ABOUT THE EPISODE:
In this episode, I share the reason behind my passion for helping parents navigate this stressful season of life and share eight important, free, and available ways of being that will help your child become more motivated to change their relationship with substances.

I spend a lot of time talking with professional experts and parent-experts - those of you living with and parenting young people who misuse substances. I recently took some time to reverse-engineer the things I've heard consistently that helped make the experience better and that have helped kids move faster through this period in life.

What I found in the process were eight nuggets of wisdom and insight that you can start implementing today - and we need to act quickly because our young people are dying at an unprecedented rate. 

As a precursor to the eight insights, I share recent statistics about teenage overdose deaths in the U.S. to emphasize why I'm so passionate about bringing parents more tools, skills, and knowledge when their child misuses substances.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Teen overdose statistics
• Hopestream podcast episodes mentioned: #3, #136, #151, #17
• Center for Motivation and Change
• Beyond Addiction, How Science and Kindness Help People Change

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