How do I help myself and my family thrive while caring for a child with mental illness?

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Dr. Julie Hanks

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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In this episode, Dr. Julie Hanks coaches Courtney Brown, Founder and CEO of Cents of Style, and addresses the question, “How do I help myself and my family thrive while caring for a mentally ill child?” Most people who have someone in their family with mental illness need to realize that we have limitations and we need more support. Your child’s mental illness is not because of you, it’s not something that you can solve, and it’s not your fault. During this episode, Dr. Hanks guides Cour...

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0:00.0	Welcome to ask Dr. Julie Hanks, a safe place for healing conversations that educate and empower you to prioritize your dreams, revolutionize your family, and personalize your faith.
0:28.3	I'm your host, Dr. Julie Hanks, a psychotherapist and coach offering online courses and programs to help women all over the world heal themselves and their relationships.
0:38.7	Join me here every week as I coach a listener through a specific challenge and empower them
0:42.8	with tools to find healing. Today, I'm really excited to welcome Courtney Brown to the show,
0:48.8	CEO and founder of Sense of Style, and that's a company that helps women look, feel, and do good.
0:55.7	Welcome to the show, Courtney.
0:58.0	Thank you, Dr. Hanks. I'm so happy to be here.
1:01.7	Wonderful. What is your question for me today?
1:05.3	Okay, so we have a child with mental illness and a lot of mental struggles. And my question is,
1:13.8	how do you maintain and promote your personal and family mental health while dealing with
1:22.7	someone that is chronically mental ill? Because it takes such a toll on the entirety of the family.
1:29.3	Yes, yes.
1:30.9	Okay.
1:32.1	Well, I'm going to respond with a question back to you.
1:34.9	Do you have built in support to help your family manage this chronic illness?
1:44.1	Little. And that is somewhere we have been focused. family manage this chronic illness?
1:44.7	Little.
1:51.7	And that is somewhere we have been focusing is on that respite and that support. But it's really, really difficult.
1:53.9	And as an achiever myself, it's super hard to ask for support.
1:59.9	Why?
2:01.2	Say more. It's hard for me to ask for support. Why? Say more.
2:01.9	It's hard for me to ask for support because I think we, I, let me use I, have told a lot of
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