Mending Families Podcast

A Conversation with Melissa Pemberton

In this episode of the Mending Families Podcast, I share with Melissa how creativity and using art helped me on my journey of healing. I also open up about the hard parts of my story that led to writing my book with the hopes of inspiring others. Grief and loss, along with mental health conditions, are difficult to navigate and lead us to feel alone at times. I hope my memoir can lead to helping others find their healing.

Mending Families is hosted by Melissa Pemberton and she brings you weekly content that is a mix of trauma aware interviews, parenting tips for those caring for kids from adversity, and stories from people just like you as they share their beautiful messy moments.

Melissa hopes that when you listen each week, you will feel encouraged, inspired and take a little something away to help you and your family move from broken to mended.

Episode Highlights

I share, in part:

How reclaiming my creativity was a huge part of my ability to reclaim my voice.
Why play allows the parts of us without words to express themselves.
Why I wrote my book, the role it played in my healing journey, and my hope to let families know they are not alone.
How in parenting during the time of my daughter’s illness, my stance toward it and her symptoms was unhelpful and what I wish I’d done differently.
How healing my generational trauma helped heal all my relationships.

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Featured Resource

It seems so simple, but this one activity is crucial to forming strong bonds with your kids, which in turn makes them much more eager to listen to you and participate in your family. This clip, taken from Dr. Daniel Amen’s television special “Raising Mentally Strong Kids”, outlines the details and instructions for this special activity, which if practiced regularly, will radically transform your relationship with your children.

A Conversation with Melissa Pemberton