Communications

I volunteered to write about my experience navigating the mental health system as a parent, and there are countless stories I could tell. But today, I want to focus on the power of perspective when interacting with families facing mental health challenges with their youth. Perspective shapes every interaction during a mental health crisis. For […]

                                                 A Blog for Mental Health Week    For Mental Health week this year, someone asked me what as a mother I had learned from my family’s journey with chronic PTSD. Well, if I was just focusing on myself, the answer would be ‘so much!’ In fact, so much I barely know where to begin

When my son was about 3 years old, he attended a pre-school class called Purple Stew. I was keen for him to go because he is an only child and had been cared for at home rather than going to daycare. While other mothers dropped their little ones off at the class or left in