“God is close to the broken-hearted; he is a suffering savior who has been through the worst of it, and he understands what you are going through and is with you!” -Tina Yeager.
Award-winning author, speaker, licensed mental health counselor, and life coach Tina Yeager encourages audiences to fulfill their potential and guides them on a new journey toward the life of their dreams. She is the author of multiple books, including Upcycled: Crafted for a Purpose and Beautiful Warrior: Finding Victory Over the Lies Formed Against You. She offers a 10-week, ten-minute-a-day, Subdue Stress and Anxiety course featuring 15 expert presenters and hosts the Flourish-Meant podcast.
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During this episode, Tina elaborates on the following key points to guide families who may be coping with mental health issues:
- Steps that children, teens, and adults can take to overcome loneliness.
- Changing thought patterns from thinking about our needs to thinking about ways to serve others.
- Parents should respond to their teens when they struggle emotionally by listening, letting them feel heard, and resisting the temptation to offer advice.
- When children express their emotions, find something they love, do it with them, and hear their hearts.
- Help children understand they can vent to God even if it’s angry; God listens and hears their heart regardless of how it’s expressed.
- Self-care tips for parents with kids struggling with mental health:
- Not everyone will understand what you are going through, but God does.
- God was close to the broken-hearted throughout the Bible – he chose people with mental illnesses to be extremely powerful leaders in Christian history, and he stays close to the broken-hearted today.
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