Practical exercise
Draft and rehearse a parent conversation script
You will draft a script for the harder conversation about mental health with one parent, in their preferred language, and rehearse it once with a friend. The script reduces panic in the moment by giving you words you have already chosen.
30 min·practitioner
Now try it
Draft and rehearse a parent conversation script
Stretch
After the actual conversation, write a one paragraph note about what happened, what worked, what to do differently. Save it. The second hard conversation in your life will use this note.
Goes into your portfolio
A Google Doc parent-conversation-script with the four-part script, three anticipated replies, the chosen time and place, and a post-conversation reflection.