Spring is in the air - with a reminder for renewal, growth, and self-care. This blog for parents of loved ones with mental health and substance use challenges focuses on the paradox of detachment and service to others.

Let me tell you about two mothers named Faith and Hope – except they're not actually mothers, they're plants. Stay with me here, because this little story about succulent parenting might just change how you think about raising your kids.

Give Yourself Grace: Essential Advice for Parents in 2025

In our daily work with families at Crossbridge, we see how much harder parenting has become. The rapid changes in technology and society have made raising children more complex than ever before. Parents come to us feeling overwhelmed, questioning their choices, and often carrying heavy guilt about their child's struggles. This is when we remind them to give themselves grace - parenting has never been harder than it is right now.

These words from "The Prophet" first found me in high school, gifted by a dear friend at a time when I was just beginning to understand my own identity. As an only child and the center of my parents' world, these lines shifted something fundamental in how I saw myself — not just as someone's daughter, but as an individual on my own unique journey.

Now, decades later, as both a parent and therapeutic consultant, Gibran's wisdom resonates with even greater depth.

A conversation with David Bloom.

What does Taylor Swift have to do with helping your child cope with rejection? Great question.

In that moment, I heard the tired voices of so many parents who have picked up the phone and called me, exhausted from years of phone calls and appointments and teachers conferences and therapies and interventions and evaluations. They so often feel like they have failed their children because the “results” weren’t what they expected or hoped for.