Shaping Families

First Lady of Mental Health

“Everything has changed in how we look at mental illnesses, because of research and what we now know about the brain. Today mental illnesses can be diagnosed, they can be treated effectively” … “Almost without exception, people can lead normal lives living at home, working, going to school. And as people learn that, the stigma’s beginning to go away a little bit.” -- Rosalynn Carter

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Centerpiece

Harvey Yoder

A client of mine who was suffering from depression once told me, “When I’m having one of my really bad days, everything I do feels like trying to wade through wet cement. It takes all the energy I have just to get out of bed and to put one foot in front of the other.”

Current Offer

This week’s FREE offer is Rosalynn Carter’s book, Helping Someone with a Mental Illness: A Compassionate Guide for Family, Friends, and Caregivers.

Video
Shadow Voices: Finding Hope in Mental Illness
A Third Way Media documentary on mental illness.

Online
Shadow Voices website 
Stories, resources, and more information on mental illness, this site is the companion website to the documentary above.

Carter Center
The Carter Center is committed to advancing human rights and alleviating unnecessary human suffering. Join us in creating a world in which every man, woman, and child has the opportunity to enjoy good health and live in peace.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

National Mental Health Association (Mental Health America)
Non-profit dedicated to helping people live better live in mental health. Find resources, support groups, news, and information.

Support
Family Life Resource Center
Harvey Yoder is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Marriage and Family Therapist at the Family Life Resource Center. His “Centerpiece” segments for Shaping Families come from a larger series of short messages of insight and inspiration offered on the FLRC website as well as on a Harrisonburg, Va. radio station.

 Book
Come Be My Light, Mother Teresa

It's Time for Spiritual Leaders to Get Educated in Mental Diseases

Pastors today can’t afford to remain oblivious to the very real world of mental illness.  Our seminaries still too often fail to adequately prepare their charges for the real world of pastoral leadership. It’s a tough assignment that involves a whole range of very real issues. Spiritual leaders need to see themselves as part of a holistic ministry that is much more complex than a narrow understanding of spirituality allows.

Chicken BBQ

It’s springtime. Time to get out the grill and make your first summer BBQ. Melodie got this country vinegar-based sauce originally from her father, Vernon Miller, who was known for his BBQ chicken (among church and family friends) in northern Indiana

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