you start a mental health ministry. ‍ FREEDOM from ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION: Saddleback Church uses this powerful book, by Mike Marino, as a tool for our depression and anxiety support groups. hope-for-mental-health; mental-health; saddleback-church; the-church Hope for Mental Health Mental Health Saddleback Church The Church", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e2824a6c0bb990c2457d", "title": "Hope for Mental Health Pastor's DVD", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/hope-for-mental-health-pastors-dvd", "externalUrl": "https://store.pastors.com/hope-for-mental-health-pastors-dvd.html", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "Pastor Rick and Kay Warren, and Pastor Tommy Hilliker explain the Biblical foundations and guiding values behind the mental health ministry model at Saddleback Church. 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They will answer commonly asked questions and describe the step-by-step pathway to an effective and comprehensive mental health ministry that can be implemented by every church regardless of size. hope-for-mental-health; mental-health; saddleback-church; the-church Hope for Mental Health Mental Health Saddleback Church The Church", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e282de4daad5a964a903", "title": "Hope for Mental Health Sermon CD", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/hope-for-mental-health-sermon-cd", "externalUrl": "https://store.pastors.com/resources/church-health/mental-health/hope-for-mental-health-sermons.html", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "A compilation of messages from Pastor Rick and Kay Warren. These heart-felt messages will enable you to break the silence, reduce the stigma, remind people that it is not a sin to be sick, and equip your church to become a place of refuge and hope for those in pain. Message titles: The Reality Choice The Battle for Your Mind Winning with the Hand You're Dealt Changing Your Life by Changing Your Mind The Role of the Church in Mental Health Set Free From Me The Gospel and Mental Health", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82bb1a3eb995ae52586_66d0e281de4daad5a964a8d2_668a99a5238d694d083ca077_667dd19d5bbe3d8ac48bf942_667aa7ca302c2472f9f02cee_hopesermonsproductimages.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Hope for Mental Health Sermon CD BY Saddleback Church A compilation of messages from Pastor Rick and Kay Warren. These heart-felt messages will enable you to break the silence, reduce the stigma, remind people that it is not a sin to be sick, and equip your church to become a place of refuge and hope for those in pain. 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Hope is much more than wishful thinking. Science tells us that it is the most predictive indicator of well-being in a person’s life. Hope is measurable. It is malleable. And it changes lives. In Hope Rising , Casey Gwinn and Chan Hellman reveal the latest science of hope using nearly 2,000 published studies, including their own research. Based on their findings, they make an impassioned call for hope to be the focus not only of our personal lives, but of public policy for education, business, social services, and every part of society. Hope Rising provides a roadmap to measure hope in your life. It teaches you to assess what may have robbed you of hope, and then provides strategies to let your hope flourish once again. The authors challenge every reader to be honest about their own struggles and end the cycle of shame and blame related to trauma, illness, and abuse. These are important first steps toward increasing your Hope score—and thriving because of it.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d822a73e8d5bc5e47adc_66da6ae8b22037be1890c15d_Book_HopeRising.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Hope Rising: How the Science of HOPE Can Change Your Life BY Casey Gwinn JD and Chan Hellman PhD Learn to overcome trauma, adversity, and struggle by unleashing the science of hope in your daily life with this inspiring and informative guide. Hope is much more than wishful thinking. Science tells us that it is the most predictive indicator of well-being in a person’s life. Hope is measurable. It is malleable. And it changes lives. In Hope Rising , Casey Gwinn and Chan Hellman reveal the latest science of hope using nearly 2,000 published studies, including their own research. Based on their findings, they make an impassioned call for hope to be the focus not only of our personal lives, but of public policy for education, business, social services, and every part of society. Hope Rising provides a roadmap to measure hope in your life. It teaches you to assess what may have robbed you of hope, and then provides strategies to let your hope flourish once again. The authors challenge every reader to be honest about their own struggles and end the cycle of shame and blame related to trauma, illness, and abuse. These are important first steps toward increasing your Hope score—and thriving because of it. mental-health; adhd; anxiety-disorder; bipolar-disorder; borderline-personality-disorder; depression; eating-disorder; ocd; ptsd-trauma; schizophrenia; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; self-injury; substance-use Mental Health ADHD Anxiety Bipolar Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder Depression Eating Disorders OCD PTSD & Trauma Schizophrenia Parents of Children with Mental Illness Self-Injury Substance Use Disorder", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e2817abb85b116696d68", "title": "HOPE Stones", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/hope-stones", "externalUrl": "https://store.pastors.com/hope-stone-bundle.html", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Hope says . . . . . . you are loved . . . you have a purpose . . . you belong . . . you have a choice . . . you are needed No matter how awful you feel today — truer than the voices in your head that whisper discouragement and despair — God holds out HOPE to you and for you! Quarried, cut, and tumbled in the Mediterranean region of Europe, these distressed and hand-printed stones are a constant reminder that God hasn't given up on you. Size of each: 2\" x 2\".", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82be0c9575d6cbbb5b4_66d0e2817abb85b116696d46_668a99a537794fd0429eb5ac_667dd19d95865aec1e1e1e01_667aa81ae8f75beef00e5f51_hopestonesproductimages.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "HOPE Stones BY Kay Warren Hope says . . . . . . you are loved . . . you have a purpose . . . you belong . . . you have a choice . . . you are needed No matter how awful you feel today — truer than the voices in your head that whisper discouragement and despair — God holds out HOPE to you and for you! Quarried, cut, and tumbled in the Mediterranean region of Europe, these distressed and hand-printed stones are a constant reminder that God hasn't given up on you. 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Practical, faith-informed tools from a licensed clinical social worker.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6a46d9579c15f6338feb7afe_Parental%20Anxiety%20With%20Mental%20Illness.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cce8e7", "language": "en", "searchableText": "How to Manage Parental Anxiety When Caring for Your Child's Mental Health david-mandani-lcsw Learn how to manage parental anxiety when caring for your child's mental health. Practical, faith-informed tools from a licensed clinical social worker. If you're a parent caring for a child with mental health struggles, you already know what parental anxiety feels like in your body. Your chest tightens when your phone rings. You toss and turn with long, restless nights spent worrying about whether your son or daughter is safe. You are all too familiar with the shaky, nervous energy that settles in after a crisis and won't loosen its grip. On top of the struggles, you can feel isolated. When people talk about mental health for parents, they rarely mean parents like you who are caring for a child with a serious diagnosis or substance use disorder, who wonder whether the next phone call will bring another crisis. As a licensed clinical social worker who has walked alongside hundreds of parents and caregivers through their child's mental health challenges, I want you to understand that what you're feeling is normal. Loving your child deeply and feeling overwhelmed at the same time is not a contradiction. It's what parents do. We love so fiercely that we absorb the weight of our child's pain, and that weight has consequences. While it can feel debilitating at times, there is hope. Over and over, in my work with families, I’ve seen that parental anxiety doesn't have to run the show. There are ways to understand what's happening inside you, challenge the thoughts that make things harder, and find real relief. It’s not by pretending that it isn’t hard, but by learning to see things more clearly. Whether your child is 17 or 37, whether they're living with depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, or other mental health challenges, the parental stress you carry is real. Managing your own anxiety isn't selfish. It's one of the most loving things you can do for your family. The Hidden Beliefs That Fuel Your Anxiety Anxiety often runs deeper than the current crisis. Yes, the situation with your child is genuinely painful. But underneath the surface, many parents carry beliefs about themselves that make the anxiety more difficult than it needs to be. These are core beliefs, and most of us picked them up early in life. A coach who said something careless. A parent who was critical in a moment that stuck. These are messages from childhood that anchored themselves deep inside and never quite let go. In my work, the three most common categories I see are: Beliefs about helplessness. Thoughts like \"I can't cope,\" \"I'm a failure,\" or \"I'm not good enough.\" When you carry these, struggles with your child’s mental illness confirm what you already feared about yourself. You might freeze, avoid, or feel your anxiety spike because the situation feels like proof that you really can't handle this. Beliefs about being unlovable. Thoughts like \"I'll always be rejected,\" \"people don't really want me around,\" or \"I'm not worthy of love.\" When your child says hurtful things during a manic episode or pushes you away, these beliefs make the pain cut deeper. You might overcompensate, trying desperately to earn love you already deserve, or you might withdraw to protect yourself from more rejection. Beliefs about worthlessness. Thoughts like \"I'm a bad person\" or \"I deserve what's happening to me.\" These beliefs pile shame on top of an already painful situation and leave you feeling like you have no right to ask for help. Most of us have carried unhelpful beliefs, and they're not true. They're old tapes, playing in the background without our permission. Sometimes these beliefs grew out of very real experiences, such as trauma, repeated crises with your child, past church hurt, or even systemic pressures like financial strain and lack of access to care. Naming that reality matters, and it is one more reason to treat yourself with gentleness as you notice what you are carrying. How to Start Noticing What's Really Going On The single best tool to combat these false narratives is awareness. In clinical terms, it's called metacognition, which is just a fancy way of saying \"thinking about your thinking.\" When something happens with your child, whether it's a relapse, a crisis, or just a hard conversation, your brain doesn't just react to the event. It filters everything through those core beliefs first. If you're not aware of that process, you end up feeling like the anxiety is about the situation when it's actually being amplified by something much older. Anxiety itself can have many causes, including biology, trauma, chronic stress, and more, but becoming aware of how your beliefs and thoughts feed that anxiety is one powerful lever God can use as part of your healing. Try this simple exercise: The next time you feel that wave of anxiety rising, stop and ask yourself three questions: What am I believing about myself right now? Maybe it's \"I can't do anything right\" or \"If I'm not in control, something terrible will happen.\" Because I believe that, how am I feeling? Anxious, helpless, ashamed, panicked? Because I feel that way, how am I acting? Am I withdrawing? Avoiding? Am I trying to control the outcome? Am I snapping at people I love? When you can see that chain from belief to feeling to behavior, you've already started to break its grip. Instead of reacting, you're watching yourself from the outside, curious instead of consumed. That small shift helps you to feel you have choices and are more capable of coping in a healthy way. Many of the tools in this article come from what clinicians call cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and metacognitive approaches. These are evidence-based treatments that help people notice their thoughts, challenge unhelpful patterns, and respond in healthier ways. For many parents, God uses these practical skills, along with prayer and community, as part of the healing process. Replacing Old Tapes with What's True Awareness is the starting point, but don’t stop there. Once you've identified a belief that's driving your anxiety, the next step is to ask if that belief is actually true. The question is whether there's solid evidence for the belief, or whether you've been carrying someone else's careless words for decades. Take catastrophizing as an example. You get a call in the middle of the night, and your first thought is, “This is the worst possible news.” The feelings of anxiety follow. Your body responds as if the worst has already happened. Your heart races, your mind spirals, and by the time you answer the phone, you're already in full crisis mode. But what if you paused and asked, on a scale of zero to ten, how likely is it that the worst-case scenario is actually happening? If the answer is a one or a two, then the anxiety you're feeling is out of proportion to the situation. It's being driven by a pattern of thinking, not by reality. Your belief about the situation is not fully accurate. Faith can become a real anchor for parents, children, and adolescents. Scripture speaks directly to the beliefs that fuel anxiety. If you believe you're helpless, the Bible says you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. If you believe you're unlovable, recall that Christ's love is unconditional and unearned. If you believe you're worthless, remember that you are a child of God with dignity and value that no one can take away, regardless of performance. This is so much deeper than a throwaway spiritual platitude. When parents begin to replace those old, false beliefs with biblical truth about who they actually are, their anxiety decreases. And, they’re more able to support their child. Practical Ways to Manage Anxiety Day by Day Knowing the theory is helpful, but when your chest is tight after a difficult conversation with your adult child, you need tools you can reach for in the moment. Here are a few simple ways to practice these truths when anxiety shows up in everyday life: Talk to yourself like you'd talk to a friend. Ask yourself: what would I say to someone I love unconditionally who came to me with this exact situation? If a close friend told you they felt like a failure as a parent, you wouldn't pile on. You'd say something comforting like, \"You're doing the best you can. Take it one step at a time. I'm here with you.\" Give yourself that same compassion. The harsh way you talk to yourself is adding unnecessary suffering on top of real pain. Put truth where you can see it. Write down a verse or a statement that counters your false core belief and put it where you'll see it every day. Post it on your bathroom mirror, in your car, as your phone's screensaver, or on the refrigerator. Psalm 139 reminds us that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. Romans 8 tells us that nothing can separate us from God's love. When the old tapes start to play, having visible reminders can interrupt the loop. Separate pain from unnecessary suffering. The situation with your child may be genuinely painful. That pain is real, and it deserves to be acknowledged. But when you start spiraling into \" I should have done more \" or \" It shouldn't be this way \" or \" I'm a terrible parent \" you may be adding layers of suffering that don't have to be there. Learning to recognize the difference between the pain of the situation and the suffering you're encountering through your thoughts can bring your anxiety from a ten down to a two. Build in practices that calm your body. A few ideas include deep breathing, prayer, worship music, a walk outside, and exercise. Your body stores anxiety, and it needs physical ways to release it. Find what works for you, whether that's sitting quietly with Scripture, putting on a worship song that speaks truth, or going for a ten-minute walk when the tension builds. These aren't luxuries. They are part of how you stay available for the people you love. Let safe people speak truth to you. Community matters, but not just any community. You need people you trust, people whose words you can actually receive. Words that are edifying. Be intentional about who you let in. Choose people who bring compassion without judgment. It’s Okay to Need More Support While these tools can make a real difference, I also want to be honest that sometimes parental anxiety reaches a level where self-awareness and spiritual practices aren't enough on their own. If you're unable to sleep for days at a time, if your anxiety is keeping you from functioning, or if you're coping in ways that worry you, talking to a mental health professional is a sign of strength, not weakness. A good therapist can help you do the deeper work of identifying those core beliefs, understanding where they came from, challenging them, and reframing your thinking with biblical anchors of truth. I've watched this process change families because discovery leads to recovery. You discover what's been driving your anxiety so that you can make different choices going forward. If your faith community is part of your support system, a healthcare professional who understands your values can help you integrate clinical tools with your spiritual life. You don't have to choose between therapy and faith. They can and often do work well together. You're Not Broken. You're Growing. There is no shame when managing parental anxiety, especially when you’re carrying the burden of a child with mental health challenges. We all carry beliefs and patterns that shape how we respond to difficult situations. The process of growing and becoming more aware and choosing differently doesn't happen overnight. The Bible calls it sanctification. Scripture is honest that life in a fallen world often includes ongoing suffering, even when circumstances do not quickly change. Yet in the middle of that reality, God walks with us and patiently shapes us to look more like Christ. Replacing old tapes that have been playing for years takes time, willingness, and practice. Some days it will feel mechanical to remind yourself of what's true. That's okay. Keep going. Your child's mental health condition is part of your family's story, but it doesn't define you or your worth as a parent. 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Learn how to decide who to tell, what to share, and how to ask for help.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6a2ae77e3d3244e37e1fe725_Talking%20With%20Family%20About%20Mental%20Health.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cce8e7", "language": "en", "searchableText": "How to Talk to Family About Your Child's Mental Health david-mandani-lcsw When your family doesn't understand your child's mental illness, it can feel isolating. Learn how to decide who to tell, what to share, and how to ask for help. You’ve been up half the night. Maybe it was a call from the hospital, a conversation that went sideways, or the quiet dread of watching your child struggle with mental health challenges you can’t control. And then your mother calls. Your sister texts. How do you even begin to explain what’s happening in your family when you barely have the words for it yourself? If your extended family doesn’t understand mental illness, you’re not alone. Most parents raising a child with a mental health condition, whether that child is 14 or 34, describe this as one of the loneliest parts of the whole experience. The people who love you most don’t know how to respond, and sometimes say the exact wrong thing when they’re trying to help. It can be extremely isolating. This article is for you, the parent in the middle. You are trying to love your child well, keep your own head above water, and figure out what to say to the people around you. We’ll walk through a simple framework for deciding who to talk to and how much to share, what to do when family members respond poorly, and how to ask for the kind of help that actually helps. We’ll also take a moment to look at how God sees your child’s struggle, and how your faith can guide you as you navigate these conversations. How God Sees Your Child’s Struggle Before we talk about family, it may help to remember how God sees what you and your child are going through. The Bible tells us that every person is created in the image of God and is deeply loved and valued by Him. Your child’s worth is not defined by a diagnosis, by their symptoms, or by how well they are functioning right now. Their life is precious to God. Scripture is also honest about the reality that we live in a fallen, broken world. Our bodies, brains, and relationships are affected by the fall. Mental illness is one of many ways that brokenness shows up in our lives and families. It is a form of suffering, not a sign of weak faith, bad parenting, or a lack of spiritual effort. The good news is, God draws near to people who suffer. He hears the cries of the brokenhearted. He invites us to bring our lament, our questions, and our confusion to Him. Faith and anguish can and do coexist. Hope in Christ does not require pretending that what you’re walking through is easy. As you think about talking to your family, you are not doing this alone. You are doing it with a God who understands suffering, who walks with you, and who cares deeply about your child even more than you do. Why Talking to Family Feels So Hard Mental health stigma is real, and it may run deepest inside our own families. Stigma involves the negative attitudes, beliefs, and stereotypes people hold toward people who experience mental health conditions. When that stigma lives inside your family system, it can feel like a wall between you and the people who should be your closest allies. Your mother may have grown up in a generation where no one talked about depression. Your father-in-law may believe that prayer alone should be enough, and your brother may think your adult son just needs to \"toughen up.\" Mental health stigma runs through all of these responses. They usually come from limited understanding, not from cruelty. But they still hurt. And they can make you pull back from talking about mental health with anyone at all. Many families have well-meaning relatives whose responses actually become a barrier to the child getting care. Grandparents who insist \"he's totally fine\" or say \"don't tell anyone about this\" can unintentionally delay treatment, sometimes by years. And research shows that earlier access to care, especially for conditions like first-episode psychosis, leads to better long-term outcomes. The pressure to keep silent often increases that isolation. Parents in the Hope for Brighter Tomorrows community report that emotional and spiritual support are their two greatest needs. When you can’t talk openly with the people closest to you, those needs often go unfilled. Because not everyone responds the same way, it helps to think about your relationships in different “circles” of trust. The Concentric Circles: A Framework for Who Gets to Know One of the most helpful ways to think about disclosure about your child’s mental health is through a model that resembles concentric circles. Picture three rings, one inside the other. Your outer circle includes people you see casually. Coworkers, acquaintances, people at the gym. You don’t owe them any information about your child’s mental health. If they ask how things are going, a simple “we’re hanging in there” is enough. Your middle circle is closer. These are relationships you trust. People you spend some time with, who have earned a degree of openness. You might share more with someone in this group, but the key question is whether they’ve shown themselves to be safe. Safe means nonjudgmental, and that they listen more than they advise. If they don’t understand mental health conditions, they’re willing to learn. Your inner circle is the smallest. These are the people you trust with the full picture. Maybe it’s your spouse. Maybe it’s your best friend and your sister. Maybe it’s one person at church who truly gets it. These people know the diagnosis, the treatment plan, the hard nights. You’ve chosen them carefully, and they’ve proven themselves over time. Here’s the most important thing: you get to decide who goes where. If someone in your middle circle responds to your vulnerability with judgment or spiritual platitudes, you can move them to the outer circle. And if someone in the outer circle keeps showing up with compassion and curiosity, they may earn a spot closer in. Think about your child’s mental health information the same way you would any private medical information. I tell the parents I work with to treat it like HIPAA. You wouldn’t broadcast your child’s blood test results at a family dinner. The same principle applies here. You choose what to share, with whom, and when. This can feel uncomfortable when it comes to family. There’s often an unspoken expectation that relatives should know everything, especially grandparents or siblings who love your child deeply. But loving your child and being a safe person to process their mental health with are two different things. Placing family members in different circles doesn’t mean you’re rejecting their love. It’s a way of protecting your child and yourself while you decide who can carry this with you. For Christian parents, this kind of boundary-setting isn’t unloving or unbiblical. It’s part of stewarding your child’s story and your own limits so you can continue to love well over the long haul. Even Jesus did not give everyone equal access to Himself. He ministered to crowds, invested in twelve, and shared most deeply with a smaller inner circle. With that picture in mind, what do you do when the people in your circles still don’t understand? When Family Members Don’t Understand The phrases every parent winces at sound something like: “What do you mean, depression? He seemed fine at Thanksgiving.” Or, “She doesn’t need medication. She needs to get outside more.” Or the one that cuts deepest from family members of faith: “Have you tried just praying about it?” These responses sting because they reduce something enormously complex to a simple fix. But remember that most family members aren’t trying to be hurtful. They are working from the same mental health stigma that makes talking about mental health so difficult for everyone. Their framework for understanding these conditions is limited, and their responses reflect that limitation more than any lack of love. If you’re part of a church or Christian family system, you may also bump into spiritual explanations that oversimplify what’s happening: “If he would just confess sin,” or “This is only spiritual warfare,” or “If her faith were stronger, she wouldn’t struggle like this.” These kinds of statements can be incredibly shaming. As followers of Jesus, we take spiritual realities seriously. But mental health conditions are usually the result of a complex mix of biological, psychological, relational, and spiritual factors. Wise care pays attention to all of these without reducing everything to one cause. Prayer is essential, and so is making use of the good gifts God has provided through doctors, therapists, medications, and other supports. Seeking treatment is not a sign you’ve given up on God; it is a way of stewarding the life and body He has entrusted to you and your child. When a family member is confused but receptive, the single most useful thing you can do is invite them to learn. Reducing stigma starts with education. Ask them to spend an hour reading about your child’s specific condition from a reliable source like NAMI or the National Institute of Mental Health. When someone understands the symptoms and common treatments of depression or bipolar disorder or an anxiety disorder, they are far less likely to offer “just snap out of it” advice. If a family member remains antagonistic, the concentric circles framework gives you permission to protect yourself. You do not have to convince every relative or win every argument. Focus your emotional energy on people whose understanding directly affects your child’s safety and care, and your own well-being. Your job right now is to care for your child and keep yourself standing. Limiting what you share with someone who has shown they are not safe is wisdom, not weakness. This is especially important when a family member is both unsafe and spiritually influential, such as a relative who is also a pastor, elder, or respected leader in your church. Their position does not obligate you to give them full access to your child’s story. Their spiritual authority does not outweigh your responsibility to guard your child’s dignity and to seek care from people who will not shame or dismiss what you are going through. What Your Family Can Actually Do to Help When family members ask “what do you need?”, the honest answer is often so big you don’t know where to start. So let’s make it concrete. What parents need most from their family is emotional support, spiritual support, and practical support. Those three categories consistently rise to the top, far above financial help or professional referrals. Emotional support sounds like a text every week that says, “I’m thinking about you.” Or like someone calling to ask how you are, not just how your child is doing. It does not require expertise, just presence and a compassionate heart. Spiritual support means praying with you in a way that is honest, not performative. It means sitting with lament rather than rushing to reassurance, because faith and suffering can exist side by side. It may sound like a friend who says, “I don’t know why this is happening, but I’m going to keep praying with you and walking with you,” instead of “If you just had more faith, this would be better by now.” Spiritual support can also look like a pastor or trusted Christian friend who is willing to learn about mental illness, or encourage you to use both spiritual and medical resources, not to choose one over the other. Practical support gets specific. “Can I bring dinner Thursday?” works better than “let me know if you need anything.” If your child is in crisis and you need to get to the emergency room, having a family member who will pick up your other kids on short notice is worth more than a dozen well-meaning texts. Respite care, help with finding providers, offering to sit with your child in the waiting room for a therapy visit, these are the kinds of things that lighten the load. Starting the Conversation If you have been carrying this alone and you are ready to bring someone in, here are a few starting points for how to talk to family about your child’s mental health in a way that protects both you and your child. Choose one person. 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It’s the only book specifically for parents that reveals the unseen forces that shape every interaction with your kids. parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; childrens-mental-health; mental-health; children-adolescents; student-mental-health Parents of Children with Mental Illness Children's Mental Health Mental Health Children & Adolescents Student Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e28010b5ec13af654f65", "title": "How We Love, Expanded Edition: Discover Your Love Style, Enhance Your Marriage", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/how-we-love-expanded-edition-discover-your-love-style-enhance-your-marriage", "externalUrl": "https://www.howwelove.com/product/how-we-love-book/", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "In this book, relationship experts Milan & Kay Yerkovich draw on the powerful tool of attachment theory to show how your early life experiences create an “intimacy imprint” (or love style ); this blueprint shapes your behavior, beliefs, and expectations in all your relationships, especially marriage.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82cac35bc2ddcd6629b_66d0e28010b5ec13af654f49_668a99a6b33ce2995faae0ef_667dd19e31cd17103e481eb8_667aad13e056e774db35c484_howweloverecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "How We Love, Expanded Edition: Discover Your Love Style, Enhance Your Marriage BY Milan Yerkovich, MA & Kay Yerkovich, MS, LMFT In this book, relationship experts Milan & Kay Yerkovich draw on the powerful tool of attachment theory to show how your early life experiences create an “intimacy imprint” (or love style ); this blueprint shapes your behavior, beliefs, and expectations in all your relationships, especially marriage. parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; mental-health Parents of Children with Mental Illness Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e280fb194d167b4eb296", "title": "How You Can Survive When They're Depressed: Living and Coping with Depression Fallout", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/how-you-can-survive-when-theyre-depressed-living-and-coping-with-depression-fallout", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/How-Survive-When-Theyre-Depressed/dp/0609804154/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478723123&sr=8-1&keywords=how+you+can+survive+when+they%27re+depressed", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health" ], "summary": "Each year more than 17 million Americans suffer from a depressive illness, yet few suffer in solitude. How You Can Survive When They're Depressed explores depression from the perspective of those who are closest to the sufferers of this prevalent disorder--spouses, parents, children, and lovers--and gives the successful coping strategies of many people who live with a clinical depressive or manic-depressive and often suffer in silence, believing their own problems have no claim to attention. Depression fallout is the emotional toll on the depressive's family and close friends who are unaware of their own stressful reactions and needs. Sheffield outlines the five stages of depression fallout: confusion, self-doubt, demoralization, anger, and finally, the desire to escape. Many people will find relief in the knowledge that their self-blame, guilt, sadness, and resentment are a natural result of living with a depressed person. Sheffield brings together many real-life examples from the pioneering support group she attends at Beth Israel Medical Center of how people with depression fallout have learned to cope. From setting boundaries to maintaining an outside social life, she gives practical tactics for handling the challenges and emotional stresses on a day-to-day basis.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82c4e466c6c1a86fd53_66d0e280fb194d167b4eb22c_668a99a64b0de853d6a6e839_667dd19ec9fdc8439c2fdeef_667aad3348d5a8c9e0b0d126_howyoucansurvivetheydepressedrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "How You Can Survive When They're Depressed: Living and Coping with Depression Fallout BY Anne Sheffield Each year more than 17 million Americans suffer from a depressive illness, yet few suffer in solitude. How You Can Survive When They're Depressed explores depression from the perspective of those who are closest to the sufferers of this prevalent disorder--spouses, parents, children, and lovers--and gives the successful coping strategies of many people who live with a clinical depressive or manic-depressive and often suffer in silence, believing their own problems have no claim to attention. Depression fallout is the emotional toll on the depressive's family and close friends who are unaware of their own stressful reactions and needs. Sheffield outlines the five stages of depression fallout: confusion, self-doubt, demoralization, anger, and finally, the desire to escape. Many people will find relief in the knowledge that their self-blame, guilt, sadness, and resentment are a natural result of living with a depressed person. 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How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/i-am-not-sick-i-dont-need-help-how-to-help-someone-with-mental-illness-accept-treatment", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Sick-Dont-Someone-Accept-Treatment/dp/0985206705/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=i+am+not+sick&qid=1624572245&sr=8-1", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Anxiety", "Bipolar Disorder", "Borderline Personality Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Eating Disorders", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "OCD", "Schizophrenia", "Student Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "\"This book fills a tremendous void...\" wrote E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., about the first edition of I AM NOT SICK, I Don't Need Help! Twenty years later, it still does. Dr. Amador's research on poor insight was inspired by his success helping his brother Henry, who had schizophrenia, accept treatment. Like tens of millions of others diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and addictions, Henry did not believe he was ill. In this latest edition, all chapters have been updated with new research on anosognosia (lack of insight) and much more detail on LEAP. Readers will find expanded guidance on how to learn and use LEAP. New advice, relying on lessons learned from tens of thousands of LEAP seminar participants, is given to help readers quickly and effectively use Dr. Amador's method for helping someone accept treatment. I AM NOT SICK, I Don't Need Help! is not just a reference for Mental Health practitioners and Criminal Justice professionals. It is a must-read guide for family members whose loved ones are battling mental illness and addictions. Read and learn as have hundreds of thousands of others...to LEAP-Listen, Empathize, Agree, and Partner-and help your patients and loved ones accept the treatment they need.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82cc433eea4cf592e62_66d0e28045a98ac321795dd9_668a99a61de9f8ecb35b8d0e_667dd19fc9a0a6e9c7f84aca_667aad4bcb407030690aedb0_iamnotsickrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "I Am Not Sick, I Don't Need Help! How to Help Someone with Mental Illness Accept Treatment BY Xavier Amador, PhD \"This book fills a tremendous void...\" wrote E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., about the first edition of I AM NOT SICK, I Don't Need Help! Twenty years later, it still does. Dr. Amador's research on poor insight was inspired by his success helping his brother Henry, who had schizophrenia, accept treatment. Like tens of millions of others diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and addictions, Henry did not believe he was ill. In this latest edition, all chapters have been updated with new research on anosognosia (lack of insight) and much more detail on LEAP. Readers will find expanded guidance on how to learn and use LEAP. New advice, relying on lessons learned from tens of thousands of LEAP seminar participants, is given to help readers quickly and effectively use Dr. Amador's method for helping someone accept treatment. I AM NOT SICK, I Don't Need Help! is not just a reference for Mental Health practitioners and Criminal Justice professionals. It is a must-read guide for family members whose loved ones are battling mental illness and addictions. Read and learn as have hundreds of thousands of others...to LEAP-Listen, Empathize, Agree, and Partner-and help your patients and loved ones accept the treatment they need. schizophrenia; mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; anxiety-disorder; bipolar-disorder; depression; student-mental-health; eating-disorder; ocd; adhd; borderline-personality-disorder; self-injury; substance-use; veterans-mental-health Schizophrenia Mental Health Parents of Children with Mental Illness Anxiety Bipolar Disorder Depression Student Mental Health Eating Disorders OCD ADHD Borderline Personality Disorder Self-Injury Substance Use Disorder Veterans Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c8404b5fdbd9c119c02ee3", "title": "I Believe in God the Father | IF:Equip", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1gVqILKDz8", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/r1gVqILKDz8", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Maria Goff.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r1gVqILKDz8/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "I Believe in God the Father | IF:Equip Maria Goff messages", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8404b4b38987052e1d30e", "title": "I Believe in Heaven | IF:Equip", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC4AnYjhljc", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/VC4AnYjhljc", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Maria Goff.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VC4AnYjhljc/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "I Believe in Heaven | IF:Equip Maria Goff messages", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8404b2ba6d07dfec15c91", "title": "I Believe in Jesus' Resurrection | IF:Equip", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86P5K8BuqPA", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/86P5K8BuqPA", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Maria Goff.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/86P5K8BuqPA/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "I Believe in Jesus' Resurrection | IF:Equip Maria Goff messages", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8404b5fdbd9c119c02f06", "title": "I Believe We Can Understand the Scriptures | IF:Equip", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAEoPh3V9HU", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/CAEoPh3V9HU", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Maria Goff.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CAEoPh3V9HU/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "I Believe We Can Understand the Scriptures | IF:Equip Maria Goff messages", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e27f10b5ec13af654ecc", "title": "I Had a Black Dog", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/i-had-a-black-dog", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Had-Black-Dog-Matthew-Johnstone/dp/1845295897/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467043344&sr=1-1&keywords=i+had+a+black+dog", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "I Had a Black Dog says with wit, insight, economy and complete understanding what other books take 300 pages to say. Brilliant and indispensable.' - Stephen Fry'Finally, a book about depression that isn't a prescriptive self-help manual. Johnston's deftly expresses how lonely and isolating depression can be for sufferers. Poignant and humorous in equal measure.' Sunday TimesThere are many different breeds of Black Dog affecting millions of people from all walks of life. The Black Dog is an equal opportunity mongrel.It was Winston Churchill who popularized the phrase Black Dog to describe the bouts of depression he experienced for much of his life.Matthew Johnstone, a sufferer himself, has written and illustrated this moving and uplifting insight into what it is like to have a Black Dog as a companion and how he learned to tame it and bring it to heel.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82d8e28d31114ba7734_66d0e27f10b5ec13af654e9e_668a99a60a0c07b337fb418b_667dd19f3be99e0d3b8cf203_667aad6431380b635e1e78ea_ihadablackdogrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "I Had a Black Dog BY Matthew Johnstone I Had a Black Dog says with wit, insight, economy and complete understanding what other books take 300 pages to say. Brilliant and indispensable.' - Stephen Fry'Finally, a book about depression that isn't a prescriptive self-help manual. Johnston's deftly expresses how lonely and isolating depression can be for sufferers. Poignant and humorous in equal measure.' Sunday TimesThere are many different breeds of Black Dog affecting millions of people from all walks of life. The Black Dog is an equal opportunity mongrel.It was Winston Churchill who popularized the phrase Black Dog to describe the bouts of depression he experienced for much of his life.Matthew Johnstone, a sufferer himself, has written and illustrated this moving and uplifting insight into what it is like to have a Black Dog as a companion and how he learned to tame it and bring it to heel. mental-health; depression; children-adolescents; childrens-mental-health Mental Health Depression Children & Adolescents Children's Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c840482b5990a230c59a2a", "title": "I have OCD - This is what it's like to be in my mind for 3 minutes", "url": "https://vimeo.com/139500042", "externalUrl": "https://player.vimeo.com/video/139500042", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "OCD" ], "summary": "Watch this video about anxiety and ocd.", "image": "", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "I have OCD - This is what it's like to be in my mind for 3 minutes anxiety; ocd", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e27f2048f237ad222029", "title": "I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die: Finding Hope in the Darkness of Depression", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/i-love-jesus-but-i-want-to-die-finding-hope-in-the-darkness-of-depression", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Love-Jesus-But-Want-Die/dp/0593193520/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2CUPLQ36TZ9RT&dchild=1&keywords=i+love+jesus+but+i+want+to+die&qid=1625705862&sprefix=i+love+jesus+but+i%2Caps%2C212&sr=8-1", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church" ], "summary": "A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days. “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82cd65de9955b7cb4de_66d0e27f2048f237ad221fed_668a99a69c5572bfad089e58_667dd19f9f2e33a63b5665a9_667aad804deb99fd177b3474_ilovejesusbutiwanttodierecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die: Finding Hope in the Darkness of Depression BY Sarah J. Robinson A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days. “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect. mental-health; suicide; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; depression Mental Health Suicide Parents of Children with Mental Illness Depression", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e27f4ad4641dddadab25", "title": "I'm Right, You're Wrong, Now What?: Break the Impasse and Get What You Need", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/im-right-youre-wrong-now-what-break-the-impasse-and-get-what-you-need", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Right-Youre-Wrong-Now-What/dp/1401303463/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=youre+right+im+wrong+now+what+amador&qid=1624572333&sr=8-1", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health" ], "summary": "They happen every day -- those frustrating, circular \"I'm right, you're wrong!\" arguments. What's at risk may be as life-changing as whether or not your kid drops out of college, your aging parent goes into a nursing home, or your boss gives you the promotion you want. Or it may be as commonplace as getting the insurance company to approve your claim. These situations often frustrate both parties, stall progress, and hurt relationships. But they don't have to. In I'm Right, You're Wrong, Now What? Dr. Xavier Amador, a Columbia University professor and clinical psychologist shows you how to break nearly any impasse and persuade your opponent -- for that's what people become when you've reached an impasse -- to give you what you need. I'm Right, You're Wrong, Now What is based on Dr. Amador's LISTEN-EMPATHIZE-AGREE-PARTNER (LEAP) method. A highly successful program that has been taught to tens of thousands of people in seminars around the U.S. and overseas, LEAP teaches you how to turn even toxic arguments into healthy disagreements that end with you getting what you need. Built on timeless psychological truths and new research, LEAP is a roadmap for improving the quality and health of any relationship. LEAP will actually show you how to convince the other person to help you, while increasing mutual respect and trust. Perhaps most importantly, it will help you make that all-important distinction between what you want and what you need. Dr. Amador's LEAP program includes techniques on how to: diffuse anger and lower defenses get past stubbornness and even denial make your opponent ask for your opinion . . . instead of railing against it turn adversaries into allies create positive and productive relationships At home, at work and in life, LEAP demonstrates how winning is not about hearing the other person say \"You're right,\" it's about getting him to give you what you need--even when he doesn't agree with you.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82db1a3eb995ae52696_66d0e27f4ad4641dddadaaeb_668a99a6267265eb61924690_667dd18cccdd63f0b228e1e5_6673317df10b1cc3251c5805_imrightyourewrongrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "I'm Right, You're Wrong, Now What?: Break the Impasse and Get What You Need BY Xavier Amador, PhD They happen every day -- those frustrating, circular \"I'm right, you're wrong!\" arguments. What's at risk may be as life-changing as whether or not your kid drops out of college, your aging parent goes into a nursing home, or your boss gives you the promotion you want. Or it may be as commonplace as getting the insurance company to approve your claim. These situations often frustrate both parties, stall progress, and hurt relationships. But they don't have to. In I'm Right, You're Wrong, Now What? Dr. Xavier Amador, a Columbia University professor and clinical psychologist shows you how to break nearly any impasse and persuade your opponent -- for that's what people become when you've reached an impasse -- to give you what you need. I'm Right, You're Wrong, Now What is based on Dr. Amador's LISTEN-EMPATHIZE-AGREE-PARTNER (LEAP) method. A highly successful program that has been taught to tens of thousands of people in seminars around the U.S. and overseas, LEAP teaches you how to turn even toxic arguments into healthy disagreements that end with you getting what you need. Built on timeless psychological truths and new research, LEAP is a roadmap for improving the quality and health of any relationship. LEAP will actually show you how to convince the other person to help you, while increasing mutual respect and trust. Perhaps most importantly, it will help you make that all-important distinction between what you want and what you need. Dr. Amador's LEAP program includes techniques on how to: diffuse anger and lower defenses get past stubbornness and even denial make your opponent ask for your opinion . . . instead of railing against it turn adversaries into allies create positive and productive relationships At home, at work and in life, LEAP demonstrates how winning is not about hearing the other person say \"You're right,\" it's about getting him to give you what you need--even when he doesn't agree with you. mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness Mental Health Parents of Children with Mental Illness", "publishedAt": "Wed Feb 04 2026 22:26:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c84061363ddb43bd94b1f7", "title": "Identifying Common Thinking Traps and False Beliefs | Hope for Mental Health Community", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmmPeEGprA4", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/lmmPeEGprA4", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Dr. Matthew Stanford.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lmmPeEGprA4/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Identifying Common Thinking Traps and False Beliefs | Hope for Mental Health Community Dr. Matthew Stanford Mental Health mental-health; hope-for-mental-health-community; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends HOPE AND HEALING CENTER Dr. Matthew Stanford", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e27f95fdea503e931fb9", "title": "If You Feel Too Much", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/if-you-feel-too-much", "externalUrl": "https://store.twloha.com/products/if-you-feel-too-much-expanded-edition", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Depression", "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "In 2006 Jamie Tworkowski wrote a story called “To Write Love on Her Arms” about helping a friend through her struggle with drug addiction, depression, and self-injury. The piece was so hauntingly beautiful that it quickly went viral, giving birth to a non-profit organization of the same name. Nine years later, To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) is an internationally-recognized leader in suicide prevention and a source of hope, encouragement, and resources for people worldwide. Jamie’s words have been shared hundreds of thousands of times online. They’ve shown up on T-shirts and posters and even tattoos. Now, for the first time, Jamie’s writing is available in the form of a book. If You Feel Too Much is a celebration of hope, wonder, and what it means to be human. From personal stories of struggling on days most people celebrate to offering words of strength and encouragement in moments of loss, the essays in this book invite readers to believe that it’s okay to admit to pain and it’s okay to ask for help. If You Feel Too Much is an important book from one of this generation’s most important voices.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82d1947d067fadfbe1c_66d0e27f95fdea503e931ca2_668a99a74b0de853d6a6e8b6_667dd19faff641b49e5eb5ef_667aadec589fa709b9e7977b_ifyoufeeltoomuchrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "If You Feel Too Much BY Jamie Tworkowski In 2006 Jamie Tworkowski wrote a story called “To Write Love on Her Arms” about helping a friend through her struggle with drug addiction, depression, and self-injury. The piece was so hauntingly beautiful that it quickly went viral, giving birth to a non-profit organization of the same name. Nine years later, To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) is an internationally-recognized leader in suicide prevention and a source of hope, encouragement, and resources for people worldwide. Jamie’s words have been shared hundreds of thousands of times online. They’ve shown up on T-shirts and posters and even tattoos. Now, for the first time, Jamie’s writing is available in the form of a book. If You Feel Too Much is a celebration of hope, wonder, and what it means to be human. From personal stories of struggling on days most people celebrate to offering words of strength and encouragement in moments of loss, the essays in this book invite readers to believe that it’s okay to admit to pain and it’s okay to ask for help. If You Feel Too Much is an important book from one of this generation’s most important voices. mental-health; depression; anxiety-disorder Mental Health Depression Anxiety", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce560864a8da6b3966a408", "title": "IMALive HOPELINE", "url": "https://www.imalive.org/", "externalUrl": "https://www.imalive.org/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention from Imalive.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/695d91a159219a6109308bc4_alive.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "IMALive HOPELINE suicide-prevention Imalive", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 06 2026 23:02:38 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "693b298630d703bac4ee8e12", "title": "In His Image, In His Care: A Conversation on Mental Health, Stigma, and Friendship with Jesus", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8ZggKTLjX8", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/Q8ZggKTLjX8?si=fCJbyfENJhX06Y7O", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q8ZggKTLjX8/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "In His Image, In His Care: A Conversation on Mental Health, Stigma, and Friendship with Jesus Kay Warren breathe", "publishedAt": "Thu Dec 11 2025 20:28:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e27ded01439860d8093a", "title": "In the Middle of the Mess: Strength for This Beautiful, Broken Life", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/in-the-middle-of-the-mess-strength-for-this-beautiful-broken-life", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Middle-Mess-Strength-Beautiful-Broken/dp/1400204917", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "How do you turn your struggles into strengths? Beloved Bible teacher Sheila Walsh teaches listeners how the daily spiritual practices of confession, meditation on God's Word, and prayer result in fresh freedom in Christ. In her long-awaited new book, Sheila Walsh equips women with a practical method for connecting with God's strength in the midst of struggle. From daily frustrations that can feel like overwhelming obstacles to hard challenges that turn into rock-bottom crises, women will find the means to equip themselves for standing strong with God. Using the spiritual applications of confession, prayer, and meditation on Scripture to form a daily connection to Jesus, women will learn how to experience new joy as a child of God who is fully known, fully loved, and fully accepted. In In the Middle of the Mess , Walsh reveals the hardened defenses that kept her from allowing God into her deepest hurts and shares how entering into a safe place with God and practicing this daily connection with him have saved her from the devil's prowling attacks. Though we will never be completely \"fixed\" on earth, we are continually held by Jesus, whatever our circumstances.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82de67ffbc18d306cbc_66d0e27ded01439860d80907_668a99a7842daf49b8ba69f2_667dd1a00ae6f7d20cb6f4fe_667aae086cea4e9f3ee21260_middleofthemessrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "In the Middle of the Mess: Strength for This Beautiful, Broken Life BY Sheila Walsh How do you turn your struggles into strengths? Beloved Bible teacher Sheila Walsh teaches listeners how the daily spiritual practices of confession, meditation on God's Word, and prayer result in fresh freedom in Christ. In her long-awaited new book, Sheila Walsh equips women with a practical method for connecting with God's strength in the midst of struggle. From daily frustrations that can feel like overwhelming obstacles to hard challenges that turn into rock-bottom crises, women will find the means to equip themselves for standing strong with God. Using the spiritual applications of confession, prayer, and meditation on Scripture to form a daily connection to Jesus, women will learn how to experience new joy as a child of God who is fully known, fully loved, and fully accepted. In In the Middle of the Mess , Walsh reveals the hardened defenses that kept her from allowing God into her deepest hurts and shares how entering into a safe place with God and practicing this daily connection with him have saved her from the devil's prowling attacks. Though we will never be completely \"fixed\" on earth, we are continually held by Jesus, whatever our circumstances. mental-health; suicide; depression; grief Mental Health Suicide Depression Grief", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce560830b8b132f2cc40e7", "title": "INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE: SUICIDE PREVENTION AND CARE PROGRAM", "url": "https://www.ihs.gov/suicideprevention/", "externalUrl": "https://www.ihs.gov/suicideprevention/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention from Ihs.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/695d925ac13e25eeabf11d58_indian.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE: SUICIDE PREVENTION AND CARE PROGRAM suicide-prevention Ihs", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 06 2026 23:02:38 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e27fdcc4a998c2ae333c", "title": "Inside a Cutter's Mind: Understanding and Helping Those Who Self-Injure", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/inside-a-cutters-mind-understanding-and-helping-those-who-self-injure", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Cutters-Mind-Understanding-Self-Injure/dp/1600060544/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=inside+a+cutters+mind&qid=1625705521&sr=8-2", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Cutting is a practice that has crossed age and gender lines. It's not just depressed teens who inflict injury on themselves - it can be anyone dealing with overwhelming feelings. This book explores the complex issue of cutting without offering any pat or simple fixes. It examines the psychology of the feelings of anger and despair behind it, and the counseling resources that can help. This book is a great tool to help those who engage in cutting, pastors who want to learn more, or those who need to understand someone who practices self-injury.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82ca7b7e546b58f6754_66d0e27fdcc4a998c2ae32c9_668a99a788c167cbff14be42_667dd1a02db3e6ec4bb248b4_667aae29d0489a9d51835b1b_insideacuttersmindrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Inside a Cutter's Mind: Understanding and Helping Those Who Self-Injure BY Jerusha Clark with Dr. Earl Henslin Cutting is a practice that has crossed age and gender lines. It's not just depressed teens who inflict injury on themselves - it can be anyone dealing with overwhelming feelings. This book explores the complex issue of cutting without offering any pat or simple fixes. It examines the psychology of the feelings of anger and despair behind it, and the counseling resources that can help. This book is a great tool to help those who engage in cutting, pastors who want to learn more, or those who need to understand someone who practices self-injury. mental-health; self-injury; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness Mental Health Self-Injury Parents of Children with Mental Illness", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce5608bbba868d8dd53d0b", "title": "INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION", "url": "https://www.iasp.info/", "externalUrl": "https://www.iasp.info/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Grief", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention and grief from Iasp.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/694aeec9d43c8f769148edc6_iasp.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION suicide-prevention; suicide-loss; grief Iasp", "publishedAt": "Tue Dec 23 2025 19:39:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66ce55f374e1a4424b1f8172", "title": "International OCD Foundation", "url": "https://iocdf.org/brochures-and-fact-sheets/", "externalUrl": "https://iocdf.org/brochures-and-fact-sheets/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "OCD" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about ocd from Iocdf.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/696ad170d7d8840c1c8fc5d5_shot.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "International OCD Foundation ocd Iocdf", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 22:53:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "6807c611d8d2d2f1ed765c22", "title": "International OCD Foundation", "url": "https://iocdf.org/", "externalUrl": "https://iocdf.org/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "OCD" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about ocd and mental health from Iocdf.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69619ed99d1d976eab935d8a_ocdfound.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "International OCD Foundation ocd; mental-health Iocdf", "publishedAt": "Sat Jan 10 2026 00:36:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c84059a858dfe2eebec6da", "title": "Interview with Rick and Kay Warren | Leadership Conference 2014", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uozvGhL8y88", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/uozvGhL8y88?list=PLMh_VL07zTs04hpLKG_FKEG4P_SEjllyQ", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Nicky Gumbel.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uozvGhL8y88/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Interview with Rick and Kay Warren | Leadership Conference 2014 Nicky Gumbel Mental Health grief; interview; ptsd-trauma; suicide; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; mental-health; family-friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8404e322e15379cd1f8ee", "title": "Introduction to Mental Health Month | Mental Health Awareness Month 2016", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7d5ygoeKlA", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/i7d5ygoeKlA", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video about mental health.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i7d5ygoeKlA/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Introduction to Mental Health Month | Mental Health Awareness Month 2016 Mental Health mental-health; mental-health-month-2016", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c84051a7771bbdd70e9d14", "title": "Introduction to Mental Health Month | Mental Health Awareness Month 2017", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqIWjEZKm7I", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/EqIWjEZKm7I", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EqIWjEZKm7I/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Introduction to Mental Health Month | Mental Health Awareness Month 2017 Kay Warren Mental Health mental-health; mental-health-month-2017", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c84053fa4df094c0ce0dbb", "title": "Introduction to Mental Health Month | Mental Health Month 2018", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybmqs0yXB2M", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ybmqs0yXB2M", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video about mental health.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ybmqs0yXB2M/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Introduction to Mental Health Month | Mental Health Month 2018 Mental Health mental-health; mental-health-month-2018", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "696930988986500207597ffa", "title": "Is This the Night? Finding Inner Peace: A self-care guide for family & friends impacted by a suicidal crisis", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/is-this-the-night-finding-inner-peace-a-self-care-guide-for-family-friends-impacted-by-a-suicidal-crisis", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4eJGyoc", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Openly discussing the impact of a suicidal crisis on family and friends is still shrouded in prejudice and discrimination prohibiting those who need it the most, from reaching out to receive the support they deserve. No one ever asks, “How’s your suicide attempt survivor?” Is This the Night: Finding Inner Peace is not a clinical training manual with companion PowerPoint slides and certificate of achievement. It is an informal conversation, a sharing of lived experience. What can we do to help support friends and families of suicide attempt survivors who are themselves emotionally drained and exhausted, worried about their loved ones, and paralyzed with fear? How can we help them recognize to first and foremost take care of themselves? Author Annemarie Matulis gently but firmly guides participants through the maze of emotions that can entangle family and friends with loved ones in suicidal crisis. This is her story, too. Dr. Bart Andrews, a nationally well-known and respected psychologist and leader within the field of suicidology, or as he prefers to say “life-ology” (because this work is about living), describes Matulis’ writing tone as “so fresh and genuine and there is both a vulnerability and sassy optimism.” Is This the Night: Finding Inner Peace was designed for and dedicated to the family & friends of suicide attempt survivors or anyone experiencing any form of suicidal crisis. In 2014, with the publication of “The Way Forward: pathways to hope, recovery, and wellness with insights from lived experience,” the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention expressed concern for the family of those who experience suicidal crisis and recommended that “coping strategies to avoid burnout, especially in consideration of their vigilance and help-giving efforts” be developed. The exercises outlined in this workbook may not be “the” answer to that challenge for this huge population, but they offer a starting point to begin to tear down the walls fear has built and develop new self-care skills that can bring some inner peace within while walking through a difficult emotional challenge. While the author has already produced three related documentaries, “A Voice at the Table,” “Voices Still Unheard,” and “Voices from the Shadows,” this workbook is the first in what will be a series of support materials.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69693078f1544efd2cbf4752_thenightweb.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Is This the Night? Finding Inner Peace: A self-care guide for family & friends impacted by a suicidal crisis BY Annemarie Matulis Openly discussing the impact of a suicidal crisis on family and friends is still shrouded in prejudice and discrimination prohibiting those who need it the most, from reaching out to receive the support they deserve. No one ever asks, “How’s your suicide attempt survivor?” Is This the Night: Finding Inner Peace is not a clinical training manual with companion PowerPoint slides and certificate of achievement. It is an informal conversation, a sharing of lived experience. What can we do to help support friends and families of suicide attempt survivors who are themselves emotionally drained and exhausted, worried about their loved ones, and paralyzed with fear? How can we help them recognize to first and foremost take care of themselves? Author Annemarie Matulis gently but firmly guides participants through the maze of emotions that can entangle family and friends with loved ones in suicidal crisis. This is her story, too. Dr. Bart Andrews, a nationally well-known and respected psychologist and leader within the field of suicidology, or as he prefers to say “life-ology” (because this work is about living), describes Matulis’ writing tone as “so fresh and genuine and there is both a vulnerability and sassy optimism.” Is This the Night: Finding Inner Peace was designed for and dedicated to the family & friends of suicide attempt survivors or anyone experiencing any form of suicidal crisis. In 2014, with the publication of “The Way Forward: pathways to hope, recovery, and wellness with insights from lived experience,” the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention expressed concern for the family of those who experience suicidal crisis and recommended that “coping strategies to avoid burnout, especially in consideration of their vigilance and help-giving efforts” be developed. The exercises outlined in this workbook may not be “the” answer to that challenge for this huge population, but they offer a starting point to begin to tear down the walls fear has built and develop new self-care skills that can bring some inner peace within while walking through a difficult emotional challenge. While the author has already produced three related documentaries, “A Voice at the Table,” “Voices Still Unheard,” and “Voices from the Shadows,” this workbook is the first in what will be a series of support materials. suicide; mental-health; hope-for-mental-health Suicide Mental Health Hope for Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c840582009deb3dc47d8af", "title": "Jesus Calling Podcast | You Don't Have to Face Anything Alone", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KeWLxePm4o", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/7KeWLxePm4o", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7KeWLxePm4o/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Jesus Calling Podcast | You Don't Have to Face Anything Alone Kay Warren grief; interview; mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends; suicide", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e27d8a424163f4f7b298", "title": "Jesus Listens: 365 Prayers for Kids", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/jesus-listens-365-prayers-for-kids", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Listens-365-Prayers-Kids/dp/1400236630/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=KYm0K&content-id=amzn1.sym.e4bd6ac6-9035-4a04-92a6-fc4ad60e09ad&pf_rd_p=e4bd6ac6-9035-4a04-92a6-fc4ad60e09ad&pf_rd_r=17M1DNJZ1DZ12SRYBYS9&pd_rd_wg=YhPsu&pd_rd_r=b18858ff-74c7-490c-a364-090cdcb2201e&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Jesus Listens , the bestselling 365 daily prayer devotional from Sarah Young, is now available for children. This book invites your children (and you) into an ongoing conversation with God, growing a meaningful prayer life and closer relationship with Him. In this inspiring 365-day book of prayers, Sarah Young, author of Jesus Calling , helps children talk to God every day. Kids will learn how to pray honest prayers and know that Jesus is always listening to them. This book will equip parents who want to teach their kids how to pray and talk to God reassure their children that God is always with them help their kids to read Bible verses every day Children will learn the daily practice of reading God's Word and talking to Him. They will know that they can talk to Jesus about anything and come to Him when they are afraid, anxious, or worried learn how to thank and praise God and take Him their requests develop the habit of prayer This inspirational book for kids ages 8 to 12 makes a perfect gift for Christmas birthdays graduation celebrations and back-to-school baptisms, Sunday school awards, or first communions Jesus Listens: 365 Prayers for Kids is a wonderful tool to help your children read Scripture and pray every day of the year.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82d8e28d31114ba7789_66d0e27d8a424163f4f7b293_668a99a7ed8b097573627b80_667dd1a05bbe3d8ac48bfa97_667aae743203308ad5baaa83_recommendedresourcejesuslistens.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Jesus Listens: 365 Prayers for Kids BY Sarah Young Jesus Listens , the bestselling 365 daily prayer devotional from Sarah Young, is now available for children. This book invites your children (and you) into an ongoing conversation with God, growing a meaningful prayer life and closer relationship with Him. In this inspiring 365-day book of prayers, Sarah Young, author of Jesus Calling , helps children talk to God every day. Kids will learn how to pray honest prayers and know that Jesus is always listening to them. This book will equip parents who want to teach their kids how to pray and talk to God reassure their children that God is always with them help their kids to read Bible verses every day Children will learn the daily practice of reading God's Word and talking to Him. They will know that they can talk to Jesus about anything and come to Him when they are afraid, anxious, or worried learn how to thank and praise God and take Him their requests develop the habit of prayer This inspirational book for kids ages 8 to 12 makes a perfect gift for Christmas birthdays graduation celebrations and back-to-school baptisms, Sunday school awards, or first communions Jesus Listens: 365 Prayers for Kids is a wonderful tool to help your children read Scripture and pray every day of the year. childrens-mental-health; children-adolescents Children's Mental Health Children & Adolescents", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce5620618e56f943ad1d37", "title": "JOURNEY THROUGH GRIEF AND LOSS", "url": "https://www.naadac.org/journey-grief-and-loss-webinar", "externalUrl": "https://www.naadac.org/journey-grief-and-loss-webinar", "type": "Training", "typeSlug": "training", "topics": [ "Grief" ], "summary": "Explore this training about grief from Naadac.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6965827406d6186d12ebde82_journey%20(2).png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#f1dfbd", "language": "en", "searchableText": "JOURNEY THROUGH GRIEF AND LOSS all-trainings Naadac", "publishedAt": "Mon Jan 12 2026 23:26:25 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "6966cc27e01fcbf116aa7b5b", "title": "Journey Toward Hope: A Guided Experience", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/journey-toward-hope-a-guided-experience-s0ldh", "externalUrl": "https://store.pastors.com/resources/church-health/mental-health/journey-toward-hope-a-guided-experience.html", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief", "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Life can be challenging, isolating, and painful. This personal guide seeks to ground you in five truths about who you are: you are loved, you have a purpose, you belong, you have a choice, and you are needed. The pages are filled with scripture, experiential practices, prayers, space to journal, and personal stories to help move you toward hope. Use this guide as a journey on your own or go through it in a group setting.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6966cb97ee8947a95802461e_blueguide.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Journey Toward Hope: A Guided Experience BY Kay Warren Life can be challenging, isolating, and painful. This personal guide seeks to ground you in five truths about who you are: you are loved, you have a purpose, you belong, you have a choice, and you are needed. The pages are filled with scripture, experiential practices, prayers, space to journal, and personal stories to help move you toward hope. Use this guide as a journey on your own or go through it in a group setting. hope-for-mental-health; ptsd-trauma; grief; mental-health Hope for Mental Health PTSD & Trauma Grief Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 22:50:26 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "6966ce05eb4c4cc9b7172d1a", "title": "Journey Toward Hope: Discussion Group Leader's Guide", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/journey-toward-hope-discussion-group-leaders-guide-2", "externalUrl": "https://store.pastors.com/resources/church-health/mental-health/journey-toward-hope-leader-guide.html", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief", "Mental Health", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Life can be challenging, isolating, and painful. This personal guide seeks to ground you in five truths about who you are: you are loved, you have a purpose, you belong, you have a choice, and you are needed. The pages are filled with Scripture, experiential practices, prayers, space to journal, and personal stories to help move you toward hope. Use this guide as a journey on your own or go through it in a group setting. This Leader's Guide is designed to help groups of people go through the Journey Toward Hope: A Guided Experience together. We are praying for you and your group as you take courageous steps to seek hope in your life.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6966cdf7f9587e7d4af91aa6_hooooopin.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Journey Toward Hope: Discussion Group Leader's Guide BY Saddleback Church Life can be challenging, isolating, and painful. This personal guide seeks to ground you in five truths about who you are: you are loved, you have a purpose, you belong, you have a choice, and you are needed. The pages are filled with Scripture, experiential practices, prayers, space to journal, and personal stories to help move you toward hope. Use this guide as a journey on your own or go through it in a group setting. This Leader's Guide is designed to help groups of people go through the Journey Toward Hope: A Guided Experience together. We are praying for you and your group as you take courageous steps to seek hope in your life. grief; hope-for-mental-health; mental-health; ptsd-trauma Grief Hope for Mental Health Mental Health PTSD & Trauma", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 22:58:23 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c8405937fd9f68f65358a5", "title": "Kids and Mental Health | Hope for Mental Health Community", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUNnnQp7fvU", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/gUNnnQp7fvU", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Dr. Heather Huszti, PhD.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gUNnnQp7fvU/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Kids and Mental Health | Hope for Mental Health Community Dr. Heather Huszti, PhD Mental Health childrens-mental-health; family-friends; mental-health-community; hope-for-mental-health-community; student-mental-health; children-adolescents; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; mental-health POWERPOINT SLIDES MOOD HYGIENE RESOURCE BY CHOC CHILDREN'S CHOC CHILDREN'S RECOMMENDED BOOKLIST Heather Huszti, Ph.D.", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce56083e3866b79249a75b", "title": "KNOW THE SIGNS", "url": "https://www.suicideispreventable.org/", "externalUrl": "https://www.suicideispreventable.org/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention from Suicideispreventable.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/695d933162b47001f9e64a4f_ktsigns.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "KNOW THE SIGNS suicide-prevention Suicideispreventable", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 06 2026 23:02:38 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66ce55f121ef97ddd4f9eba6", "title": "La Crisis De Los Opioides En La Población Hispana/Latina: UN Asunto Urgente", "url": "https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-HE20_400-PURL-gpo153423", "externalUrl": "https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GOVPUB-HE20_400-PURL-gpo153423", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [], "summary": "Open this guide or website from Govinfo.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6942e1aee0401294893f3a21_lacrisis.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "es", "searchableText": "La Crisis De Los Opioides En La Población Hispana/Latina: UN Asunto Urgente espanol Govinfo", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 23:52:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c840568161ad5320cb83b3", "title": "Launching a Mental Health Ministry in Your Church", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wAy3l6qhEM", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/-wAy3l6qhEM", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren and Monique Brooks.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-wAy3l6qhEM/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Launching a Mental Health Ministry in Your Church Kay Warren and Monique Brooks Mental Health facebook-live; mental-health; mental-health-the-church; global-mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c840589c80b6cb1e635db0", "title": "Learning to See Your Blind Spots | Saddleback Church", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROfg_TDnpFE", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/ROfg_TDnpFE", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "The Church" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ROfg_TDnpFE/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Learning to See Your Blind Spots | Saddleback Church Kay Warren messages; saddleback-church", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce5609806780052decedeb", "title": "LIFE IN MIND", "url": "https://lifeinmind.org.au/", "externalUrl": "https://lifeinmind.org.au/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention from Lifeinmind Org.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69616bee938794c93858646f_lifeinmind.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "LIFE IN MIND suicide-prevention Lifeinmind Org", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 09 2026 21:19:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e27d5904750b58fdc6c6", "title": "Life Inside the \"Thin\" Cage: A Personal Look into the Hidden World of the Chronic Dieter", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/life-inside-the-thin-cage-a-personal-look-into-the-hidden-world-of-the-chronic-dieter", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Life-Inside-Thin-Cage-Personal/dp/0877880387/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477420490&sr=8-1&keywords=life+inside+the+thin+cage+by+constance+rhodes", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Eating Disorders", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Frustrated by the often unrealistic standards of beauty presented by today’s media, many women have become trapped in a never-ending pattern of chronic dieting. Daily they endure destructive self-talk such as “I can’t eat that or I’ll get fat” or “If I could just lose a few more pounds everything would be better.” Chronic dieters may be any shape or size but they have one thing in common: They are often left to suffer alone with an undiagnosed “sub-clinical” eating disorder. Such sub-clinical disorders include eating habits that are unusual, even unhealthy, but do not fit the technical classifications of anorexia or bulimia. Addressing the many dimension of “chronic dieting,” Life Inside the “Thin” Cage offers a wake-up call and practical steps to those who need healing. Readers will find personal stories, insights into their secret patterns and habits, reassurance that they are not alone, checklists, self-tests, and, best of all, a new road to emotional, physical, mental and spiritual freedom .", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82db22fcf9f1024a787_66d0e27d5904750b58fdc686_668a99a86f483d26e0c294a0_667dd1a247d09438a596a609_667aafa80ebba2ec4ecb99e4_lifewithinthethincagerecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Life Inside the \"Thin\" Cage: A Personal Look into the Hidden World of the Chronic Dieter BY Constance Rhodes Frustrated by the often unrealistic standards of beauty presented by today’s media, many women have become trapped in a never-ending pattern of chronic dieting. Daily they endure destructive self-talk such as “I can’t eat that or I’ll get fat” or “If I could just lose a few more pounds everything would be better.” Chronic dieters may be any shape or size but they have one thing in common: They are often left to suffer alone with an undiagnosed “sub-clinical” eating disorder. Such sub-clinical disorders include eating habits that are unusual, even unhealthy, but do not fit the technical classifications of anorexia or bulimia. Addressing the many dimension of “chronic dieting,” Life Inside the “Thin” Cage offers a wake-up call and practical steps to those who need healing. Readers will find personal stories, insights into their secret patterns and habits, reassurance that they are not alone, checklists, self-tests, and, best of all, a new road to emotional, physical, mental and spiritual freedom . mental-health; eating-disorder Mental Health Eating Disorders", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c84064f0e7e8e65fc2986d", "title": "Life is a Battle | Breathe Devotional with Kay Warren", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgHinByYJWQ", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/fgHinByYJWQ", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fgHinByYJWQ/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Life is a Battle | Breathe Devotional with Kay Warren Kay Warren Mental Health mental-health; breathe; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; devotional; family-friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e27cc046c9fbee3ac808", "title": "Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/life-without-ed-how-one-woman-declared-independence-from-her-eating-disorder-and-how-you-can-too", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Life-Without-Ed-Declared-Independence/dp/0071422986#:~:text=Jenni%20had%20been%20in%20an,her%20throughout%20their%20long%20affair.&text=By%20thinking%20of%20her%20eating,Ed%20once%20and%20for%20all.", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Eating Disorders", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders" ], "summary": "\"If you or someone you love has an eating disorder, this is the book to read.\" -Dr. Phil Jenni had been in an abusive relationship with Ed for far too long. He controlled Jenni’s life, distorted her self-image, and tried to physically harm her throughout their long affair. Then, in therapy, Jenni learned to treat her eating disorder as a relationship, not a condition. By thinking of her eating disorder as a unique personality separate from her own, Jenni was able to break up with Ed once and for all. Inspiring, compassionate, and filled with practical exercises to help you break up with your own personal E.D., Life Without Ed provides hope to the millions of people plagued by eating disorders. Beginning with Jenni’s “divorce” from Ed, this supportive, lifesaving book combines a patient’s insights and experiences with a therapist’s prescriptions for success to help you live a healthier, happier life without Ed. This 10th anniversary edition features a new afterword as well as sections devoted to family, friends, and supporters; how treatment professionals can use the book with their patients; and men with eating disorders. \"Of all the great books written on eating disorders, none has had a wider reach than Life Without Ed . Those suffering have found connection and hope, family members have found understanding and empathy, professionals have learned from it and praised it. It will remain a classic for decades to come.\" -Michael E. Berrett, PhD , psychologist; CEO and cofounder of the Center for Change; coauthor of Spiritual Approaches in the Treatment of Women with Eating Disorders \"[ Life Without Ed ] was the first [book] to teach readers that they can not only separate from their eating disorder, but also disagree with and disobey it. I wholeheartedly recommend this witty, hopeful guide to patients, carers, professionals, and anyone else who wants to understand what it's really like to live with an eating disorder and ultimately triumph over it.\" -Jennifer J. Thomas, PhD , assistant professor of psychology at the Harvard Medical School; co-director of the Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital \"This uplifting book’s intimate inner dialogue has energized countless young women―and men―in their own recoveries from eating disorders.\" -Leigh Cohn, MAT, CEDS , coauthor of Making Weight: Men’s Conflicts with Food, Weight, Shape & Recovery \"Jenni is truly a remarkable woman. She unselfishly shares her struggles and triumphs in something that will probably affect all of us in one way or another in our lifetime. Her candid and inspiring story will truly help those suffering from their own \"Ed.\" I feel privileged to know her and her story.\" -Jamie-Lynn Sigler , actress", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82e6baf8fc33134ac6e_66d0e27cc046c9fbee3ac798_668a99a86f483d26e0c294a4_667dd1a2a2f09efff36eb4a0_667aafbf5ed75b39a4c36f90_lifewithoutedrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too BY Jenni Schaefer \"If you or someone you love has an eating disorder, this is the book to read.\" -Dr. Phil Jenni had been in an abusive relationship with Ed for far too long. He controlled Jenni’s life, distorted her self-image, and tried to physically harm her throughout their long affair. Then, in therapy, Jenni learned to treat her eating disorder as a relationship, not a condition. By thinking of her eating disorder as a unique personality separate from her own, Jenni was able to break up with Ed once and for all. Inspiring, compassionate, and filled with practical exercises to help you break up with your own personal E.D., Life Without Ed provides hope to the millions of people plagued by eating disorders. Beginning with Jenni’s “divorce” from Ed, this supportive, lifesaving book combines a patient’s insights and experiences with a therapist’s prescriptions for success to help you live a healthier, happier life without Ed. This 10th anniversary edition features a new afterword as well as sections devoted to family, friends, and supporters; how treatment professionals can use the book with their patients; and men with eating disorders. \"Of all the great books written on eating disorders, none has had a wider reach than Life Without Ed . Those suffering have found connection and hope, family members have found understanding and empathy, professionals have learned from it and praised it. It will remain a classic for decades to come.\" -Michael E. Berrett, PhD , psychologist; CEO and cofounder of the Center for Change; coauthor of Spiritual Approaches in the Treatment of Women with Eating Disorders \"[ Life Without Ed ] was the first [book] to teach readers that they can not only separate from their eating disorder, but also disagree with and disobey it. I wholeheartedly recommend this witty, hopeful guide to patients, carers, professionals, and anyone else who wants to understand what it's really like to live with an eating disorder and ultimately triumph over it.\" -Jennifer J. Thomas, PhD , assistant professor of psychology at the Harvard Medical School; co-director of the Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program at Massachusetts General Hospital \"This uplifting book’s intimate inner dialogue has energized countless young women―and men―in their own recoveries from eating disorders.\" -Leigh Cohn, MAT, CEDS , coauthor of Making Weight: Men’s Conflicts with Food, Weight, Shape & Recovery \"Jenni is truly a remarkable woman. She unselfishly shares her struggles and triumphs in something that will probably affect all of us in one way or another in our lifetime. Her candid and inspiring story will truly help those suffering from their own \"Ed.\" I feel privileged to know her and her story.\" -Jamie-Lynn Sigler , actress mental-health; eating-disorder Mental Health Eating Disorders", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e27bb30844508b902288", "title": "Life's Healing Choices: Freedom from Your Hurts, Hang-ups, and Habits", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/lifes-healing-choices-freedom-from-your-hurts-hang-ups-and-habits", "externalUrl": "http://www.amazon.com/Lifes-Healing-Choices-Freedom-Hang-ups/dp/1476726582/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400288051&sr=1-1&keywords=life%27s+healing+choices", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "The Church" ], "summary": "With a foreword by Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life , this life-changing book helps you find true happiness - if you choose to accept it. LIFE HAPPENS. Happiness and Healing are yours for the choosing. We've all been hurt by other people, we've hurt ourselves, and we've hurt others. And as a result, every single one of us ends up with some sort of hurt , hang-up , or habit . But the question we all face is, Where do we go from here? Life's Healing Choices offers freedom from our hurts, hang-ups, and habits through eight healing choices that promise true happiness and life transformation. Using the Beatitudes of Jesus as a foundation, Senior Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church and John Baker, who is also a pastor at Saddleback, developed the eight choices shared in this book. In addition to practical, encouraging biblical teaching, each chapter includes two real-life stories of men and women whose lives have been transformed by living out the eight choices in this book. Through making each of these choices, you too will find God's pathway to wholeness, growth, spiritual maturity, happiness, and healing. You'll find real answers, real hope, and a real future - one healing choice at a time.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82f8e28d31114ba7861_66d0e27bb30844508b902263_668a99a8160abcbd3320e504_667dd1a2779defac401963f2_667aafdca8df72808e828602_lifeshealingchoicesrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Life's Healing Choices: Freedom from Your Hurts, Hang-ups, and Habits BY John Baker With a foreword by Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life , this life-changing book helps you find true happiness - if you choose to accept it. LIFE HAPPENS. Happiness and Healing are yours for the choosing. We've all been hurt by other people, we've hurt ourselves, and we've hurt others. And as a result, every single one of us ends up with some sort of hurt , hang-up , or habit . But the question we all face is, Where do we go from here? Life's Healing Choices offers freedom from our hurts, hang-ups, and habits through eight healing choices that promise true happiness and life transformation. Using the Beatitudes of Jesus as a foundation, Senior Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church and John Baker, who is also a pastor at Saddleback, developed the eight choices shared in this book. In addition to practical, encouraging biblical teaching, each chapter includes two real-life stories of men and women whose lives have been transformed by living out the eight choices in this book. Through making each of these choices, you too will find God's pathway to wholeness, growth, spiritual maturity, happiness, and healing. You'll find real answers, real hope, and a real future - one healing choice at a time. celebrate-recovery; substance-use; mental-health Celebrate Recovery Substance Use Disorder Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce55f5f2c2982f814d3bc1", "title": "Lifeline Online Postvention Manual", "url": "https://sprc.org/resources/lifeline-online-postvention-manual/", "externalUrl": "https://sprc.org/resources/lifeline-online-postvention-manual/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "The Church" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about the church from Sprc.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/694b276f8240633532d1a1a3_lifeline.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Lifeline Online Postvention Manual the-church Sprc", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 23:52:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c840605cd3d844d55db315", "title": "Listening to People's Pain | Doable Discipleship Podcast Episode 219", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfoMfzmmdkA", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/JfoMfzmmdkA", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JfoMfzmmdkA/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Listening to People's Pain | Doable Discipleship Podcast Episode 219 Kay Warren interview; mental-health; saddleback-church; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c840539d3a326b1e032fd7", "title": "Live Conversation with Kay and Sheila Walsh", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BktvoLH1rQ", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/6BktvoLH1rQ", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Anxiety", "Bipolar Disorder", "Borderline Personality Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Eating Disorders", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "OCD", "Schizophrenia", "Student Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren and Sheila Walsh.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6BktvoLH1rQ/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Live Conversation with Kay and Sheila Walsh Kay Warren and Sheila Walsh Mental Health anxiety; bipolar-disorder; depression; facebook-live; grief; mental-health; ocd; ptsd-trauma; schizophrenia; self-injury; suicide; interview; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends; adhd; borderline-personality-disorder; children-adolescents; childrens-mental-health; eating-disorders; global-mental-health; student-mental-health; substance-use-disorder; mental-health-the-church", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce55e6b074782b1906debc", "title": "Live Life", "url": "https://www.who.int/initiatives/live-life-initiative-for-suicide-prevention#:~:text=LIVE%20LIFE%20is%20a%20WHO,based%20action%20to%20prevent%20suicide", "externalUrl": "https://www.who.int/initiatives/live-life-initiative-for-suicide-prevention#:~:text=LIVE%20LIFE%20is%20a%20WHO,based%20action%20to%20prevent%20suicide", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention from Who.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6943068f0e1cc540f04b7a34_livelife.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Live Life suicide-prevention Who", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 21:24:32 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c8405581e724fd354ca290", "title": "Living in Wellness | Mental Health Month", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDmYzzBlxl4", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/zDmYzzBlxl4", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Anxiety", "Bipolar Disorder", "Borderline Personality Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Eating Disorders", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "OCD", "Schizophrenia", "Student Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay and Saddleback Church’s.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zDmYzzBlxl4/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Living in Wellness | Mental Health Month Kay and Saddleback Church’s Mental Health anxiety; bipolar-disorder; borderline-personality-disorder; depression; eating-disorders; facebook-live; family-friends; mental-health; mental-health-month-2018; ocd; ptsd-trauma; schizophrenia; self-injury; veterans-mental-health; young-adult-mental-health; adhd; children-adolescents; childrens-mental-health; global-mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; substance-use-disorder; mental-health-the-church; student-mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c840587a1cde59d3717be8", "title": "Living with Mental Illness | Hope for Mental Health Community", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdGwUdGc1AY", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/OdGwUdGc1AY", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Anxiety", "Bipolar Disorder", "Borderline Personality Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Eating Disorders", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "OCD", "Schizophrenia", "Student Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Alia Joy.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OdGwUdGc1AY/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Living with Mental Illness | Hope for Mental Health Community Alia Joy Mental Health anxiety; bipolar-disorder; borderline-personality-disorder; childrens-mental-health; depression; family-friends; mental-health; ocd; ptsd-trauma; suicide; schizophrenia; veterans-mental-health; young-adult-mental-health; children-adolescents; hope-for-mental-health-community; adhd; eating-disorders; global-mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; self-injury; student-mental-health; substance-use-disorder; mental-health-the-church; bipoc-mental-health PRACTICE OF LAMENT WORKSHEET GLORIOUS WEAKNESS: DISCOVERING GOD IN ALL WE LACK BY ALIA JOY Alia Joy", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce55ea4c9c46026d1faab2", "title": "Living with Suicide Loss", "url": "https://afsp.org/ive-lost-someone/", "externalUrl": "https://afsp.org/ive-lost-someone/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Grief", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about grief and suicide prevention from Afsp.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/694b2adfcbf22a496b526403_lloss.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Living with Suicide Loss suicide-loss Afsp", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 22:53:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66ce560074e1a4424b1f898e", "title": "LIVING WORKS", "url": "https://livingworks.net/training/livingworks-faith/", "externalUrl": "https://livingworks.net/training/livingworks-faith/", "type": "Training", "typeSlug": "training", "topics": [], "summary": "Explore this training from Livingworks.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/696592db5d61ce77285125f1_worksliving.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#f1dfbd", "language": "en", "searchableText": "LIVING WORKS all-trainings Livingworks", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 00:34:28 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c840622b5990a230c5ac60", "title": "Longings, Grief, Identity, and Purpose | Hope for Mental Health Community", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOUnqH02atw", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZOUnqH02atw", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Dr. Curt Thompson.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZOUnqH02atw/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Longings, Grief, Identity, and Purpose | Hope for Mental Health Community Dr. Curt Thompson Mental Health mental-health; hope-for-mental-health-community; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; grief; suicide; ptsd-trauma; adhd; family-friends THE SOUL OF DESIRE:DISCOVERING THE NEUROSCIENCE OF LONGING, BEAUTY, AND COMMUNITY BY DR. CURT THOMPSON DR. CURT THOMPSON'S WEBSITE Curt Thompson, M.D.", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "6971620d58d3d00a7e38baf8", "title": "Looking Up: A Birder's Guide to Hope Through Grief", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/looking-up-a-birders-guide-to-hope-through-grief", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/42y0XoT", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief" ], "summary": "Through the painful days of the pandemic stuck in her home, Courtney Ellis found herself looking down in despair. Soon after, her beloved grandfather died unexpectedly. It was around this same time that Ellis took up watching birds. \"Took up\" might not be exactly right―as she puts it, \"the switch flipped,\" and she’s been borderline obsessed with birds ever since. Looking Up is a meditation on birding as a practice of hope. Weaving together stories from her own life, including the death of her grandfather, with reflections on birds of many kinds, Ellis invites us to open our eyes to the goodness of God both in the natural world and in our own lives. By \"looking up\" to the birds, Ellis found the beauty and wonder of these creatures calling her out of her darkness into the light and hope of God's promises. ‍", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/697161eabe17189b72718152_up.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Looking Up: A Birder's Guide to Hope Through Grief BY Courtney Ellis Through the painful days of the pandemic stuck in her home, Courtney Ellis found herself looking down in despair. Soon after, her beloved grandfather died unexpectedly. It was around this same time that Ellis took up watching birds. \"Took up\" might not be exactly right―as she puts it, \"the switch flipped,\" and she’s been borderline obsessed with birds ever since. Looking Up is a meditation on birding as a practice of hope. Weaving together stories from her own life, including the death of her grandfather, with reflections on birds of many kinds, Ellis invites us to open our eyes to the goodness of God both in the natural world and in our own lives. By \"looking up\" to the birds, Ellis found the beauty and wonder of these creatures calling her out of her darkness into the light and hope of God's promises. ‍ grief Grief", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c840579f2c70af21ce6b66", "title": "Losing a Loved One to Suicide | Enjoying Everyday Life with Joyce Meyer", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vzASWdMX5g", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/7vzASWdMX5g", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Joyce Meyer.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7vzASWdMX5g/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Losing a Loved One to Suicide | Enjoying Everyday Life with Joyce Meyer Joyce Meyer mental-health; suicide; interview; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8404f9d3a326b1e032e80", "title": "Loss of a Child Memorial | CHOC Children's Annual Memorial", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkYVUz8p-NM", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/GkYVUz8p-NM", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GkYVUz8p-NM/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Loss of a Child Memorial | CHOC Children's Annual Memorial Kay Warren grief; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8406081e724fd354cace8", "title": "Loss, Recovery, and Hope | Hope for Mental Health Community", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8vPKdmqg3I", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/b8vPKdmqg3I", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Meaghan Grider.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b8vPKdmqg3I/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Loss, Recovery, and Hope | Hope for Mental Health Community Meaghan Grider Mental Health mental-health; hope-for-mental-health-community; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; grief; substance-misuse-disorder; ptsd-trauma; family-friends CELEBRATE RECOVERY Meaghan Grider", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66cb4474ecc3e28071b71211", "title": "Love Completely | Fellowship of the Woodlands", "url": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e5035501_1461175732_love-completely.mp3", "externalUrl": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e5035501_1461175732_love-completely.mp3", "type": "Audio", "typeSlug": "audio", "topics": [], "summary": "Listen to this audio resource.", "image": "", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#e7d2dc", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Love Completely | Fellowship of the Woodlands audio; interview", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Audios" }, { "id": "66d0e27b33b6c69d26904d07", "title": "Love Letters from the Edge: Meditations for Those Struggling with Brokenness, Trauma, and the Pain of Life", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/love-letters-from-the-edge-meditations-for-those-struggling-with-brokenness-trauma-and-the-pain-of-life", "externalUrl": "http://www.amazon.com/Love-Letters-Edge-Meditations-Struggling/dp/0825443474/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400288083&sr=1-1&keywords=love+letters+from+the+edge", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Meditations offering practical hope through biblical expressions of lament and God's relentless, unconditional love for the hurting. Millions of women in the United States battle with after-effects of suffering so great they’ve developed post-traumatic stress disorder—the same suffering experienced by soldiers who’ve gone through war. Sexual and physical abuse, catastrophic accidents, abandonment, natural disasters, invasive medical procedures, and many other painful and overwhelming events can trigger symptoms they are little equipped to deal with and hard-pressed to recognize. Love Letters from the Edge provides a voice for those struggling to express this pain and reveals intimate encouragement for those in desperate need to hear God’s words of love and deliverance. This heartfelt devotional focuses on the profound laments in the book of Psalms. Each meditation begins with a letter from someone in the throes of despair and then offers a tender response to their pain from God’s perspective. Fresh, honest, and intimate, Love Letters from the Edge will reach readers who never expected to hear good news from where they are and point them toward the hope and healing of Christ.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d830b768568f01d694fb_66d0e27a33b6c69d26904cec_668a99a937794fd0429eb968_667dd1a2f490f136eb1acff6_667ab012936dcfeca3580f26_lovelettersfromtheedgerecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Love Letters from the Edge: Meditations for Those Struggling with Brokenness, Trauma, and the Pain of Life BY Shelly Beach, Wanda Sanchez Meditations offering practical hope through biblical expressions of lament and God's relentless, unconditional love for the hurting. Millions of women in the United States battle with after-effects of suffering so great they’ve developed post-traumatic stress disorder—the same suffering experienced by soldiers who’ve gone through war. Sexual and physical abuse, catastrophic accidents, abandonment, natural disasters, invasive medical procedures, and many other painful and overwhelming events can trigger symptoms they are little equipped to deal with and hard-pressed to recognize. Love Letters from the Edge provides a voice for those struggling to express this pain and reveals intimate encouragement for those in desperate need to hear God’s words of love and deliverance. This heartfelt devotional focuses on the profound laments in the book of Psalms. Each meditation begins with a letter from someone in the throes of despair and then offers a tender response to their pain from God’s perspective. Fresh, honest, and intimate, Love Letters from the Edge will reach readers who never expected to hear good news from where they are and point them toward the hope and healing of Christ. mental-health; ptsd-trauma Mental Health PTSD & Trauma", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e27b4c24d5d3331dcf15", "title": "Loving Someone with Suicidal Thoughts: What Family, Friends, and Partners Can Say and Do", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/loving-someone-with-suicidal-thoughts-what-family-friends-and-partners-can-say-and-do", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Loving-Someone-Suicidal-Thoughts-Harbinger/dp/1648480241/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3FRXDMOGYC4LD&keywords=suicidal+thoughts&qid=1678986005&sprefix=suidical+thoughts%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-4", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "For help in dealing with a suicidal crisis right now, please call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. If you love someone who has suicidal thoughts, you may struggle with profound fear of saying or doing the wrong thing. You desperately want to help, but you’re unsure of where to start. This book can guide you as you support your loved one—without sacrificing your own needs and well-being. You’ll find the answers to some of your most urgent questions, including: What are signs and clues of suicide risk? How do I talk with my loved one about their suicidal thoughts? When should I call the police? What do I say and do after a suicide attempt? What treatments for suicidality are available? How can I help the person I care about stay safe? What can I do to help them feel better, too? What can I do to cope better? What does recovery look like after a suicidal crisis? Written by a psychotherapist with decades of clinical experience in suicidology, this compassionate guide offers essential communication techniques you can use to help your loved one, as well as strategies for navigating your own stress, worry, fear, and anxiety. Drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and mindful self-compassion, the tools in this book will help you recognize warning signs, improve communication, create a safety plan, know when to seek professional help, and support a loved one in crisis.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82eb1a3eb995ae52780_66d0e27b4c24d5d3331dcee5_668a99a9ed8b097573627c39_667dd1a2dd3d5938666dd012_667ab029c2098462a653e05d_lovingsomeonesuicidalthoughtsrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Loving Someone with Suicidal Thoughts: What Family, Friends, and Partners Can Say and Do BY Stacey Freedenthal, PhD, LCSW For help in dealing with a suicidal crisis right now, please call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. If you love someone who has suicidal thoughts, you may struggle with profound fear of saying or doing the wrong thing. You desperately want to help, but you’re unsure of where to start. This book can guide you as you support your loved one—without sacrificing your own needs and well-being. You’ll find the answers to some of your most urgent questions, including: What are signs and clues of suicide risk? How do I talk with my loved one about their suicidal thoughts? When should I call the police? What do I say and do after a suicide attempt? What treatments for suicidality are available? How can I help the person I care about stay safe? What can I do to help them feel better, too? What can I do to cope better? What does recovery look like after a suicidal crisis? Written by a psychotherapist with decades of clinical experience in suicidology, this compassionate guide offers essential communication techniques you can use to help your loved one, as well as strategies for navigating your own stress, worry, fear, and anxiety. Drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and mindful self-compassion, the tools in this book will help you recognize warning signs, improve communication, create a safety plan, know when to seek professional help, and support a loved one in crisis. parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; mental-health; suicide Parents of Children with Mental Illness Mental Health Suicide", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce56094a518df1da7b2d2e", "title": "LUTHERAN SUICIDE PREVENTION MINISTRY", "url": "https://suicidepreventionministry.org/", "externalUrl": "https://suicidepreventionministry.org/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention", "The Church" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention and the church from Suicidepreventionministry.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69616dbc0b2036afcf13b8e8_lutheran.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "LUTHERAN SUICIDE PREVENTION MINISTRY suicide-prevention Suicidepreventionministry", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 09 2026 21:19:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e27c61f3abbc397e2177", "title": "Madness and Grace: A Practical Guide for Pastoral Care and Serious Mental Illness", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/madness-and-grace-a-practical-guide-for-pastoral-care-and-serious-mental-illness", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599475790?pf_rd_r=QQHDTP5F0MTQHXXD66SZ&pf_rd_p=8fe9b1d0-f378-4356-8bb8-cada7525eadd&pd_rd_r=d1522a4a-f3a1-47e6-ade0-b7e86487e567&pd_rd_w=Y6XON&pd_rd_wg=9oMlP&ref_=pd_gw_unk", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church" ], "summary": "Research tells us that when most people suffer from a mental health crisis, the first person they turn to for help is not a physician, a psychiatrist, or a social worker, but a pastor, a priest, or a minister. In other words, a leader in their church. Unfortunately, many church leaders are not trained to recognize mental illness and don’t know when to refer someone to a mental health professional. The consequence—unintended yet tragic—is continued and unnecessary suffering. Madness and Grace is a comprehensive guide for church ministry to alleviate this situation. Written by Dr. Matthew Stanford, the book is carefully constructed to help build competency in detecting a wide spectrum of mental disorders, such as knowing when a person is contemplating suicide based on telltale patterns of speech. It also explodes common discriminatory myths that stigmatize people with mental illness, such as the myth that they are more prone to violence than others. Dr. Stanford has treated clients throughout his career who were afflicted with all manner of mental disorders. In Madness and Grace , he takes the full extent of his experience and makes it accessible and actionable for the lay reader. He begins by explaining what constitutes a mental illness and how these disorders are classified according to science. He next teaches how to notice the presence of a mental illness by listening carefully to phraseology, observing behavior, and asking discerning questions. He goes on to discuss methods of treatment, common religious concerns about mental health, and ways church communities can support people on the road to recovery. As a Christian, Dr. Stanford wants his fellow believers to know that acknowledging and seeking help for a mental illness is not a sign of weak faith. That’s why, in addition to sharing his medical expertise with church leaders, he commends pertinent biblical passages that underscore God’s concern for our mental wellbeing. These passages provide strength and comfort as complements to clinically-derived treatment and are essential to Dr. Stanford’s approach. “ When working with those in severe psychological distress,” he writes, “compassion and grace are always the first line of pastoral care .”", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82e49fcce655c0ef09c_66d0e27c61f3abbc397e2163_668a99a90b541e1beea3b91e_667dd1a207bc7c75964e6ca3_667ab045b39a4e9734f7ed21_madnessgracerecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Madness and Grace: A Practical Guide for Pastoral Care and Serious Mental Illness BY Matthew S. Stanford, PhD Research tells us that when most people suffer from a mental health crisis, the first person they turn to for help is not a physician, a psychiatrist, or a social worker, but a pastor, a priest, or a minister. In other words, a leader in their church. Unfortunately, many church leaders are not trained to recognize mental illness and don’t know when to refer someone to a mental health professional. The consequence—unintended yet tragic—is continued and unnecessary suffering. Madness and Grace is a comprehensive guide for church ministry to alleviate this situation. Written by Dr. Matthew Stanford, the book is carefully constructed to help build competency in detecting a wide spectrum of mental disorders, such as knowing when a person is contemplating suicide based on telltale patterns of speech. It also explodes common discriminatory myths that stigmatize people with mental illness, such as the myth that they are more prone to violence than others. Dr. Stanford has treated clients throughout his career who were afflicted with all manner of mental disorders. In Madness and Grace , he takes the full extent of his experience and makes it accessible and actionable for the lay reader. He begins by explaining what constitutes a mental illness and how these disorders are classified according to science. He next teaches how to notice the presence of a mental illness by listening carefully to phraseology, observing behavior, and asking discerning questions. He goes on to discuss methods of treatment, common religious concerns about mental health, and ways church communities can support people on the road to recovery. As a Christian, Dr. Stanford wants his fellow believers to know that acknowledging and seeking help for a mental illness is not a sign of weak faith. That’s why, in addition to sharing his medical expertise with church leaders, he commends pertinent biblical passages that underscore God’s concern for our mental wellbeing. These passages provide strength and comfort as complements to clinically-derived treatment and are essential to Dr. Stanford’s approach. “ When working with those in severe psychological distress,” he writes, “compassion and grace are always the first line of pastoral care .” parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; mental-health Parents of Children with Mental Illness Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c8404973ec2f8efeb34a46", "title": "Making Mental Health a Global Development Priority", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THT43iz9E8Y", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/THT43iz9E8Y", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video about mental health.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/THT43iz9E8Y/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Making Mental Health a Global Development Priority global-mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66da6cdb25d3bff1761f8bff", "title": "Malady of the Mind: Schizophrenia and the Path to Prevention", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/malady-of-the-mind-schizophrenia-and-the-path-to-prevention", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4vXUKjI", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Schizophrenia", "Substance Use Disorders" ], "summary": "“The most important book about schizophrenia in decades, and perhaps ever…a total game-changer.” —Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind ‍ ‍ A comprehensive, deeply researched, and highly readable portrait of schizophrenia—its history, its various manifestations, and how today’s treatments have promising and often lifesaving potential. ‍ This “incredibly captivating” (Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies ) portrait of schizophrenia, the most malignant and mysterious mental illness, by renowned psychiatrist Jeffrey Lieberman, interweaves cultural and scientific history with dramatic patient profiles and clinical experiences to impart a revolutionary message of hope. For the first time in history, we can effectively treat schizophrenia, limiting its disabling effects—and we’re on the verge of being able to prevent the disease’s onset entirely. Drawing on his four-decade career, Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman expertly illuminates the past, present, and future of this historically dreaded and devastating illness. Interweaving history, science, and policy with personal anecdotes and clinical cases, Malady of the Mind is a rich, illuminating experience written in accessible, fluid prose. From Dr. Lieberman’s vantage point at the pinnacle of academic psychiatry, informed by extensive research experience and clinical care of thousands of patients, he explains how the complexity of the brain, the checkered history of psychiatric medicine, and centuries of stigma combined with misguided legislation and health care policies have impeded scientific advances and clinical progress. Despite this, there is reason for optimism: by offering evidence-based treatments that combine medication with psychosocial services and principles learned from the recovery movement, doctors can now effectively treat schizophrenia by diagnosing patients at a very early stage, achieving a mutually respectful therapeutic alliance, and preventing relapse, thus limiting the progression of the illness. Even more promising, decades of work on diagnosis, detection, and early intervention have pushed scientific progress to the cusp of prevention—meaning that in the near future, doctors may be able to prevent the onset of this disorder. A must-read for those interested in medical history, psychology, and those whose lives have been affected by schizophrenia, this “penetrating, important” (Andrew Solomon, author of Noonday Demon ) work offers a comprehensive scientific portrait, crucial insights, sound advice for families and friends, and most importantly, hope for those sufferers now and future generations.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d821e587017bded7aef5_66da6c63b3042c8d1cbb402c_Book_MaladyMind.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Malady of the Mind: Schizophrenia and the Path to Prevention BY Jeffrey A. Lieberman MD “The most important book about schizophrenia in decades, and perhaps ever…a total game-changer.” —Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind ‍ ‍ A comprehensive, deeply researched, and highly readable portrait of schizophrenia—its history, its various manifestations, and how today’s treatments have promising and often lifesaving potential. ‍ This “incredibly captivating” (Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies ) portrait of schizophrenia, the most malignant and mysterious mental illness, by renowned psychiatrist Jeffrey Lieberman, interweaves cultural and scientific history with dramatic patient profiles and clinical experiences to impart a revolutionary message of hope. For the first time in history, we can effectively treat schizophrenia, limiting its disabling effects—and we’re on the verge of being able to prevent the disease’s onset entirely. Drawing on his four-decade career, Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman expertly illuminates the past, present, and future of this historically dreaded and devastating illness. Interweaving history, science, and policy with personal anecdotes and clinical cases, Malady of the Mind is a rich, illuminating experience written in accessible, fluid prose. From Dr. Lieberman’s vantage point at the pinnacle of academic psychiatry, informed by extensive research experience and clinical care of thousands of patients, he explains how the complexity of the brain, the checkered history of psychiatric medicine, and centuries of stigma combined with misguided legislation and health care policies have impeded scientific advances and clinical progress. Despite this, there is reason for optimism: by offering evidence-based treatments that combine medication with psychosocial services and principles learned from the recovery movement, doctors can now effectively treat schizophrenia by diagnosing patients at a very early stage, achieving a mutually respectful therapeutic alliance, and preventing relapse, thus limiting the progression of the illness. Even more promising, decades of work on diagnosis, detection, and early intervention have pushed scientific progress to the cusp of prevention—meaning that in the near future, doctors may be able to prevent the onset of this disorder. A must-read for those interested in medical history, psychology, and those whose lives have been affected by schizophrenia, this “penetrating, important” (Andrew Solomon, author of Noonday Demon ) work offers a comprehensive scientific portrait, crucial insights, sound advice for families and friends, and most importantly, hope for those sufferers now and future generations. mental-health; schizophrenia Mental Health Schizophrenia", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:47:10 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c840576ec24fcf849690c7", "title": "Managing Depression and Anxiety | Hope for Mental Health Community", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woRig8267Fg", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/woRig8267Fg", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Dr. Debbie Hutchinson, PsyD, LMFT.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/woRig8267Fg/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Managing Depression and Anxiety | Hope for Mental Health Community Dr. Debbie Hutchinson, PsyD, LMFT Mental Health anxiety; depression; mental-health; hope-for-mental-health-community; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends ‍ POWERPOINT SLIDES IMPROVING SELF-TALK WORKSHEET Debbie Hutchinson, Pfy.D., LMFT", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "682e79981d2f825b90e9f312", "title": "Matthew 5 I BREATHE Devotional with Kelly Rosati", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k018jyS_4X8", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/k018jyS_4X8?si=pV9GqZm6IdRzze3z", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kelly M. Rosati, J.D..", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k018jyS_4X8/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Matthew 5 I BREATHE Devotional with Kelly Rosati Kelly M. Rosati, J.D. breathe; mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce560a4a518df1da7b2deb", "title": "MAYO CLINIC: SUICIDE AND SUICIDAL THOUGHTS", "url": "https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/suicide/symptoms-causes/syc-20378048", "externalUrl": "https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/suicide/symptoms-causes/syc-20378048", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention from Mayoclinic.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69616f7b943fb3b5cf518af7_mayo.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "MAYO CLINIC: SUICIDE AND SUICIDAL THOUGHTS suicide-prevention Mayoclinic", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 09 2026 21:19:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "6a0f6157d2d28911cb4b74b0", "title": "Meeting Your Child Where They Are: What to Do When They Refuse Help", "url": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6a171f6d8d373abfdd42d920_Meeting%20Your%20Child%20Where%20They%20Are_%20What%20to%20Do%20When%20They%20Refuse%20Help.pdf", "externalUrl": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6a171f6d8d373abfdd42d920_Meeting%20Your%20Child%20Where%20They%20Are_%20What%20to%20Do%20When%20They%20Refuse%20Help.pdf", "type": "Article", "typeSlug": "article", "topics": [ "Bipolar Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Schizophrenia", "Substance Use Disorders" ], "summary": "When your adult child refuses mental health treatment, learn to read their readiness for change and communicate with the G.I.V.E. framework.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6a0f6324f3605dc353fd2e8f_When%20your%20adult%20child%20refuses%20help.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cce8e7", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Meeting Your Child Where They Are: What to Do When They Refuse Help david-mandani-lcsw When your adult child refuses mental health treatment, learn to read their readiness for change and communicate with the G.I.V.E. framework. When an adult child refuses mental health treatment, the helplessness can feel unbearable. You know something is wrong. You can see it in the way your son has pulled away from everyone he used to love, or in the flat look behind your daughter's eyes when she insists she's fine. And so you try. You suggest a doctor or mention therapy. You offer to drive, to pay, to do whatever it takes. But your child says no. Over and over again, no. You're watching someone you love struggle, and every instinct screams to do something, fix something. But you can't make another adult accept help they don't want. It’s a difficult situation. So where does that leave you? It leaves you right here, in a place more parents understand than you might think. And while there are no quick fixes for this, there are ways to read the situation more clearly, communicate with more care, and hold onto your faith even when nothing seems to be changing. Anosognosia: The Symptom That May Explain Their Resistance Most parents assume their child is in denial. And sometimes, that's part of it. But with a variety of mental health issues, anosognosia may be an important piece of the puzzle. Anosognosia is a condition where the brain cannot accurately update a person's self-image. Here, “self-image” refers to the brain’s neurological ability to recognize and integrate one’s illness into an accurate understanding of reality, not a person’s self-esteem or feelings about themselves. The word comes from Greek and means \"without knowledge of disease.\" Research estimates that between 50 and 98% of people with schizophrenia and about 40% of people with bipolar disorder experience anosognosia or a severe lack of insight into their diagnosis. Here's why this matters for you as a parent: your child may not be choosing to ignore the problem. Their brain may be preventing them from seeing it. Multiple brain regions, including the prefrontal cortex, the parietal lobe, and the insular cortex, work together to support self-reflection and the ability to recognize changes in your own thinking. In anosognosia, disruption to this network can be caused by mental illness itself. When that happens, your child genuinely believes nothing is wrong. Telling them they need help feels, from their perspective, like someone insisting you need glasses when you can see perfectly well. You'd push back, too. This distinction between denial and anosognosia changes everything about how you approach the conversation. Denial is psychological. Anosognosia is biological. And when parents understand this difference, they often feel a weight lift. Your child refusing therapy may not be stubbornness. It may be a symptom of the very condition you're trying to treat. Understanding this also explains why logical arguments fall flat. When you lay out evidence that your adult child refuses mental health treatment they clearly need, you expect them to connect the dots. But patients with anosognosia cannot connect those dots the way you can. Their lack of insight is the illness talking, and no amount of reasoning will override a brain that can't update its own self-image. How Ready Is Your Child? Whether your child is dealing with anosognosia or something else like fear, shame, or denial, it’s important to remember that people rarely move toward help all at once. Readiness tends to happen gradually. That’s why behavioral health professionals often think about change as a process rather than a single decision. One of the most common questions parents ask is: \"How do I know when my child is ready for help?\" For years, parents have been stuck in a binary: either their child wants help or they don't. But behavioral health research offers a more useful way to see things. The Stages of Change model, developed by psychologists James Prochaska and Carlo DiClemente in the 1980s, describes readiness as a continuum rather than an on/off switch. This model, originally used in addiction recovery, applies directly to mental health treatment and to the question of why your child keeps refusing therapy. Here's how each stage might look in your home: Precontemplation: \"I don't have a problem.\" Your child sees no need for change. They may get frustrated or angry when you bring up treatment. At this stage, they are not ready. What you can do: Keep planting seeds, but don't argue, lecture, or issue ultimatums. Instead, stay curious. You might say, \"I care about you, and I want to understand what life feels like for you right now.\" Your goal here is to help your child feel safe, heard, and not judged. A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense. Proverbs 19:11 (NIV) Contemplation: \"Maybe something is off, but I'm not sure.\" Your child may admit that things aren't great, but they're pulled in two directions. You'll hear \"I should probably do something, but...\" That word \"but\" tells you they're weighing the costs. They still are not ready for change. What you can do: Validate both sides of the ambivalence. Acknowledge the part of them that wants things to be different and the part that's afraid. Try asking, \"What worries you most about getting help, and what do you hope might change?\" Your goal is to help them name their fears and hopes without pressure. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 (NIV) Preparation: \"I think I'm ready to try something.\" They've decided they want to change and are starting to plan. Uncertainty may still linger, but there's movement. What you can do: Help them identify one small, doable next step. Maybe that's calling a doctor's office, attending one therapy session, or reading about treatment options. Offer practical support without taking over. You might say, \"I'm really thankful you're thinking about this. What's one step you'd be willing to try, and how can I help?\" Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. Proverbs 16:3 (NIV) Action: \"I'm doing it.\" Your child is actively engaged in treatment. This is both a hopeful time and a vulnerable one as doubts often surface. What you can do: This is the stage to notice their effort and name it. \"I see how hard you're working at this. That takes real courage.\" Problem-solve together during tough weeks, and celebrate small wins. Maintenance: \"I'm staying with it.\" New habits are forming as recovery is becoming part of their daily life, though it takes ongoing attention. What you can do: Help them build a plan for hard days. Ask, \"What helps you stay on track, and what's your plan when things feel shaky?\" This is where relapse prevention starts. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 (NIV) Relapse: \"I slipped.\" Relapse is not failure. Behavioral health professionals in this model treat it as information, a natural part of lasting change. While the word \"relapse\" comes from addiction treatment, in the Stages of Change model it simply means returning to an earlier stage of readiness. Your child may cycle back to an earlier stage, and that's normal. What you can do: The best thing you can do here is reduce shame. Say something like, \"This doesn't define you. What did you learn, and what's one step we can take together now?\" Help them reconnect with the reasons they originally wanted to change. Remember that change is rarely linear. Your child may move forward, step back, skip a stage, and then move forward again. Knowing which stage they're in helps you match your approach to where they actually are, rather than where you wish they were. G.I.V.E.: Four Communication Best Practices When You’re Talking With Your Child Knowing your child's stage of readiness is one piece. Knowing how to approach them is another. The G.I.V.E. framework comes from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), one of the most extensively researched behavioral therapies. Its Interpersonal Effectiveness module gives us practical, evidence-informed tools for relationship-preserving communication. It's designed to strengthen a relationship during conflict, which often happens when a child is refusing therapy and a parent is desperate for them to accept it. For parents walking through mental health conditions with their child, these four practices can change the temperature of every conversation. G: Be Gentle. Use soft words. Avoid harsh tones, sarcasm, name-calling, or ultimatums. If you need to describe something painful, do it calmly and without blaming. Gentleness is strength under control. A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 15:1 (NIV) I: Act Interested. Listen with your whole self. Face your child, make eye contact, and resist the urge to interrupt or correct. Let go of distractions and focus on what they're saying, not what you want to say next. When you show genuine interest, you send the message that “what you say matters to me.” Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. ‍ James 1:19 (NIV) ‍ Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interest of others. Philippians 2:4 (NKJV) V: Validate. Acknowledge your child's emotions without trying to minimize or fix them. Validation does not mean agreement. It means understanding. You can say things like, \"That makes sense,\" or \"I can see how you'd feel that way,\" or \"That sounds really hard.\" Romans 12:15 calls us to \"rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn (NIV).\" E: Easy Manner. Bring a relaxed, warm tone to the conversation. Smile when appropriate. Don't approach like you're gearing up for a confrontation. An easy manner creates breathing room in your relationship, space where both of you can let your guard down. A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22 (NIV) These skills take practice. Think of them like exercises at a gym. They'll feel unnatural at first, maybe even awkward. But every time you use them, you're building relationship muscles that help you handle hard moments with more grace. Some days will be easier than others. What matters is showing up and trying again. The Age Factor: What Changes at 18 The dynamics of refusing therapy look different depending on your child's age, and this is something parents of adult children feel acutely. When your child is under 18, you have legal authority to direct their treatment. You can schedule appointments, choose providers, and make decisions about medication. It's still wise to approach with gentleness, because a child who feels forced into treatment is less likely to engage with it. While many states grant minors the ability to seek mental health care without parental consent, minors are often unaware of these provisions. That makes it even more important for parents to advocate for their involvement, working alongside their child's providers to ensure the best continuity and coordination of care. When your child turns 18, they are now legally responsible for their own mental health care. Even if they had their first psychotic episode at 17 and were hospitalized, the moment they become a legal adult, you can no longer make those calls for them. Privacy laws like HIPAA mean their providers can't share information with you unless your child gives consent. This shift catches many parents off guard. One day, you're coordinating care. The next, you're locked out. For many families, this becomes a source of prolonged heartache when refusing therapy becomes a long-term reality rather than a temporary setback. If your adult child refuses mental health treatment, the Stages of Change and G.I.V.E. become even more important. You can't control the outcome, but you can influence the relationship. 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The book is also designed to be a useful resource for parents, grandparents and spouses interested in promoting the spiritual growth of loved ones with mental illness.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82142877796e4ca7328_66da6dbf75ee92c2c34bc44d_Book_MentalHealthChurch.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Mental Health and the Church: A Ministry Handbook for Including Children and Adults with ADHD, Anxiety, Mood Disorders, and Other Common Mental Health Conditions BY Stephen Grcevich MD The church across North America has struggled to minister effectively with children, teens, and adults with common mental health conditions and their families. One reason for the lack of ministry is the absence of a widely accepted model for mental health outreach and inclusion. 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This is a useful book for anyone who cares for others pastorally: pastors, elders, small-group leaders, and congregation members.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d821bb56b11ac2171c79_66da6f7283300abb035b3353_Book_MentalHealthYourChurch.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Mental Health and Your Church: A Handbook for Biblical Care BY Dr. Steve Midgley and Helen Thorne Helping you and the whole church family understand, nurture, and support those with mental-health conditions. Many people are struggling with mental-health conditions, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and life in our image-conscious culture. Statistics tell us that, worldwide, one in six of us will have experienced a mental-health struggle in the past week, and serious depression is the second-leading cause of disability (Mental Health Foundation). 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While acknowledging the importance of liaising responsibly with medics and counsellors, this book focuses on equipping readers to play their part in making churches places where those who struggle with mental-health conditions are welcomed, understood, nurtured, and supported: a foretaste of the new creation. 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Do you feel as though you're losing your own mind? Are you ready to give up on your marriage because of your spouse's mental health or addiction challenge? Twenty percent of the US adult population is diagnosed with a mental health condition each year. Fifty percent of the US adult population is married. Twenty to 80 percent of marriages where a mental health condition exists are more likely to end in divorce depending upon the diagnosis. In Mental Health Strong, Erin Ramachandran and her husband, Keith, believe their purpose is to help marriages affected by this 20/50/80 statistic not merely survive but thrive. They encourage marriages impacted by mental health or addiction challenges to work toward being Mental Health Strong. Written from the perspective of a spouse whose partner battles multiple mental health conditions, this guide offers real-life, faith-based, practical examples and resources. Mental Health Strong leverages more than fifty resources that have worked for Erin as she lives with the realities of her husband's mental illness day in and day out. Erin shares steps, which include prayers and Bible verses, that spouses can adopt to walking resiliently alongside their partners against the backdrop of a mental health condition.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82192fecccbbc87d826_66da7115424db40bdbd003c2_Book_MentalHealthStrong.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Mental Health Strong: A Christian's Guide to Walking Resiliently alongside Your Spouse with a Mental Health Condition BY Erin Ramachandran Do you feel hopeless, tired, and worn out? Do you feel as though you're losing your own mind? Are you ready to give up on your marriage because of your spouse's mental health or addiction challenge? Twenty percent of the US adult population is diagnosed with a mental health condition each year. Fifty percent of the US adult population is married. Twenty to 80 percent of marriages where a mental health condition exists are more likely to end in divorce depending upon the diagnosis. In Mental Health Strong, Erin Ramachandran and her husband, Keith, believe their purpose is to help marriages affected by this 20/50/80 statistic not merely survive but thrive. They encourage marriages impacted by mental health or addiction challenges to work toward being Mental Health Strong. Written from the perspective of a spouse whose partner battles multiple mental health conditions, this guide offers real-life, faith-based, practical examples and resources. Mental Health Strong leverages more than fifty resources that have worked for Erin as she lives with the realities of her husband's mental illness day in and day out. Erin shares steps, which include prayers and Bible verses, that spouses can adopt to walking resiliently alongside their partners against the backdrop of a mental health condition. mental-health; anxiety-disorder; bipolar-disorder; borderline-personality-disorder; depression; eating-disorder; ocd; ptsd-trauma; schizophrenia; self-injury; substance-use Mental Health Anxiety Bipolar Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder Depression Eating Disorders OCD PTSD & Trauma Schizophrenia Self-Injury Substance Use Disorder", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "69f38137fd193b7ff3bc988c", "title": "Mental Illness and Painful Church Experiences: How Parents Can Heal from Well-Meaning Harm", "url": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6a171fa19db60d4ac54878a7_Mental%20Illness%20and%20Painful%20Church%20Experiences_%20How%20Parents%20Can%20Heal%20from%20Well-Meaning%20Harm.pdf", "externalUrl": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6a171fa19db60d4ac54878a7_Mental%20Illness%20and%20Painful%20Church%20Experiences_%20How%20Parents%20Can%20Heal%20from%20Well-Meaning%20Harm.pdf", "type": "Article", "typeSlug": "article", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Schizophrenia", "Substance Use Disorders", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "You weren't expecting the church to be a source of pain. Honest help for parents healing from well-meaning harm while caring for a child with a mental health condition.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69f38908f1898cb3f83c0676_Painful%20Church%20Experiences.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cce8e7", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Mental Illness and Painful Church Experiences: How Parents Can Heal from Well-Meaning Harm kelly-m-rosati You weren't expecting the church to be a source of pain. Honest help for parents healing from well-meaning harm while caring for a child with a mental health condition. If you're a parent raising a child with a mental health condition, you’re already well-acquainted with stress and exhaustion. You know the sleepless nights, the calls to the psychiatrist, the hospital visits, and the constant undercurrent of worry that just won’t go away. What you may not have expected is how much pain would come from inside the church. From people who love God and may mean well. Painful church experiences don't typically come from malice. For parents navigating mental illness in their families, some of the deepest wounds come wrapped in Bible verses and delivered with a smile. \"Be anxious for nothing.\" \"Just pray harder.\" \"Have you considered that this might be a spiritual attack?\" These words often land like grenades in the soul of a parent who has already been fighting for their child's wellbeing for years. Ann-Marie Covert is a social worker, psychotherapist, and founder of Mindjoy Counselling and Training in Ontario, Canada. She has spent her career helping Christians integrate clinically sound mental health practices with deep theological understanding. In a recent conversation with Hope for Brighter Tomorrows, Covert offered perspective that parents of children with mental health challenges desperately need: one that honors both faith and feelings, and replaces shame with healing. Her wisdom and guidance are provided below in this summary. The Two Ditches: Why the Church Gets Emotions Wrong The relationship between mental health and the church has been complicated for a long time. Addressing mental health within faith communities requires understanding how well-meaning people cause harm, not through cruelty, but through ignorance and Scriptural misinterpretations. Many believers understand the danger of being ruled by emotions, of living reactively and making decisions based purely on how you feel in the moment. Sadly, the church has often overcorrected as a result. Instead of learning to feel emotions in a healthy way, many Christians have been taught that it is godly to suppress them entirely. As Covert describes it, the church has fallen into \"the other ditch.\" Instead of feeling feelings and having a healthy place for them, believers learn to avoid, dismiss, and even demonize their emotions as a way to counteract reactivity. Both extremes are harmful and dysregulate your nervous system. The narrow path, the one that leads to emotional health, involves neither being controlled by your emotions nor burying or fighting them in the name of being a good Christian. It means learning to feel, name, and process what's happening inside you. For parents dealing with the relentless stress of a child's mental illness, this distinction is critical. You've been told that your sadness is a lack of faith. You've been told your anxiety means you aren't trusting God enough. And so you've stuffed it all down and applied Bible verses on top of genuine pain, and wondered why you feel worse instead of better. Spiritual Bypassing: When Faith Becomes a Wall Against Healing Many Christian parents navigating mental health will eventually run into something called spiritual bypassing . It sits at the heart of the tension between faith and mental health. It's what happens when someone uses faith language to avoid dealing with real emotional pain. Instead of sitting with grief, they quote Romans 8:28. Instead of allowing themselves to feel anxious, they recite Philippians 4:6, which masks or attempts to make the feeling disappear. (Spoiler alert: it doesn’t work. They don’t disappear, they stay stuck in your body.) In practice, this looks like intellectualizing your pain. Instead of sitting with the emotion, naming it, and riding it like a wave, you jump into your head. You add faith messages on top: \"God works all things together for good, so I shouldn't be sad.\" \"Be anxious for nothing, so I shouldn't feel anxious right now.\" But this isn’t what the Bible actually demonstrates. This is why spiritually bypassing real emotion can keep you stuck in a trauma response. This is where painful church experiences become deeply personal for parents of kids with mental health challenges. The people around you, your small group, your pastor, your well-meaning aunt, genuinely believe they're helping when they offer a verse instead of a listening ear. Scripture doesn’t claim we won’t feel painful emotions. It assures us God is near us in the pain. He’s as close as our next breath. But when we’re met with a Bible verse bandage, fellow Christians are inadvertently building a wall between you and the healing your body desperately needs. When we live in our heads instead of allowing our hearts and nervous systems to tell the story they need to tell, we can't come back to rest, recovery, and healing. Tears Are Not Weakness: They're God's Design One of the most damaging messages parents in the church receive is that their sadness is somehow evidence of insufficient faith. \"The tomb is empty. He is risen. Why are you still so sad?\" As if the resurrection of Christ should act as a permanent anesthetic against all human grief. The Bible tells a different story. From Genesis to Revelation, grief is treated as holy rather than shameful when expressed directly to God. \"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted\" (Matthew 5:4 NIV). Jesus wept at the tomb of Lazarus, even though he knew he was about to raise him from the dead. He grieved over Jerusalem. He was moved with compassion, and compassion itself is an emotion. Roughly 40 percent of the Book of Psalms are lament psalms, raw and unfiltered expressions of pain directed straight at God. The science backs this up. Emotional tears can contain stress-related hormones like cortisol, and crying is associated with endorphin release and a calming parasympathetic response. Endorphins are your body's natural pain reliever and mood booster. God gave us tears as a built-in safety release valve. When life is too much, the body needs to let that pressure go. When Your Body Shuts Down: Understanding the Freeze Response Many parents of children with mental health challenges reach a point where they feel completely numb. The tears stop, motivation evaporates, and getting out of bed feels like an Olympic event. The shame of that numbness adds another layer of suffering, because now you feel guilty about not feeling anything at all. This is what nervous system science calls the freeze response. When your body has been in fight-or-flight mode for too long, your nervous system eventually collapses. Instead of mobilizing energy to fight or flee, it shuts down, similar to an animal playing dead in the wild. In real life, that looks like depression, numbness, chronic fatigue, and brain fog. You shouldn’t miscategorize this response as laziness or a lack of faith. It's your body protecting itself from chronic, toxic stress. Even the prophet Elijah experienced it. After years of famine and the Mount Carmel confrontation, his nervous system crashed. The angel validated him: \"The journey is too much for you.\" God didn't rebuke him. Instead, He met him with food, rest, and a gentle whisper. If you're in that frozen place right now, try a simple practice by putting your hand on your heart and saying, \"I am frozen, and that's okay. I'm going through a lot.\" This kind of compassionate self-validation can actually begin to wake up the nervous system again. Fighting it, judging yourself, and shaming yourself won’t get you where you want to go. Wounds Need Healing, Not Exorcism Perhaps the most painful form of church hurt for parents of children with mental illness is being told their child's condition is demonic. Schizophrenia is framed as demon possession. Depression is cast as a spiritual attack. Anxiety is presented as evidence that the enemy has a foothold. Covert addresses this head-on: \"Jesus didn't cast out wounds. In the church, we've mixed up warfare with wounds. Wounds need healing, not exorcism.\" As we know from science, mental health conditions involve physical, chemical, and emotional components. They're related to trauma, brain chemistry, nervous system dysregulation, or some combination of all three. Trying to rebuke a medical condition is not only ineffective, it's harmful. It can add shame to suffering and isolation to an already lonely experience. Biblically, deliverance simply means rescue and restoration. Knowing that God is present in your pain is a level of freedom and healing. Even if you or your child continues to live with a chronic illness or diagnosis, something is restored when you encounter God's presence. Why Safe Community Is Where Healing Begins God designed us for connection. Our brains associate isolation with physical pain and even threat. So, safe community is essential for healing. Even if we can't change our circumstances, having someone meet us in our pain is inherently restorative. We heal in relationship, not in isolation. An emphasis on community does not equate to staying in toxic environments. Setting boundaries about who gets access to your story is wise and necessary. But finding people who can sit with you in your pain, without trying to fix it, spiritualize it, or rush you through it, is one of the most powerful things you can do for your own wellbeing. Organizations like Hope for Brighter Tomorrows exist specifically for this purpose. We create spaces where parents of children who have suffered from mental illness never have to walk alone. Faith-based support groups, mental health professionals, and ministries built for families navigating mental illness can provide the kind of attuned community that the broader church sometimes fails to offer. While the church is a local assembly, it also is the people of God carrying one another's burdens, mourning with those who mourn, and learning to be emotionally attuned, just like Jesus was. When we get mental health and the church right, we create space for people with mental illness to experience genuine belonging. Moving Forward: What Healing Looks Like Healing from church hurt while parenting a child with mental illness is not a one-time event. It's a daily practice. Here's what that can look like: Feel your feelings. Name the emotions you are experiencing and then sit with them. Hold off on making any judgements on them. Let the wave move through you instead of fighting it or burying it under theology. This is how God designed your body to process pain. Interpret Scripture through the lens of Jesus. If a verse is being used to shame you, it's being misapplied. God wept at funerals, agonized in Gethsemane, and met Elijah under a broom tree, and will not shame you for struggling. Practice compassionate self-talk. Replace the \"I should\" voice with a more gentle truth. \"I love my child. I'm doing the best I can. God is with me in this.\" Direct your laments toward God. David did this well throughout the Psalms. God is not threatened by any of your feelings. He knows we live in a broken world and meets us with deep compassion. Receive from others. Build your support system by identifying and reaching out to safe people. It can be one or two others. It can be a therapist, friend, support group, or online prayer and support call at Hope for Brighter Tomorrows. 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We in our Western, ultra-scientific and technological society are just beginning to discover that death, from the beginnings of time, has always been present. Life and death are inextricably bound together in the process of living. All of us have known this all the time, but we have pretended that we didn't know what we knew. Until recently, we have chosen to keep death in the shadows and separated from the light of life. As a result, we have made ourselves more vulnerable to its pain and destruction. That this is true is well documented in this book. I celebrate our growing consciousness that death is a Presence always present in all our lives. And living life in this manner of awareness gives us a new sense of personal power and freedom. We are better enabled to live, explore, experience, and know God's universe and Love as He intended--and thereby be more adequately prepared for the final journey . . . Home. 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Even incest is now discussed freely in popular media, but the suicide of a loved one is still an act most people are unable to talk about - or even admit to their closest family or friends. This is just one of the many painful and paralyzing truths author Carla Fine discovered when her husband, a successful young physician, took his own life in December 1989. And being unable to speak openly and honestly about the cause of her pain made it all the more difficult for her to survive. With No Time to Say Goodbye , she brings suicide survival from the darkness into light, speaking frankly about the overwhelming feelings of confusion, guilt, shame, anger, and loneliness that are shared by all survivors. Fine draws on her own experience and on conversations with many other survivors - as well as on the knowledge of counselors and mental health professionals. She offers a strong helping hand and invaluable guidance to the vast numbers of family and friends who are left behind by the more than thirty thousand people who commit suicide each year, struggling to make sense of an act that seems to them senseless, and to pick up the pieces of their own shattered lives. And, perhaps most important, for the first time in any book, she allows survivors to see that they are not alone in their feelings of grief and despair.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82f51a010c8985bf1c5_66d0e27a53bd4671d83cd9c4_668a99a988c167cbff14bfb8_668a8151d6abcff7518d9856_notimesaygoodbyerecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "No Time to Say Goodbye: Surviving The Suicide Of A Loved One Carla Fine Suicide would appear to be the last taboo. 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She offers a strong helping hand and invaluable guidance to the vast numbers of family and friends who are left behind by the more than thirty thousand people who commit suicide each year, struggling to make sense of an act that seems to them senseless, and to pick up the pieces of their own shattered lives. 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Rather than viewing people with BPD as manipulative opponents in a bitter struggle, or pitying them as emotional invalids, Valerie Porr cites cutting - edge science to show that BPD is a true neurobiological disorder and not, as many come to believe, a character flaw or the result of bad parenting. Porr then clearly and accessibly explains what BPD is, which therapies have proven effective, and how to rise above the weighty stigma associated with the disorder. Offering families and loved ones supportive guidance that both acknowledges the difficulties they face and shows how they can be overcome, Porr teaches empirically-supported and effective coping behaviors and interpersonal skills, such as new ways of talking about emotions, how to be aware of nonverbal communication, and validating difficult experiences. 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This handbook provides the critical factors necessary to launch a meaningful Soul Care ministry to reach these hurting members of your church. Identifies the critical factors necessary to launch a meaningful Soul Care ministry and equip churches to help individuals find true healing instead of \"medicating\" or modifying their souls. 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This handbook provides the critical factors necessary to launch a meaningful Soul Care ministry to reach these hurting members of your church. Identifies the critical factors necessary to launch a meaningful Soul Care ministry and equip churches to help individuals find true healing instead of \"medicating\" or modifying their souls. Benefits: Developing and communicating vision, passion, and structure; Guides you in constructing a model for intervention Dealing with accountability and liability issues Recruiting and equipping leaders Exploring the paradigm shifts necessary to maintain an effective healing and recovery ministry in your church And more! mental-health; the-church; ptsd-trauma Mental Health The Church PTSD & Trauma", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce55dc4c9c46026d1f9270", "title": "Postpartum Depression", "url": "https://www.abct.org/fact-sheets/postpartum-depression-and-anxiety/", "externalUrl": "https://www.abct.org/fact-sheets/postpartum-depression-and-anxiety/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Depression" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about anxiety and depression from Abct.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6942e038e98e78525c061db9_post.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Postpartum Depression anxiety; depression Abct", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 00:28:26 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66ce55e7d34217fc9e0b6a11", "title": "Preventing Suicide: The Role of High School Teachers", "url": "https://sprc.org/resources/preventing-suicide-the-role-of-high-school-teachers/", "externalUrl": "https://sprc.org/resources/preventing-suicide-the-role-of-high-school-teachers/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention from Sprc.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69499919fe6b812f077deac8_teachers.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Preventing Suicide: The Role of High School Teachers suicide-prevention Sprc", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 21:24:32 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66ce55e29b95eb6015dc7c4f", "title": "Project Heal: Eating Disorders", "url": "https://www.theprojectheal.org/", "externalUrl": "https://www.theprojectheal.org/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Eating Disorders" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about eating disorders from Theprojectheal.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6945e7336105145826225e10_projectheal.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Project Heal: Eating Disorders eating-disorders Theprojectheal", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 00:50:29 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c8405b5cd3d844d55db0e6", "title": "Protección de su salud mental durante COVID-19", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxDPvNdLQow", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/QxDPvNdLQow", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Dr. Christine Moutier.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QxDPvNdLQow/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "es", "searchableText": "Protección de su salud mental durante COVID-19 Dr. Christine Moutier espanol; facebook-live; salud-mental; suicide; bipoc-mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8405b2ba6d07dfec1665a", "title": "Protecting Your Mental Health During COVID-19", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HaDue77unI", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/6HaDue77unI", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Depression", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Dr. Christine Moutier.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6HaDue77unI/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Protecting Your Mental Health During COVID-19 Dr. Christine Moutier depression; mental-health; suicide", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c840652cf856e2bbb96e05", "title": "Psalm 23 | Breathe Call Devotional with Kay Warren", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tGLBbGSaeI", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/5tGLBbGSaeI", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5tGLBbGSaeI/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Psalm 23 | Breathe Call Devotional with Kay Warren Kay Warren breathe; mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends; devotional", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "6855a1adb17a7889ecdd4783", "title": "Psalm 63 | BREATHE Devotional with Kay Warren", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr13s6mf600", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/vr13s6mf600?si=3yRNUKOcfaHMg7UN", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vr13s6mf600/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Psalm 63 | BREATHE Devotional with Kay Warren Kay Warren", "publishedAt": "Wed Jun 25 2025 19:11:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e27933b6c69d26904a51", "title": "Psalms of Lament", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/psalms-of-lament", "externalUrl": "http://www.amazon.com/Psalms-Lament-Large-Print-Weems/dp/066425831X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400288235&sr=1-1&keywords=Psalms+of+Lament", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Here beloved poet Ann Weems offers a poignant rendering of her own personal psalms of lament. She draws from the rich heritage of Scripture to give voice to the grief and anguish she has felt. Her words will deeply move anyone who has mourned.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82ffa085f78872cc091_66d0e27933b6c69d269047f9_668a99aa88c167cbff14c011_667dd1a6891a2f593507c699_667cfb600cd1f261ab07ff1f_psalmsoflamentrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Psalms of Lament BY Ann Weems Here beloved poet Ann Weems offers a poignant rendering of her own personal psalms of lament. She draws from the rich heritage of Scripture to give voice to the grief and anguish she has felt. Her words will deeply move anyone who has mourned. grief; mental-health Grief Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:44:41 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "69617ebf57f7eb34757809cf", "title": "PsychAlive Glendon Association", "url": "https://www.psychalive.org/glendon/", "externalUrl": "https://www.psychalive.org/glendon/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention from Psychalive.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69617ea62eae229c78e24746_psych.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "PsychAlive Glendon Association suicide-prevention Psychalive", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 09 2026 22:36:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c8404ddfaab9d8f83e9a0a", "title": "Psychiatry and Faith | UCLA 19th Annual Review of Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlvlZyHn5CY", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/LlvlZyHn5CY", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LlvlZyHn5CY/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Psychiatry and Faith | UCLA 19th Annual Review of Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology Kay Warren Mental Health mental-health; mental-health-the-church; messages", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66da72bdb22037be1897df9e", "title": "Psychology and Christianity: Five Views", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/psychology-and-christianity-five-views", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/48vyB29", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health" ], "summary": "How are Christians to understand and undertake the discipline of psychology? This question has been of keen interest (and sometimes concern) to Christians because of the importance we place on a correct understanding of human nature. Psychology can sometimes seem disconnected from, if not antithetical to, Christian perspectives on life. How are we to understand our Christian beliefs about persons in relation to secular psychological beliefs? This revised edition of a widely appreciated Spectrum volume now presents five models for understanding the relationship between psychology and Christianity. All the essays and responses have been reworked and updated with some new contributors including the addition of a new perspective, the transformative view from John Coe and Todd Hall (Biola University). Also found here is David Powlison (Westminster Theological Seminary) who offers the biblical counseling model. The levels-of-explanation model is advanced by David G. Myers (Hope College), while Stanton L. Jones (Wheaton College) offers an entirely new chapter presenting the integration model. The Christian psychology model is put forth by Robert C. Roberts (Baylor University) now joined by Paul J. Watson (University of Tennesee, Chattanooga). Each of the contributors responds to the other essayists, noting points of agreement as well as problems they see. Eric L. Johnson provides a revised introduction that describes the history of Christians and psychology, as well as a conclusion that considers what might unite the five views and how a reader might evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of each view. Psychology and Christianity: Five Views has become a standard introductory textbook for students and professors of Christian psychology. This revision promises to keep it so. Spectrum Multiview Books offer a range of viewpoints on contested topics within Christianity, giving contributors the opportunity to present their position and also respond to others in this dynamic publishing format.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82199984b7e036990fc_66da72b0bed9ca8e3892fed3_Book_PsychologyChristianity.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Psychology and Christianity: Five Views BY Eric L. Johnson How are Christians to understand and undertake the discipline of psychology? This question has been of keen interest (and sometimes concern) to Christians because of the importance we place on a correct understanding of human nature. Psychology can sometimes seem disconnected from, if not antithetical to, Christian perspectives on life. How are we to understand our Christian beliefs about persons in relation to secular psychological beliefs? This revised edition of a widely appreciated Spectrum volume now presents five models for understanding the relationship between psychology and Christianity. All the essays and responses have been reworked and updated with some new contributors including the addition of a new perspective, the transformative view from John Coe and Todd Hall (Biola University). Also found here is David Powlison (Westminster Theological Seminary) who offers the biblical counseling model. The levels-of-explanation model is advanced by David G. Myers (Hope College), while Stanton L. Jones (Wheaton College) offers an entirely new chapter presenting the integration model. The Christian psychology model is put forth by Robert C. Roberts (Baylor University) now joined by Paul J. Watson (University of Tennesee, Chattanooga). Each of the contributors responds to the other essayists, noting points of agreement as well as problems they see. Eric L. 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Spectrum Multiview Books offer a range of viewpoints on contested topics within Christianity, giving contributors the opportunity to present their position and also respond to others in this dynamic publishing format. mental-health Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66cb4474dde493cf8164b839", "title": "Purpose Driven Ministry | Inside Orange County", "url": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e5036348_1461192144_inside-orange-county--interview-with-rick-reiff.mp3", "externalUrl": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e5036348_1461192144_inside-orange-county--interview-with-rick-reiff.mp3", "type": "Audio", "typeSlug": "audio", "topics": [ "The Church" ], "summary": "Listen to this audio resource about the church.", "image": "", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#e7d2dc", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Purpose Driven Ministry | Inside Orange County audio; interview; the-church", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Audios" }, { "id": "66c8405534b84690d0e85856", "title": "Q&A | Hawaiian Islands Ministries Mental Health Conference", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYq6JERxa4s", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/xYq6JERxa4s", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Pastor Dan Chun.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xYq6JERxa4s/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Q&A | Hawaiian Islands Ministries Mental Health Conference Pastor Dan Chun Mental Health mental-health; mental-health-the-church; global-mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c84051403849dfe55c5948", "title": "Q&A with Doug Fields and Kay Warren", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiUdhIw8Vcc", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/RiUdhIw8Vcc", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Doug Fields and Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RiUdhIw8Vcc/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Q&A with Doug Fields and Kay Warren Doug Fields and Kay Warren grief; mental-health; q-a; suicide; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c840607d91cb412519a016", "title": "Q&A with Kay Warren | BREATHE Call", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L55YRLHGJc", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/7L55YRLHGJc", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7L55YRLHGJc/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Q&A with Kay Warren | BREATHE Call Kay Warren Mental Health breathe; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends; q-a; mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce560d5ad3b8aee7282ce6", "title": "QPR INSTITUTE", "url": "https://www.qprinstitute.com/", "externalUrl": "https://www.qprinstitute.com/", "type": "Training", "typeSlug": "training", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Explore this training about suicide prevention from Qprinstitute.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6961743d7dad16e954ada7f8_qpr.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#f1dfbd", "language": "en", "searchableText": "QPR INSTITUTE suicide-prevention Qprinstitute", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 09 2026 21:49:53 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66ce55ff74e1a4424b1f8851", "title": "Quick Guide to Bipolar Disorder in Children", "url": "https://childmind.org/guide/bipolar-disorder-in-kids-quick-guide/", "externalUrl": "https://childmind.org/guide/bipolar-disorder-in-kids-quick-guide/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Bipolar Disorder", "Children & Adolescents" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about children & adolescents and bipolar disorder from Childmind.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6949da8080c39f8a4bbd2ed3_bpguide.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Quick Guide to Bipolar Disorder in Children children-adolescents; bipolar-disorder Childmind", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 23:52:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "67c63b26f2736a43c66b758e", "title": "Raising Awareness on Suicide Prevention and Treating Suicidality", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk5gJ_MJRs4", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nk5gJ_MJRs4", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Watch this Hope for Mental Health Community conversation featuring Dr. Melinda Moore.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Nk5gJ_MJRs4/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Raising Awareness on Suicide Prevention and Treating Suicidality Dr. Melinda Moore mental health family friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Hope for Mental Health Community Videos" }, { "id": "697166c933a9200c9ad5828f", "title": "Rebuilding Beautiful: Welcome What Is, Dare to Dream Again, and Step Bravely into What Could Be", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/rebuilding-beautiful-welcome-what-is-dare-to-dream-again-and-step-bravely-into-what-could-be", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/3QCbBbF", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Find hope and healing so you can fall in love with life again. Speaker and author Kayla Stoecklein delivers an inspiring message of how she came face-to-face with crushing personal loss and discovered how to rebuild a beautiful life. In the midst of hardship and loss, what you long for most is hope— hope for a way forward, hope that purpose can come from this difficult season, hope that God is still with you. Since losing her pastor-husband to suicide in August 2018, Kayla Stoecklein has been passionate about bringing hope to those who wonder if life will ever hold beauty again. In Rebuilding Beautiful , Kayla shares the hard-won truths she has embraced in these years of grief and new beginnings to help you: Discover practical and spiritual ways to welcome your pain so that you can ultimately surrender it. Step into community in order to be held as well as hold space for the pain of others. Understand the ways your body remembers trauma and find avenues for physical and mental healing. Awaken to the splendor of a life in which sadness and joy coexist, and Dare to dream again—spiritually, relationally, vocationally—as you discover more of who God made you to be in Christ. The journey from agony to awe takes time. Kayla's words, ideas, and inspiration offer the road map and companionship you need to move forward even when you feel stuck—to wake up excited about a life that holds a new kind of beautiful. ‍", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/697166c6e21e76ad86129618_beautiful.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Rebuilding Beautiful: Welcome What Is, Dare to Dream Again, and Step Bravely into What Could Be BY Kayla Stoecklein Find hope and healing so you can fall in love with life again. Speaker and author Kayla Stoecklein delivers an inspiring message of how she came face-to-face with crushing personal loss and discovered how to rebuild a beautiful life. In the midst of hardship and loss, what you long for most is hope— hope for a way forward, hope that purpose can come from this difficult season, hope that God is still with you. Since losing her pastor-husband to suicide in August 2018, Kayla Stoecklein has been passionate about bringing hope to those who wonder if life will ever hold beauty again. In Rebuilding Beautiful , Kayla shares the hard-won truths she has embraced in these years of grief and new beginnings to help you: Discover practical and spiritual ways to welcome your pain so that you can ultimately surrender it. Step into community in order to be held as well as hold space for the pain of others. Understand the ways your body remembers trauma and find avenues for physical and mental healing. Awaken to the splendor of a life in which sadness and joy coexist, and Dare to dream again—spiritually, relationally, vocationally—as you discover more of who God made you to be in Christ. The journey from agony to awe takes time. Kayla's words, ideas, and inspiration offer the road map and companionship you need to move forward even when you feel stuck—to wake up excited about a life that holds a new kind of beautiful. ‍ suicide; suicide-loss Suicide Suicide Loss", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:56:53 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "673bdbb87bc5618d1507ddc2", "title": "Recognizing and Treating Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia (McLean Hospital)", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu9a3bOeiUU", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gu9a3bOeiUU?si=WJpgOe_7_7Pt0fdL", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Bipolar Disorder", "Mental Health", "Schizophrenia" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring McLean Hospital.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Gu9a3bOeiUU/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Recognizing and Treating Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia (McLean Hospital) McLean Hospital schizophrenia; bipolar-disorder; mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e27895fdea503e931627", "title": "Recovered Not Cured: A Journey Through Schizophrenia", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/recovered-not-cured-a-journey-through-schizophrenia", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Recovered-Not-Cured-Journey-Schizophrenia/dp/1865089745/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467414335&sr=8-1&keywords=recovered+not+cured", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Schizophrenia", "Substance Use Disorders" ], "summary": "This very personal exploration of schizophrenia explores each stage, from the early signs and reactions from friends and family to seeking help and the challenges of recovery. McLean bravely shares his paranoid delusions and offers both a verbal and a visual experience by including digital artwork he created to help objectify and control his impulses and fears. As McLean relates his experiences step by step, issues of sexuality, identity, and drug abuse are discussed, along with the overarching issues relating to mental health and the medical profession. Messages from online posters who either have suffered from mental illness or have cared for the mentally ill are included throughout, adding more perspectives to the author's personal experiences. 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As McLean relates his experiences step by step, issues of sexuality, identity, and drug abuse are discussed, along with the overarching issues relating to mental health and the medical profession. Messages from online posters who either have suffered from mental illness or have cared for the mentally ill are included throughout, adding more perspectives to the author's personal experiences. 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Tragedy and pain inevitably touch our lives in some way. We long to feel whole, but more often than not, the way we've learned to deal with our wounds pushes us away from the very restoration we need most. Renowned psychologist Dr. Dan Allender and counselor and teacher Cathy Loerzel present a life-changing process of true connection and healing with ourselves, God, and others. With a clear, biblically trustworthy method, Allender and Loerzel walk you through a journey of profound inner transformation--from the shame and hurt of old emotional wounds to true freedom and healing. Drawn from modern research and their pioneering work at The Allender Center, they will help you identify your core trauma in one of the three outcast archetypes--the widow, orphan, or stranger--and chart your path of growth into the God-given roles of priest, prophet, or leader. This book will help you learn: What to do about feeling out-of-place and directionless How your coping mechanisms create a false sense of health How to embrace your divine calling and find lasting reconciliation How your heart wounds are your unique invitation to true strength and purpose. Your past pain does not dictate your life. Answer the call to healing and discover your life's beautiful story and a future of hope and freedom. ‍", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/697162cbb5bdc7b3bb72e543_heartache.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Redeeming Heartache: How Past Suffering Reveals Our True Calling BY Dan Allender Find freedom and healing from painful memories and relational struggles and learn how your past has uniquely prepared you to experience more joy. Tragedy and pain inevitably touch our lives in some way. We long to feel whole, but more often than not, the way we've learned to deal with our wounds pushes us away from the very restoration we need most. Renowned psychologist Dr. Dan Allender and counselor and teacher Cathy Loerzel present a life-changing process of true connection and healing with ourselves, God, and others. With a clear, biblically trustworthy method, Allender and Loerzel walk you through a journey of profound inner transformation--from the shame and hurt of old emotional wounds to true freedom and healing. Drawn from modern research and their pioneering work at The Allender Center, they will help you identify your core trauma in one of the three outcast archetypes--the widow, orphan, or stranger--and chart your path of growth into the God-given roles of priest, prophet, or leader. This book will help you learn: What to do about feeling out-of-place and directionless How your coping mechanisms create a false sense of health How to embrace your divine calling and find lasting reconciliation How your heart wounds are your unique invitation to true strength and purpose. Your past pain does not dictate your life. Answer the call to healing and discover your life's beautiful story and a future of hope and freedom. ‍ grief Grief", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:06 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e278853f968f1af65194", "title": "Reflections From a Different Journey: What Adults with Disabilities Wish All Parents Knew", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/reflections-from-a-different-journey-what-adults-with-disabilities-wish-all-parents-knew", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Reflections-Different-Journey-Adults-Disabilities/dp/B005DZVKPQ/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467044791&sr=1-2&keywords=reflections+from+a+different+journey", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Most parents of children with disabilities lack personal experience with adults with disabilities. Hearing from people who have lived the disability experience can provide all parents with essential information about the possibilities for all children. The book includes forty inspiring essays written by successful adults role models who share what if is like to grow up with a disability. Each eloquently written essay is an insightful source of wisdom, inspiration, and emotional support as well as a rare glimpse inside the lives and minds of people with many different disabilities - autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, learning disability, deafness, blindness, mental illness, developmental disability, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, congenital amputation, and chronic health conditions. Essay authors were asked to write about something they wish their own parents had read or been told while they were growing up. The essays demonstrate that people with disabilities are human beings with the same needs and desires as all people. 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Klein, PhD Most parents of children with disabilities lack personal experience with adults with disabilities. Hearing from people who have lived the disability experience can provide all parents with essential information about the possibilities for all children. The book includes forty inspiring essays written by successful adults role models who share what if is like to grow up with a disability. Each eloquently written essay is an insightful source of wisdom, inspiration, and emotional support as well as a rare glimpse inside the lives and minds of people with many different disabilities - autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, learning disability, deafness, blindness, mental illness, developmental disability, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, congenital amputation, and chronic health conditions. Essay authors were asked to write about something they wish their own parents had read or been told while they were growing up. 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Milan Yerkovich, M.A. & Kay Yerkovich, M.S., LMFT", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c840557d91cb412519917e", "title": "Removing the Stigma Around Mental Illness | Enjoying Everyday Life with Joyce Meyer", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ELzGGUdBzA", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/3ELzGGUdBzA", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren and Joyce Meyer.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3ELzGGUdBzA/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Removing the Stigma Around Mental Illness | Enjoying Everyday Life with Joyce Meyer Kay Warren and Joyce Meyer Mental Health mental-health; suicide; interview; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66cb4475dde493cf8164b8ce", "title": "Removing the Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness | The Reconnect", "url": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e5318469_1470701212_removing-the-stigma-surrounding-mental-illness--the-reconnect-2.mp3", "externalUrl": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e5318469_1470701212_removing-the-stigma-surrounding-mental-illness--the-reconnect-2.mp3", "type": "Audio", "typeSlug": "audio", "topics": [ "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Listen to this audio resource about mental health.", "image": "", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#e7d2dc", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Removing the Stigma Surrounding Mental Illness | The Reconnect mental-health; interview; audio", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Audios" }, { "id": "66da73f3a3ffb4398c130491", "title": "Resilient: Restoring Your Weary Soul in These Turbulent Times", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/resilient-restoring-your-weary-soul-in-these-turbulent-times", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/3R5RrXw", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "The human soul has a built-in yearning for joy and beauty and all good things. But that craving for life has taken a real beating in the last few years. Join New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge as he gives you the tools you need to follow Jesus' path of supernatural resilience so you can reclaim your joy, strengthen your heart, and thrive through the storm. Between false promises of ease and comfort on one side and the sheer trauma of global disease and disasters on the other, people today are facing a shortage of peace, happiness, and strength. In Resilient , Eldredge reveals a path toward genuine recovery and resilience through Jesus himself. Drawing on wisdom from Scripture and Christian tradition, and illustrated throughout with powerful, true stories of grit and survival, Resilient will help you: Recover from the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic Tap into the river of life that God promises his people Learn to be patient with yourself--genuine recovery from spiritual and emotional trauma takes time and intentionality Create a plan to foster resilience in your day-to-day life Discover deep wells of freedom and strength through Christ who lives within us Thriving requires a resilient soul. This book will help you find the resilience you long for when the world has gone mad--and discover in Jesus himself the strength that prevails.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d821e0c9575d6cbbae10_66da73e757e13bbe066e1dc4_Book_Resilient.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Resilient: Restoring Your Weary Soul in These Turbulent Times BY John Eldredge The human soul has a built-in yearning for joy and beauty and all good things. But that craving for life has taken a real beating in the last few years. Join New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge as he gives you the tools you need to follow Jesus' path of supernatural resilience so you can reclaim your joy, strengthen your heart, and thrive through the storm. Between false promises of ease and comfort on one side and the sheer trauma of global disease and disasters on the other, people today are facing a shortage of peace, happiness, and strength. In Resilient , Eldredge reveals a path toward genuine recovery and resilience through Jesus himself. Drawing on wisdom from Scripture and Christian tradition, and illustrated throughout with powerful, true stories of grit and survival, Resilient will help you: Recover from the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic Tap into the river of life that God promises his people Learn to be patient with yourself--genuine recovery from spiritual and emotional trauma takes time and intentionality Create a plan to foster resilience in your day-to-day life Discover deep wells of freedom and strength through Christ who lives within us Thriving requires a resilient soul. 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In other words, how a mental illness is experienced has much to do with how it is socially constructed. How will the church react to this suggestion? 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Popular opinion typically tells a one-sided story of parents who got what they deserved or overly entitled adult children who wrongly blame their parents. However, the reasons for estrangement are far more complex and varied. As a result of rising rates of individualism, an increasing cultural emphasis on happiness, growing economic insecurity, and a historically recent perception that parents are obstacles to personal growth, many parents find themselves forever shut out of the lives of their adult children and grandchildren. As a trusted psychologist whose own daughter cut off contact for several years and eventually reconciled, Dr. Joshua Coleman is uniquely qualified to guide parents in navigating these fraught interactions. He helps to alleviate the ongoing feelings of shame, hurt, guilt, and sorrow that commonly attend these dynamics. By placing estrangement into a cultural context, Dr. Coleman helps parents better understand the mindset of their adult children and teaches them how to implement the strategies for reconciliation and healing that he has seen work in his forty years of practice. Rules of Estrangement gives parents the language and the emotional tools to engage in meaningful conversation with their child, the framework to cultivate a healthy relationship moving forward, and the ability to move on if reconciliation is no longer possible. 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Yet it also carries the potential for deep wounds and great conflict that can drain the joy out of service. Is it worth it? Oh, yes, says Kay Warren, wife of Pastor Rick Warren and cofounder of Saddleback Church. It is more than worth the risk – it's a sacred privilege. Drawing on more than forty years in ministry in every possible size church, Kay provides encouraging principles and life lessons, along with intimate personal stories, that will give readers the confidence needed to lead and live well. Pastor's wives learn to . . . accept who they are adapt to change help their children survive and thrive protect their private lives deal with criticism live with integrity develop an eternal perspective Whether she is excited, struggling, or feeling broken and tired, every pastor's wife will find hope and encouragement for their calling in Kay's warm and wise words.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6973cdf9d12c19e4737bed2a_sacred.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Sacred Privilege: Your Life and Ministry as a Pastor's Wife BY Kay Warren Life as a pastor's wife offers meaningful opportunities to play a significant part in God's work, to witness and participate in the beauty of changed lives. Yet it also carries the potential for deep wounds and great conflict that can drain the joy out of service. Is it worth it? 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It is usually the first technique therapists and yoga experts will teach for calming the mind and body. Learning to breathe in this way can change your child’s life. Breathing can become a tool your child can access at any time and any place. Every child has a different emotional maturity, attention span, and need. While the stories are best suited for ages 6-12, do not let this be your primary reason for selecting. You know your child best and remember this is not about the reading level. The focus is on the actual techniques.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d8315d8fdb15a4cd772b_66d0e27888d3422f8e148b4d_668a99ab41e22cf3ecd18d42_667dd1a94ddb2336202284e1_667cfcd2b3f2eba435d3d409_seaottercoverecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Sea Otter Cove: A Relaxation Story Helping Children to Decrease Stress and Anger While Promoting Peaceful Sleep BY Lori Lite Sea Otter Cove is a story that teaches children how to use diaphragmatic breathing to calm down, lower stress, and control anger. Children love to experience belly breathing with the playful sea otters and sea child. This self-calming breathing technique can help your child to self-soothe, relax, and manage anger. Children love to experience belly breathing with the playful sea otters and sea child. This effective, self-calming technique also known as diaphragmatic breathing or deep breathing can have a positive impact on your child’s health. Focused breathing can lower stress and anxiety levels. It can be used to decrease pain and anger. Delightful characters and this easy breathing exercise encourages your child to slow down, relax, and fall asleep peacefully. If you have enjoyed the classic story for younger children entitled A Boy and A Bear , you will love Sea Otter Cove . This story is ideal for older children or those with a longer attention span. Note to Parent: Breathing is a simple and effective relaxation and anger management technique. It is usually the first technique therapists and yoga experts will teach for calming the mind and body. Learning to breathe in this way can change your child’s life. Breathing can become a tool your child can access at any time and any place. Every child has a different emotional maturity, attention span, and need. While the stories are best suited for ages 6-12, do not let this be your primary reason for selecting. You know your child best and remember this is not about the reading level. 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Whether you're a parent, youth leader, teacher, or caring adult, not knowing how to help those dealing with difficult emotions can leave you feeling intimidated, powerless, and discouraged. It can feel scary. But we want you to know there is hope. In this book, Will and Dr. Chinwé will help you... Understand how the brain works when someone is in despair Learn why some of the things you'd think would help sometimes make matters worse Discover simple yet powerful tools you can use every day to connect with a kid or teenager to help them heal A beautiful convergence of faith and psychology, Seen is a quick read that uses both clinical research and real life stories to give you--and the kids you love--hope.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d821bb56b11ac2171c16_66da75263fa401eed3274b3c_Book_Seen.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Seen: Despair and Anxiety in Kids and Teenagers and the Power of Connection BY Will Hutcherson and Chinwé Williams, PhD, LPC A two-hour read to build a stronger relationship with a kid or teenager. Whether you're a parent, youth leader, teacher, or caring adult, not knowing how to help those dealing with difficult emotions can leave you feeling intimidated, powerless, and discouraged. It can feel scary. But we want you to know there is hope. In this book, Will and Dr. Chinwé will help you... 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The warm, illuminating art of Wayne McLoughlin helps to convey each touching story of the future God promises to his children. Help your child discover the answers to the wonders of God’s mysterious and glorious home with Someday Heaven.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d832bb56b11ac217285c_66d0e2774c24d5d3331dc451_668a99ac0fbf2f23d8a6991e_667dd1aa3be99e0d3b8cf98e_667d07c6f6f07a477769ea25_somedayheavenrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Someday Heaven BY Larry Libby Someday Heaven provides biblically based answers on a topic that’s not always easy to explain to a young child. The warm, illuminating art of Wayne McLoughlin helps to convey each touching story of the future God promises to his children. 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The story allows individuals an opportunity to recognize normal grieving symptoms and to identify various interventions to promote healthy ways of coping with the death of a special person. Although the language used in the book is simplistic enough to be read along with children and ultimately stimulating family discussion, it can be beneficial to all who have been tragically devastated by suicide. 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For everyone, life can be really hard sometimes. But never fear: Father Joe Kempf and his furry friends, Big Al and Annie, are back with plenty of support. The best-selling tandem tackles some tough issues in this book in a way that a child will understand: If God is so good, why do innocent people suffer? What is our hope when someone we love dies? How do we go on when our hearts are broken? When the heartaches come, these reflections, prayers, and activities will help every child find their way forward with God. In the back of the book, parents, grandparents, and teachers will find the coaching they need to love their children through the difficult times. This wonderfully illustrated book meets the child (and the child in each of us) right where we are with just what we need. No one connects faith and real life like Fr. Joe and Big Al. Sometimes Life is Just Not Fair is the perfect book for when the difficult times come...and they visit us all. Fr. Joe Kempf is a diocesan priest and founder of Gospel Values, a nonprofit company dedicated to proclaiming the beautiful message of Jesus for children of all ages. Fr. Joe and Big Al have been friends for many years. Big Al s favorite snack is popcorn and soda, his favorite color is blue, and the word he uses most often is cool.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d832900a9d54dbb940a8_66d0e276b86d619b403c8447_668a99ac12e96e6907f90056_667dd1ad94b0bef24e2abd2a_667d082108df6377a3b1e57c_sometimeslifeisjustnotfairrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Sometimes Life is Just Not Fair: Hope for Kids through Grief and Loss BY Fr. Joe Kempf God understands... and will always be there to help us find a way. For everyone, life can be really hard sometimes. But never fear: Father Joe Kempf and his furry friends, Big Al and Annie, are back with plenty of support. The best-selling tandem tackles some tough issues in this book in a way that a child will understand: If God is so good, why do innocent people suffer? What is our hope when someone we love dies? How do we go on when our hearts are broken? When the heartaches come, these reflections, prayers, and activities will help every child find their way forward with God. In the back of the book, parents, grandparents, and teachers will find the coaching they need to love their children through the difficult times. This wonderfully illustrated book meets the child (and the child in each of us) right where we are with just what we need. No one connects faith and real life like Fr. Joe and Big Al. Sometimes Life is Just Not Fair is the perfect book for when the difficult times come...and they visit us all. Fr. Joe Kempf is a diocesan priest and founder of Gospel Values, a nonprofit company dedicated to proclaiming the beautiful message of Jesus for children of all ages. Fr. 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In Soul Repair , the authors tell the stories of four veterans of wars from Vietnam to our current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan—Camillo “Mac” Bica, Herman Keizer Jr., Pamela Lightsey, and Camilo Mejía—who reveal their experiences of moral injury from war and how they have learned to live with it. Brock and Lettini also explore its effect on families and communities, and the community processes that have gradually helped soldiers with their moral injuries. Soul Repair will help veterans, their families, members of their communities, and clergy understand the impact of war on the consciences of healthy people, support the recovery of moral conscience in society, and restore veterans to civilian life. 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Research by Veterans Administration health professionals and veterans’ own experiences now suggest an ancient but unaddressed wound of war may be a factor: moral injury. This deep-seated sense of transgression includes feelings of shame, grief, meaninglessness, and remorse from having violated core moral beliefs. Rita Nakashima Brock and Gabriella Lettini, who both grew up in families deeply affected by war, have been working closely with vets on what moral injury looks like, how vets cope with it, and what can be done to heal the damage inflicted on soldiers’ consciences. In Soul Repair , the authors tell the stories of four veterans of wars from Vietnam to our current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan—Camillo “Mac” Bica, Herman Keizer Jr., Pamela Lightsey, and Camilo Mejía—who reveal their experiences of moral injury from war and how they have learned to live with it. 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Howard's.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vQxD84rDmeg/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Spiritual Abuse and Racial Trauma | Hope for Mental Health Community Kyle J. Howard's bipoc-mental-health; facebook-live; family-friends; featured; mental-health-community KYLE J. HOWARD'S WEBSITE Kyle J. 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Lewis Smedes says, \"Hope is as native to our spirits as thinking is to our brain. Keep hoping, you keep living. Stop hoping, you start dying\". He shows how hope powers every good thing we accomplish and helps us overcome every bad thing we encounter. He talks about how to keep hope alive in difficult times, discern false hope from true hope, and move beyond worry to trust in God.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d831a924a64ac67c3721_66d0e276669f2a98de79f8be_668a99ac1de9f8ecb35b8fe3_667dd1ab81d086e329547b2d_667d08a0af109fcfacba7219_standingonthepromisesrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Standing on the Promises BY Lewis Smedes In this fearful and cynical age, when doom and gloomers forecast catastrophe and fear mongers try to get us to hedge our bets on the future with insurance policies and safety nets, we need to re-discover real hope. Lewis Smedes says, \"Hope is as native to our spirits as thinking is to our brain. Keep hoping, you keep living. Stop hoping, you start dying\". He shows how hope powers every good thing we accomplish and helps us overcome every bad thing we encounter. He talks about how to keep hope alive in difficult times, discern false hope from true hope, and move beyond worry to trust in God. grief; anxiety-disorder; mental-health Grief Anxiety Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e2764ad04f725aaf4687", "title": "Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/still-life-a-memoir-of-living-fully-with-depression", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Still-Life-Memoir-Living-Depression/dp/0830843248/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1466790705&sr=1-3&keywords=still+life", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "\"I stand on the edge of a cliff in my own bedroom.\" Gillian Marchenko continues her description of depression: \"I must keep still. Otherwise I will plunge to my death. 'Please God, take this away,' I pray when I can.\" For Gillian, \"dealing with depression\" means learning to accept and treat it as a physical illness. In these pages she describes her journey through various therapies and medications to find a way to live with depression. She faces down the guilt of a wife and mother of four, two with special needs. How can she care for her family when she can't even get out of bed? Her story is real and raw, not one of quick fixes. But hope remains as she discovers that living with depression is still life.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d832b22fcf9f1024af41_66d0e2764ad04f725aaf45ce_668a99accb026024343e7c78_667dd1ab260d6305ba9a90cc_667d08c3430d1544a97e3aeb_stillliferecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression BY Gillian Marchenko \"I stand on the edge of a cliff in my own bedroom.\" Gillian Marchenko continues her description of depression: \"I must keep still. Otherwise I will plunge to my death. 'Please God, take this away,' I pray when I can.\" For Gillian, \"dealing with depression\" means learning to accept and treat it as a physical illness. In these pages she describes her journey through various therapies and medications to find a way to live with depression. She faces down the guilt of a wife and mother of four, two with special needs. How can she care for her family when she can't even get out of bed? Her story is real and raw, not one of quick fixes. But hope remains as she discovers that living with depression is still life. mental-health; depression Mental Health Depression", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce560faa53c7105411ef65", "title": "STOP A SUICIDE TODAY!", "url": "https://stopasuicide.org/", "externalUrl": "https://stopasuicide.org/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention from Stopasuicide.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6961793bc7e705f2e9316a9a_stop.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "STOP A SUICIDE TODAY! suicide-prevention Stopasuicide", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 09 2026 22:17:20 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c84050e09d0b3faa35394e", "title": "Stories of Hope | Ashley's Story", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq0L5dSsw4g", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/hq0L5dSsw4g", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Bipolar Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Ashley Pitkin.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hq0L5dSsw4g/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Stories of Hope | Ashley's Story Ashley Pitkin Mental Health mental-health; 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stories-of-hope; bipolar-disorder; depression", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8404d793d7f536f3d2a57", "title": "Stories of Hope | Nan's Story", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5R-c7DIbus", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/U5R-c7DIbus", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Schizophrenia" ], "summary": "Watch this video about mental health and family & friends.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U5R-c7DIbus/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Stories of Hope | Nan's Story Mental Health mental-health; stories-of-hope; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; schizophrenia", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8404dbb5702e964c09473", "title": "Stories of Hope | Sarah's Story", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfrPjeH9gVQ", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/pfrPjeH9gVQ", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Sarah Heaely.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pfrPjeH9gVQ/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Stories of Hope | Sarah's Story Sarah Heaely Mental Health mental-health; stories-of-hope; depression; self-injury; children-adolescents; student-mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8404c8161ad5320cb7e11", "title": "Stories of Hope | Tom's Story", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_v8TcBmzfA", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/u_v8TcBmzfA", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "Schizophrenia" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Tom Holladay.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u_v8TcBmzfA/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Stories of Hope | Tom's Story Tom Holladay Mental Health mental-health; stories-of-hope; schizophrenia", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e276c046c9fbee3ac3c6", "title": "Stories of Hope Testimony DVD", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/stories-of-hope-testimony-dvd", "externalUrl": "https://store.pastors.com/stories-of-hope-testimony-dvd.html", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Anxiety", "Bipolar Disorder", "Borderline Personality Disorder", "Depression", "Eating Disorders", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "OCD", "Schizophrenia", "Substance Use Disorders", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Real lives, real hope. Be encouraged and strengthened by these individuals and families affected by mental illness as they share how God's love helped them experience hope in the midst of struggle.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d832eb9f7bf723420e4d_66d0e276c046c9fbee3ac313_668a99ad8f684e366267ae62_667dd1ab6162316a9f47b11c_667d08e3122ffb7c935cc23c_storiesofhopeproductimages.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Stories of Hope Testimony DVD BY Saddleback Church Real lives, real hope. Be encouraged and strengthened by these individuals and families affected by mental illness as they share how God's love helped them experience hope in the midst of struggle. hope-for-mental-health; mental-health; the-church; saddleback-church; adhd; anxiety-disorder; bipolar-disorder; borderline-personality-disorder; depression; eating-disorder; ocd; ptsd-trauma; schizophrenia; self-injury; substance-use Hope for Mental Health Mental Health The Church Saddleback Church ADHD Anxiety Bipolar Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder Depression Eating Disorders OCD PTSD & Trauma Schizophrenia Self-Injury Substance Use Disorder", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c84050dfaab9d8f83e9bb7", "title": "Students and Suicide Prevention | Mental Health Month 2017", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0gxMz1mNzc", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/m0gxMz1mNzc", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren and Katie Edwards.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/m0gxMz1mNzc/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Students and Suicide Prevention | Mental Health Month 2017 Kay Warren and Katie Edwards Mental Health facebook-live; mental-health; mental-health-month-2017; student-mental-health; suicide; children-adolescents; childrens-mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce5603a701616847d36597", "title": "Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Mental Health", "url": "https://www.samhsa.gov/mental-health", "externalUrl": "https://www.samhsa.gov/mental-health", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about mental health from Samhsa.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69619ad2ca1f7ee0b86b6b7f_samhamental.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: Mental Health mental-health Samhsa", "publishedAt": "Sat Jan 24 2026 01:14:14 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "667d7afb59946c5557b9bcf6", "title": "Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRX6LSCnvAA", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/QRX6LSCnvAA", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders" ], "summary": "Watch this Hope for Mental Health Community conversation featuring Dr. Anna McCarthy, Ph. D..", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QRX6LSCnvAA/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Dr. Anna McCarthy, Ph. D. THRU HEALTH mental health family friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Hope for Mental Health Community Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e27510b5ec13af654941", "title": "Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/suffering-and-the-heart-of-god-how-trauma-destroys-and-christ-restores", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Suffering-Heart-God-Destroys-Restores/dp/1942572026/ref=sr_1_1?rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1516988269&sr=8-1&keywords=suffering+and+the+heart+of+god&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Do Trauma and Abuse Have the Last Word? When someone suffers through trauma, can healing happen? And, if yes, how does it happen? 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The cross of Jesus Christ is the lens that transforms and redeems traumatic suffering and its aftermath, not only for the sufferer, but it also transforms those who walk with the suffering. This Christian book will be a great help to anyone who loves, listens to, and seeks to help someone impacted by trauma and abuse. There is no quick fix, but there is the hope for healing through the love of God in Jesus Christ.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d833d65de9955b7cbc1b_66d0e27510b5ec13af65492a_668a99ad2e7be489507949b1_667dd1ab95865aec1e1e2461_667d090146476d30948184d3_sufferingheartgodrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores BY Diane Langberg, PhD Do Trauma and Abuse Have the Last Word? When someone suffers through trauma, can healing happen? And, if yes, how does it happen? Dr. Diane Langberg tackles these complex and difficult questions with the insights she has gained through more than forty years of counseling those whose lives have been destroyed by trauma and abuse. Her answer carefully explained in Suffering and the Heart of God is Yes, what trauma destroys, Jesus can and does restore. But it's not a fast process, instead much patience is required from family, friends, and counselors as they wisely and respectfully help victims unpack their traumatic suffering through talking, tears, and time. And it's not a process that can be separated from the work of God in both a counselor and counselee. Dr. Langberg calls all of those who wish to help sufferers to model Jesus's sacrificial love and care in how they listen, love, and guide. The heart of God is revealed to sufferers as they grow to understand the cross of Jesus Christ and how their God came to this earth and experienced such severe suffering that he too is well-acquainted with grief. 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Since its first publication in 1983, Surviving Schizophrenia has become the standard reference book on the disease and has helped thousands of patients, their families, and mental health professionals. In clear language, this much-praised and important book describes the nature, causes, symptoms, treatment, and course of schizophrenia and also explores living with it from both the patient's and the family's point of view. 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This new, completely updated sixth edition includes the latest research findings on what causes the disease, as well as information about the newest drugs for treatment, and answers the questions most often asked by families, consumers, and providers. parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; mental-health; schizophrenia; children-adolescents; childrens-mental-health Parents of Children with Mental Illness Mental Health Schizophrenia Children & Adolescents Children's Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e274b4158c9c4a442626", "title": "Surviving Your Child's Suicide", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/surviving-your-childs-suicide", "externalUrl": "https://www.compassionatefriends.org/surviving-childs-suicide/", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "The suicide of a child of any age presents unique circumstances that can intensify and prolong the mourning process for parents, family members and friends. Suicide is believed to be a reaction to overwhelming feelings of loneliness, worthlessness, helplessness, hopelessness and depression. Suicide is the third leading cause of death in the United States among 10-14 year olds and 15-24 year olds, and the second leading cause among 25-34 year olds. While mental illness often plays a role in suicide, not everyone who dies by suicide is mentally ill. Some families have experienced years of treatments, hospitalizations and medications with their child, while some experience none at all. Sometimes there are warning signs of the person’s intentions. However, clues may be so disguised that even a trained professional or counselor may not recognize them. Occasionally there are no discernible signs and the child’s suicide becomes a catastrophic decision that may never be understood. There is a change taking place in the terminology when talking about suicide. The term “died by suicide” is being adopted. This new language is reflective of the changes in our understanding and compassion as we move away from the harsh statement and stigma of the words “committed suicide”, which can be offensive to families whose children have taken their own lives. After Suicide Feelings of shock, denial, guilt, anger, and depression are a normal part of grief. These feelings can be especially heightened when a child has died by suicide. The suicide of a child can raise painful questions, doubts and fears. You may question why your love was not enough to save your child and may fear that others will judge you to be an unfit parent. Both questions may raise strong feelings of failure. Many bereaved parents wrestle with these feelings, but in time come to a place where they understand their child made the choice to end their life. It is not uncommon for newly bereaved parents to express thoughts of suicide, regardless of how their child has died. Suicide is not inherited. If you are having thoughts of suicide, be gentle with yourself. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 and suicidepreventionlifeline.org provides free and confidential emotional support from a trained counselor and is available 24-hours a day/7-days a week. However, if the thoughts turn into plans to end your life, please seek professional support immediately. Stigma Associated with Suicide The stigma associated with suicide in our society as a result of cultural and religious interpretations causes some families to be reluctant to talk openly about the cause of their child’s death. Keeping the cause of death a secret can deprive you of the joy of speaking about your child with family and friends and may cause isolation between you and those whose support you will need. Finding support from others who allow you to openly share your feelings about your child’s, sibling’s or grandchild’s suicide can help you to focus on your own healing and survival. Anger Anger is a common emotion experienced by parents whose child has died by suicide. Anger may be directed at your child, those you believe failed to help your child, God or just the world in general. You may be angry with yourself because you feel you were unable to save your child. Anger can be destructive but it can also be constructive. Finding constructive ways of expressing your anger can help in the healing process. Guilt and Regret Parents, family, friends, classmates, and even coworkers often have feelings of guilt and regret following a child’s suicide. “If only” is a phrase many find themselves repeating over and over. Intellectually, you may come to understand that your child’s decision to end their life was their own. Emotionally, however, it may take much longer for you to accept that you are not responsible. Be patient with yourself. Letting yourself fully feel an emotion is often an important part of processing and working through it. Questioning Often parents ask “why?” Rarely are there clear answers, which may be highly frustrating. At some point, you may begin to realize that there are some questions about the death of your child that will never be answered. Depression Lack of energy, sleep problems, inability to concentrate, not wanting to talk with others, and the feeling there is nothing to live for are all normal reactions in bereavement. Situational depression, as opposed to clinical depression, should eventually subside. This type of depression can be helped by integrating moderate physical activity, plenty of rest and water, and a nutritious diet into a daily routine. Try to allow family and friends to take care of you. You don’t have to be strong. Try to stay connected with people you value and trust. Talking with others who have been through a similar situation may also help you to cope. If the depression does not appear to lessen over time, you may want to talk with a qualified professional who can determine how best to help you. Disillusionment Often parents find themselves in a spiritual crisis and question their beliefs or feel betrayed by God. Religious concerns about the hereafter may also surface. “Why did God let this happen?” is a question we may never know the answer to. Talking about spiritual and philosophical questions with other parents who have experienced a suicide may be helpful. For those with concerns of a spiritual nature, it could be helpful to find a gentle, caring and nonjudgmental member of the same faith and open yourself to that person. Ideas to Help You Cope Talk about your child’s death with family members and discuss your feelings of loss and pain. Talk about the good times you had as well as the times that were not so good. It can be helpful and therapeutic to express feelings rather than to internalize them. 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While mental illness often plays a role in suicide, not everyone who dies by suicide is mentally ill. Some families have experienced years of treatments, hospitalizations and medications with their child, while some experience none at all. Sometimes there are warning signs of the person’s intentions. However, clues may be so disguised that even a trained professional or counselor may not recognize them. Occasionally there are no discernible signs and the child’s suicide becomes a catastrophic decision that may never be understood. There is a change taking place in the terminology when talking about suicide. The term “died by suicide” is being adopted. This new language is reflective of the changes in our understanding and compassion as we move away from the harsh statement and stigma of the words “committed suicide”, which can be offensive to families whose children have taken their own lives. After Suicide Feelings of shock, denial, guilt, anger, and depression are a normal part of grief. These feelings can be especially heightened when a child has died by suicide. The suicide of a child can raise painful questions, doubts and fears. You may question why your love was not enough to save your child and may fear that others will judge you to be an unfit parent. Both questions may raise strong feelings of failure. Many bereaved parents wrestle with these feelings, but in time come to a place where they understand their child made the choice to end their life. It is not uncommon for newly bereaved parents to express thoughts of suicide, regardless of how their child has died. Suicide is not inherited. If you are having thoughts of suicide, be gentle with yourself. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 and suicidepreventionlifeline.org provides free and confidential emotional support from a trained counselor and is available 24-hours a day/7-days a week. However, if the thoughts turn into plans to end your life, please seek professional support immediately. Stigma Associated with Suicide The stigma associated with suicide in our society as a result of cultural and religious interpretations causes some families to be reluctant to talk openly about the cause of their child’s death. Keeping the cause of death a secret can deprive you of the joy of speaking about your child with family and friends and may cause isolation between you and those whose support you will need. Finding support from others who allow you to openly share your feelings about your child’s, sibling’s or grandchild’s suicide can help you to focus on your own healing and survival. Anger Anger is a common emotion experienced by parents whose child has died by suicide. Anger may be directed at your child, those you believe failed to help your child, God or just the world in general. You may be angry with yourself because you feel you were unable to save your child. Anger can be destructive but it can also be constructive. Finding constructive ways of expressing your anger can help in the healing process. Guilt and Regret Parents, family, friends, classmates, and even coworkers often have feelings of guilt and regret following a child’s suicide. “If only” is a phrase many find themselves repeating over and over. Intellectually, you may come to understand that your child’s decision to end their life was their own. Emotionally, however, it may take much longer for you to accept that you are not responsible. Be patient with yourself. Letting yourself fully feel an emotion is often an important part of processing and working through it. Questioning Often parents ask “why?” Rarely are there clear answers, which may be highly frustrating. At some point, you may begin to realize that there are some questions about the death of your child that will never be answered. Depression Lack of energy, sleep problems, inability to concentrate, not wanting to talk with others, and the feeling there is nothing to live for are all normal reactions in bereavement. Situational depression, as opposed to clinical depression, should eventually subside. This type of depression can be helped by integrating moderate physical activity, plenty of rest and water, and a nutritious diet into a daily routine. Try to allow family and friends to take care of you. You don’t have to be strong. Try to stay connected with people you value and trust. Talking with others who have been through a similar situation may also help you to cope. If the depression does not appear to lessen over time, you may want to talk with a qualified professional who can determine how best to help you. Disillusionment Often parents find themselves in a spiritual crisis and question their beliefs or feel betrayed by God. Religious concerns about the hereafter may also surface. “Why did God let this happen?” is a question we may never know the answer to. Talking about spiritual and philosophical questions with other parents who have experienced a suicide may be helpful. For those with concerns of a spiritual nature, it could be helpful to find a gentle, caring and nonjudgmental member of the same faith and open yourself to that person. Ideas to Help You Cope Talk about your child’s death with family members and discuss your feelings of loss and pain. Talk about the good times you had as well as the times that were not so good. It can be helpful and therapeutic to express feelings rather than to internalize them. Giving the gift of tolerance for all family members to grieve in their own way allows each person to feel validated in their own unique grief experience. Keep in mind that everyone’s grief journey is as unique as the relationship they had with the child that died. You may find it helpful to write your feelings or to write a letter to your child; this can be a safe place for you to express some of the things you were not able to say before the death. Ask for help. Don’t be afraid to let your friends know what you need when they ask; they want to help. Consider becoming involved with a self-help bereavement group such as The Compassionate Friends. Through sharing with others who have walked a similar path, you may gain some understanding of your reactions and learn additional ways to cope. Seek professional support and family counseling if necessary. Give yourself time, time and more time. It takes months, even years, to open your heart and mind to healing. Choose to survive and then be patient with yourself. In time, your grief will soften as you begin to heal and you will feel like investing in life again. mental-health; grief; suicide; downloads; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness Mental Health Grief Suicide Downloads Parents of Children with Mental Illness", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c8405613f435c278afbacd", "title": "Survivors of Suicide Loss Day 2018 | Saddleback Church with American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuJEN54Ox3o", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/cuJEN54Ox3o", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church" ], "summary": "Watch this video about family & friends and grief.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cuJEN54Ox3o/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Survivors of Suicide Loss Day 2018 | Saddleback Church with American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Mental Health family-friends; grief; mental-health; suicide; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8405ad57ab48b4535b39e", "title": "Survivors of Suicide Loss Day 2019 | Saddleback Church with American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K_n7rENjW8", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/6K_n7rENjW8", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church" ], "summary": "Watch this video about grief and suicide prevention.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6K_n7rENjW8/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Survivors of Suicide Loss Day 2019 | Saddleback Church with American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) Mental Health grief; suicide; mental-health; family-friends; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce5602dbb26ccf7aa36b9f", "title": "Take Action for Mental Health", "url": "https://takeaction4mh.com/", "externalUrl": "https://takeaction4mh.com/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about mental health from Takeaction4mh.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/696198d0f74f2bb5c515c12c_action.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Take Action for Mental Health mental-health Takeaction4mh", "publishedAt": "Sat Jan 24 2026 00:12:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "696053d281af0fdb5185812d", "title": "Talking Back to OCD", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/talking-back-to-ocd", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4u7rTaI", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "OCD" ], "summary": "No one wants to get rid of obsessive-compulsive disorder more than someone who has it. That's why Talking Back to OCD puts kids and teens in charge. Dr. John March's eight-step program has already helped thousands of young people show the disorder that it doesn't call the shots-- they do. This uniquely designed volume is really two books in one. Each chapter begins with a section that helps kids and teens zero in on specific problems and develop skills they can use to tune out obsessions and resist compulsions. The pages that follow show parents how to be supportive without getting in the way. The next time OCD butts in, your family will be prepared to boss back--and show an unwelcome visitor to the door. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Self-Help Book of Merit", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6960537ec06e24bb389159c6_talkbackgraphic.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Talking Back to OCD BY John S. March No one wants to get rid of obsessive-compulsive disorder more than someone who has it. That's why Talking Back to OCD puts kids and teens in charge. Dr. John March's eight-step program has already helped thousands of young people show the disorder that it doesn't call the shots-- they do. This uniquely designed volume is really two books in one. Each chapter begins with a section that helps kids and teens zero in on specific problems and develop skills they can use to tune out obsessions and resist compulsions. The pages that follow show parents how to be supportive without getting in the way. The next time OCD butts in, your family will be prepared to boss back--and show an unwelcome visitor to the door. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Self-Help Book of Merit ocd OCD", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e2755eca2d7f593df98b", "title": "Talking to Depression: Simple Ways To Connect When Someone In Your Life Is Depressed", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/talking-to-depression-simple-ways-to-connect-when-someone-in-your-life-is-depressed", "externalUrl": "http://www.amazon.com/Talking-Depression-Connect-Someone-Depressed/dp/0451209869/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1400287972&sr=1-1&keywords=talking+to+depression", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health" ], "summary": "When someone suffers from depression, friends and family members naturally want to help—but too often their good intentions come out all wrong. This practical, compassionate guide helps readers understand exactly what their loved one is going through, and why certain approaches help and others have the potential to do damage. Talking to Depression offers specific advice on what to do and what not to do—and what to say and what not to say—to avoid frustration and give the kind of caring, effective support that will make a difference.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d832aaa91f96f20363f5_66d0e2755eca2d7f593df925_668a99ad643c77cd14a4b8fc_667dd1ac0ae6f7d20cb6fe52_667d09bdcf699c9d09c4d9ac_talkingtodepressionrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Talking to Depression: Simple Ways To Connect When Someone In Your Life Is Depressed BY Claudia J. Strauss When someone suffers from depression, friends and family members naturally want to help—but too often their good intentions come out all wrong. This practical, compassionate guide helps readers understand exactly what their loved one is going through, and why certain approaches help and others have the potential to do damage. Talking to Depression offers specific advice on what to do and what not to do—and what to say and what not to say—to avoid frustration and give the kind of caring, effective support that will make a difference. mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; depression; children-adolescents; childrens-mental-health; student-mental-health Mental Health Parents of Children with Mental Illness Depression Children & Adolescents Children's Mental Health Student Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e275effab4f275290826", "title": "Talking to Eating Disorders: Simple Ways to Support Someone With Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating, Or Body Image Issues", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/talking-to-eating-disorders-simple-ways-to-support-someone-with-anorexia-bulimia-binge-eating-or-body-image-issues", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Eating-Disorders-Support-Anorexia/dp/0451215222/ref=sr_1_3?crid=XNNXPSJSH3EK&dchild=1&keywords=talking+to+eating+disorders&qid=1625709351&sprefix=talking+to+eating+dis%2Caps%2C207&sr=8-3", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Eating Disorders", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "When a friend or family member shows signs of an eating disorder, the first impulse is to charge in, give advice, and fix what is wrong. But these tactics, however well-intentioned, can backfire. This compassionate guide offers ways to tackle the tough topics of body image, media messages, physical touch, diets, and exercise-along with a special section on talking about these issues with children. It includes information about when to get professional help, how to handle emergencies, and answers to difficult questions such as \"Am I too fat?\" or \"Is this ok to eat?\"", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d832bb56b11ac217292e_66d0e274effab4f275290762_668a99ad4d4b9e30297f503e_667dd1ac8c143472bc5f21b9_667d09d84053c2836e634501_talkingtoeatingdisordersrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Talking to Eating Disorders: Simple Ways to Support Someone With Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating, Or Body Image Issues BY Jeanne Albronda Heaton, PhD & Claudia J. Strauss When a friend or family member shows signs of an eating disorder, the first impulse is to charge in, give advice, and fix what is wrong. But these tactics, however well-intentioned, can backfire. This compassionate guide offers ways to tackle the tough topics of body image, media messages, physical touch, diets, and exercise-along with a special section on talking about these issues with children. It includes information about when to get professional help, how to handle emergencies, and answers to difficult questions such as \"Am I too fat?\" or \"Is this ok to eat?\" mental-health; eating-disorder; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; children-adolescents; childrens-mental-health Mental Health Eating Disorders Parents of Children with Mental Illness Children & Adolescents Children's Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c840651750b32ba2ad8f31", "title": "Teen Depression and Anxiety | Hope For Mental Health Community", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_ldCCi3LDs", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/9_ldCCi3LDs", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring April Twenhafel, LMFT.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9_ldCCi3LDs/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Teen Depression and Anxiety | Hope For Mental Health Community April Twenhafel, LMFT Mental Health hope-for-mental-health-community; depression; anxiety; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; childrens-mental-health; student-mental-health; family-friends; children-adolescents APRIL TWENHAFEL'S WEBSITE CHOC PEDIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES April Twenhafel, LMFT", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66ce55df52b4794aab631fa6", "title": "Teen Depression: More than Just Moodiness", "url": "https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/teen-depression", "externalUrl": "https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/teen-depression", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Depression" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about children & adolescents and depression from Nimh Nih.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6941bf0888260f2d844a0152_teendepress.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Teen Depression: More than Just Moodiness children-adolescents; depression Nimh Nih", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 00:37:33 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e27395fdea503e93124c", "title": "Ten Tips For Raising Resilient Kids", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/ten-tips-for-raising-resilient-kids", "externalUrl": "https://psychcentral.com/lib/10-tips-for-raising-resilient-kids/", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "While adulthood is filled with serious responsibilities, childhood isn’t exactly stress-free. Kids take tests, learn new information, change schools, change neighborhoods, get sick, get braces, encounter bullies, make new friends and occasionally get hurt by those friends. What helps kids in navigating these kinds of challenges is resilience. Resilient kids are problem solvers. They face unfamiliar or tough situations and strive to find good solutions. This doesn’t mean that kids have to do everything on their own, she said. Rather, they know how to ask for help and are able to problem-solve their next steps. Resilience isn’t birthright. It can be taught. Lyons encouraged parents to equip their kids with the skills to handle the unexpected, which actually contrasts our cultural approach.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d83349fcce655c0ef33a_66d0e27395fdea503e93121b_668a99ad2e7be489507949f1_667dd1adbb1c0a1e6fcd6125_667d0a09e49c8e5ab1a2c28c_recommendedresourceresilientkid.jpeg", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Ten Tips For Raising Resilient Kids BY Psych Central While adulthood is filled with serious responsibilities, childhood isn’t exactly stress-free. Kids take tests, learn new information, change schools, change neighborhoods, get sick, get braces, encounter bullies, make new friends and occasionally get hurt by those friends. What helps kids in navigating these kinds of challenges is resilience. Resilient kids are problem solvers. They face unfamiliar or tough situations and strive to find good solutions. This doesn’t mean that kids have to do everything on their own, she said. Rather, they know how to ask for help and are able to problem-solve their next steps. Resilience isn’t birthright. It can be taught. Lyons encouraged parents to equip their kids with the skills to handle the unexpected, which actually contrasts our cultural approach. mental-health; childrens-mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; children-adolescents Mental Health Children's Mental Health Parents of Children with Mental Illness Children & Adolescents", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66cb447568f8cb7f1c1a0502", "title": "The Author of Forgiveness | Saddleback Church College Worship Service", "url": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e5036567_1461194915_the-author-of-forgiveness--crave-college-worship.mp3", "externalUrl": "https://hbt-website-assets.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0e5036567_1461194915_the-author-of-forgiveness--crave-college-worship.mp3", "type": "Audio", "typeSlug": "audio", "topics": [ "Student Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "Listen to this audio resource about student mental health and the church.", "image": "", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#e7d2dc", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Author of Forgiveness | Saddleback Church College Worship Service audio", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Audios" }, { "id": "66d0e273496c5cc828aaa2c2", "title": "The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-body-keeps-the-score-brain-mind-and-body-in-the-healing-of-trauma", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New York Times bestseller. “Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society.” -Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score , he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d83324a0dfaf1b6770b2_66d0e273496c5cc828aaa280_668a99ae842daf49b8ba6ec5_667dd1ad7a4a3acd41b3eaea_667d0a7e306f39943f068244_bodykeepsscorerecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma BY Bessel van der Kolk, MD A pioneering researcher transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing in this New York Times bestseller. “Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding and treating traumatic stress and the scope of its impact on society.” -Alexander McFarlane, Director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score , he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives. ptsd-trauma; grief; mental-health PTSD & Trauma Grief Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e2731ba4638e6e9d1b06", "title": "The Book of Waking Up: Experiencing the Divine Love That Reorders a Life", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-book-of-waking-up-experiencing-the-divine-love-that-reorders-a-life", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Book-Waking-Up-Experiencing-Reorders/dp/0310353963/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1586458797&sr=8-2", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders" ], "summary": "The Book of Waking Up invites you to wake to your coping mechanisms, find the why behind your pain, and walk into the Divine Love of God. The inevitable pain of life gives us many reasons to check out - and many ways to do it. Alcohol, entertainment, pills, shopping, porn, chasing success, cashing checks, and collecting social media \"likes\" - these and so many other things anesthetize us from the wounds of everyday living. As Seth Haines wrote in his award-winning book, Coming Clean , \"We're all drunk on something.\" In his compelling follow-up, The Book of Waking Up , Seth invites you into the story of healing. He invites you to see your coping mechanisms for what they are - lesser lovers, which cannot bring the peace, freedom, and wholeness you crave. Through guided reflections, sustainable soul practices, and stories from Seth's life and others, The Book of Waking Up points you toward the Divine Love of God that has the power to transform your life. As Seth writes, \"Addiction is misplaced adoration.\" Now, join him on a journey toward the only Love worth adoring, the only Love that cures a soul. Join him on the journey to waking up.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d83363db952ea859604b_66d0e2721ba4638e6e9d185b_668a99aeb3c0e62df624ba94_667dd1b38af22cc62d0a64b1_667d0a9daa3bd40969ed657a_wakinguprecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Book of Waking Up: Experiencing the Divine Love That Reorders a Life BY Seth Haines The Book of Waking Up invites you to wake to your coping mechanisms, find the why behind your pain, and walk into the Divine Love of God. The inevitable pain of life gives us many reasons to check out - and many ways to do it. Alcohol, entertainment, pills, shopping, porn, chasing success, cashing checks, and collecting social media \"likes\" - these and so many other things anesthetize us from the wounds of everyday living. As Seth Haines wrote in his award-winning book, Coming Clean , \"We're all drunk on something.\" In his compelling follow-up, The Book of Waking Up , Seth invites you into the story of healing. He invites you to see your coping mechanisms for what they are - lesser lovers, which cannot bring the peace, freedom, and wholeness you crave. Through guided reflections, sustainable soul practices, and stories from Seth's life and others, The Book of Waking Up points you toward the Divine Love of God that has the power to transform your life. As Seth writes, \"Addiction is misplaced adoration.\" Now, join him on a journey toward the only Love worth adoring, the only Love that cures a soul. Join him on the journey to waking up. mental-health; substance-use Mental Health Substance Use Disorder", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce561764a8da6b3966b3ad", "title": "THE CENTER FOR PROLONGED GRIEF", "url": "https://prolongedgrief.columbia.edu/training/#", "externalUrl": "https://prolongedgrief.columbia.edu/training/#", "type": "Training", "typeSlug": "training", "topics": [ "Grief" ], "summary": "Explore this training about grief from Prolongedgrief Columbia.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/696584a5c4159f545b9c171f_prolonged.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#f1dfbd", "language": "en", "searchableText": "THE CENTER FOR PROLONGED GRIEF all-trainings Prolongedgrief Columbia", "publishedAt": "Mon Jan 12 2026 23:36:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c840502009deb3dc47d318", "title": "The Center of It All | IF:LEAD 2015", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrB0qiL3DQw", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/xrB0qiL3DQw?list=PLMh_VL07zTs28CTP49KkxqSHkc7L3-ex6", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xrB0qiL3DQw/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Center of It All | IF:LEAD 2015 Kay Warren Orphan Care messages", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e27368ae3cdbbf9a4e78", "title": "The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-connected-child-bring-hope-and-healing-to-your-adoptive-family", "externalUrl": "http://www.amazon.com/Connected-Child-healing-adoptive-family/dp/0071475001?ie=UTF8&qid=&ref_=tmm_pap_swatch_0&sr=", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "\"The Connected Child provides the parents of adopted at risk children easy to follow practical advice on how to handle behavior problems in a calm, gentle, effective manner.\" -Temple Grandin, Author, The Way I See It, The Autistic Brain The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adoptions, though, present unique challenges. Welcoming these children into your family--and addressing their special needs--requires care, consideration, and compassion. Written by two research psychologists specializing in adoption and attachment, The Connected Child will help you: Build bonds of affection and trust with your adopted child Effectively deal with any learning or behavioral disorders Discipline your child with love without making him or her feel threatened \" The Connected Child is the literary equivalent of an airline oxygen mask and instructions: place the mask over your own face first, then over the nose of your child. This book first assists the parent, saying, in effect, 'Calm down, you're not the first mom or dad in the world to face this hurdle, breathe deeply, then follow these simple steps.' The sense of not facing these issues alone--the relief that your child's behavior is not off the charts--is hugely comforting. Other children have behaved this way; other parents have responded thusly; welcome to the community of therapeutic and joyful adoptive families.\" -Melissa Fay Greene, author of There is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d833dd7aea7c5dbb8060_66d0e27368ae3cdbbf9a4e59_668a99ae0fbf2f23d8a69a31_667dd1ae436e15244c7e7e25_667d0ad62cf0d3d1b0c4f9a9_connectedchildrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Connected Child: Bring Hope and Healing to Your Adoptive Family BY Karyn Purvis, David Cross \"The Connected Child provides the parents of adopted at risk children easy to follow practical advice on how to handle behavior problems in a calm, gentle, effective manner.\" -Temple Grandin, Author, The Way I See It, The Autistic Brain The adoption of a child is always a joyous moment in the life of a family. Some adoptions, though, present unique challenges. Welcoming these children into your family--and addressing their special needs--requires care, consideration, and compassion. Written by two research psychologists specializing in adoption and attachment, The Connected Child will help you: Build bonds of affection and trust with your adopted child Effectively deal with any learning or behavioral disorders Discipline your child with love without making him or her feel threatened \" The Connected Child is the literary equivalent of an airline oxygen mask and instructions: place the mask over your own face first, then over the nose of your child. This book first assists the parent, saying, in effect, 'Calm down, you're not the first mom or dad in the world to face this hurdle, breathe deeply, then follow these simple steps.' The sense of not facing these issues alone--the relief that your child's behavior is not off the charts--is hugely comforting. Other children have behaved this way; other parents have responded thusly; welcome to the community of therapeutic and joyful adoptive families.\" -Melissa Fay Greene, author of There is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children mental-health; ptsd-trauma; childrens-mental-health; children-adolescents Mental Health PTSD & Trauma Children's Mental Health Children & Adolescents", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66da774707b17a8329b33df8", "title": "The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-deepest-place-suffering-and-the-formation-of-hope", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4uao9Fr", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "In the face of personal and global suffering, is it possible to live with hope rather than despair? Join psychiatrist, speaker, and award-winning author Curt Thompson as he shows us how God transforms our grief into a lasting peace that surpasses all understanding. Suffering is a defining reality of life. Yet so many of us are so focused on avoiding discomfort that we've never learned how to actually suffer. But what if we could move from anxiety to durable hope? In The Deepest Place , Thompson invites us to explore how the Apostle Paul's experience of love, secure attachment, and the deeply felt sense of God's abiding presence carried him through the challenges he faced--and how it can help us not just survive, but flourish in the presence of suffering. Combining scripture with his own professional insight, Thompson helps us discover that: Suffering can increase our sense of security rather than our fears Hope is something we form in community Faith can grow out of anger, cynicism, and doubt Perseverance changes our brain and reshapes our imagination Listening to our bodies helps us find new hope in loss As Thompson reminds us, those who have suffered greatly, including the Apostle Paul, are able to see their stories with a new understanding of God's presence and unfailing love. Let The Deepest Place show you how to do the same.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d820394e015a5da569ed_66da7735f249807d442d48ab_Book_DeepestPlace.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope BY Curt Thompson, MD In the face of personal and global suffering, is it possible to live with hope rather than despair? Join psychiatrist, speaker, and award-winning author Curt Thompson as he shows us how God transforms our grief into a lasting peace that surpasses all understanding. Suffering is a defining reality of life. Yet so many of us are so focused on avoiding discomfort that we've never learned how to actually suffer. But what if we could move from anxiety to durable hope? In The Deepest Place , Thompson invites us to explore how the Apostle Paul's experience of love, secure attachment, and the deeply felt sense of God's abiding presence carried him through the challenges he faced--and how it can help us not just survive, but flourish in the presence of suffering. Combining scripture with his own professional insight, Thompson helps us discover that: Suffering can increase our sense of security rather than our fears Hope is something we form in community Faith can grow out of anger, cynicism, and doubt Perseverance changes our brain and reshapes our imagination Listening to our bodies helps us find new hope in loss As Thompson reminds us, those who have suffered greatly, including the Apostle Paul, are able to see their stories with a new understanding of God's presence and unfailing love. Let The Deepest Place show you how to do the same. mental-health; grief; ptsd-trauma Mental Health Grief PTSD & Trauma", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e27261f3abbc397e1ba1", "title": "The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-deepest-well-healing-the-long-term-effects-of-childhood-adversity", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Deepest-Well-Long-Term-Childhood-Adversity/dp/0544828704/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1516833682&sr=1-1&keywords=nadine+burke+harris", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "“ An extraordinary, eye-opening book.” - People \"A rousing wake-up call . . . this highly engaging, provocative book prove[s] beyond a reasonable doubt that millions of lives depend on us finally coming to terms with the long-term consequences of childhood adversity and toxic stress.” -Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow Dr. Nadine Burke Harris was already known as a crusading physician delivering targeted care to vulnerable children. But it was Diego - a boy who had stopped growing after a sexual assault - who galvanized her journey to uncover the connections between toxic stress and lifelong illnesses. The stunning news of Burke Harris’s research is just how deeply our bodies can be imprinted by ACEs - adverse childhood experiences like abuse, neglect, parental addiction, mental illness, and divorce. Childhood adversity changes our biological systems, and lasts a lifetime. For anyone who has faced a difficult childhood, or who cares about the millions of children who do, the fascinating scientific insight and innovative, acclaimed health interventions in The Deepest Well represent vitally important hope for preventing lifelong illness for those we love and for generations to come​. “Nadine Burke Harris . . . offers a new set of tools, based in science, that can help each of us heal ourselves, our children, and our world.” -Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d8346e304154a7346f65_66d0e27261f3abbc397e1b5b_668a99ae37c1d4fd1b9ed4f5_667dd1afcb7e24a3ce8cfd1b_667d0b30c51329c61d8c7490_deepestwellrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity BY Nadine Burke Harris, MD “ An extraordinary, eye-opening book.” - People \"A rousing wake-up call . . . this highly engaging, provocative book prove[s] beyond a reasonable doubt that millions of lives depend on us finally coming to terms with the long-term consequences of childhood adversity and toxic stress.” -Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow Dr. Nadine Burke Harris was already known as a crusading physician delivering targeted care to vulnerable children. But it was Diego - a boy who had stopped growing after a sexual assault - who galvanized her journey to uncover the connections between toxic stress and lifelong illnesses. The stunning news of Burke Harris’s research is just how deeply our bodies can be imprinted by ACEs - adverse childhood experiences like abuse, neglect, parental addiction, mental illness, and divorce. Childhood adversity changes our biological systems, and lasts a lifetime. For anyone who has faced a difficult childhood, or who cares about the millions of children who do, the fascinating scientific insight and innovative, acclaimed health interventions in The Deepest Well represent vitally important hope for preventing lifelong illness for those we love and for generations to come​. “Nadine Burke Harris . . . offers a new set of tools, based in science, that can help each of us heal ourselves, our children, and our world.” -Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed mental-health; grief; ptsd-trauma; children-adolescents; childrens-mental-health Mental Health Grief PTSD & Trauma Children & Adolescents Children's Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c84062f6824c3c1fecf054", "title": "The Effects of Attachment Styles on Mental Health | Hope for Mental Health Community", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V5hxvcyS2I", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/6V5hxvcyS2I", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Milan and Kay Yerkovich.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6V5hxvcyS2I/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Effects of Attachment Styles on Mental Health | Hope for Mental Health Community Milan and Kay Yerkovich Mental Health mental-health; hope-for-mental-health-community; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends ATTACHMENT STYLES AND CONFLICT NOTES LOVE STYLES CHART SOUL WORDS LIST HOW WE LOVE Rev. Millan Yerkovich, M.A. & Kay Yerkovich, M.S., LMFT", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8405cb54373a64479990b", "title": "The Effects of Stress and Trauma on the Brain | Hope for Mental Health Community", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCjg-b1kaNQ", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/wCjg-b1kaNQ", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Anxiety", "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Dr. Bruce D. Perry.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wCjg-b1kaNQ/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Effects of Stress and Trauma on the Brain | Hope for Mental Health Community Dr. Bruce D. Perry Mental Health mental-health; hope-for-mental-health-community; ptsd-trauma; adhd; anxiety; family-friends; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness THE NEUROSEQUENTIAL NETWORK DR. BRUCE D. PERRY'S WEBSITE Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D.", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c84063a7771bbdd70eab70", "title": "The Family and Bipolar Disorder | Hope for Mental Health Community", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBDI5HLbXqE", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/CBDI5HLbXqE", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Bipolar Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Dr. David Miklowitz.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CBDI5HLbXqE/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Family and Bipolar Disorder | Hope for Mental Health Community Dr. David Miklowitz Mental Health mental-health; bipolar-disorder; hope-for-mental-health-community; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; childrens-mental-health; student-mental-health; children-adolescents; family-friends POWERPOINT SLIDES THE BIPOLAR DISORDER SURVIVAL GUIDE: WHAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY NEED TO KNOW BY DR. DAVID J. MIKLOWITZ David J. Milklowitz, Ph.D. The Family and Bipolar Disorder | Hope for Mental Health Community Kay Warren bipolar-disorder; mental-health; family-friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e271a74589587253cdea", "title": "The Family Guide to Mental Health Care", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-family-guide-to-mental-health-care", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Family-Guide-Mental-Health-Care/dp/0393710637/ref=sr_1_1?crid=37L8QBVX4JJXP&keywords=the+family+guide+to+mental+health+care+by+lloyd+i.+sederer&qid=1660756276&sprefix=the+family+guide+to+mental+health+%2Caps%2C310&sr=8-1", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Anxiety", "Bipolar Disorder", "Borderline Personality Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Eating Disorders", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "OCD", "Schizophrenia", "Student Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Suicide Prevention", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "More than fifty million people a year are diagnosed with some form of mental illness. It spares no sex, race, age, ethnicity, or income level. And left untreated, mental disorders can devastate our families and communities. Family members and friends are often the first to realize when someone has a problem, but it is hard to know how to help or where to turn. Our mental health “system” can feel like a bewildering and frustrating maze. How can you tell that someone has a mental illness? What are the first and best steps for you to take? Where do you go to find the right care? The Family Guide to Mental Health Care is the first comprehensive print resource for the millions of people who have loved ones suffering from some kind of mental illness. In this book, families can find the answers to their most urgent questions. What medications are helpful and are some as dangerous as I think? Is there a way to navigate privacy laws so I can discuss my adult daughter’s treatment with her doctor? Is my teenager experiencing typical adolescent distress or an illness? From understanding depression, bipolar illness and anxiety to eating and traumatic disorders, schizophrenia, and much more, readers will learn what to do and how to help. Real-life scenarios and authoritative information are written in a compassionate, reader-friendly way, including checklists to bring to a doctor’s appointment so you can ask the right questions. For readers who fear they will never see the light at the end of the tunnel, this book gives hope and a path forward. As one of the nation’s leading voices on quality care in mental health, Dr. Lloyd Sederer has played a singular role in advancing services for those with mental illness. Now, the wealth of his expertise and clear guidance is at your disposal. From the first signs of a problem to sorting through the variety of treatment options, you and your family will be able to walk into a doctor’s office know what to do and what to ask.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d83442877796e4ca7cda_66d0e271a74589587253cd3a_668a99af166a899b5ea7a1d3_667dd18c5fd5c6879e7dce02_6673333d035eb572b0c2fba3_recommendedresourcefamilyguidetomentalhealthcare.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Family Guide to Mental Health Care BY LLOYD I. SEDERER, MD More than fifty million people a year are diagnosed with some form of mental illness. It spares no sex, race, age, ethnicity, or income level. And left untreated, mental disorders can devastate our families and communities. Family members and friends are often the first to realize when someone has a problem, but it is hard to know how to help or where to turn. Our mental health “system” can feel like a bewildering and frustrating maze. How can you tell that someone has a mental illness? What are the first and best steps for you to take? Where do you go to find the right care? The Family Guide to Mental Health Care is the first comprehensive print resource for the millions of people who have loved ones suffering from some kind of mental illness. In this book, families can find the answers to their most urgent questions. What medications are helpful and are some as dangerous as I think? Is there a way to navigate privacy laws so I can discuss my adult daughter’s treatment with her doctor? Is my teenager experiencing typical adolescent distress or an illness? From understanding depression, bipolar illness and anxiety to eating and traumatic disorders, schizophrenia, and much more, readers will learn what to do and how to help. Real-life scenarios and authoritative information are written in a compassionate, reader-friendly way, including checklists to bring to a doctor’s appointment so you can ask the right questions. For readers who fear they will never see the light at the end of the tunnel, this book gives hope and a path forward. As one of the nation’s leading voices on quality care in mental health, Dr. Lloyd Sederer has played a singular role in advancing services for those with mental illness. Now, the wealth of his expertise and clear guidance is at your disposal. From the first signs of a problem to sorting through the variety of treatment options, you and your family will be able to walk into a doctor’s office know what to do and what to ask. mental-health; childrens-mental-health; anxiety-disorder; adhd; bipolar-disorder; borderline-personality-disorder; depression; eating-disorder; ocd; ptsd-trauma; schizophrenia; self-injury; student-mental-health; substance-use; veterans-mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness Mental Health Children's Mental Health Anxiety ADHD Bipolar Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder Depression Eating Disorders OCD PTSD & Trauma Schizophrenia Self-Injury Student Mental Health Substance Use Disorder Veterans Mental Health Parents of Children with Mental Illness", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66da785b07b17a8329b457bf", "title": "The Garden Within: Where the War with Your Emotions Ends and Your Most Powerful Life Begins", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-garden-within-where-the-war-with-your-emotions-ends-and-your-most-powerful-life-begins", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4t0DV4K", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Featured on SUPER SOUL PODCAST hosted by Oprah Winfrey. Too often we’ve been taught to view our emotions with suspicion, seeing them as something to be suppressed, managed, or mastered. This isn’t true. Emotions are not your enemy. Internal war is not your destiny. You were created to flourish. In this game-changing book, trauma therapist and mental health expert Dr. Anita Phillips reveals how embracing emotion is the key to living your most powerful life. Just as gardens thrive in good ground, the abundant life you’ve been seeking can only be grown in the soil of your heart. Blending faith, the latest discoveries in neurobiology, and her own research and work as a licensed therapist, Dr. Anita shows you how to cultivate a state of emotional well-being that can: strengthen your body and reverse the effects of trauma, calm anxiety and renew your mind, and unleash a new level of spiritual power in your life. This book will equip you with the tools you need to nurture a part of yourself that has been misunderstood for too long — your heart — setting you free to live just as the Creator intended. AUTHENTIC. FRUITFUL. POWERFUL", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d820b22fcf9f10249e89_66da7850e1ca90cace809385_Book_GardenWithin.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Garden Within: Where the War with Your Emotions Ends and Your Most Powerful Life Begins BY Dr. Anita Phillips NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Featured on SUPER SOUL PODCAST hosted by Oprah Winfrey. Too often we’ve been taught to view our emotions with suspicion, seeing them as something to be suppressed, managed, or mastered. This isn’t true. Emotions are not your enemy. Internal war is not your destiny. You were created to flourish. In this game-changing book, trauma therapist and mental health expert Dr. Anita Phillips reveals how embracing emotion is the key to living your most powerful life. Just as gardens thrive in good ground, the abundant life you’ve been seeking can only be grown in the soil of your heart. Blending faith, the latest discoveries in neurobiology, and her own research and work as a licensed therapist, Dr. Anita shows you how to cultivate a state of emotional well-being that can: strengthen your body and reverse the effects of trauma, calm anxiety and renew your mind, and unleash a new level of spiritual power in your life. This book will equip you with the tools you need to nurture a part of yourself that has been misunderstood for too long — your heart — setting you free to live just as the Creator intended. AUTHENTIC. FRUITFUL. POWERFUL mental-health Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c840505fac8b3cd4e6a6c2", "title": "The Gospel and Mental Health | Transformation Church", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=779sRknSa9E", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/779sRknSa9E", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "The Church" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/779sRknSa9E/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Gospel and Mental Health | Transformation Church Kay Warren Mental Health mental-health; messages; mental-health-the-church; global-mental-health; family-friends; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "69715b62d9dd3613a6fa69bc", "title": "The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-grieving-body-how-the-stress-of-loss-can-be-an-opportunity-for-healing", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4t016Mw", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Grief" ], "summary": "The follow-up to celebrated grief expert, neuroscientist, and psychologist Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor’s The Grieving Brain focuses on the impact of grief—and life’s other major stressors—on the human body. Coping with death and grief is one of the most painful human experiences. While we can speak to the psychological and emotional ramifications of loss and sorrow, we often overlook its impact on our physical bodies. Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor specializes in the study of grief, and in The Grieving Body she shares vital scientific research, revealing imperative new insights on its profound physiological impact. As she did in The Grieving Brain , O’Connor combines illuminating studies and personal stories to explore the toll loss takes on our cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune systems and the larger implications for our long-term well-being. The Grieving Body addresses questions about how bereavement affects us, such as: Can we die of a broken heart? What happens in our bodies when we’re grieving? How do our coping behaviors affect our physical health? What is the cognitive impact of grief? Why are we more prone to illness during times of enormous stress? and more Research-backed, warm, and empathetic, The Grieving Body is an essential, hopeful read for those experiencing loss as well as their supportive friends and family. The Grieving Body is illustrated with black-and-white charts and graphs. ‍", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69715b1f5be9ae69bc3432a2_grieve.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Grieving Body: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing BY Mary-Frances O'Connor The follow-up to celebrated grief expert, neuroscientist, and psychologist Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor’s The Grieving Brain focuses on the impact of grief—and life’s other major stressors—on the human body. Coping with death and grief is one of the most painful human experiences. While we can speak to the psychological and emotional ramifications of loss and sorrow, we often overlook its impact on our physical bodies. Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor specializes in the study of grief, and in The Grieving Body she shares vital scientific research, revealing imperative new insights on its profound physiological impact. As she did in The Grieving Brain , O’Connor combines illuminating studies and personal stories to explore the toll loss takes on our cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune systems and the larger implications for our long-term well-being. The Grieving Body addresses questions about how bereavement affects us, such as: Can we die of a broken heart? What happens in our bodies when we’re grieving? How do our coping behaviors affect our physical health? What is the cognitive impact of grief? Why are we more prone to illness during times of enormous stress? and more Research-backed, warm, and empathetic, The Grieving Body is an essential, hopeful read for those experiencing loss as well as their supportive friends and family. The Grieving Body is illustrated with black-and-white charts and graphs. ‍ grief Grief", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "69715c840d49a4e72e1bfda8", "title": "The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-grieving-brain-the-surprising-science-of-how-we-learn-from-love-and-loss", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4cTHSCz", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief" ], "summary": "A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve, providing a new paradigm for understanding love, loss, and learning. In The Grieving Brain , neuroscientist and psychologist Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD, gives us a fascinating new window into one of the hallmark experiences of being human. O’Connor has devoted decades to researching the effects of grief on the brain, and in this book, she makes cutting-edge neuroscience accessible through her contagious enthusiasm, and guides us through how we encode love and grief. With love, our neurons help us form attachments to others; but, with loss, our brain must come to terms with where our loved ones went, or how to imagine a future without them. The Grieving Brain addresses: Why it’s so hard to understand that a loved one has died and is gone forever Why grief causes so many emotions—sadness, anger, blame, guilt, and yearning Why grieving takes so long The distinction between grief and prolonged grief Why we ruminate so much after we lose a loved one How we go about restoring a meaningful life while grieving Based on O’Connor’s own trailblazing neuroimaging work, research in the field, and her real-life stories, The Grieving Brain combines storytelling, accessible science, and practical knowledge that will help us better understand what happens when we grieve and how to navigate loss with more ease and grace.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69715c8062668117275ac08f_grbrain.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss BY Mary-Frances O'Connor A renowned grief expert and neuroscientist shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve, providing a new paradigm for understanding love, loss, and learning. In The Grieving Brain , neuroscientist and psychologist Mary-Frances O’Connor, PhD, gives us a fascinating new window into one of the hallmark experiences of being human. O’Connor has devoted decades to researching the effects of grief on the brain, and in this book, she makes cutting-edge neuroscience accessible through her contagious enthusiasm, and guides us through how we encode love and grief. With love, our neurons help us form attachments to others; but, with loss, our brain must come to terms with where our loved ones went, or how to imagine a future without them. The Grieving Brain addresses: Why it’s so hard to understand that a loved one has died and is gone forever Why grief causes so many emotions—sadness, anger, blame, guilt, and yearning Why grieving takes so long The distinction between grief and prolonged grief Why we ruminate so much after we lose a loved one How we go about restoring a meaningful life while grieving Based on O’Connor’s own trailblazing neuroimaging work, research in the field, and her real-life stories, The Grieving Brain combines storytelling, accessible science, and practical knowledge that will help us better understand what happens when we grieve and how to navigate loss with more ease and grace. grief Grief", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c8406286919a529d04307f", "title": "The Healing Power of Breathing and Prayer | BREATHE Call with Kay Warren and Brooke & Dave Thompson", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKqudN1Q-2c", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/TKqudN1Q-2c", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren and Brooke & Dave Thompson.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TKqudN1Q-2c/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Healing Power of Breathing and Prayer | BREATHE Call with Kay Warren and Brooke & Dave Thompson Kay Warren and Brooke & Dave Thompson breathe; mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends; ptsd-trauma; anxiety; suicide", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8405afa4df094c0ce13d7", "title": "The Hope Circle | Houston Baptist University Founder's Day Convocation", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2hw8jrsQGA", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/J2hw8jrsQGA", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video about mental health.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J2hw8jrsQGA/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Hope Circle | Houston Baptist University Founder's Day Convocation Mental Health mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8405381e724fd354ca20e", "title": "The Hope of Resurrection | Enjoying Everyday Life with Joyce Meyer", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqtTXbNRtBU", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/tqtTXbNRtBU", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Joyce Meyer.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tqtTXbNRtBU/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Hope of Resurrection | Enjoying Everyday Life with Joyce Meyer Joyce Meyer grief; suicide; mental-health; interview; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66c8405013f435c278afb458", "title": "The Importance of the Church | IF:Gathering", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGFeJZnEyjI", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/yGFeJZnEyjI", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "The Church" ], "summary": "Watch this video about the church.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yGFeJZnEyjI/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Importance of the Church | IF:Gathering interview", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "667d7afd1a832b95c281226c", "title": "The Intersection of Mental Health and Recovery", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCT-JQqVaLA", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/rCT-JQqVaLA", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders" ], "summary": "Watch this Hope for Mental Health Community conversation featuring Jhonny & Jeni Baker.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rCT-JQqVaLA/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Intersection of Mental Health and Recovery Jhonny & Jeni Baker CELEBRATE RECOVERY mental health family friends", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Hope for Mental Health Community Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e2721ba4638e6e9d1778", "title": "The Invisible String", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-invisible-string", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-String-Patrice-Karst/dp/031648623X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=invisible+strings&qid=1625602321&s=books&sr=1-1", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "With over half a million copies sold, this accessible, bestselling picture book phenomenon about the unbreakable connections between loved ones has healed a generation of readers - children and adults alike - and has been updated with new illustrations and an afterword from the author. Also available: Spanish edition ( El hilo invisible) and a companion workbook ( The Invisible String Workbook ). Parents, educators, therapists, and social workers alike have declared The Invisible String the perfect tool for coping with all kinds of separation anxiety, loss, and grief. In this relatable and reassuring contemporary classic, a mother tells her two children that they're all connected by an invisible string. \"That's impossible!\" the children insist, but still they want to know more: \"What kind of string?\" The answer is the simple truth that binds us all: An Invisible String made of love. Even though you can't see it with your eyes, you can feel it deep in your heart, and know that you are always connected to the ones you love. Does everybody have an Invisible String? How far does it reach? Does it ever go away? This heartwarming picture book for all ages explores questions about the intangible yet unbreakable connections between us, and opens up deeper conversations about love. Recommended and adopted by parenting blogs, bereavement support groups, hospice centers, foster care and social service agencies, military library services, church groups, and educators, The Invisible String offers a very simple approach to overcoming loneliness, separation, or loss with an imaginative twist that children easily understand and embrace, and delivers a particularly compelling message in today's uncertain times. This special paperback edition includes vibrant new illustrations and an introduction from the author. \"This book is a beautiful way to begin to try, as parents, to instill in children the impenetrable power of the heart, the energy of love, and the flow that can be felt from the grace in every moment.\" -Tony Robbins", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d8345b9750161dcad28a_66d0e2711ba4638e6e9d169f_668a99af54a6b6496bb64283_667dd1af9f2e33a63b567045_667d0bb07390803b3d303023_invisiblestringrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "es", "searchableText": "The Invisible String BY Patrice Karst With over half a million copies sold, this accessible, bestselling picture book phenomenon about the unbreakable connections between loved ones has healed a generation of readers - children and adults alike - and has been updated with new illustrations and an afterword from the author. Also available: Spanish edition ( El hilo invisible) and a companion workbook ( The Invisible String Workbook ). Parents, educators, therapists, and social workers alike have declared The Invisible String the perfect tool for coping with all kinds of separation anxiety, loss, and grief. In this relatable and reassuring contemporary classic, a mother tells her two children that they're all connected by an invisible string. \"That's impossible!\" the children insist, but still they want to know more: \"What kind of string?\" The answer is the simple truth that binds us all: An Invisible String made of love. Even though you can't see it with your eyes, you can feel it deep in your heart, and know that you are always connected to the ones you love. Does everybody have an Invisible String? How far does it reach? Does it ever go away? This heartwarming picture book for all ages explores questions about the intangible yet unbreakable connections between us, and opens up deeper conversations about love. Recommended and adopted by parenting blogs, bereavement support groups, hospice centers, foster care and social service agencies, military library services, church groups, and educators, The Invisible String offers a very simple approach to overcoming loneliness, separation, or loss with an imaginative twist that children easily understand and embrace, and delivers a particularly compelling message in today's uncertain times. This special paperback edition includes vibrant new illustrations and an introduction from the author. \"This book is a beautiful way to begin to try, as parents, to instill in children the impenetrable power of the heart, the energy of love, and the flow that can be felt from the grace in every moment.\" -Tony Robbins grief; ptsd-trauma; childrens-mental-health; children-adolescents Grief PTSD & Trauma Children's Mental Health Children & Adolescents", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce560824935221feb85ef0", "title": "THE JASON FOUNDATION", "url": "https://jasonfoundation.com/", "externalUrl": "https://jasonfoundation.com/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention from Jasonfoundation.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69617fcbfe9ddd451ba94fee_jason.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "THE JASON FOUNDATION suicide-prevention Jasonfoundation", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 09 2026 22:36:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66ce5608a9fe117700eb6bd7", "title": "THE JED FOUNDATION", "url": "https://jedfoundation.org/", "externalUrl": "https://jedfoundation.org/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention and anxiety from Jedfoundation.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6961808ab7300ceabf3dc563_jed.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "THE JED FOUNDATION suicide-prevention; anxiety Jedfoundation", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 09 2026 22:36:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c840656a57e5cce36e65cd", "title": "The Lord Is My Courage | Breathe Devotional with Kelly Rosati", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_i8gVLuMhg", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/I_i8gVLuMhg", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kelly Rosati.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I_i8gVLuMhg/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Lord Is My Courage | Breathe Devotional with Kelly Rosati Kelly Rosati Mental Health mental-health; breathe; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; devotional", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66da7b25424db40bdbd9108e", "title": "The Lord Is My Courage: Stepping Through the Shadows of Fear Toward the Voice of Love", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-lord-is-my-courage-stepping-through-the-shadows-of-fear-toward-the-voice-of-love", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4mWvu9n", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Walking through Psalm 23 phrase by phrase, therapist and author K.J. Ramsey explores the landscape of our fear, trauma, and faith. When she stepped through her own wilderness of spiritual abuse and religious trauma, K.J. discovered that courage is not the absence of anxiety but the practice of trusting we will be held and loved no matter what. How can we cultivate courage when fear overshadows our lives? How do we hear the Voice of Love when hate and harm shout loud? This book offers an honest path to finding that there is still a Good Shepherd who is always following you. Braiding contemplative storytelling, theological reflection, and practical neuroscience, Ramsey reveals a route into connection and joy that begins right where you are. The Lord is My Courage is for the deconstructing and the dreamers, the afraid and the amazed, for those whose fear has not been fully shepherded but who can't seem to stop listening for their Good Shepherd's Voice.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d820eb9f7bf72342000f_66da7b1ae1ca90cace8329a6_Book_LordIsMyCourage.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Lord Is My Courage: Stepping Through the Shadows of Fear Toward the Voice of Love BY K.J. Ramsey Walking through Psalm 23 phrase by phrase, therapist and author K.J. Ramsey explores the landscape of our fear, trauma, and faith. When she stepped through her own wilderness of spiritual abuse and religious trauma, K.J. discovered that courage is not the absence of anxiety but the practice of trusting we will be held and loved no matter what. How can we cultivate courage when fear overshadows our lives? How do we hear the Voice of Love when hate and harm shout loud? This book offers an honest path to finding that there is still a Good Shepherd who is always following you. Braiding contemplative storytelling, theological reflection, and practical neuroscience, Ramsey reveals a route into connection and joy that begins right where you are. The Lord is My Courage is for the deconstructing and the dreamers, the afraid and the amazed, for those whose fear has not been fully shepherded but who can't seem to stop listening for their Good Shepherd's Voice. mental-health Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "696051a785c460dd17c84067", "title": "The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD: A Guide to Overcoming Obsessions and Compulsions Using Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-mindfulness-workbook-for-ocd-a-guide-to-overcoming-obsessions-and-compulsions-using-mindfulness-and-cognitive-behavioral-therapy", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/48wmCkN", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "OCD" ], "summary": "If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you might have an irrational fear of being contaminated by germs, or obsessively double-check things. You may even feel like a prisoner, trapped with your intrusive thoughts. And while OCD can have a devastating impact on your life, getting real help can be a challenge. Combining mindfulness practices with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD offers practical and accessible tools for managing the unwanted thoughts and compulsive urges that are associated with OCD. With this workbook, you will develop present-moment awareness, learn to challenge your own distorted thinking, and stop treating thoughts as threats and feelings as facts. This fully revised and updated second edition also includes new meditations, information, and chapters on emotional and mental contamination, existential obsessions, false memories, and more. If you’re ready to take back your life back from OCD—and start living with more joy in the moment—this workbook has everything you need to get started right away.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/696051641ce7a1a4f7c21d9f_ocd%20workbook.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD: A Guide to Overcoming Obsessions and Compulsions Using Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy BY Jon Hershfield, MFT & Tom Corboy, MFT If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you might have an irrational fear of being contaminated by germs, or obsessively double-check things. You may even feel like a prisoner, trapped with your intrusive thoughts. And while OCD can have a devastating impact on your life, getting real help can be a challenge. Combining mindfulness practices with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD offers practical and accessible tools for managing the unwanted thoughts and compulsive urges that are associated with OCD. With this workbook, you will develop present-moment awareness, learn to challenge your own distorted thinking, and stop treating thoughts as threats and feelings as facts. This fully revised and updated second edition also includes new meditations, information, and chapters on emotional and mental contamination, existential obsessions, false memories, and more. If you’re ready to take back your life back from OCD—and start living with more joy in the moment—this workbook has everything you need to get started right away. ocd OCD", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "69604c6daa556dade98e9e12", "title": "The OCD Stories", "url": "https://theocdstories.com/", "externalUrl": "https://theocdstories.com/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "OCD" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about ocd from Theocdstories.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69604c4d14b890c6ec936958_ocdstory.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The OCD Stories ocd Theocdstories", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 09 2026 00:34:42 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "696ac2f6fdc2f28c1ee510f6", "title": "The OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-ocd-workbook-your-guide-to-breaking-free-from-obsessive-compulsive-disorder", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/425VUvM", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "OCD", "Substance Use Disorders" ], "summary": "If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), chances are that your persistent obsessive thoughts and time-consuming compulsions keep you from enjoying life to the fullest. But when you are in the habit of avoiding the things you fear, the idea of facing them head-on can feel frightening and overwhelming. This book can help. The OCD Workbook has helped thousands of people with OCD break the bonds of troubling OCD symptoms and regain the hope of a productive life. Endorsed and used in hospitals and clinics the world over, this valuable resource is now fully revised and updated with the latest evidence-based approaches to understanding and managing OCD. It offers day-to-day coping strategies you can start using right away, along with proven-effective self-help techniques that can help you maintain your progress. The book also includes information for family members seeking to understand and support loved ones who suffer from this often baffling and frustrating disorder. Whether you suffer with OCD or a related disorder, such as body dysmorphic disorder or trichotillomania, let this new edition of The OCD Workbook be your guide on the path to recovery. This new edition will help you: use self-assessment tools to identify your symptoms and their severity; create and implement a recovery strategy using cognitive behavioral self-help tools and techniques; learn about the most effective medications and medical treatments; find the right professional help and access needed support for your recovery; and maintain your progress and prevent future relapse. This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit — an award bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives. ‍", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/696ac2f1b84dfffe07b6d298_ocdwork.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The OCD Workbook: Your Guide to Breaking Free from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder BY Bruce M. Hyman PhD LCSW and Cherlene Pedrick RN If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), chances are that your persistent obsessive thoughts and time-consuming compulsions keep you from enjoying life to the fullest. But when you are in the habit of avoiding the things you fear, the idea of facing them head-on can feel frightening and overwhelming. This book can help. The OCD Workbook has helped thousands of people with OCD break the bonds of troubling OCD symptoms and regain the hope of a productive life. Endorsed and used in hospitals and clinics the world over, this valuable resource is now fully revised and updated with the latest evidence-based approaches to understanding and managing OCD. It offers day-to-day coping strategies you can start using right away, along with proven-effective self-help techniques that can help you maintain your progress. The book also includes information for family members seeking to understand and support loved ones who suffer from this often baffling and frustrating disorder. Whether you suffer with OCD or a related disorder, such as body dysmorphic disorder or trichotillomania, let this new edition of The OCD Workbook be your guide on the path to recovery. This new edition will help you: use self-assessment tools to identify your symptoms and their severity; create and implement a recovery strategy using cognitive behavioral self-help tools and techniques; learn about the most effective medications and medical treatments; find the right professional help and access needed support for your recovery; and maintain your progress and prevent future relapse. This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit — an award bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives. ‍ ocd; mental-health; hope-for-mental-health OCD Mental Health Hope for Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e271ed01439860d7fdc2", "title": "The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-out-of-sync-child-recognizing-and-coping-with-sensory-processing-disorder", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Out---Sync-Child-Carol-Kranowitz/dp/0399531653/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466451483&sr=8-1&keywords=out+of+sync+child", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "The groundbreaking book that explains Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) - and presents a drug-free approach that offers hope for parents - now revised and updated. Does your child exhibit... Over-responsivity, or under-responsivity, to touch or movement? A child with SPD may be a \"sensory avoider,\" withdrawing from touch, refusing to wear certain clothing, avoiding active games - or he may be a \"sensory disregarder,\" needing a jump start to get moving. Over-responsivity, or under-responsivity, to sounds, sights taste, or smell? She may cover her ears or eyes, be a picky eater, or seem oblivious to sensory cues. Cravings for sensation? The \"sensory craver\" never gets enough of certain sensations, e.g., messy play, spicy food, noisy action, and perpetual movement. Poor sensory discrimination? She may not sense the difference between objects or experiences--unaware of what she's holding unless she looks, and unable to sense when she's falling or how to catch herself. Unusually high or low activity level? The child may be constantly on the go - wearing out everyone around him - or move slowly and tire easily, showing little interest in the world. Problems with posture or motor coordination? He may slouch, move awkwardly, seem careless or accident-prone. These are often the first clues to Sensory Processing Disorder - a common but frequently misdiagnosed problem in which the central nervous system misinterprets messages from the senses. The Out-of-Sync Child offers comprehensive, clear information for parents and professionals - and a drug-free treatment approach for children. This revised edition includes new sections on vision and hearing, picky eaters, and coexisting disorders such as autism and ADHD, among other topics.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d835a73e8d5bc5e48a50_66d0e270ed01439860d7fd22_668a99af2ff7fc933a6d4551_667dd1af39d3fa6ea99b39d6_667d0be570df5f12166eaaa8_outofsyncchildrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder BY Carol Stock Kranowitz, MA The groundbreaking book that explains Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) - and presents a drug-free approach that offers hope for parents - now revised and updated. Does your child exhibit... Over-responsivity, or under-responsivity, to touch or movement? A child with SPD may be a \"sensory avoider,\" withdrawing from touch, refusing to wear certain clothing, avoiding active games - or he may be a \"sensory disregarder,\" needing a jump start to get moving. Over-responsivity, or under-responsivity, to sounds, sights taste, or smell? She may cover her ears or eyes, be a picky eater, or seem oblivious to sensory cues. Cravings for sensation? The \"sensory craver\" never gets enough of certain sensations, e.g., messy play, spicy food, noisy action, and perpetual movement. Poor sensory discrimination? She may not sense the difference between objects or experiences--unaware of what she's holding unless she looks, and unable to sense when she's falling or how to catch herself. Unusually high or low activity level? The child may be constantly on the go - wearing out everyone around him - or move slowly and tire easily, showing little interest in the world. Problems with posture or motor coordination? He may slouch, move awkwardly, seem careless or accident-prone. These are often the first clues to Sensory Processing Disorder - a common but frequently misdiagnosed problem in which the central nervous system misinterprets messages from the senses. The Out-of-Sync Child offers comprehensive, clear information for parents and professionals - and a drug-free treatment approach for children. This revised edition includes new sections on vision and hearing, picky eaters, and coexisting disorders such as autism and ADHD, among other topics. childrens-mental-health; mental-health; children-adolescents; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness Children's Mental Health Mental Health Children & Adolescents Parents of Children with Mental Illness", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e2716b905323d14cdce8", "title": "The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here For?", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-purpose-driven-life-what-on-earth-am-i-here-for", "externalUrl": "https://store.pastors.com/expanded-purpose-driven-life-book.html", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Living out the purpose you were created for moves you beyond mere survival and success to a life of significance - the life you were meant to live. One of the best-selling nonfiction books in history, The Purpose Driven Life is far more than just a book; it’s a 42-day spiritual journey to find the answers to three of life’s most important questions: The Question of Existence: Why am I alive? The Question of Significance: Does my life matter? The Question of Purpose: What on Earth am I here for? The most basic questions everyone faces in life are, “Why am I here, and what is my purpose?” Self-help books suggest that people should look within, at their own desires and dreams, but Rick Warren says the starting place must be with God and his eternal purposes for every person. Real meaning and significance come from understanding and fulfilling God’s purposes for us here on earth. This new edition is reimagined for a new generation, with new features including: Video introductions by Rick Warren to chapters 1-42 An audio lesson at the end of each chapter, with over 30 additional hours of teaching by Rick Warren Two new bonus chapters on the most common barriers to living a purpose driven life Since its release, The Purpose Driven Life has been translated into 137 different languages and sold more than 50 million copies in all formats, all because of the Christ-centered approach the book takes to answering life's most fundamental question: What on earth am I here for? This book has transformed millions of lives. Are you ready for a change?", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d8344fd9e08fc6868aae_66d0e2706b905323d14cdbf8_668a99af41e22cf3ecd1912a_667dd1b2ec78017d9093ab54_667d0c503213dbf9981a8413_purposedrivenlifeexpandedrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here For? BY Rick Warren Living out the purpose you were created for moves you beyond mere survival and success to a life of significance - the life you were meant to live. One of the best-selling nonfiction books in history, The Purpose Driven Life is far more than just a book; it’s a 42-day spiritual journey to find the answers to three of life’s most important questions: The Question of Existence: Why am I alive? The Question of Significance: Does my life matter? The Question of Purpose: What on Earth am I here for? The most basic questions everyone faces in life are, “Why am I here, and what is my purpose?” Self-help books suggest that people should look within, at their own desires and dreams, but Rick Warren says the starting place must be with God and his eternal purposes for every person. Real meaning and significance come from understanding and fulfilling God’s purposes for us here on earth. This new edition is reimagined for a new generation, with new features including: Video introductions by Rick Warren to chapters 1-42 An audio lesson at the end of each chapter, with over 30 additional hours of teaching by Rick Warren Two new bonus chapters on the most common barriers to living a purpose driven life Since its release, The Purpose Driven Life has been translated into 137 different languages and sold more than 50 million copies in all formats, all because of the Christ-centered approach the book takes to answering life's most fundamental question: What on earth am I here for? This book has transformed millions of lives. Are you ready for a change? mental-health Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce55fd44144deed097df01", "title": "The Relationship Between Bullying & Suicide", "url": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34163", "externalUrl": "https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34163", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about children & adolescents and suicide prevention from Stacks Cdc.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6949cd2b0041b14d661d219f_bullysui.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Relationship Between Bullying & Suicide children-adolescents; suicide Stacks Cdc The Relationship Between Bullying and Suicide: What We Know and What it Means for Schools suicide-prevention Stacks Cdc", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 23:52:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e27010b5ec13af654666", "title": "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-soul-of-desire-discovering-the-neuroscience-of-longing-beauty-and-community", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Desire-Discovering-Neuroscience-Community/dp/1514002108/ref=sr_1_2?crid=LYEXXKG4AXPL&keywords=soul+of+desire&qid=1642543072&sprefix=soul+of+desire%2Caps%2C242&sr=8-2", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "We are people of desire. In The Soul of Desire , psychiatrist Curt Thompson suggests that underneath all our longings is the desire to be known―and what's more, that this fundamental yearning manifests itself in our deep need to make things of beauty, revealing who we are to others. Desire and beauty go hand in hand. But both our craving to be known and our ability to create beauty have been marred by trauma and shame, collapsing our imagination for what God has for us and blinding us to the possibility that beauty could ever emerge from our ashes. Drawing on his work in interpersonal neurobiology and clinical practice, Thompson presents a powerful picture of the capacity of the believing community to reshape our imaginations, hold our desires and griefs together, and invite us into the beauty of God’s presence. The Soul of Desire is a mature, creative work, weaving together neuroscience and spiritual formation to open up new horizons for thinking not only about the nature of the mind, but about what it means to be human.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d8359ac8d50f6c6336cd_66d0e27010b5ec13af6545e9_668a99b0975320f42a324c7f_667dd1b3dce16374e499a819_667dce9dfcb2a0a81796f4db_soulofdesirerecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community BY Curt Thompson, MD We are people of desire. In The Soul of Desire , psychiatrist Curt Thompson suggests that underneath all our longings is the desire to be known―and what's more, that this fundamental yearning manifests itself in our deep need to make things of beauty, revealing who we are to others. Desire and beauty go hand in hand. But both our craving to be known and our ability to create beauty have been marred by trauma and shame, collapsing our imagination for what God has for us and blinding us to the possibility that beauty could ever emerge from our ashes. Drawing on his work in interpersonal neurobiology and clinical practice, Thompson presents a powerful picture of the capacity of the believing community to reshape our imaginations, hold our desires and griefs together, and invite us into the beauty of God’s presence. 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Its name is shame. Whether we realize it or not, shame affects every aspect of our personal lives and vocational endeavors. It seeks to destroy our identity in Christ, replacing it with a damaged version of ourselves that results in unhealed pain and brokenness. But God is telling a different story for your life. Psychiatrist Curt Thompson unpacks the soul of shame, revealing its ubiquitous nature and neurobiological roots. He also provides the theological and practical tools necessary to dismantle shame, based on years of researching its damaging effects and counseling people to overcome those wounds. Thompson's expertise and compassion will help you identify your own pains and struggles and find freedom from the lifelong negative messages that bind you. Rewrite the story of your life and embrace healing and wholeness as you discover and defeat shame's insidious agenda.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d836a73e8d5bc5e48bff_66d0e26e8cd2257453af1bcd_668a99b08f684e366267b15f_667dd1b391eabbc8eac9dbd9_667dceaf7c79fb8fea2516ce_soulofshamerecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Soul of Shame: Retelling the Stories We Believe About Ourselves BY Curt Thompson, MD The Gospel Coalition Top Books Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books Outreach Magazine's Resources of the Year We're all infected with a spiritual disease. Its name is shame. Whether we realize it or not, shame affects every aspect of our personal lives and vocational endeavors. It seeks to destroy our identity in Christ, replacing it with a damaged version of ourselves that results in unhealed pain and brokenness. But God is telling a different story for your life. Psychiatrist Curt Thompson unpacks the soul of shame, revealing its ubiquitous nature and neurobiological roots. He also provides the theological and practical tools necessary to dismantle shame, based on years of researching its damaging effects and counseling people to overcome those wounds. Thompson's expertise and compassion will help you identify your own pains and struggles and find freedom from the lifelong negative messages that bind you. Rewrite the story of your life and embrace healing and wholeness as you discover and defeat shame's insidious agenda. mental-health; neuroscience Mental Health Neuroscience", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e26eea292371bc71708b", "title": "The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens: Mindfulness Skills to Help You Deal with Stress", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-stress-reduction-workbook-for-teens-mindfulness-skills-to-help-you-deal-with-stress", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Stress-Reduction-Workbook-Teens-Mindfulness/dp/1572246979/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1466793244&sr=1-1&keywords=the+stress+reduction+workbook+for+teens", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health" ], "summary": "First, the bad news: your teenage years are some of the most stressful of your life. Up to 70 percent of teens say they're stressed out, and with pressure about grades at school, parents who just don't seem to get it, and friends who drive you crazy, it's no wonder. Here's the good news! If you learn a few strategies for getting stress under control now, you'll have the skills you need to deal with problems and difficult feelings that life sends your way in high school and beyond. The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens is a collection of thirty-seven simple workbook activities that will teach you to reduce your worries using a technique called mindfulness. Mindfulness is a way to be aware of your thoughts and feelings in the present moment. You can use mindfulness when you start to feel as though things are spinning out of control, so you can stop worrying about what might happen and focus instead on what's happening now. Ready to get started? Open this workbook and try out the first activity. Soon, you'll be well on your way to developing resilience and a new kind of strength. If you’re like many people, you find it easy to look at your negative qualities or feel there is no way to fix your problems or stress. This book is about building on the resources, skills, and positive qualities that you might not even realize you have. It is a way to move from “I'm powerless” thinking to “I can do it!” thinking.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d835a73e8d5bc5e48b29_66d0e26eea292371bc717042_668a99b0643c77cd14a4ba31_667dd1b3ec78017d9093ac42_667dcebeee2a0f5a228ebca7_stressreductionworkbookteensrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens: Mindfulness Skills to Help You Deal with Stress BY Gina Biegel, MD, LMFT First, the bad news: your teenage years are some of the most stressful of your life. Up to 70 percent of teens say they're stressed out, and with pressure about grades at school, parents who just don't seem to get it, and friends who drive you crazy, it's no wonder. Here's the good news! If you learn a few strategies for getting stress under control now, you'll have the skills you need to deal with problems and difficult feelings that life sends your way in high school and beyond. The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens is a collection of thirty-seven simple workbook activities that will teach you to reduce your worries using a technique called mindfulness. Mindfulness is a way to be aware of your thoughts and feelings in the present moment. You can use mindfulness when you start to feel as though things are spinning out of control, so you can stop worrying about what might happen and focus instead on what's happening now. Ready to get started? Open this workbook and try out the first activity. Soon, you'll be well on your way to developing resilience and a new kind of strength. If you’re like many people, you find it easy to look at your negative qualities or feel there is no way to fix your problems or stress. This book is about building on the resources, skills, and positive qualities that you might not even realize you have. It is a way to move from “I'm powerless” thinking to “I can do it!” thinking. mental-health; anxiety-disorder; children-adolescents; student-mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness Mental Health Anxiety Children & Adolescents Student Mental Health Parents of Children with Mental Illness", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e26e2d74b4b5e83f65d0", "title": "The Suicide Funeral (or Memorial Service): Honoring Their Memory, Comforting Their Survivors", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-suicide-funeral-or-memorial-service-honoring-their-memory-comforting-their-survivors", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Suicide-Funeral-Memorial-Service-Comforting/dp/1498289584/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547663866&sr=8-1&keywords=the+suicide+funeral", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church" ], "summary": "To our knowledge, nothing with The Suicide Funeral (or Memorial Service): Honoring Their Memory, Comforting Their Survivors' scope and depth has ever been published. This is an aid to anyone who will be called upon to do a funeral for the nearly 43,000 suicides in America each year. This book is designed to assist clergy, chaplains, and other faith leaders as they develop sermons and homilies for a funeral service. Its mandate is to help those searching for inspiration even though they may feel confused or uncertain undertaking such a daunting assignment. Those who plan and lead a funeral service may enable family and friends to understand and participate intentionally in their grief process. Clergy can have a significant impact on how people react to the suicide as well as provide comfort and assistance to those left behind on their journey through grief. Your leadership will influence how the suicide's bereaved are treated by others in the days, weeks, and months following the death. Because suicide does not discriminate by race, socio-economic status, or religion, a broad range of faiths and denominations are represented in this book's sermons, services, and perspectives.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d8366e304154a734718f_66d0e26e2d74b4b5e83f65b8_668a99b09249e5db87d104bc_667dd1b3a2f09efff36ebb14_667dcecd0e0de1d1d9c8ad09_suicidefuneralrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Suicide Funeral (or Memorial Service): Honoring Their Memory, Comforting Their Survivors BY Melinda Moore, Daniel A. Roberts To our knowledge, nothing with The Suicide Funeral (or Memorial Service): Honoring Their Memory, Comforting Their Survivors' scope and depth has ever been published. This is an aid to anyone who will be called upon to do a funeral for the nearly 43,000 suicides in America each year. This book is designed to assist clergy, chaplains, and other faith leaders as they develop sermons and homilies for a funeral service. Its mandate is to help those searching for inspiration even though they may feel confused or uncertain undertaking such a daunting assignment. Those who plan and lead a funeral service may enable family and friends to understand and participate intentionally in their grief process. Clergy can have a significant impact on how people react to the suicide as well as provide comfort and assistance to those left behind on their journey through grief. Your leadership will influence how the suicide's bereaved are treated by others in the days, weeks, and months following the death. Because suicide does not discriminate by race, socio-economic status, or religion, a broad range of faiths and denominations are represented in this book's sermons, services, and perspectives. suicide; the-church; grief Suicide The Church Grief", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce55fc806780052dece263", "title": "The Teen Brain, 7 Things to Know", "url": "https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-teen-brain-7-things-to-know", "externalUrl": "https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/the-teen-brain-7-things-to-know", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about children & adolescents from Nimh Nih.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6949ca7dea4b0a4aeeb8075e_teenbrain.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Teen Brain, 7 Things to Know children-adolescents Nimh Nih", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 23 2026 23:52:04 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e26eb86d619b403c7f4f", "title": "The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/the-whole-brain-child-12-revolutionary-strategies-to-nurture-your-childs-developing-mind", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Brain-Child-Revolutionary-Strategies-Developing/dp/0553386697/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466450787&sr=8-1&keywords=whole+brain+child", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling Mindsight , and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson offer a revolutionary approach to child rearing with twelve key strategies that foster healthy brain development, leading to calmer, happier children. The authors explain - and make accessible - the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures. The “upstairs brain,” which makes decisions and balances emotions, is under construction until the mid-twenties. And especially in young children, the right brain and its emotions tend to rule over the logic of the left brain. No wonder kids throw tantrums, fight, or sulk in silence. By applying these discoveries to everyday parenting, you can turn any outburst, argument, or fear into a chance to integrate your child’s brain and foster vital growth. Complete with age-appropriate strategies for dealing with day-to-day struggles and illustrations that will help you explain these concepts to your child, The Whole-Brain Child shows you how to cultivate healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d837e67ffbc18d307530_66d0e26eb86d619b403c7f01_668a99b0cb026024343e7eb3_668a845bf6e4d87e64c20f42_wholebrainchildrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind Daniel J. Siegel, Tina Payne Bryson In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling Mindsight , and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson offer a revolutionary approach to child rearing with twelve key strategies that foster healthy brain development, leading to calmer, happier children. The authors explain - and make accessible - the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures. The “upstairs brain,” which makes decisions and balances emotions, is under construction until the mid-twenties. And especially in young children, the right brain and its emotions tend to rule over the logic of the left brain. No wonder kids throw tantrums, fight, or sulk in silence. By applying these discoveries to everyday parenting, you can turn any outburst, argument, or fear into a chance to integrate your child’s brain and foster vital growth. Complete with age-appropriate strategies for dealing with day-to-day struggles and illustrations that will help you explain these concepts to your child, The Whole-Brain Child shows you how to cultivate healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives. mental-health; childrens-mental-health; children-adolescents; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; neuroscience Mental Health Children's Mental Health Children & Adolescents Parents of Children with Mental Illness Neuroscience", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c8404d9f450e0a5b63e116", "title": "The Women's Summit on Mental Health | Summit Counseling Center", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S6FPM6eZZE", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/9S6FPM6eZZE", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Grief", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9S6FPM6eZZE/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "The Women's Summit on Mental Health | Summit Counseling Center Kay Warren Mental Health mental-health; 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Discover how he has written your life so far and how he is leading you into the rest of your story. Everyone wants clearer guidance from God on what to do with their future. In this insightful book, therapist and Professor Dan Allender shows you how to listen to the stories of your life and identify the themes that God has written there. As you begin to understand both the hope and the heartache, you will gain a clearer sense of the meaning that God has written into every detail of who you are. You'll also see how he invites you to join him in coauthoring the rest of your story. God is your author, and he is showing you how to follow him into the future.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d835e0c9575d6cbbcab2_66d0e26fb30844508b90187a_668a99b0fea47f341e98fd39_667dd1b4842ac2fd75b4c04a_667dceed7709028bc37062fc_tobetoldrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "To Be Told: God Invites You to Coauthor Your Future BY Dan B. Allender, PhD God wants to reveal himself through your story. Discover how he has written your life so far and how he is leading you into the rest of your story. Everyone wants clearer guidance from God on what to do with their future. In this insightful book, therapist and Professor Dan Allender shows you how to listen to the stories of your life and identify the themes that God has written there. 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Perry, MD, PhD Mental Health mental-health; hope-for-mental-health-community; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; ptsd-trauma; childrens-mental-health; student-mental-health; family-friends; children-adolescents WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? CONVERSATIONS ON TRAUMA, RESILIENCE, AND HEALING BY DR. BRUCE D. PERRY AND OPRAH WINFREY THE NEUROSEQUENTIAL NETWORK DR. BRUCE D. PERRY'S WEBSITE Bruce D. 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It doesn't reduce nicely to simple solutions and happy outcomes. So instead, too often we reduce people who are mentally ill to caricatures and ghosts, and simply pretend they don't exist. They do exist, however - statistics suggest that one in four people suffer from some kind of mental illness. And then there's their friends and family members, who bear their own scars and anxious thoughts, and who see no safe place to talk about the impact of mental illness on their lives and their loved ones. Many of these people are sitting in churches week after week, suffering in stigmatized silence. In Troubled Minds Amy Simpson, whose family knows the trauma and bewilderment of mental illness, reminds us that people with mental illness are our neighbors and our brothers and sisters in Christ, and she shows us the path to loving them well and becoming a church that loves God with whole hearts and whole souls, with the strength we have and with minds that are whole as well as minds that are troubled.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d835c433eea4cf593ebf_66d0e26efc60efcca98becc2_668a99b10fbf2f23d8a69b7e_667dd1b4891a2f593507cdf0_667dcf117709028bc3708138_troubledmindsrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church's Mission BYAmy Simpson Mental illness is the sort of thing we don't like to talk about. It doesn't reduce nicely to simple solutions and happy outcomes. 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walks the valley with you every step. If you're caring for a child with a mental health condition, chances are you've become familiar with the valley. It may be the phone call you dread receiving. The sleepless nights wondering if your child is safe. The appointment that leaves you with more questions than answers. The quiet grief of watching someone you love struggle while feeling powerless to make it better. For many parents in our Hope for Brighter Tomorrows community, that child is now an adult. The responsibilities may have changed, but the love, concern, and heartache remain. The valley simply takes on a different shape. Perhaps you're walking through that valley today. Or maybe you've just come through one and are catching your breath before another difficult season begins. One thing is certain: every parent who loves a child living with mental illness will spend time in the valley. As a clinical social worker, I've spent more than thirty years walking alongside individuals and families affected by serious mental illness. As a parent, I also understand that this journey is deeply personal. The pain of watching someone you love suffer reaches places few people can fully understand. The good news is that God understands. Long before modern psychology gave language to anxiety, grief, trauma, and resilience, Scripture spoke honestly about life in the valley. One of the clearest pictures is found in Psalm 23. Although many people associate this psalm with funerals, it is really a song about living. It reminds us that God does not promise a life without valleys. He promises his presence as we walk through them. King David knew what it was like to face fear, uncertainty, and danger. Yet in the middle of his darkest moments, he discovered something that can sustain us today: the Shepherd never abandons his sheep. Let's walk through Psalm 23 together. The Valley Is Real David never pretended the valley didn't exist. He didn't minimize it, explain it away, or suggest that enough faith would make it disappear. Instead, he acknowledged it honestly. \"Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.\" Psalm 23:4 (NIV) The Hebrew phrase translated \"darkest valley\" is tsalmaveth . It describes deep darkness, overwhelming shadow, and the nearness of death. David wasn't talking about a difficult afternoon or a temporary inconvenience. He was describing the kind of place where fear feels close, hope feels fragile, and every step requires courage. If you're caring for a child living with mental illness, you know something about that kind of valley. The valley may look different from one family to another. It may be the uncertainty of not knowing what tomorrow will bring. It may be watching your child cycle through periods of stability and crisis. It may be grieving dreams that have changed while still holding onto hope for what God can do. Whatever shape your valley takes, it is real. I've learned that one of the most healing things we can do is simply tell the truth about where we are. Healing doesn't begin by pretending life is easier than it is. It begins when we bring our whole story before God. Research supports what many parents already know through experience. Studies have found that mothers and fathers caring for a child with anxiety, depression, or another serious mental health condition often experience significantly higher levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and emotional exhaustion themselves. The weight of caregiving affects the entire family. Scripture never asks us to deny that reality. Instead, Psalm 23 reminds us of something profoundly comforting. The Shepherd does not criticize his sheep for walking through the valley. He simply promises to walk with them. Notice something else about David's words: he says, \"Even though I walk through the darkest valley...\" Through. Not around. Not over. Not pretending it isn't there. The valley is not your destination. It is a place you are walking through. It may be a long journey, and there may be days when progress feels painfully slow, but the Shepherd is leading every step of the way. That promise doesn't remove the valley. It transforms the way we walk through it. You Were Never Meant to Walk the Valley Alone The first words of Psalm 23 set the tone for everything that follows: \"The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.\" Psalm 23:1 (ESV) Before David says anything about green pastures, quiet waters, or dark valleys, he reminds himself of one simple truth: he belongs to a Shepherd. Notice that David doesn't say, \"The Lord is a shepherd,\" or even, \"The Lord is our shepherd.\" He says, \"The Lord is my shepherd.\" The relationship is personal. It is intimate. It is built on trust. When life becomes overwhelming, our first instinct is often to focus on the size of the valley. David teaches us to begin by looking at the Shepherd. That doesn't make the valley disappear, but it reminds us that we are not walking through it alone. I've learned that one of the greatest predictors of resilience is connection. People are not designed to carry overwhelming burdens in isolation. God created us for relationship, both with him and with one another. That truth is woven throughout Scripture. Ecclesiastes reminds us, \"Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken\" (Ecclesiastes 4:12 NIV). The Christian life has never been intended to be a solitary journey. God often ministers to us through the presence of his people. For parents caring for a child with mental illness, isolation can quietly become one of the greatest dangers. Many parents pull away because they feel misunderstood. Others become so consumed with caring for their child that they neglect their own relationships. Some have been hurt by well-meaning people who offered simple answers for a very complex journey. If that's been your experience, I'm deeply sorry. But please don't let painful experiences convince you that you were meant to walk this road alone. Ask God to help you find people who are willing to stay in the valley with you. They may be a trusted friend, a counselor, a pastor, a support group, or another parent who understands because they are walking a similar road. You don't need people who have all the answers. You need people who are willing to stay. That is what the Good Shepherd does. He doesn't shout instructions from the mountaintop. He walks beside his sheep. His rod protects. His staff guides. His presence comforts. As parents, we often wish God would immediately remove the valley. Sometimes He does, but more often, he reminds us that we never have to face it by ourselves. The Shepherd is with you. And one of the ways he demonstrates his care is by surrounding you with people who are willing to walk beside you until the light begins to break through the shadows. The Shepherd Restores the Weary Soul One of the most beautiful promises in Psalm 23 is also one of the easiest to overlook. David writes, \"He restores my soul.\" Psalm 23:3 (NIV) Notice what David does not say. He does not say, \"I restore myself.\" He does not say, \"I just need to try harder.\" He does not say, \"If I have enough faith, I'll never become exhausted.\" He says, \"He restores my soul.\" That is good news for every parent walking through the valley. Caring for a child with a mental health condition is emotionally, physically, and spiritually demanding. There are seasons when your energy is depleted, your prayers feel weak, and your hope grows thin. You may love your child deeply and still feel overwhelmed by the weight you carry. That does not mean your faith is failing. It means you are human. I've seen how prolonged stress affects the mind, body, and spirit. Caregivers often experience compassion fatigue, chronic stress, anxiety, disrupted sleep, and symptoms of depression. Over time, many begin to believe they should simply push harder. But God never asks us to push harder. The Shepherd knows his sheep grow weary, which is why he restores them. Throughout the Gospels, we see Jesus responding to weary people with compassion, not condemnation. He welcomed all who were burdened. He invited them to come to him for rest. He never shamed people for being exhausted. As parents, we are often far more compassionate toward others than we are toward ourselves. We encourage our child to rest, yet we ignore our own exhaustion. We remind others that God's grace is sufficient, yet we quietly believe we should be able to carry more than we can. Psalm 23 gently challenges that way of thinking. If the Shepherd believes his sheep need restoration, perhaps we can let go of any guilt for needing it too. Restoration is not selfish. It is an act of trust, and it can take many forms. Sometimes restoration comes through quiet moments with God in prayer and Scripture, or through a trusted friend who reminds you that you are not alone. Sometimes it comes through counseling, a support group, a day of rest, or simply allowing yourself to receive help. These are not signs of weakness. They are often the very means God uses to care for his children. Parents ask me, \"How do I keep going?\" My answer is always the same: you were never meant to live on yesterday's strength. The Shepherd offers new mercy for today. He restores your soul one day at a time, one step at a time, and often one prayer at a time. As you care for your child, do not forget that the Good Shepherd is caring for you. You are not simply a caregiver. You are also one of his beloved sheep. The Shepherd Gives Us Purpose in the Valley David continues, \"He guides me along the right paths for his name's sake.\" Psalm 23:3 (NIV) One of the hardest questions parents ask is, \"What is God doing in all of this?\" It is an honest question. When your child is struggling, it can feel as though life has been put on hold. Dreams change. Plans are interrupted. The future becomes uncertain. It is easy to wonder whether your life has been reduced to managing one crisis after another. Psalm 23 offers a different perspective. Even in the valley, the Shepherd is still leading. His guidance does not stop because the road becomes difficult. His purposes are not canceled because life has taken an unexpected turn. He continues to lead us one faithful step at a time. As parents, we often long to see the entire path ahead. God usually gives us enough light for the next step. That can feel frustrating, yet throughout Scripture, God has always formed his people through daily dependence rather than complete certainty. This journey has likely changed you. Perhaps you have become more compassionate toward people who suffer. Perhaps you listen more carefully because you understand hidden pain. Perhaps your prayers have become more honest and more dependent on God than ever before. These are not the reasons your child struggles, but they may be some of the ways God is shaping you as you walk beside your child. Faithfulness is not measured by outcomes we cannot control. Faithfulness is measured by the next loving step we choose to take. Some days that step is making another phone call. Other days it is setting a healthy boundary, sitting quietly beside your child without trying to solve every problem, or asking someone else to pray because you no longer have the words. None of those steps may seem extraordinary, but in God's hands, ordinary acts of faithfulness become holy ground. The Shepherd is not asking you to carry tomorrow, he is inviting you to trust him today. As you continue walking with your child, remember that your greatest calling is not to rescue them. Your calling is to faithfully love them while entrusting both your child and yourself to the care of the Good Shepherd. He has never stopped leading you. And He never will. Keep Walking with the Shepherd Perhaps today you find yourself deep in the valley. You may not know how long this season will last. You may still have unanswered questions about your child's future. You ma parents-of-children-with-mental-illness", "publishedAt": "Tue Jun 23 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Articles" }, { "id": "66c8405c9f450e0a5b63f088", "title": "Water-Color Art Reflection | Belle Donne", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SMUK2cMhrE", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/3SMUK2cMhrE", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Kari Dunham.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3SMUK2cMhrE/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Water-Color Art Reflection | Belle Donne Kari Dunham belle-donne", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66da7c33b22037be18a09180", "title": "Wayfaring: A Christian Approach to Mental Health Care", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/wayfaring-a-christian-approach-to-mental-health-care", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/3QBd02g", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Mental Health" ], "summary": "A theologically and scientifically engaged exploration of modern mental health care ‍ The current model of mental health care doesn’t see people: it sees sets of symptoms that need fixing. While modern psychiatry has improved many patients’ quality of life, it falls short in addressing their relational and spiritual needs. As a theologian and practicing psychiatrist, Warren Kinghorn shares a Christian vision of accompanying those facing mental health challenges. Kinghorn reviews the successes and limitations of modern mental health care before offering an alternative paradigm of healing. Based in the theology of Thomas Aquinas, this model of personhood affirms four truths: We are known and loved by God. We are creatures made of earth who are formed in community. We are wayfarers on a journey. We are called not to control, but to wonder, love, praise, and rest. Drawing on theological wisdom and scientific evidence, Kinghorn reframes our understanding of mental health care from fixing machines to attending fellow wayfarers on the way to the Lord’s feast. With gentle guidance and practical suggestions, Wayfaring is an essential resource for pastors and practitioners as well as for Christians who seek mental health care.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d82092fecccbbc87d7cb_66da7c28424db40bdbd9e40b_Book_Wayfaring.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Wayfaring: A Christian Approach to Mental Health Care BY Warren Kinghorn A theologically and scientifically engaged exploration of modern mental health care ‍ The current model of mental health care doesn’t see people: it sees sets of symptoms that need fixing. While modern psychiatry has improved many patients’ quality of life, it falls short in addressing their relational and spiritual needs. As a theologian and practicing psychiatrist, Warren Kinghorn shares a Christian vision of accompanying those facing mental health challenges. 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It can happen late at night when your child shares that they no longer want to be here. It can happen when your adult child is experiencing frightening symptoms and is unwilling to seek care. It can happen when there has been damage to your home, and you find yourself in the hallway trying to figure out what to do next. A mental health crisis, or what some people call a mental breakdown, doesn't announce itself gently. It arrives suddenly and without warning, and when it does, you need to know what to actually do . This guide is one of those mental health resources for parents you’ll want to read and save in case, heaven forbid, you need it someday. It covers what a crisis actually looks like, what the law says, what your options are, and how to keep your footing when everything feels like it's falling apart. Recognizing a Mental Health Crisis Every parent and caregiver of a child living with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or another mental health condition knows the fear. The bedroom door stays shut, their tone or mannerisms are different, something feels off , and your body tightens before your brain catches up. A mental health crisis is different from a hard day: it’s a point of overwhelming stress where a person can no longer cope with daily life. While \"mental breakdown\" isn't a clinical diagnosis, the signs of a nervous breakdown are real. Withdrawal, inability to function at work or school, severe anxiety or depression, physical symptoms like chest tightness or insomnia, and sometimes thoughts of self-harm. Mental health professionals and legal systems use three markers to determine when someone needs immediate help: Danger to self. Your child is expressing suicidal thoughts, talking about wanting to die, or has harmed themselves. Danger to others. Your child is threatening violence, has become physically aggressive, or is putting other people at risk. Unable to care for basic needs. Because of their symptoms, your child cannot provide for their own food, clothing, or shelter. In clinical language, this is called \"grave disability.\" These are more than just guidelines. They are the legal criteria used across the United States to determine whether someone can be held for a psychiatric evaluation, even without consent. Every state has its own version of these laws (in California, it's called a \"5150 hold\"; in Florida, the \"Baker Act\"), but the underlying framework is consistent nationwide. If you're seeing any of these signs, you are not overreacting. Trust what you're seeing. If You Find Yourself in a Crisis: Your Response Options When a mental health crisis unfolds in your home, you need a clear path. Here are your options, from least to most restrictive. Call 988: The Suicide & Crisis Lifeline If your child is in distress but not in immediate physical danger, 988 is your first call. You can call, text, or chat online at 988lifeline.org. It's free, confidential, and available 24/7. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline connects you to more than 200 local crisis centers with trained counselors who can de-escalate the situation, assess risk, and help you decide on next steps. Request a Mobile Crisis Team Many communities now have mobile crisis teams: mental health professionals who come to your home to assess the situation and determine next steps. These teams typically include a licensed clinician and sometimes a peer support specialist with their own lived experience. They'll evaluate whether your loved one meets the criteria for an emergency hold. Mobile crisis teams are expanding rapidly, but they don't exist everywhere yet. About 40 percent of U.S. counties currently have at least one team. To find out what's available near you, call 988 or dial 211 for local community resources. Go to the Emergency Room If your child is in immediate danger toward themselves or others, take them to the nearest emergency room for a psychiatric evaluation. Here's what to expect: Triage and medical screening. The ER will check vital signs and rule out medical causes for the behavior, which can include blood work and other tests. The psychiatric evaluation. A health professional will assess your child's symptoms, mental health history, medications, substance use, and risk of harm. They may ask you to step out so your child can speak privately. The decision. Three typical outcomes: discharge home with a safety plan, referral to crisis stabilization or partial hospitalization, or admission to a psychiatric hospital. What to bring: Your child's current medications, insurance information, notes from their therapist if available, and a written timeline of recent concerning behaviors. One common mistake to avoid is being discharged without any follow-up options. If the ER determines your child doesn't meet criteria for inpatient admission, ask the social worker about other levels of care before you leave. You should never go home with nothing but a phone number on a piece of paper. If active violence is happening, someone in your home has been physically harmed, or you do not feel safe, call 911 . If possible, tell the dispatcher it is a mental health crisis and ask whether a crisis intervention team officer is available. If Your Loved One Refuses to Go to the Emergency Room If your loved one is in crisis but refuses to go to the emergency room, and you have genuine concern for their safety or the safety of others in your home, call 911 . You do not need their permission to make that call. When you speak with the dispatcher, let them know this is a mental health crisis so they can send the most appropriate responders, ideally a crisis intervention team officer trained to de-escalate psychiatric emergencies. Your loved one’s refusal does not override your right, or theirs, to be safe. Getting them the help they need, even when they cannot ask for it themselves, is an act of care. Understanding the Levels of Mental Health Care After the immediate crisis passes, the mental health system offers multiple levels of care. Knowing what they are can help you advocate for your child. Inpatient hospitalization is the highest level. Your child stays in a secure psychiatric unit around the clock while the treatment team stabilizes the crisis, adjusts medications, and plans next steps. Partial hospitalization is a step down: structured treatment for about 20 to 30 hours per week while your child lives at home, typically including psychiatry, individual support, and group therapy. Intensive outpatient is roughly nine to fifteen hours per week, often three hours a day, three to five days a week. It allows for more integration back into daily life. Outpatient care is the foundation: regular ongoing appointments with a therapist and, when needed, a psychiatrist. Research shows that many people living with a mental illness often do best with a combination of therapy and, when appropriate, carefully monitored medication. Together, these can significantly reduce symptoms, improve daily functioning, and strengthen coping and relationships. The goal is to step down through these levels as your child stabilizes. A hospital social worker can help you understand which level fits at each stage. What Changes When Your Child Turns 18 This is where many parents get caught off-guard. When your child is a minor, you have full legal authority over their medical decisions. The moment your child turns 18, that changes. Under federal HIPAA law, your adult child controls their own health information. Providers cannot share details with you without your child's consent, even if they're on your insurance, even if you're paying the bills. For parents of adult children living with serious mental illness, this can feel devastating. Conditions like anosognosia (a brain-based symptom that commonly occurs in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, where the person genuinely doesn't recognize they are ill) can prevent your child from seeking help on their own. Anosognosia isn't stubbornness. It's a symptom as real as the illness itself. Before your child turns 18, talk with their treatment team about HIPAA authorization forms, advance directives, and durable power of attorney for healthcare. After 18, your options include getting your child's consent to share records, the incapacitation exception when they're unable to communicate, the imminent threat exception, or seeking legal guardianship through the courts. Planning ahead while your child is stable can make all the difference. When Violence Comes Home Sometimes a crisis may involve physically unsafe behavior in your own home: property damage, objects broken, or situations where someone feels at risk of being hurt. This is the part of caregiving that leaves parents feeling deeply frightened, isolated, and ashamed. This is not your fault. Unsafe behavior driven by psychiatric symptoms is not the same as character or choice. But it is still dangerous. You have the right to be safe. If someone in your home is in physical danger, exit the premises safely and call 911. If your child is causing significant property damage or the situation is escalating, it may be time to call a mobile crisis team or go to the ER. Keep a written record of concerning incidents. This documentation matters for future evaluations, court proceedings, and insurance appeals. Building Your Care Team (Yes, for You) Here's something we tell every parent we work with: you need a care team of your own. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), 74 percent of mental health caregivers report that caregiving is stressful, and nearly half have experienced increased anxiety or depression themselves. We also know that our caregivers of loved ones with serious mental illness provide care for an average of 15 years. You cannot sustain that alone. Build your team across three areas. Professional support : a therapist for you , a pastor or church leader, a family doctor who knows your situation. Emotional support : two or three trusted people you can reach out to at any hour who won’t try to fix it but will sit with you in it. Community support : groups like Hope for Brighter Tomorrows (online support and community for parents), Mental Health Grace Alliance, or Celebrate Recovery's mental health initiative. Your Crisis Action Plan Most serious mental illnesses first appear between the teen years and mid-20s, though symptoms of a mental breakdown or crisis can come earlier or later. Don’t wait for the next crisis; use this framework now, while things are calmer. Know your numbers. Save in your phone: 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), 211 (local resources), your local county crisis line, your loved one’s therapist, psychiatrist, primary care doctor, and any key program or case manager contacts. Find out if your area has a mobile crisis team and add that number too. Prepare a crisis file. Keep one folder with: current medications, diagnoses, insurance cards, provider list, HIPAA releases or other information-sharing permissions, and a brief mental health timeline. Include important contacts such as school, college, workplace HR, supported housing, or day program, plus any formal plans (IEP/504, workplace accommodations, or treatment plans). Add your loved one’s preferences in a crisis (who they want present, what helps calm them, what makes things worse). Identify your ER. Not all ERs have psychiatric capabilities. Find out which hospitals near you have a psychiatric unit or crisis stabilization center and which one you would go to first. Name your team. Decide now which two or three people you will call when things fall apart and tell them they are part of your crisis team. Give them permission to show up, drive, stay with siblings or other family members, or sit with you and your loved one in the ER or at home. Plan for safety. Know your red flags: talk of suicide, self-harm, threats to others, severe withdrawal, psychosis, or being unable to care for basic needs. 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If your worries have grown so big that they bother you almost every day, this book is for you. What to Do When You Worry Too Much guides children and parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of anxiety. Lively metaphors and humorous illustrations make the concepts and strategies easy to understand, while clear how-to steps and prompts to draw and write help children to master new skills related to reducing anxiety. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering kids to overcoming their overgrown worries. Engaging, encouraging, and easy to follow, this book educates, motivates, and empowers children to work towards change. 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Lively metaphors and humorous illustrations make the concepts and strategies easy to understand, while clear how-to steps and prompts to draw and write help children to master new skills related to reducing anxiety. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering kids to overcoming their overgrown worries. Engaging, encouraging, and easy to follow, this book educates, motivates, and empowers children to work towards change. 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Since our trust and obedience rest on God's character, the questions that life's tragedies force us to face are difficult, even frightening: Who is God? Can he really be trusted? What are his purposes in the face of suffering? If he can stop suffering, why doesn't he? Joni Eareckson Tada, a woman who has lived in a wheelchair for more than thirty years, and Steve Estes, a pastor and one of Joni's closest friends, explore the answers. When God Weeps is not so much a book about suffering as it is about God. It tackles tough questions about heaven and hell, horrors and hardships, and why God allows suffering in this life. Through a panoramic overview of what the Bible says about suffering, the authors make clear who God is, why he permits so much heartache and pain, and how it is we can trust him. 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Amenson, Ph.D., Director, Pacific Clinics East", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d837a924a64ac67c3b1f_66d0e26b4c24d5d3331db619_668a99b22f605adb1db15091_667dd1c947d09438a596bda7_667dd01167c75f53fff22a59_whensomeoneyoulovehasmentalillnessrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness: A Handbook for Family, Friends, and Caregivers BY Rebecca Woolis, MFT This indispensable book about love and mental health addresses the short-term, daily problems of living with a person with mental illness, as well as long-term planning and care. Of special note are the forty-three “Quick Reference Guides” about such topics as: responding to hallucinations, delusions, violence and anger; helping your loved one comply with treatment plans and medication; deciding if the person should live at home or in a facility; choosing a doctor and dealing with mental health professionals; handling the holidays and family activities; managing stress; helping siblings and adult children with their special concerns. “Ms. Woolis produced a handbook which is both practical and accessible, eminently useful for all of us who have a family member with a serious mental illness.” –E. Fuller Torrey, M.D., author of Surviving Schizophrenia “Rebecca Woolis presents easy-to-follow practical guidelines for coping with the multitude of problems that regularly confront families. In minutes the reader can find helpful suggestions for dealing with any problem that might arise.” –Christopher S. Amenson, Ph.D., Director, Pacific Clinics East mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; the-church Mental Health Parents of Children with Mental Illness The Church", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "69e29cf3ff71e15b2a621bef", "title": "When Your Child’s Mental Health Is Affecting Your Marriage", "url": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6a171fca0994d09636275a55_When%20Your%20Child%27s%20Mental%20Health%20Is%20Affecting%20Your%20Marriage.pdf", "externalUrl": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6a171fca0994d09636275a55_When%20Your%20Child%27s%20Mental%20Health%20Is%20Affecting%20Your%20Marriage.pdf", "type": "Article", "typeSlug": "article", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Bipolar Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "When your child’s mental health is affecting your marriage, the strain is not a sign of failure. Grace-filled guidance for parents in a struggling marriage.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69eabf2dc5fe8971abb81d31_Affecting%20Your%20Marriage.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cce8e7", "language": "en", "searchableText": "When Your Child’s Mental Health Is Affecting Your Marriage david-mandani-lcsw When your child’s mental health is affecting your marriage, the strain is not a sign of failure. Grace-filled guidance for parents in a struggling marriage. You used to be on the same team, but now it feels like you're standing on opposite sides of a problem neither of you asked for. Some nights you're too tired to fight. Other nights, a disagreement about medication or discipline turns into a rift, and you both quietly grieve the loss of what your marriage used to be. If your child is living with anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, or another mental health condition, it places significant weight on your marriage. But understanding the sources of strain and how you can give yourselves grace in the midst of the struggle can make space for healing. How the Strain Shows Up The tension between you and your spouse tends to circle around three areas. The first is discipline. You may disagree on how firm or flexible to be, especially when your child's behavior is hard to manage. Is this the illness talking, or does your child need a boundary right now? You and your spouse may see it differently, and that gap can widen fast. The second is treatment. One of you may want to try an aggressive plan to diagnose and treat with talk therapy, medication, and other measures. The other may feel afraid of making the wrong call. When you can't agree on what your child needs, it's hard to feel like you're working together. The third is boundaries. How much do you rearrange your life around your child's mental health condition? How much is too much? These are questions without clean answers, and they can put real distance between two people who love each other. But underneath those disagreements, something deeper is usually going on. You're both exhausted. You're both scared. And instead of turning toward each other, the stress pushes you apart. You withdraw, or you snap, or you stop talking about anything that isn't the child. What looks like conflict on the surface is often shared grief, fear, and fatigue that hasn't yet been expressed in a safe, connected way. What If You Feel Guilty for Even Noticing? You wouldn’t be alone if you've caught yourself thinking, \"How can I worry about my struggling marriage when my child is the one who's suffering?\" That guilt makes sense. But it doesn't mean you're doing something wrong. You are likely functioning far beyond what you were designed to carry. In many ways, you're operating like a small treatment team for your child, but without the training, the backup, or the shift changes that mental health professionals have. With limited emotional, physical, and financial resources, the level of care your child needs will naturally create strain on your marriage. That strain is not a sign of failure. It's a reflection of how much you're carrying. You and your spouse are doing the best you can with what you have, and that’s a great place to start. Small Steps That Can Help Before conflict even starts, it helps to name what's actually adding to the pressure. Is it financial strain from treatment? Work stress? Lack of sleep? The constant physical and mental demands of caring for your child? Once you can see the weight more clearly, you can start to set it down in small ways. Ask yourself: What fills my gas tank? For some, that's rest. For others, it's setting a limit, taking a walk, or spending time in Scripture. When you take care of yourself, you increase your capacity to show up for your spouse with patience and presence. Even setting aside time each day to connect as a couple, not as co-caregivers, can make a real difference. Fifteen or twenty minutes where you're not talking about appointments, medications, or what happened at school. Just two people reminding each other: We're still here. We're still us. When the Inner Critic Gets Loud Stress has a way of turning up the volume on the voice inside your head that says you're not doing enough. The one that tells you your spouse isn't either. Many of us grew up around critical voices. Over time, those voices became our own. And under the pressure of caring for a child with a mental health condition, that inner critic can become relentless. It leads couples to beat themselves up or turn on each other at the moment they most need compassion. One way to quiet that voice is to ask a different question: \"How would Jesus speak to us right now?\" Because Jesus doesn't stand over exhausted parents demanding an explanation. He sits with them. He is truthful, but he is also deeply compassionate. He meets you in the pain. This shift allows couples to shift their internal message from guilt to truth. Instead of \"We failed,\" you can say, \"We haven't done everything perfectly, but perfection was never the requirement for love.\" Instead of turning on each other, you can move toward each other by saying: \"Together, we bring our child to Christ, not accusations against one another.\" There Are People Who Understand If your child’s mental health is affecting your marriage, you and your spouse should know that what you're feeling is real. It's common, and it doesn't have to be the end of the story. Reaching out to a counselor or mental health professional who understands both family members and faith can be a meaningful next step. And if you're looking for a community that understands the struggles of parenting in the midst of mental health conditions in children, Hope for Brighter Tomorrows was built by a mother who knows this pain firsthand. After losing her son Matthew to suicide in 2013, Kay Warren created a space for parents who needed a safe place to be honest, to grieve, and to find people who understand. Whether you need help figuring out what’s next or simply a place to be honest about what you’re going through, we are here for you. parents-of-children-with-mental-illness", "publishedAt": "Thu Mar 12 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Articles" }, { "id": "66d0e26a88d3422f8e148314", "title": "When Your Family's Lost a Loved One: Finding Hope Together", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/when-your-familys-lost-a-loved-one-finding-hope-together", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/When-Your-Familys-Lost-Loved/dp/1589974808/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478739035&sr=8-1&keywords=when+your+family+lost+a+loved+one", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief" ], "summary": "All families eventually face the loss of a loved one. When it happens, it can place great strain on a marriage, as well as on other relationships. That's partly because we don't know what to do with our feelings and partly because every family member grieves in his or her own way. In this book, Nancy and David Guthrie explore the family dynamics involved when a loved one dies - and debunk some myths about family grief. Through their own experiences of losing two young children and interviews with those who've faced losing spouses and parents, they show how grief can actually pull a family closer together rather than tearing it apart.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d838e0c9575d6cbbcd93_66d0e26a88d3422f8e1482d7_668a99b3365de8780ff5e0ec_667dd1b69012c5090623342e_667dd01fed27034702a0f0d1_whenyourfamilyslostalovedonerecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "When Your Family's Lost a Loved One: Finding Hope Together BY David & Nancy Guthrie All families eventually face the loss of a loved one. When it happens, it can place great strain on a marriage, as well as on other relationships. That's partly because we don't know what to do with our feelings and partly because every family member grieves in his or her own way. In this book, Nancy and David Guthrie explore the family dynamics involved when a loved one dies - and debunk some myths about family grief. Through their own experiences of losing two young children and interviews with those who've faced losing spouses and parents, they show how grief can actually pull a family closer together rather than tearing it apart. grief Grief", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66c84059c3d7ba7a98f6a720", "title": "When Your World Collapses | Saddleback Church", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0EdMPPVq2w", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z0EdMPPVq2w", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Matthew, Pastor Rick and Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z0EdMPPVq2w/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "When Your World Collapses | Saddleback Church Matthew, Pastor Rick and Kay Warren Mental Health grief; suicide; mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; family-friends; saddleback-church; messages", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "69e29cf3ff71e15b2a621bf1", "title": "Where Is God in This? Faith and Mental Illness When Your Child Is Struggling", "url": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6a171fbc1817ffd03308bef5_Where%20Is%20God%20in%20This%20-%20Faith%20and%20Mental%20Illness%20When%20Your%20Child%20is%20Struggling.pdf", "externalUrl": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6a171fbc1817ffd03308bef5_Where%20Is%20God%20in%20This%20-%20Faith%20and%20Mental%20Illness%20When%20Your%20Child%20is%20Struggling.pdf", "type": "Article", "typeSlug": "article", "topics": [ "Anxiety", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Where is God in your child's mental illness? Honest encouragement for Christian parents, plus support groups for parents of adult children with mental illness.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69eabec6ceea59d1326bb5fd_Where%20is%20God%20in%20this.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cce8e7", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Where Is God in This? Faith and Mental Illness When Your Child Is Struggling david-mandani-lcsw Where is God in your child's mental illness? Honest encouragement for Christian parents, plus support groups for parents of adult children with mental illness. For many parents we serve, the caregiving road has stretched not just for months but for years and sometimes decades. When your child is unstable, refusing treatment, or caught in yet another crisis, it can be painfully hard to know where God is in the middle of it all. Our survey shows that families we serve have been caring for a loved one with mental illness for an average of 15.6 years. Nearly half are walking through seasons where their child is at risk or in active crisis right now. When months turn into years and years turn into decades, asking \"Where are you, God?\" is not a sign of a lack of faith. It's human and it's biblical. Scripture doesn't rush to silence these questions. The psalmist cries out, \" My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? \" (Psalm 22:1 NIV) while still calling him my God , clinging to relationship even in anguish. Job questioned God. Jeremiah lamented openly. Honest struggle with God is itself a form of worship. Trauma and grief research echoes this wisdom. Naming our pain rather than suppressing it is part of healing. Honest lament can reduce emotional distress over time. When you bring your raw questions to God, you're not abandoning faith. You're practicing a gritty, courageous faith that matches the weight of your story. The Weight Christian Parents Carry At Hope for Brighter Tomorrows, we see just how heavy that weight can be. Nearly a quarter of parents we serve report low wellbeing. A similar number struggle with low hope. The daily uncertainty of living with a child's mental illness, whether they're 7 or 47, can wear down even the most resilient spirits. Many parents of adult children with mental illness carry this weight for decades, often without a support group or community that truly understands. Studies show that caregivers who find meaning in their suffering and stay connected to supportive communities are more resilient and less likely to burn out. For Christians, this includes trusting that God sees our tears, collects them, and works quietly in places we cannot yet see. Even when our circumstances don't change as quickly as we long for. Faith doesn't promise that suffering will end tomorrow. But it does promise we won't face it alone. Where Is God in the Midst of Your Child’s Mental Illness? He's with you in the night watches when worry steals your sleep and you're checking your phone again, wondering if this will be the night you get that call. He's beside you in the emergency room, the court hearing, and the awkward church hallway where well-meaning people offer platitudes that sting more than they comfort. He's for you as you advocate again and again for your child's treatment and safety. Even when systems fail and doors close and you feel like you're speaking a language no one else understands. He's present in the moments when you cannot feel him. When faith feels more like stubbornness than certainty, and holding on is all you can manage. Research tells us that positive engagement with faith through prayer, Scripture, and spiritual community is linked to better emotional health for caregivers. For Christians with mental health conditions in their families, a relationship with God doesn't erase the pain, but it can sustain you through it. This doesn't mean you need to pretend everything is fine. It means that honest connection with God and with others who understand can be a lifeline. God often meets family members and caregivers through ordinary means. A text from a friend who remembers to check in. A peer-led parent support group where someone finally gets it. A therapist's office where you can speak the truth. A worship song that gives you strength for just one more day. These seemingly ordinary things are how he often shows up in our hardest seasons. Choices You Can Still Make Even when so much feels out of your control, here are a few gentle choices you can still make. Choose honesty over pretending. You're allowed to tell God and safe people the truth about how hard this is, including your anger, disappointment, and exhaustion. Research shows that naming emotions lowers their intensity and reduces shame. You don't have to clean up your story to be welcomed by the Lord or by this community. Your lament belongs here just as much as your praise. Choose small connections over isolation. Our study shows that 71 percent of parents we serve long for emotional support and 62 percent need spiritual support. Yet some have no support at all. The isolation of caregiving makes everything harder. Reaching out to one person, joining one call of a support group for parents of an adult child with mental illness, or asking for one prayer is not weakness. It's caring for your tired soul. It's choosing to let others carry some of the weight with you, even when it feels vulnerable or difficult. Choose one next step instead of a full solution. Caregivers of loved ones with serious mental illness experience higher rates of depression and anxiety. Trying to fix everything at once only adds to the burden. The mountain feels impossible, but the next step might not be. A faithful prayer for today might be, \"Lord, what is my next step?\" That step might be a counseling appointment, one psalm, or learning a bit more about stress and burnout. Tomorrow's step can wait until tomorrow. You don't have to see the whole path to take the next step in front of you. Choose to hold both sorrow and hope. You don't have to choose between grieving what's been lost and hoping for what God can still redeem. They can coexist in the same heart. Many parents we serve describe living in this middle ground of weariness and hope and still report high levels of hope sustained by faith and perseverance. This is the paradox of mental illness and Christian faith for parents on the caregiving journey. You're allowed to say, \"This is not the life I imagined,\" and also, \"Lord, I believe; help my unbelief\" (Mark 9:24 NIV). Both statements can be true at the same time. Your Question Belongs Here If you find yourself asking \"Where is God in this?\" please know your question belongs here. It's welcome in this community, and it's welcome before the throne of grace. In the mystery of suffering, where faith and mental illness and physical health and family all intersect, we may not receive all the answers we long for in the timeline we desire. But we can cling to the God who chose to suffer with us and for us in Jesus Christ, who promises, \"I am with you always,\" even when we cannot feel his presence. He invites you to take the next small step of trust today, even with shaky hands and a weary heart. parents-of-children-with-mental-illness", "publishedAt": "Tue Feb 10 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Articles" }, { "id": "66d0e26a4773f47902aff787", "title": "Wishing Wellness: A Workbook for Children of Parents With Mental Illness", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/wishing-wellness-a-workbook-for-children-of-parents-with-mental-illness", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Wishing-Wellness-Workbook-Children-Parents/dp/1591473136/ref=sr_1_3?crid=SIXXLIW90B69&keywords=wishing+wellness+workbook&qid=1639771555&sprefix=wishing+wellness%2Caps%2C309&sr=8-3", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "Student Mental Health" ], "summary": "Wishing Wellness is a workbook for the child whose mother or father is suffering from a serious mental illness. Packed with information, interactive questions, and fun activities, it's an ideal tool for children and their therapists or other professional mental health workers, covering: How the brain works Causes, symptoms, and treatment of mental illness Feelings and what to do with them Good relationships with parents Talking to friends and others Roles, rights, and responsibilities in the family Coping with prejudice Building a circle of support A \"Therapist Resource Guide\" is available online at https://www.apa.org/pubs/magination/441A313-guide.pdf Wishing Wellness was created as a therapeutic tool for children who have a parent with a major mental illness. Children in this situation are at risk for emotional, behavioral, and intellectual difficulties, as well as developmental delays, school achievement problems, deficits in social functioning, and later drug and alcohol abuse. They are at greater risk for mental illness themselves, both as children and adolescents, and later in life. However, the risks are minimized when these children learn the facts about mental illness and when they receive the emotional support and understanding of a mental health professional. - From the \"Therapist Resource Guide\"", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d838e587017bded7c09d_66d0e2694773f47902aff704_668a99b3cb026024343e8157_667dd1b6bb1c0a1e6fcd663c_667dd03fb40d387893db8079_wishingwellnessrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Wishing Wellness: A Workbook for Children of Parents With Mental Illness BY Lisa Anne Clarke Wishing Wellness is a workbook for the child whose mother or father is suffering from a serious mental illness. Packed with information, interactive questions, and fun activities, it's an ideal tool for children and their therapists or other professional mental health workers, covering: How the brain works Causes, symptoms, and treatment of mental illness Feelings and what to do with them Good relationships with parents Talking to friends and others Roles, rights, and responsibilities in the family Coping with prejudice Building a circle of support A \"Therapist Resource Guide\" is available online at https://www.apa.org/pubs/magination/441A313-guide.pdf Wishing Wellness was created as a therapeutic tool for children who have a parent with a major mental illness. Children in this situation are at risk for emotional, behavioral, and intellectual difficulties, as well as developmental delays, school achievement problems, deficits in social functioning, and later drug and alcohol abuse. They are at greater risk for mental illness themselves, both as children and adolescents, and later in life. However, the risks are minimized when these children learn the facts about mental illness and when they receive the emotional support and understanding of a mental health professional. - From the \"Therapist Resource Guide\" mental-health; childrens-mental-health; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; children-adolescents; student-mental-health Mental Health Children's Mental Health Parents of Children with Mental Illness Children & Adolescents Student Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66d0e26938e1da6d585e7a39", "title": "Words of Healing: A Coloring Book to Comfort and Inspire", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/words-of-healing-a-coloring-book-to-comfort-and-inspire", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Words-Healing-Coloring-Comfort-Inspire/dp/161261907X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516122814&sr=8-1&keywords=words+of+healing+a+coloring+book+to+comfort+and+inspire", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Children & Adolescents", "Grief", "Mental Health" ], "summary": "Millions have discovered the spiritual benefits of coloring. In this meditative coloring book, words of healing, prayer, and comfort are paired with Scriptures and a letter to color. For anyone seeking encouragement and strength, and for those needing spiritual, emotional, or physical healing, these words will lift your spirit. The coloring books for adults from Paraclete offer a simple path to making something beautiful with a spiritual element. For any religious or spiritual seeker, coloring these letters, each paired with an uplifting word of healing and a simple verse, will relax the mind and bless the heart.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d83951a010c8985bfbc9_66d0e26938e1da6d585e7a0b_668a99b3f9fc77f31f655dfb_667dd1b7b40d387893dc68cc_667dd04d3fc950620cf0fd61_wordsofhealingcoloringbookrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Words of Healing: A Coloring Book to Comfort and Inspire BY Paraclete Press Millions have discovered the spiritual benefits of coloring. In this meditative coloring book, words of healing, prayer, and comfort are paired with Scriptures and a letter to color. For anyone seeking encouragement and strength, and for those needing spiritual, emotional, or physical healing, these words will lift your spirit. The coloring books for adults from Paraclete offer a simple path to making something beautiful with a spiritual element. For any religious or spiritual seeker, coloring these letters, each paired with an uplifting word of healing and a simple verse, will relax the mind and bless the heart. grief; children-adolescents; childrens-mental-health Grief Children & Adolescents Children's Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66da7d9cf7159e4c3d0941e2", "title": "Workbook for The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope: A Practical Guide", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/workbook-for-the-deepest-place-suffering-and-the-formation-of-hope-a-practical-guide", "externalUrl": "https://amzn.to/4cNYc7B", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Grief", "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Disclaimer: This workbook is intended solely as a companion to the original book \"The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope\" written by Curt Thompson MD. It is not a replacement for the original work, but rather an additional resource designed to enhance your understanding and engagement with the concepts presented in the book. ‍ ‍ What You'll Find in This Workbook: Summary: Concise overviews of each chapter's key points and themes, ensuring you stay aligned with the main book's content. Reflective Exercises: Thought-provoking prompts and questions that encourage deep introspection and help you relate the book's concepts to your personal life. Practical Applications: Actionable steps and activities that allow you to actively incorporate the book's teachings into your daily life, fostering personal growth and transformation. Journaling Opportunities: Space to jot down your thoughts, reflections, and insights as you progress through the workbook, creating a personalized record of your journey. Click BUY now and embark on this journey of self-discovery and growth, hand in hand with Curt Thompson MD's profound insights, by using this workbook as a valuable tool to navigate the terrain of suffering, hope, and transformation.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6997b00fdab05aadbc49f71f_workbookkkk.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Workbook for The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope: A Practical Guide BY Iskay Reads Disclaimer: This workbook is intended solely as a companion to the original book \"The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope\" written by Curt Thompson MD. It is not a replacement for the original work, but rather an additional resource designed to enhance your understanding and engagement with the concepts presented in the book. ‍ ‍ What You'll Find in This Workbook: Summary: Concise overviews of each chapter's key points and themes, ensuring you stay aligned with the main book's content. Reflective Exercises: Thought-provoking prompts and questions that encourage deep introspection and help you relate the book's concepts to your personal life. Practical Applications: Actionable steps and activities that allow you to actively incorporate the book's teachings into your daily life, fostering personal growth and transformation. Journaling Opportunities: Space to jot down your thoughts, reflections, and insights as you progress through the workbook, creating a personalized record of your journey. Click BUY now and embark on this journey of self-discovery and growth, hand in hand with Curt Thompson MD's profound insights, by using this workbook as a valuable tool to navigate the terrain of suffering, hope, and transformation. grief; ptsd-trauma; mental-health Grief PTSD & Trauma Mental Health", "publishedAt": "Tue Apr 28 2026 18:58:07 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "66ce5615d34217fc9e0ba28c", "title": "WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION", "url": "https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/suicide", "externalUrl": "https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/suicide", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about suicide prevention from Who.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/69618a855ee4710de4b58827_whosuicide.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION suicide-prevention Who", "publishedAt": "Fri Jan 09 2026 23:10:13 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66c840566150f95f07527b29", "title": "World Mental Health Day Q&A | Pastor Rick and Kay", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os09s_wwQ6E", "externalUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/os09s_wwQ6E", "type": "Video", "typeSlug": "video", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Anxiety", "Bipolar Disorder", "Borderline Personality Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Eating Disorders", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "OCD", "Schizophrenia", "Student Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Watch this video conversation featuring Pastor Rick and Kay Warren.", "image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/os09s_wwQ6E/hqdefault.jpg", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#cbdbe8", "language": "en", "searchableText": "World Mental Health Day Q&A | Pastor Rick and Kay Pastor Rick and Kay Warren Mental Health childrens-mental-health; facebook-live; family-friends; mental-health; suicide; q-a; student-mental-health; children-adolescents; parents-of-children-with-mental-illness; global-mental-health; adhd; anxiety; bipolar-disorder; borderline-personality-disorder; depression; eating-disorders; ocd; ptsd-trauma; schizophrenia; self-injury; substance-use-disorder; mental-health-the-church; veterans-mental-health; young-adult-mental-health", "publishedAt": "Fri Jun 06 2025 20:46:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Videos" }, { "id": "66d0e26b53bd4671d83cc9e9", "title": "Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/wounded-heart-hope-for-adult-victims-of-childhood-sexual-abuse", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/Wounded-Heart-Victims-Childhood-Sexual/dp/1600063071/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1515176850&sr=8-1&keywords=wounded+heart+by+allender", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "Family & Friends", "Grief", "Mental Health", "Substance Use Disorders", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "For those who have experienced childhood sexual abuse and those who love and care for them, The Wounded Heart offers a tender, compassionate window into the psychological effects of abuse and the theological foundations for healing. Thirty years ago, with great courage and vision, Dan Allender brought Christians to the table to acknowledge, understand, and help victims heal from their experience of the evil of sexual abuse. His work continues to help victims and those who love them to honestly acknowledge their abuse, understand the unique challenge of repentance for victims of abuse, and learn to love boldly in defiance of their trauma. Ultimately Dan offers the bold assurance to sexual abuse victims that even they can find their way to joy and hope in the comforting embrace of a good God. The Wounded Heart has sold over 400,000 copies and has been the first book family, friends, counselors, pastors, and victims have turned to in search of Christian answers to the calamity of sexual abuse. With a new introduction reflecting on the ongoing importance of the book, and a companion workbook for personal and group recovery, The Wounded Heart continues to offer an urgently needed word of grace in a world ravaged by sexual abuse.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d8385d8fdb15a4cd7b68_66d0e26a53bd4671d83cc95a_668a99b378421b5874df5bf7_667dd1b7ac56f2afe58b7ada_667dd05b184a136c609523ce_woundedheartrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse BY Dan B. Allender, PhD For those who have experienced childhood sexual abuse and those who love and care for them, The Wounded Heart offers a tender, compassionate window into the psychological effects of abuse and the theological foundations for healing. Thirty years ago, with great courage and vision, Dan Allender brought Christians to the table to acknowledge, understand, and help victims heal from their experience of the evil of sexual abuse. His work continues to help victims and those who love them to honestly acknowledge their abuse, understand the unique challenge of repentance for victims of abuse, and learn to love boldly in defiance of their trauma. Ultimately Dan offers the bold assurance to sexual abuse victims that even they can find their way to joy and hope in the comforting embrace of a good God. The Wounded Heart has sold over 400,000 copies and has been the first book family, friends, counselors, pastors, and victims have turned to in search of Christian answers to the calamity of sexual abuse. With a new introduction reflecting on the ongoing importance of the book, and a companion workbook for personal and group recovery, The Wounded Heart continues to offer an urgently needed word of grace in a world ravaged by sexual abuse. mental-health; ptsd-trauma; grief Mental Health PTSD & Trauma Grief", "publishedAt": "Tue Jan 13 2026 18:57:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Recommended Books & Music" }, { "id": "686c1e25678076a6ba8c0293", "title": "Wounded Warrior Project", "url": "https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/", "externalUrl": "https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Mental Health", "Trauma & PTSD" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about trauma & ptsd and mental health from Woundedwarriorproject.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/695da57bec91fe0464c8912b_ww.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Wounded Warrior Project ptsd-trauma; mental-health Woundedwarriorproject", "publishedAt": "Wed Jan 07 2026 00:30:44 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66ce56158dde4e40a9e429f6", "title": "YELLOW RIBBON FOUNDATION", "url": "https://yellowribbon.org/", "externalUrl": "https://yellowribbon.org/", "type": "Download & Website", "typeSlug": "download_or_website", "topics": [ "Grief", "Suicide Prevention" ], "summary": "Open this guide or website about grief and suicide prevention from Yellowribbon.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/694af92da10228d4f7edd2ae_YRSP.png", "imageFit": "cover", "tone": "#d7e6df", "language": "en", "searchableText": "YELLOW RIBBON FOUNDATION suicide-loss; grief; suicide Yellowribbon", "publishedAt": "Tue Dec 23 2025 20:22:02 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)", "sourceCollection": "Downloads" }, { "id": "66d0e26a0346cab08d598a50", "title": "You Need Help! A Step-by-Step Plan to Convince a Loved One to Get Counseling", "url": "https://www.hopeforbrightertomorrows.org/recommended-books/you-need-help-a-step-by-step-plan-to-convince-a-loved-one-to-get-counseling", "externalUrl": "https://www.amazon.com/You-Need-Help-Step-Step/dp/1616491485/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1XL7TOR8RLTF6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.kr52SXlHMj4b-84pURx1uookIWGvmZ4vNDu6-kdZEj_1KMcm-0PQEvhHNcEsuL7TU9k5H9oweSXdOBc9VemlUWBEK9CMx6cYKn02U-mjCxFXIKp9dQ2t5PYFraLrPM41VQqQZ17fx2RjaIqW5WAA243eMucVqltHbmnuC-CRMv7V6fVfAr5eqgv1dueHwhtdk4m5IznLqVGxVSqDLj9bLiG9TsshQNpTY5W7nZ3406Q.KNwgrXsMm-h79kemP6b8kA48TxR93PgOMymCDcrqJCI&dib_tag=se&keywords=you+need+help%21+a+step+by+step+plan&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1774472001&sprefix=you+need+help+a+step+by+step+pl%2Caps%2C153&sr=8-1", "type": "Recommended Book", "typeSlug": "recommended_book", "topics": [ "ADHD", "Anxiety", "Bipolar Disorder", "Borderline Personality Disorder", "Children & Adolescents", "Depression", "Eating Disorders", "Family & Friends", "Mental Health", "OCD", "Schizophrenia", "Substance Use Disorders", "Suicide Prevention", "The Church" ], "summary": "If you feel that a friend or loved one has a problem and needs professional help, this step-by-step guide will give you the tools to approach, engage, and support him or her. Just about everyone knows a relative, friend, or coworker who is exhibiting signs of emotional or behavioral turmoil. Yet figuring out how to reach out to that person can feel insurmountable. We know it is the right thing to do, yet many of us hesitate to take action out of fear of conflict, hurt feelings, or damaging the relationship. Through a rich combination of user-friendly tools and real-life stories, Mark S. Komrad, MD, offers step-by-step guidance and support as you take the courageous step of helping a friend who might not even recognize that he or she is in need. He guides you in developing a strong course of action, starting by determining when professional help is needed, then moves you through the steps of picking the right time, making the first approach, gathering allies, selecting the right professional, and supporting friends or relatives as they go through the necessary therapeutic process to resolve their problems. Included are scripts based on Komrad’s work with his own patients, designed to help you anticipate next steps and arm you with the tools to respond constructively and compassionately. You will also find the guidance and information needed to understand mental illness and get past the stigma still associated with it, so you can engage and support your loved one with insight and compassion in his or her journey toward emotional stability and health.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d838a25fbb814866ff39_66d0e2690346cab08d598997_668a99b3a9bc7657b29536dd_667dd1b7436e15244c7e825a_667dd077ed27034702a12652_youneedhelprecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "You Need Help! A Step-by-Step Plan to Convince a Loved One to Get Counseling BY Mark S. 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He guides you in developing a strong course of action, starting by determining when professional help is needed, then moves you through the steps of picking the right time, making the first approach, gathering allies, selecting the right professional, and supporting friends or relatives as they go through the necessary therapeutic process to resolve their problems. Included are scripts based on Komrad’s work with his own patients, designed to help you anticipate next steps and arm you with the tools to respond constructively and compassionately. 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As many pastors and counselors know, people still carry hurts from thirty or forty years ago. The truth is, time often makes things worse. Wounds that are left untended fester and spread infection throughout your entire body. Time only extends the pain if the problem isn't dealt with. Your First Step to Celebrate Recovery introduces you to a biblical and balanced program that has helped nearly five million people overcome their hurts, hang-ups, and habits. Based on the actual words of Jesus found in the Sermon on the Mount rather than psychological theory, the Celebrate Recovery program has helped people for over 20 years to grow toward full Christ-like maturity. Author and founder John Baker tells the true story of how Celebrate Recovery became one of the largest Christ-centered recovery programs in history. Baker will help you discover how God's love, truth, grace and forgiveness can bring healing into your life.", "image": "https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/664cc609240e52cd44e8f434/6758d83863db952ea8596620_66d0e26a4773f47902aff71f_668a99b3ae9969ce36a6764d_667dd1b7952d728f89811c5c_667dd0872db3e6ec4bb1a92e_yourfirststepstocelebraterecoveryrecommended.png", "imageFit": "contain", "tone": "#eadbc9", "language": "en", "searchableText": "Your First Steps to Celebrate Recovery BY John Baker You've undoubtedly heard the expression \"time heals all wounds.\" Unfortunately, it isn't true. As many pastors and counselors know, people still carry hurts from thirty or forty years ago. The truth is, time often makes things worse. Wounds that are left untended fester and spread infection throughout your entire body. Time only extends the pain if the problem isn't dealt with. Your First Step to Celebrate Recovery introduces you to a biblical and balanced program that has helped nearly five million people overcome their hurts, hang-ups, and habits. Based on the actual words of Jesus found in the Sermon on the Mount rather than psychological theory, the Celebrate Recovery program has helped people for over 20 years to grow toward full Christ-like maturity. Author and founder John Baker tells the true story of how Celebrate Recovery became one of the largest Christ-centered recovery programs in history. 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