Cathy Cioth

What Are Boundaries and Why Parents of Struggling Teens Need Them

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What Are Boundaries and Why Parents of Struggling Teens Need Them
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Why parents struggle with boundaries Before she understood what boundaries were, Brenda described feeling invisible — like a doormat — with rules that nobody followed and no way to enforce anything. ‘I felt like I was invisible, like I was a doormat, like none of my rules were being followed,’ she shared. That frustration didn’t

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Building Emotional Sturdiness When Your Child Is Struggling

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Building Emotional Sturdiness When Your Child Is Struggling
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Parenting out of fear — and not even knowing it Cathy described the first time she heard the phrase ‘parenting out of fear’ and admitted she didn’t know what it meant. ‘All I knew was I was just doing the best that I could,’ she said. It wasn’t until a therapist walked her through it

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Practical Self-Coaching Questions When Your Child Struggles With Alcohol or Drugs

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Practical Self-Coaching Questions When Your Child Struggles With Alcohol or Drugs
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When You Confiscate Substances and Things Explode One of the most common scenarios parents face is taking away a substance — a vape pen, pills, alcohol, weed — only to have the situation escalate rapidly. Kids may become aggressive, threaten to hurt themselves, or say things that are genuinely frightening. Brenda and Cathy are clear

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Hard Conversations About Teen Substance Use: Why You Can’t Put Them Off

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Hard Conversations About Teen Substance Use: Why You Can't Put Them Off
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When a Child in the Community Is Lost Brenda and Cathy open this episode by acknowledging something deeply painful: a child of one of the moms in their community had recently passed away as a result of complications from substance use. They were honest about their hesitation to share it, not wanting to add to

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4 Things You’re Probably Googling When Your Child Struggles With Substances

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4 Things You're Probably Googling When Your Child Struggles With Substances
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There is a specific kind of searching that happens at 2am when you are a parent in the thick of it, typing half-formed fears into a search bar because you cannot say them out loud to anyone in your life. In this episode of Hopestream, co-founders Brenda Zane and Cathy Cioth sit down to answer

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Golden Nuggets of 2022

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Golden Nuggets of 2022
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As we reflect on over 50 episodes from 2022, certain themes emerge that can guide parents through the challenging journey of supporting a child who misuses substances. This compilation draws from experts, parents who’ve walked this path, and people in long-term recovery to offer hope and practical wisdom. Understanding How Substances Work in the Brain

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