PARENTING A DEFIANT TEEN WITH COMPASSION, MENTAL HEALTHAND SPIRITUAL HEALING

Raising Resilience

by Melinda Barss and Healing Light Natural Health

About The Book

Are you parenting a teen who resists everything you say, lashes out emotionally, or seems stuck in cycles of pain and defiance?
Raising Resilience is your heart-centered guide to parenting through turbulence with empathy, strength, and spiritual insight. Melinda Barss blends clinical mental health wisdom, trauma-informed strategies, and soulful healing practices to help parents and caregivers support their teen’s emotional and spiritual recovery—without losing themselves in the process.
In this book, you’ll learn how to:
✅ Understand the roots of defiance, anxiety, and disconnection
✅ Build emotional safety, trust, and open communication
✅ Balance discipline with compassion and boundaries
✅ Use energy healing, mindfulness, and spiritual tools to create harmony
✅ Guide your teen toward self-awareness, resilience, and healing
Whether your teen is struggling with trauma, rebellion, anxiety, or just everyday stress, Raising Resilience offers a clear, loving path forward—for both of you.
💜 For parents, therapists, educators, and soul-led caregivers

Healing Light Press

At Healing Light Press we bring Light to words that matter while illuminating the path to wellness.

Healing Light Press is a design and publishing company dedicated to illuminating voices in health, wellness, spirituality, integrative medicine and more. With a special focus on energy medicine, Eastern healing traditions, and mental health for all ages, we publish and design works that inspire, educate, and transform. Our offerings include educational publications, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, art and more for adults, teens, children, and babies—helping to share stories of healing, resilience, and higher consciousness. We provide publishing, editing, graphic, page, cover and logo design, logo creation, copyright assistance, and ISBN registration, ensuring that every project reaches its fullest potential. Founded by a published author with a university degree in English and Psychology, Healing Light Press is led by an expert with extensive experience writing ministerial letters and government documents related to mental health and wellness. Additionally, our expertise extends into Western and Eastern health modalities, including Psychology, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Reiki, and sound therapy, offering a holistic approach to storytelling and design. With university-level training in art and design and a passion for capturing the essence of life, Healing Light Press strives to create visually compelling and soul-enriching works. Our commitment to healing and artistic expression is evident in projects such as 3rd Floor Flowers: Poetry for PTSD, a collective work supporting trauma survivors. At Healing Light Press, we believe in the power of words and art to heal, uplift, and connect. Whether through publishing, design, or creative collaboration, we bring light to stories that matter.

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