How To Survive and Thrive After Your Loved One’s Mental Breakdown

Coach Donna Marie shares insights about four keys to help you survive and thrive after your loved one has had a mental breakdown in episode 13 of Season 4 on the Plant Your Seeds of Transformation Podcast.

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Summary and Highlights

Our video for today is pre-recorded on the topic of “How To Survive and Thrive After Your Loved One’s Mental Breakdown”. Coach Donna Marie gives you five key tips so you can stay healthy as you support your loved one through their own mental health journey. These tips will help you so that after some stability is achieved, you can hopefully recover quicker whenever new challenges arise. If you are a caregiver to someone dealing with chronic, severe mental illness challenges, or if you love someone else who is this type of caregiver, please pass this on. Also… I know that I do not have all of the answers here, so, if you want to contribute to this conversation in a positive way, leave a comment so we can support one another.

1. Get therapy for yourself and for your family, too, if possible. Listen to the episode to hear my insights on how to get access to good care that works for you.
2. Keep learning, especially how to understand yourself and be more compassionate with yourself. I talked about this more in a prior episode regarding World Mental Health Awareness Day.
3. Set healthy boundaries, see book recommendations below. And get relationship coaching to set SMART goals for this area of your life and get results you have longed for, click here to enroll in coaching.
4. Build and consistently plug-in with your community. Support groups are available at local churches and through NAMI and other organizations, many of which are by phone so you don’t have to be in person to attend.
5. Pay attention to financial matters impacted by this journey and let go of money shame. I also discussed this in episode 10 in more detail.

Book Recommendations*

• List of Books About Boundaries via Amazon
• Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself by Nedra Glover Tawwab
• Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud and John Townsend

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