This episode is part two of Heather Hester's interview with Diane Becker. Diane is a nationally certified juvenile treatment specialist, a licensed clinical social worker, licensed continuing education provider for social workers and professional counselors, and has been connecting with families and professionals for over 30 years. Diane and Heather have been friends for more than 15 years.

The main topic of this two-part interview is the subject of boundaries - what are they? how do you set them? what do they look like in different environments? Diane emphasizes the importance of connectedness, health and safety, and family.

Below is a list of the resources Diane mentions in the interview:

National Crisis Hotlines

International Association for Prevention of Suicide:   https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline  https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Domestic Violence:  https://www.thehotline.org/

Find a health care provider:

GLMA:  health professionals advancing equality:  www.glma.org   

Connections:

Parents:  PFLAG  www.pflag.org

Youth to 25y:   Trevor Project:  www.thetrevorproject.org

Information:

American Academy of Pediatrics:  www.heatlhychildren.org 

Strong Family Alliance: www.strongfamilyalliance.org

It Gets Better Project:  www.itgetsbetter.org

NAMI: National Alliance For Mental Illness:  www.nami.org

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More Human. More Kind. formerly Just Breathe: Parenting Your LGBTQ Teen is a safe and supportive podcast and space where a mom and mental health advocate offers guidance on parenting with empathy, inclusion, and open-minded allyship, fostering growth, healing, and empowerment within the LGBTQ community—including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals—while addressing grief, boundaries, education, diversity, human rights, gender identity, sexual orientation, social justice, and the power of human kindness through a lens of ally support and community engagement.