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Use Motivational Interviewing To Prevent Parenting Burnout, with Jennifer Ollis Blomqvist

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Use Motivational Interviewing To Prevent Parenting Burnout, with Jennifer Ollis Blomqvist
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Episode 306 ABOUT THE EPISODE: When Jennifer Ollis Blomqvist discovered Motivational Interviewing (MI) in a Swedish women’s prison 25 years ago, she found more than a therapeutic technique—she discovered the antidote to professional burnout and the foundation for every meaningful conversation in her life.  Now an MI expert and trainer who works with everyone from […]

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How Substances Hijack Motivation and Meaning in Young Brains, with Dr. Judith Grisel

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How Substances Hijack Motivation and Meaning in Young Brains, with Dr. Judith Grisel
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Episode 254 ABOUT THE EPISODE: From the age of 12, Dr. Judy Grisel loved every drug she tried immediately. Over the next decade of intensive use, she found herself kicked out of high school and two colleges, homeless, and contracted hepatitis C from a dirty needle. At the age of 22, she was told she

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Answers To Common CRAFT Questions Parents Have When Their Child Is Struggling With Addiction or Experimenting With Drugs, With Erica Lubetkin, LMHC

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Answers To Common CRAFT Questions Parents Have When Their Child Is Struggling With Addiction or Experimenting With Drugs, With Erica Lubetkin, LMHC
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Episode 114 ABOUT THE EPISODE:CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) is an evidence-based approach to motivating and inviting someone to make changes in their behavior. It's proven to be an effective way for parents to help their kids who are misusing drugs or alcohol, and is easily accessible to learn and put into practice. In

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A Ninja Parenting Tool For Dramatically More Calm And Productive Conversations With A Child Who’s Misusing Drugs or Alcohol, with Brenda Zane

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A Ninja Parenting Tool For Dramatically More Calm And Productive Conversations With A Child Who’s Misusing Drugs or Alcohol, with Brenda Zane
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Episode 73 ABOUT THE EPISODE:If you’ve found yourself walking on eggshells because the conversations you need to have with your son or daughter usually end up in a defensive showdown or a series of negotiations and mind-tricks, this is your episode. We’ll cover a ninja-level parenting tool you can use to approach your son or

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Your Child Isn’t The Patient: The Parent’s Role When A Teen Or Young Adult Is Misusing Drugs Or Alcohol, With Rebekah Tayebi

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Your Child Isn’t The Patient: The Parent's Role When A Teen Or Young Adult Is Misusing Drugs Or Alcohol, With Rebekah Tayebi
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Episode 63 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Rebekah Tayebi has been working with families in various therapeutic settings for 18 years. She has valuable insights for parents when they have a child who needs help with mental health issues or substance use. An important one is that your child isn't and shouldn't be singularly identified as the "patient"

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Four Counterintuitive Things To Do When You’re Overwhelmed By Your Child’s Substance Use or Emotional Challenges with Brenda Zane

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Four Counterintuitive Things To Do When You're Overwhelmed By Your Child's Substance Use or Emotional Challenges with Brenda Zane
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Episode 58 ABOUT THE EPISODE:I hear it all the time as I work with parents of kids who are struggling with substance use or emotional and behavioral issues, “I’m so overwhelmed and exhausted!” They’re also living with extreme fear, especially when substance use is the issue. In this solo episode, I share four counterintuitive things

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Three Formulas to Neutralize Negativity and Foster Motivation in Teens With Substance Use Issues, with Brenda Zane

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Three Formulas to Neutralize Negativity and Foster Motivation in Teens With Substance Use Issues, with Brenda Zane
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Episode 49 ABOUT THE EPISODE:Parents who are baffled and frustrated by the amount of negativity in their home and resulting lack of motivation in their kids with substance use issues will get some simple, useable takeaways from this bite-sized episode. Sometimes you just need a quick visual to help grasp and deal with a situation

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The Wild Recovery Story Helping Make Sober High School An Option For Teens, With Seth Welch

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The Wild Recovery Story Helping Make Sober High School An Option For Teens, With Seth Welch
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Episode 48 ABOUT THE EPISODE:For students who want a shot at sobriety – whether they've been to treatment or not – there are very few options when it comes to high school. Finding a place where the cool kids aren't using drugs or alcohol can sound like a fantasy but at recovery high schools, the

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A Simple Parenting Tool That Helped Save My Sanity and Influenced My Addicted Son, with Brenda Zane

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A Simple Parenting Tool That Helped Save My Sanity and Influenced My Addicted Son, with Brenda Zane
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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

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Golden Nuggets from 2020: A Wrap-Up of Wisdom, Insights and Emotion from 41 Episodes with Brenda Zane

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Golden Nuggets from 2020: A Wrap-Up of Wisdom, Insights and Emotion from 41 Episodes with Brenda Zane
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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

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