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How to Change Depression into Deep Rest
Photo by Diego Jimenez on Unsplash (From the Spicy Soul Mama blog) Our past is always informing our present, sometimes sneaking up when...


Reframing Expectations
by Shelley Durga Karpaty Photo by Fons Heijnsbroek on Unsplash ( read the original article ) Dear Parents, Please know that the healing...


A Family Secret: A Mother's Perspective on Mental Health and Recovery
Shelley Karpaty “It’s always been like this, I’ve always heard voices,” my son said matter-of-factly. It had been a year into the world...


Sending Your Troubled Child Away: It’s Never Easy, But It May Be the Right Thing
I have been following the SF Chronicle’s investigative reports into the closing of abusive behavioral programs operated by Sequel Youth...


It’s All About Balance With Electronics
"A lot has happened in the eight weeks since my 17 1/2 year old was enrolled in the step down co-ed boarding school in Southern Utah. He...


Welcome to Adulting….My 18 1/2 Year Old Son
" My now 18 1/2 year old son has been back home for four months. He was away for twenty-seven long months at three different treatment...


Does Your Teen Sleep All Day?
"Mine does! I know I’m not alone as a parent concerned with this type of sleep pattern. My son recently turned 19 and is old enough to...


Autism On My Mind
It started this Sunday when I was driving around listening to a recent edition of “City Arts and Lectures” featuring my ASD heroine...


NEWSLETTER
Summer 2018 Our website, www.familysanity.org, launched this Spring! While we continue to tweak and improve it, there seems to be a new...
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