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Tips For Better Sleep When Your Child is Misusing Drugs or Alcohol, with Brenda Zane

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Tips For Better Sleep When Your Child is Misusing Drugs or Alcohol, with Brenda Zane
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Episode 10 ABOUT THE EPISODE:When our sleep goes, everything goes with it. I have yet to talk with a parent who's getting good sleep while their child is misusing or addicted to drugs or alcohol – so this is a hugely important topic.  This episode covers: the mindset you need to adopt to have a […]

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You Can’t Love Your Child Out of Addiction with Megan Megale of American Boy

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You Can't Love Your Child Out of Addiction with Megan Megale of American Boy
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Episode 9 ABOUT THE EPISODE: If anyone could love a son out of addiction it would be Megan Megale. Her son Matt was an all-American Boy but Megan found out heroin was stronger than her love. This episode will make you sad, mad, and inspired all at the same time. You'll hear: how Megan's family tried

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Don’t Let Your Child’s Addiction Kill Your Dreams and Passions with Brenda Zane

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Don't Let Your Child's Addiction Kill Your Dreams and Passions with Brenda Zane
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Episode 8 ABOUT THE EPISODE:This personal episode is dedicated to all the moms who have put their life, dreams, career, and sanity on hold while they fight for their child's safety and health. For those who are having health issues and have given up on joy because of the stress in their life. I share

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COVID-19: What To Do With Your Addicted Kid Now with Brenda Zane

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
COVID-19: What To Do With Your Addicted Kid Now with Brenda Zane
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Episode 7 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Unfortunately, the opioid epidemic didn't take a time-out when COVID-19 hit. Kids are still taking pills, shooting up, nodding off, overdosing. For parents of teens and young adults who are addicted to drugs or alcohol this time is unbearably hard. This episode starts with a quick look at the COVID-19 health

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Common Addiction-Related Personality Traits & Disorders to Keep An Eye On with Brenda Zane

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Common Addiction-Related Personality Traits & Disorders to Keep An Eye On with Brenda Zane
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Episode 6 ABOUT THE EPISODE:In this solo episode, I share common traits and disorders that I consistently hear about from parents who have kids with substance use disorder. Sometimes after describing my son and some of our challenges a mom or dad will look incredulous and say, "You just described my kid – to a

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Mothering in the Age of Opioid Addiction: Author, A House on Stilts, Paula Becker

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Mothering in the Age of Opioid Addiction: Author, A House on Stilts, Paula Becker
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Episode 5 ABOUT THE EPISODE:In this emotional, eye-opening episode, author Paula Becker shares about the process of writing a memoir and book that is so intensely personal. A House on Stilts is her memoir depicting life with her son Hunter, who battled an addiction to opioids, and who ultimately lost his battle in a tragic,

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When Your Sibling Has Substance Use Issues; Finding Sanity And Practicing Self-Care, with Tina Jayes

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When Your Sibling Has Substance Use Issues; Finding Sanity And Practicing Self-Care, with Tina Jayes
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Episode 4 ABOUT THE EPISODE: In this special episode, I talk with my dear college friend Tina Jayes about growing up as the sibling in a house where her brother was addicted to drugs and the dysfunction of that combined with an alcoholic mom and little supervision or money. She shares so much: the heartbreak of

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Beyond Addiction’s Carrie Wilkens: Using Science And Kindness As Motivation For Change In Your Child’s Substance Use

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Beyond Addiction’s Carrie Wilkens: Using Science And Kindness As Motivation For Change In Your Child's Substance Use
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Episode 3 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Carrie Wilkens is co-author of Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change. It's the defacto-book recommended by therapists, treatment centers, and parents around the world when they need help with a loved one with substance use disorder. Carrie is down-to-earth, a straight-shooter, and unbelievably knowledgeable about all-things addiction and

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Teens, Addiction, Residential Care & Natural Highs with Derek Bowles

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Teens, Addiction, Residential Care & Natural Highs with Derek Bowles
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Episode 2 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Derek Bowles knows a LOT about teens, addiction, substances, and the residential care kids sometimes need when local resources aren't working. Derek founded Crossroads Academy in Ogden, Utah over 13 years ago to serve as a place where adolescent boys who are struggling with substance misuse can get away from their

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The Story Behind the Podcast; A Teen’s Addiction, Four Rehabs, Two Overdoses and Hope

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The Story Behind the Podcast; A Teen's Addiction, Four Rehabs, Two Overdoses and Hope
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Episode 1 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Behind the closed doors of too many homes are families being upended by a young person's substance use.  It may be your 14-year-old son experimenting with pot for the first time, your 17-year-old daughter drinking till she blacks out or your 23-year-old who's smoking Percocet, Xanax, and fentanyl regularly. And behind

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