Hope for Mom of Emerging Adult with Mental Illness

Proem

My privilege offers little experience with the loneliness of severe illness without reliable support. Meaning I have fantastic support. I seldom experience profound loneliness. Hope and support go together. Hope and support provide a foundation upon which to build spiritual health. Spiritual strength hastens recovery toward best health. Much support comes from caregivers, be they family, friends, or professionals. Caregivers are necessary for best health for those of us with disabling chronic or acute illnesses. Hence, the second episode in this series about emerging adults with mental illness centers on a mom, parent, and caregiver: Erika Blair, mother of Emeka Chima. I’m grateful to Erika and Emeka for their willingness to share their journey with us.

Challenges of multi-media. A note to followers.

I realize that my inclusion of video in my production channels can create some dilemmas for readers and listeners. You can’t see the videos and might miss guests’ body language, scrolling images, and print. I try to stay aware of these dilemmas. When I started my podcast, many blog followers thanked me for my years of content creation and prepared to move on. Not wanting to lose a loyal audience, I created article-grade audio transcripts. Verbatim audio transcripts…