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Tracey Yokas creates stuff. When she isn’t writing about mental health and wellness, she can be found playing with paint, glitter, and glue. Art fuels her passion for connection. She shares about her family’s journey with mental illness so others will know they are not alone and that hope is real. She is dedicated to supporting women in the journey towards authenticity, and fulfills her mission by creating safe spaces where art, words, and vulnerability meet in a dynamic, supportive community. Tracey earned her master’s degree in counseling psychology from California Lutheran University and lives in Newbury Park, CA, with her family, cats, and fish. You can find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @traceyyokas or on her website at www.traceyyokascreates.com.
This book will help parents who are navigating their child's mental health crisis know that they're not alone . . . but it also illuminates this fact: no matter what is breaking your heart, sometimes the best place to look for answers is inside yourself. Tracey Yokas shows us how. -Laura Munson, best-selling author and founder of Haven Writing Programs We hear the harrowing statistics about a generation of kids with sky-high rates of anxiety and depression and the tendency to self-harm, and we immediately want to do something to help these children-but in our rush to empathize, we often forget the other part of the story of mental illness: the mom's story. What is it like to be the mom? What is it like to love someone in so much pain, and to parent them through it? In this unflinching memoir, Tracey Yokas gives us that tale. It is a story filled with pain and with hope, told with generosity and love. -Jennie Nash, founder and CEO of Author Accelerator An honest, raw, and emotional look at a family nearly torn apart dealing with a child's mental illness. Told from a mother's point of view, Bloodlines takes readers on the harrowing journey she faced while doing everything in her power to help her daughter. This memoir of an arduous, painful road to recovery is also one of acceptance, love, and hope. -Jeni Driscoll, author of the mental health blog Peace from Panic In her journey to examine and understand the emotional scars handed down from her family experience, Tracey Yokas finds her truth and her voice. We witness the beautiful unfolding of powerful insight, courage, and wisdom. Tracey becomes a warrior to free her daughter, herself, and her family from a seemingly endless nightmare. -F.D. Raphael, author of The Rock Stars of Neuroscience and founder of MindfulnessbyFaithe.com. A powerfully honest, riveting, and stigma-busting peek into the oft-hidden shadow world of self-harm that shines with Yokas's hope and determination to find a path to healing for her daughter, and herself. -Lauri Taylor, author of The Accidental Truth: What My Mother's Murder Investigation Taught Me About Life
