Shaping Families

Rehab for Mental Illness

What’s it like living with a mental illness?  This week Lyn gives us a rare glimpse into her world of dealing with depression, suicide, drug addiction and the stigmas that surround those issues.  Too often we talk about mental illness as if there is no hope, Lyn shares a message that “recovery happens”.  Her story of struggle as well as recovery is featured this week on Shaping Families.

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Frog Hollow

read by Sam Heatwole

My father longed for something credible in his life. He found little comfort in religion and philosophy, yet he could not leave them alone. Despite the chaos of his life—or perhaps because of it—my father looked for and found order. Seemliness. While this may not have smoothed the roughness of his speech, orderliness in custom became his style. It may even have become his religion, although he would have denied it.

Video
Shadow Voices Documentary
Visit the Shadow Voices website by clicking the title above or you can buy the DVD here, from Third Way Media.

Online
Alcoholics Anonymous

Agency
Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation

Book
Frog Hollow Journal – James G.T. Fairfield
Sam Heatwole reads from this book in today's My Turn section. 

Online
National Alliance on Mental Illness

Mental Health America -The National Mental Health Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people live better live in mental health.  Find resources, support groups, news, and information.

Books
The Chemistry of Joy: Overcoming Depression Through Western Science and Eastern Wisdom, Henry Emmons, MD.

The Mindful Way Through Depression, Jon Kabat-Zinn

Undoing Depression, Richard O’Connor

Helping Someone with Mental Illness: A Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends, and Caregivers, Rosalynn Carter

Support
Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator

Find a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor

Find a Counselor  - National Board of Certified Counselors

Find a Counselor – Psychology Today Directory

Rehab for Mental Illness

Believe it or not, what is broadly described as mental illness is all around us. By some estimates, half of all of us will at some time in our lives become dysfunctional because of a mental disease. If you get through life without an episode, be thankful.

When parents divorce, it can be devastating for the children.  How do you talk to your children about it?  What can you do to make it easier on them?  We cover these questions and more next week as we talk with Kirsten who experienced divorce as a child and is a divorced parent herself. Today she writes and leads seminars on this topic to help other families learn about parenting after divorce.

Curried Vegetables

Writing copy for a weekly radio program Web site is the assignment that Zac Taylor has accepted while he attends Eastern Mennonite University. He is currently working toward a master's degree in counseling psychology.  This is a recipe he and his wife enjoy on their "vegetarian nights" for dinner.

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