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Mid-summer chaos is real. Your house is a mess, your kids are bouncing between activities or begging for more screen time, and the packed schedule you hoped would help is only adding stress. So, how do you create a summer that’s structured but not overwhelming? Focus on connections, fun, rest, and each child's unique needs.
David Ambroz shares his childhood experience of homelessness, family instability, and foster care while navigating his mother’s severe mental illness. He reflects on resilience, forgiveness, and his journey to becoming a successful leader, author, and advocate for children in the foster system.
Author Jessica Guerrieri shares her personal experience with alcoholism, recovery, and mental health, including OCD and trauma. She discusses how these challenges shape her novels and reflects on sobriety, relapse, and the power of honesty and determination in healing.
Spring doesn’t guarantee a brighter mood, and happiness isn’t seasonal. This blog explores how to build emotional wellbeing through intentional actions, meaningful connections, and self-awareness, while also recognizing when it’s time to seek support.
Comedian Adam reflects on losing his sister Lydia to suicide, their close bond, and his own mental health struggles. He discusses his film See You When I See You and his efforts to raise awareness, honor Lydia’s life, and challenge misconceptions about suicide through storytelling and advocacy.
Meg Kissinger, author of While You Were Out, tells how she persevered, found answers that were hard to come by, and got to a healthier place. It’s an inspiring conversation about mental illness, loss, healing, and hope.
Clear, honest communication builds trust and emotional safety in families. By setting expectations, maintaining routines, and sharing age-appropriate truths, parents can create stability and connection, especially for children impacted by trauma.
Dr. Joseph Lee, President and CEO of Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, joins Dr. Michelle K. Murray for an enlightening discussion on addiction, recovery, and family healing.
Gary Gulman has been making people laugh for many years as a top touring comedian and frequent guest on late night shows and star of multiple HBO specials. He’s a professional success by any measure. But that didn’t stop him from having a mental breakdown in his forties. In this revealing conversation with Nexus Family Healing CEO Dr. Michelle K. Murray, Gary reveals the depressive and anxious tendencies of his youth, his struggles connecting with his parents, and how a traumatic event fueled his depression.
Deborah Jackson Taffa reflects on growing up between cultures, struggling with belonging, and a painful lack of connection with her mother. She shares how those experiences impacted her mental health, and how her father’s love became a powerful source of validation and healing.
School assessments help identify a child’s strengths, challenges, and needs, guiding meaningful support at school and home. When families and educators work together, these evaluations become powerful tools for growth, not labels for a child’s future.
Author Rebekah Taussig shares her experience growing up with a disability, navigating depression, and learning to understand herself in a world shaped by ableism. In this conversation, she reflects on identity, motherhood, and the shift from seeing herself as deficient to recognizing systemic barriers.
Author Isaac Fitzgerald reflects on a childhood shaped by substance use, violence, and mental health struggles, including the loss of his mother to suicide. Despite these challenges, he shares how love, literature, and community helped guide him toward healing and a more hopeful path.
Aggressive behaviors like hitting or biting can be difficult to navigate, but they are often a child’s way of communicating unmet needs or overwhelming emotions. By understanding the root cause and responding with consistency, modeling, and positive reinforcement, caregivers can help children build healthier ways to express themselves. Early support makes a lasting difference.
Author Ashley C. Ford shares her experience growing up with a mother who was both loving and abusive, while her father was incarcerated for most of her life. In this conversation, she reflects on making sense of those complex family dynamics and how they continue to shape her identity, relationships, and healing as an adult. It’s a powerful look at understanding where we come from, and how it impacts who we become.
Actor Paul Scheer reflects on his childhood with an abusive stepfather and how those experiences shaped his relationship with anger, conflict, and identity. Through therapy and conversations with his wife, he began to understand the lasting impact of that trauma and how it showed up in his adult life. He shares how he’s working to break those patterns and build a healthier relationship with himself and his family.
Loneliness is on the rise, and rebuilding meaningful connections can feel harder than ever. As social habits shift and relationships take more effort to maintain, loneliness can quietly become the norm for youth and adults. So how do we begin to recover? It starts with a simple idea: “do then feel.”
Actor and writer Joel Kim Booster shares his journey growing up in a deeply religious adoptive household where his sexuality and mental health struggles were not accepted. After his parents discovered he was gay by reading his journal, Joel left home at 17 and began building a life on his own while later navigating a diagnosis of bipolar II disorder. In this candid conversation, he reflects on self-acceptance, boundaries with family, and the path toward reconciliation and stability.
At just 22, Frank Cobbe has already done significant work to understand his mental health and support others. After being diagnosed with bipolar II disorder and later discovering he is on the autism spectrum, Frank and his mom began a journey that helped them both better understand their mental health. In this episode, Frank shares how family support, education, and self-discovery helped him make sense of experiences like hypomania and psychosis, and why he now advocates for young adult mental health.
Natural and man-made disasters in recent news can cause stress, especially for children. As a parent, it’s important to remember that your reactions to these disasters can impact the way your child views the world around them. Remain calm, give yourself time to process and create a plan that works for your family.
Growing up as the only person of color in her adoptive family, Kris Jamieson always knew she was different, but understanding her identity proved far more complicated. From reconnecting with her birth mother to navigating painful family estrangement, Kris shares how race, belonging, and loss have shaped her mental health journey. It’s a powerful conversation about complicated families, clarity around who “Mom” is, and learning to live with depression and anxiety while holding onto your sense of self.
Newspaper columnist and community leader Ka Vang reflects on surviving war and displacement as a Hmong refugee and the lasting mental health impacts on her family. She shares how generational trauma continues to echo today, as immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota trigger fear and flashbacks within the Hmong community.
Friendship breakups can be just as painful as romantic ones, yet they’re often overlooked. When a close friendship ends, whether it fades or breaks abruptly, it can bring deep grief, including sadness, anger, and loneliness. If a relationship feels one-sided, draining, or no longer aligned with your values, it may be time to let go. Give yourself permission to grieve, seek support, and focus on healing.
After the loss of both her parents, author and artist Tracey Yokas found herself supporting her daughter through grief that developed into an eating disorder and self-harm, all while navigating her own mental health challenges. In this episode, Tracey reflects on parenting through crisis, examining how her own childhood experiences shaped her family dynamics, and the long, complex path toward healing and understanding across generations.
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