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Flexibility, Access & Listening: The Parent’s Guide to What Works (and What Doesn’t)

Flexibility, Access & Listening: The Parent’s Guide to What Works (and What Doesn’t)

Flexibility, Access & Listening: The Parent’s Guide to What Works (and What Doesn’t)Sami Ward
Published on: 17/11/2025

A compassionate guide for parents supporting young adults with emotional dysregulation and BPD traits. Learn how flexibility, accessibility, and listening can transform stressful days into calmer ones and what support really works.

Emotional Tools and TechniquesResources and LearningBeing a Mum of Daughter with BPD
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Learning in the Storm: Why Relapse After Discharge Is So Common

Learning in the Storm: Why Relapse After Discharge Is So Common

Learning in the Storm: Why Relapse After Discharge Is So CommonSami Ward
Published on: 31/10/2025

A parent’s honest guide to understanding relapse after psychiatric discharge, why it happens, what to look for, and how to stay grounded through it.

Navigating the System (NHS, Crisis Services & Private Help)Emotional Tools and TechniquesEmotional DysregulationKnowledge is Power Resources and Learning
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Learning in the Storm: Surviving the First Week After Discharge

Learning in the Storm: Surviving the First Week After Discharge

Learning in the Storm: Surviving the First Week After DischargeSami Ward
Published on: 24/10/2025

A practical parent guide to coping after psychiatric discharge: safety planning, home-based ‘support’, night fears, and surviving the first week.

Emotional Tools and TechniquesKnowledge is Power Resources and LearningBeing a Mum of Daughter with BPD
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Vaping, BPD and the Breathing Behind It: Why It’s About Calm, Not Nicotine

Vaping, BPD and the Breathing Behind It: Why It’s About Calm, Not Nicotine

Vaping, BPD and the Breathing Behind It: Why It’s About Calm, Not NicotineSami Ward
Published on: 17/10/2025

Vaping feels calming, but for many with BPD it’s the breathing, not the nicotine, that soothes. Learn how vaping affects calm and sleep.

Emotional Tools and TechniquesKnowledge is Power Resources and Learning
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What Being Sectioned Really Means – A Parent’s Guide

What Being Sectioned Really Means – A Parent’s Guide

What Being Sectioned Really Means – A Parent’s GuideSami Ward
Published on: 10/10/2025

A parent’s guide to understanding sectioning under the UK Mental Health Act — 72-hour holds, 28-day sections, discharge reviews and real-life gaps in care.

Knowledge is Power Resources and LearningPsychiatric Units
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Is It My Fault? Understanding Causes of BPD

Is It My Fault? Understanding Causes of BPD

Is It My Fault? Understanding Causes of BPD Sami Ward
Published on: 03/10/2025

Is It My Fault? Understanding Causes of BPD

Parenting through CrisisKnowledge is Power Resources and Learning
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