Most Thursdays at 6 p.m. Eastern, I host a free drop-in group for parents. I'll be holding one THIS THURSDAY, and if you are interested, you can sign up here. It is a space where parents raising teens and young adults struggling with depression, anxiety, addiction, self-harm, suicidality, and other high-risk behaviors can share what is on their minds and in their hearts. They can ask questions, gain new perspectives, and find solidarity with kindred spirits walking a similar path. During a...

This year I didn’t come up with a set of resolutions. Instead, I reflected on what I’ve learned about how I want to show up — for myself, for my daughters, in my life. We often go through our days, and particularly the more difficult ones — such as when our kids are struggling — with a sense of events happening to us, and of desperately trying to change the external circumstances so that we can shift the uncomfortable feelings: fear, sadness, guilt, shame. These feelings make drawing on our...

This summer, I had the joy of reconnecting with one of my favorite people. When I first met Patty, she had set aside her art career to...