Ask April…

Two years teaching life skills to families whose children were at IMMINENT risk of being removed, may have ruined my ability to sit with problems…When things need to change so that families can keep their children, there is an intensity that is needed…Empathy/sympathy now comes with a healthy dose of reality, and problem solving…

Spending hours teaching parents how to re-frame the stories in their heads from toxic to healthy has become the default for how I approach almost any situation. My ability to accurately asses a situation and separate the truth from the ‘bunk’ is finely tuned…

After some encouragement from a friend to start a podcast where I can provide my words of wisdom (read informed opinions) regarding a range of topics I decided to go slow… While I am not at all ready for a podcast both in courage or equipment, I do think that I would like to test the idea out here at Careless in the Care of God…

SO, I am asking for your questions.. .

Questions that you think someone with a social work background might be able to shed some light upon…I have extensive training in parenting, REBT, Motivational Interviewing, how to communicate with others…

Seriously…throw some questions at me, and I will write a post addressing them…then we can see where this idea might go…

ask april 1 Relationships…

Addictive Personalities…

Boundaries…

Parenting…

Early Childhood Development…

Encouragement…

Anger Management…

Mental Health…

Anxiety…

Depression…

How to deal with being sick…

Living with an abusive parent…

What questions might you have that you have been wanting to get another perspective regarding? Nothing is off limits…Can’t wait to see what you have to ask! I would also like to leave this open for you to ask any questions about my life you might like to know as well…

Carelessly,

April

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  • Jamie Newman Ewen

    Any advice for parents dealing with children with disabilities. I struggle with this as my youngest son has had several surgeries, procedures and appointments for his club feet. Its ongoing and I feel like it consumes me mentally physically and emotionally at times… like I take on the burden for my child you know. Also think it affects my other son the most because he see’s me spending a lot of time with his brother.

    • aprilbest1981

      yes Jamie…it is really hard to see your baby going through things little ones shouldn’t have too…I can totally address that in a post…thank you so much for asking this question…I will be sure to let you know when I post the resources that might be able to help…

  • hi april! i have a few chicks in my circle of influence (in my housegroup or mums group) who really struggle with anxiety and worry. we’re doing a series by elevation church on internal voices etc but as a complete optimist sometimes we’re on such different pages that i am concerned i’m not meeting their needs or seeing where they come from. one lovely young mum in particular goes to worst case scenario with everything in her life. she had a headache and a mole on her head the other day and immediately jumped to brain cancer fear. her kids are always at the dr for any minor fever or hint of sickness. she is constantly stressed and making herself sick. i want to be a loving, encouraging leader and also point her in the right direction for getting help and healing. any advice?