ABOUT THE EPISODE:
Oh, the places we go in our minds and thoughts when we have a child struggling with substances and mental health. I've been there and know many parents struggle with not letting their thoughts paralyze them in the day-to-day ups and downs they experience.

In this episode I cover nine of the most common unhelpful and unhealthy thinking patterns parents fall into and talk about ways to shift those to a more productive place. If you tend to catastrophize, judge, doubt, criticize or ruminate about your life or your child's life, this is your episode. You'll walk away being more aware of how to recognize these unhealthy patterns and learn ways to change your thinking.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• NET Treatment FDA Clinical Trials: call Isaiah House: 859 - 375 - 9200
• NET Hopestream episodes: #83, #86
• The Final Fix documentary website (film about NET)
• NET Article 
• Taming Your Gremlin book
• Draw Out Your Gremlin worksheet exercise (download here)
• Recovery stories on Hopestream: episodes #90, #76, and #48
• EMDR therapy information and EMDR therapist locator

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