Episode 44 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Every once in a while something comes along and works, and you're shocked because life can feel like an endless series of failures when your teen or young adult child is misusing substances. When I found the CRAFT method of parenting a child in addiction, I was skeptical because it seemed […]
Episode 43 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Nearly every parent of a child who’s living in addiction has the same questions – why do they keep taking drugs or drinking alcohol when it’s ruining their life, making them sick, killing their family, and pretty much everything in their life? why do they do things that are so high
Episode 43 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Nearly every parent of a child who’s living in addiction has the same questions – why do they keep taking drugs or drinking alcohol when it’s ruining their life, making them sick, killing their family, and pretty much everything in their life? why do they do things that are so high
Episode 42 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Welcome to a wrap of 2020! This episode features snippets from 11 guests who, over the course of 2020 shared their knowledge, wisdom and stories for us to learn from. It’s a long one so grab a cup of something warm and cozy and listen in to these amazing golden nuggets
Episode 41 ABOUT THE EPISODE:If you’ve spent any time learning ways to parent a child (adolescent or adult) who’s experimenting with drugs or alcohol, or who’s in active addiction, you’ve likely heard about the concept of setting and holding boundaries, and about letting natural consequences happen when your child makes a bad decision. But how
Episode 40 ABOUT THE EPISODE:If the communication with your son or daughter who's misusing drugs or alcohol has broken down significantly, or if you're just trying to understand them better and are getting shut down with your attempts at talking, this is your episode. Because our kids are stressing us out and living a dangerous
Episode 39 ABOUT THE EPISODE:The transition from high school to college is never easy and some teens get to this phase in life and stall or “bomb out” with emotional challenges like anxiety and depression, or use substances to cope with the stress and demands of college life. Parents can find themselves writing huge tuition
Episode 38 ABOUT THE EPISODE:There are tens of thousands of moms and dads carrying an unimaginable weight every day, trying to figure out how to move ahead when their son or daughter is misusing substances to cope with life. Using a simple story and analogy of holding a glass of water, this episode will provide
Episode 36 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Uncertainty, unpredictability, fear, anxiety, fatigue, dread…life right now is likely a mixture of all these things and maybe more. As the parent of a child with substance use issues who's also navigating COVID and looking ahead to celebrating holidays, you may be wondering how you can keep it all together. The
Episode 35 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Dr. Ayana Jordan is a passionate advocate for racial and ethnic minority groups dealing with substance use. She's an MD/Ph.D. addiction medicine practitioner and associate professor at the Yale School of Medicine, but more importantly, she's someone who works tirelessly to bring culturally informed, gold-standard addiction treatment to racial and ethnic
