S9E4: Mental Health (Rachael Newham)

Mental illness affects a huge proportion of families, whether in the life of a parent/carer or a child/teen. So how can we navigate our way through this as Christian families? How can we frame mental health and mental illness for our children, from the time they’re born through to when they’re teens and young adults? What are the healthy practices we can model, and what do we do when they’re not enough? Bringing wisdom, experience and compassion to this episode is Rachael Newham. Rachael is a specialist in the theology of mental health and formerly worked for Kintsugi Hope. She is the author of two books: Learning to Breathe (about her own experiences of mental illness as a teen, intertwined with the theology of mental health) and And Yes (finding joy in hard times through lament). Rachael is also a wife and mum, and is based just outside London. Links: Follow Rachael on on Facebook, X and Instagram at @RachaelNewham90 Read Rachael’s Substack: https://rachaelnewham90.substack.com Rachael’s website: www.rachaelnewham.com Rachael’s books: https://www.eden.co.uk/shop/search.php?products%5Bquery%5D=rachael%20newham Join us tonight for our pop-up small group “Different ways to engage kids and teens with mission” with Rachel Turner https://www.facebook.com/parentingforfaithBRF/ If you’re enjoying this podcast, why not partner with us to make it happen? For just £2 a month, you can give to the work of Parenting for Faith and help us make all our resources freely available to all. Click here to give a one-off or regular gift: www.brf.org.uk/get-involved/give/ Parenting for Faith is part of the charity, BRF. We are reliant on donations from individuals and churches to make our resources available to as many people as possible. We are grateful for all donations, big or small. They make a real difference. Thank you so much for partnering with us.