by Joanna Jullien | May 19, 2020 | addiction, Children's Health & Mental Health, Depression, Discipline, Family, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Substance abuse prevention, Wisdom
The collective response to the coronavirus pandemic (i.e., shelter-in-place) has interrupted our lives with new demands on parents to be teachers as well as employees at home and created economic upheavals that can lead to mental states of hopeless. The feeling of...
by Joanna Jullien | Feb 11, 2020 | addiction, Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Depression, Drug Abuse and Youth, Eating disorders, Faith, Family, Internet porn, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parental Authority, Parenting, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Substance abuse prevention, Wisdom
Last month I was honored to deliver a training on The Role of the Parent in Healing a Suffering Child: Insights about love in response to anxiety and addiction as a family disease (affair) at the community lunch and learn event sponsored by Sierra Vista Hospital....
by Joanna Jullien | Apr 29, 2019 | addiction, Anxiety, Children & Teens Problems & Pitfalls, Children's Health & Mental Health, Children's mental health, Depression, Faith, Family, Internet Safety, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parenting, Peer abuse, Recovery, Social Media, Teenagers, Wisdom
Before mobile connectivity, texting, and social media became a primary artery of communication for young and old alike, mental health issues were considered something that happened only to some “flawed individuals”. It is no surprise that the resulting stigma of...
by Joanna Jullien | Mar 29, 2019 | addiction, Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Depression, Family, Happiness, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child communication, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Wisdom
A recent article on The Ladders features a report about America as a society that is less happy than ever because of mass addictions. The study featured is the World Happiness Report, an annual study sponsored by United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions...
by Joanna Jullien | Jun 7, 2018 | addiction, Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Depression, Discipline, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parent-child relationship, Parenting, Prevention strategy, Recovery, Social Media, Substance Abuse & Addiction, Substance abuse prevention, Uncategorized, Wisdom, Youth Suicide
As a result of our network culture lifestyle, we are all more vulnerable to believing things that disturb the peace. Especially for youth, it is easy to believe things that are not true (such as “I am not worthy of love and acceptance,” and “all my parents care about...
by Joanna Jullien | Aug 18, 2017 | Anxiety, Children's Health & Mental Health, Cyber Safety, Depression, Discipline, Faith, Family, Mobile Phone Use and Children, Parenting, Social Media, Suicide, Teenagers, Uncategorized, Wisdom, Youth Suicide
Adolescent mental health is a growing concern. A Pediatrics study published in November 2016 indicates an increase in major depression episodes reported for youth ages 12-20 from 8.7 percent in 2005 to 11.3 percent in 2014. This study concludes that the prevalence of...
