My story is one of love and loss, pain and pride, fear and strength, heartache and heroism.
It can be your story too.
LEARN GROW THRIVE
“Mental illness doesn’t follow a regular path of crisis, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery. Nobody makes it back to normal.”
— Sisters in the Storm
We Are Sisters
Tied to each other by our trauma
Lost in the midst of a child’s illness
We share a journey of tragedy
United in our grief
We long to reclaim our lives
Together we survive
Together we flourish
Together we find joy
We are the mothers of a mentally ill adult child (MIAC).
“You don’t need to become ill just because your child is.”
— Sisters in the Storm
Sisters in the Storm takes you on a journey of self-discovery.
Explore areas that hold you back from living the happy balanced life you want and deserve. If you feel any of the following, this is a safe place for you to learn, grow, adapt, and build a life filled with acceptance, balance, and joy:
Grief from what is lost and can never be regained
Stuck in a deep dark place
Unable to make decisions that benefit you
Belief it’s your job to live for your child
Need a better understanding of severe chronic mental illness
Belief you’re a bad parent
Don’t know how to let go
Tied to unattainable expectations
Refuse to make time for self-care
Lost your courage
Acceptance feels like a pipe dream
Unable to reclaim your life
Can’t find your way back to joy
“Your guilt is just another layer of grief.”
— Sisters in the Storm
Mental illness is, indeed, a storm.
A storm of epic proportion, a storm that not only damages but destroys, a storm that changes the terrain and trajectory of lives, a storm that claims its place in history, a storm that divides before and after, a storm that washes away all that you dreamed was possible and forces you to rebuild from the ground up.
There is a happy life waiting for you on the other side of the storm.
“You have to let go—for both of you.”
— Sisters in the Storm
Linda Hoff, Author
I am many things — a daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, friend, mentor, and business owner. The one thing I’m not, is a mental health professional.
Although I don’t know if any amount of MI training would have prepared me for what happened when my son turned twenty...
Photo by: Cinnamon Rose Photography
Reviews
“Sisters in the Storm: For Moms of Mentally Ill Adult Children by Linda Hoff is a book about the author’s struggles as the mother of a son diagnosed with chronic paranoid schizophrenia. Hoff offers encouragement to other mothers facing a similar situation dealing with a mentally ill adult child, providing support, advice, and resources. In this book, the author shares the lessons she learned and insights gained from her personal journey to help other parents discover ways to cope, find acceptance, and reclaim their own lives…” — Literary Titan
“This book is a guide, a golden, light-emanating hand reaching out in the darkness, ready to prepare parents—especially mothers—of mentally ill adult children for the unforgiving road ahead. Linda Hoff has firsthand experience dealing with and offers applicable tools and advice for anyone with a relative suffering from mental illness, making this book a must-read for this audience.” — OnlineBookClub.org
Thank You
A portion of book sales will be donated to National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in gratitude for all the support this organization provides to mothers of mentally ill adult children (MIAC) throughout the U.S.