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

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
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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After Treatment: What the First 90 Days Really Look Like, with Beth Hillman

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After Treatment: What the First 90 Days Really Look Like, with Beth Hillman
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Episode 331 When Beth Hillman’s son came home from wilderness treatment, the first crisis didn’t come from him. It came from her. Standing in the driveway, anxious and spiraling, she watched her teenage son look at her calmly and say, “Mom, look at me. I’m gonna be okay.” Her first thought was not relief. It

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CRAFT Method for Families: Does It Work? A Real Parent Coaching Session

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CRAFT Method for Families: Does It Work? A Real Parent Coaching Session
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When your child struggles with substance use, it’s natural to wonder if the strategies you’re using are actually working. In this raw and honest coaching session, Marie – a school psychologist and mother of a 19-year-old son – shares her experience implementing CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) tools while navigating her son’s journey through

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Fostering Independence With Boundaries and Discomfort, with Nicole Runyon, LMSW

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Fostering Independence With Boundaries and Discomfort, with Nicole Runyon, LMSW
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As parents, we often struggle with when to step in and when to step back. The challenge intensifies when our children face difficulties with substances, mental health, or simply navigating adolescence in today’s technology-saturated world. Understanding What Children Really Need Child development encompasses far more than just emotional or psychological growth. Children need development across

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Amber Hollingsworth: Put The Shovel Down When Your Kid Is Misusing Drugs and Alcohol

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Amber Hollingsworth: Put The Shovel Down When Your Kid Is Misusing Drugs and Alcohol
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When a teen is struggling with substance misuse, most parents instinctively try to fix the problem with rules, punishments, and lectures about the dangers ahead. But addiction counselor Amber Hollingsworth has learned through years of working with teenagers that there’s a more effective approach: building relationships instead of barriers. Why Relationships Matter More Than Strategies

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You Can Create Conditions For Change When Your Child Battles Addiction, with Dina Cannizzaro

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
You Can Create Conditions For Change When Your Child Battles Addiction, with Dina Cannizzaro
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When Your Child’s Addiction Consumes Your Life Dina Cannizzaro was a teacher for 36 years, a single mom raising three children, when her son Parker’s marijuana use at age 13 eventually spiraled into heroin and IV drug use. At 17, she asked him to leave their home. What followed were years of treatment programs, periods

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Parenting with Confidence And Clarity Through Crisis, with Beth Hillman

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Parenting with Confidence And Clarity Through Crisis, with Beth Hillman
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When your teen is struggling with substance use, it’s easy to feel completely consumed by their choices and behaviors. You monitor, question, check their room, track their location – all while feeling like you’re losing ground every day. Parent coach Beth Hillman understands this pattern deeply, both from her professional work and her personal experience

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Coaching Episode: A Season of Grief and Loss Reveals the Seeds of Hope, with Leah

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Coaching Episode: A Season of Grief and Loss Reveals the Seeds of Hope, with Leah
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Parenting a child through substance misuse is extraordinarily difficult on its own. When you layer on profound grief, caregiving responsibilities for aging family members, and the loss of loved ones, the weight can feel unbearable. This coaching session reveals what it looks like to navigate all of this simultaneously while still holding onto hope. The

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Coaching Episode: A Quick Pivot; Navigating an Early Return Home From Residential Treatment

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Coaching Episode: A Quick Pivot; Navigating an Early Return Home From Residential Treatment
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When Heather’s daughter returned home after seven months in residential treatment—four days earlier than planned—she faced a reality many parents know well: the carefully structured environment of treatment gives way to the unpredictable messiness of real life. But instead of defaulting to old patterns of reactivity and control, Heather was determined to apply what she’d

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Coaching Episode: Drawing the Line with Grace – Confident Boundaries and Open Communication, with Jane

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Coaching Episode: Drawing the Line with Grace – Confident Boundaries and Open Communication, with Jane
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Parenting children who struggle with substance use is challenging enough. But what happens when you have two sons at completely different points in their journeys—one working hard in recovery, the other still using daily? This coaching session with Jane reveals the nuanced reality many parents face. Managing Two Sons at Different Stages Jane shares her

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