Bob Krulish

Bob Krulish has spent decades helping parents of adult children living with serious mental illness, motivational inertia, ambivalence, or extended dependence find new hope, new direction, and new connection. He is a nationally recognized educator on communication, empowerment, and practical family-based support, blending research, lived experience, and the real-world stories of the families he’s coached.

Bob is the author of When Screams Become Whispers, a memoir detailing his own journey living with bipolar disorder — a story that has inspired audiences across the country. His lived experience gives him a rare dual perspective: he knows the struggle parents feel as they try everything to help their adult children, and he knows what it feels like to be that struggling young adult who couldn’t move forward, couldn’t find his footing, and couldn’t see a way out.

Bob has:

• been trained by leaders in Motivational Interviewing

• taught dozens of workshops for NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)

• worked with hundreds of parents and families facing overwhelming situations

• coached parents through crisis, ambivalence, stagnation, learned helplessness, anosognosia, and recovery

• developed The Ableing Shift, a communication framework designed specifically for parents of adult children

He has spoken at conferences, taught family programs, and partnered with clinicians and community leaders to bring compassionate, research-informed support to families who often feel forgotten or blamed.

But Bob’s greatest qualification is not academic — it is personal.

He knows the fear, exhaustion, guilt, and heartbreak that parents carry because he has sat with them, listened to them, cried with them, and witnessed their courage. He also knows what it feels like to be the adult child who pushed people away, resisted help, doubted himself, and eventually — slowly — learned to rise.

Over time, Bob built a stable and meaningful life: a career, a loving marriage, four children, and a mission to help parents and adult children find the connection, capability, and hope they deserve.

Everything in The Ableing Shift comes from the intersection of professional practice and personal truth — from a man who has lived the problem, lived the healing, and now dedicates his life to guiding others toward resilience and restoration.