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Self-Compassion, Laziness, Or Self-Sabotage? Being The Right Kind of Good To Yourself When Your Child Struggles with Drugs or Alcohol, With Brenda Zane

addiction, community, healing, Hope, mental health, moms, self care, solo, substance use, teens /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Self-Compassion, Laziness, Or Self-Sabotage? Being The Right Kind of Good To Yourself When Your Child Struggles with Drugs or Alcohol, With Brenda Zane
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Episode 77 ABOUT THE EPISODE:If you're working on being a little more self-compassionate and practicing self-care, there may be times when you ask yourself, "am I just being lazy?" You might also find there are times when your so-called self-compassion might feel more like self-sabotage. SO confusing. You end up feeling guilty for not feeling […]

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Hope for Weary Parents; From Living In A Park To Helping Re-Build Lives with Mark Pepper, LMHC

addiction, alcohol, drugs, family, parenting, recovery, sobriety, teens, treatment /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hope for Weary Parents; From Living In A Park To Helping Re-Build Lives with Mark Pepper, LMHC
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Episode 76 ABOUT THE EPISODE:I had the immense honor of speaking with Mark Pepper, a beautiful human who has lived the nightmare of long-term addiction and now enjoys a healthy, happy,  substance-free life. Not only does Mark lead an incredible, full life, but he also helps others re-build theirs as they recover from substance use

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Substance Use, Self-Harm, Anxiety, Poor Mental Health: Dangers of Teens Striving For Perfection and Achievement, With Stanford’s Denise Pope, Ph.D.

academics, addiction, college, drugs, mental health, substance use, success, teens /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Substance Use, Self-Harm, Anxiety, Poor Mental Health: Dangers of Teens Striving For Perfection and Achievement, With Stanford's Denise Pope, Ph.D.
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Episode 75 ABOUT THE EPISODE:To say that high school and college students today are under massive pressure to "succeed" would be an understatement and no one knows more about why that's true than Denise Pope, Ph.D., senior lecturer for Stanford's Graduate School of Education and co-founder of the non-profit, Challenge Success. After watching the documentary,

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Rethinking Drinking When Our Kids Struggle With Substances; Why and How You Might Consider a Change, with Casey Davidson

addiction, alcohol, mental health, moms, self care, sobriety, substance use, teens /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Rethinking Drinking When Our Kids Struggle With Substances; Why and How You Might Consider a Change, with Casey Davidson
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Episode 74 ABOUT THE EPISODE:This episode explores the sometimes uncomfortable topic of parents' drinking when they have a son or daughter struggling with substances, and provides non-judgmental information and ideas on how to make a change if you decide it's something you want to try. After exploring this topic personally during COVID, I decided to

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A 2021 Reality Report From Inside The Walls Of Teen Mental Health And Substance Use Treatment: Are The Kids Ok? With Derek Bowles, Crossroads Academy

addiction, community, fentanyl, mental health, moms, school, substance use, teens, trauma /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
A 2021 Reality Report From Inside The Walls Of Teen Mental Health And Substance Use Treatment: Are The Kids Ok? With Derek Bowles, Crossroads Academy
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Episode 72 ABOUT THE EPISODE:It's always enlightening to get perspective from someone who works with young people day in and day out around mental health and substance use challenges, especially now. In our (mostly) post-COVID world, a time when kids have an intense fear of failure and in the era of widespread fentanyl poisoning, we

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Watching From The Sidelines; A Sibling’s Vantage Point On His Brother’s Risky Lifestyle, Drug Use And Recovery, with Marco Narciso

addiction, community, drugs, family, moms, overdose, siblings, teens /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Watching From The Sidelines; A Sibling's Vantage Point On His Brother's Risky Lifestyle, Drug Use And Recovery, with Marco Narciso
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Episode 70 ABOUT THE EPISODE:The siblings. What's happening to our other kids when we have one struggling with lifestyle choices, substance use, or mental health issues? How are they being impacted? What do they know? What should they know, and when? It's a real struggle for parents to know, and that's probably why it's one

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Shattering The Youth Treatment Mold And Getting Real About Drugs, Alcohol and Mental Health, with Wes Robins & Zac Sweat of Eternal Strength

addiction, alcohol, drugs, family, mental health, moms, parenting, therapy, treatment /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Shattering The Youth Treatment Mold And Getting Real About Drugs, Alcohol and Mental Health, with Wes Robins & Zac Sweat of Eternal Strength
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Episode 69 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Wes Robins and Zac Sweat are insanely passionate about helping young people heal and have opened a therapeutic youth center outside of Atlanta, GA to do just that. Eternal Strength Therapeutic Youth Center is an outpatient program – without a program – where each client is met with a tailor-made set

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My Experience & Relationship With Stress, Trauma, Food, Pain and Healing; An Interview on The Work IN Podcast

addiction, drugs, healing, mental health, moms, overdose, self care, substance use, teens, trauma /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
My Experience & Relationship With Stress, Trauma, Food, Pain and Healing; An Interview on The Work IN Podcast
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Episode 68 ABOUT THE EPISODE:I'm excited to share this episode of The Work IN podcast where I was fortunate enough to have a conversation with Ericka Thomas, founder of Elemental Kinetics and talk about my experiences and relationship with stress, trauma, food, pain, Al-Anon, family, triggers, exercise and more! Ericka's podcast, The Work IN explores

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In The Grip: 30 Days Of Life After Getting The Call Every Parent Dreads, Fentanyl Overdose

addiction, drugs, healing, Hope, mental health, moms, overdose, parenting, substance use, teens /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
In The Grip: 30 Days Of Life After Getting The Call Every Parent Dreads, Fentanyl Overdose
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Episode 67 ABOUT THE EPISODE:I believe it's important to humanize the faceless statistics you see in the news about those struggling with substance use and addiction – the people are real, the families are real, and each has its own distinct story. The impact is massive and is made up of millions of individual tragedies. 

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The 5 Stages of Why and How Your Child Decides to Change and What To Do at Each Stage, with Brenda Zane

addiction, alcohol, drugs, moms, parenting, solo, stages of change, substance use, teens /
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
The 5 Stages of Why and How Your Child Decides to Change and What To Do at Each Stage, with Brenda Zane
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Episode 66 ABOUT THE EPISODE:If you watch your child do harmful things and they don’t see them as a problem, they waffle with ambivalence about what they’re doing, start and stop behaviors over and over and also struggle with relapse, this is your episode. The Stages of Change model is one that’s well known and

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