Hopestream: Parenting Kids Through Addiction & Mental Health

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
In this quick, solo episode I share two important concepts that will help as you work to find ways to communicate with a child who's misusing drugs or alcohol. 

Finding positivity and giving your son or daughter positive reinforcement can be difficult when things are chaotic and life feels out of your control. I share a concept called micro-dosing positivity which can work regardless of where your child is in their substance use.

I then share the importance of listening for change talk, which is a term used in Motivational Interviewing and can be incredibly powerful if you know how to use it. I share ways you can elicit this kind of dialog to invite your son or daughter to change their behavior.

It's a short, snack-sized episode and will add a few more tools to your parenting toolbox.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Change Talk Cheat Sheet - click to download (phone size) ➡ page one, page two

This podcast is part of a nonprofit called Hopestream Community
Learn about The Stream, our private online community for moms
Find us on Instagram here
Watch the podcast on YouTube here
Download a free e-book, Worried Sick: A Compassionate Guide For Parents When Your Teen or Young Adult Child Misuses Drugs and Alcohol

Hopestream Community is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and an Amazon Associate. We may make a small commission if you purchase from our links.

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Erica Lubetkin is a therapist who is certified in CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) and shares her insights and ideas on how parents can be better equipped to deal with a lapse or full relapse with their teen or young adult child. 

We discuss a range of topics, including:

• What exactly is CRAFT and what's different about a CRAFT vs traditional approach?
• How do you use CRAFT with someone who's struggling with substances?
• The painful reality of relapse and what a CRAFT response looks like
• Relapse prevention plans, what they are and how they can be used but parents as well as the young person who's struggling
• How can you respond when you learn about a relapse without causing drama and defensiveness?
• What does self-care have to do with navigating a relapse?
• Dealing with "waiting for the other shoe to drop" syndrome - tips and tricks for when they're doing ok but you're not
• and more great stuff

This informative and practical episode will give you ideas and tips to try immediately if you're in the moment and ways to plan to be proactive while your child is doing well.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change (Foote, Wilkens)
• WeTheVillage.co
• PsychPoint relapse prevention plan

This podcast is part of a nonprofit called Hopestream Community
Learn about The Stream, our private online community for moms
Find us on Instagram here
Watch the podcast on YouTube here
Download a free e-book, Worried Sick: A Compassionate Guide For Parents When Your Teen or Young Adult Child Misuses Drugs and Alcohol

Hopestream Community is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and an Amazon Associate. We may make a small commission if you purchase from our links.

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Calling all the dads…this one’s for you. Dads go through their own unique challenges when their son or daughter is struggling with mental health and substance misuse, and I had the chance to talk all about it with experienced dad turned parent coach, Andy Goldstrom. 

You'll hear how Andy navigated a busy career and his marriage while working to find help and resources for his daughter who was misusing substances. It's a great episode to share with the man in your life who may be feeling unsure and under-supported with what he's going through.

We talk about how traditional men and women's roles can hinder the process of helping a child, how guys might approach the problem differently than their female counterpart and Andy's advice for any dad who's in the thick of it right now.

Andy was honest and vulnerable in our conversation - a trait he says doesn't necessarily come easy to guys when their child is hurting. It's a must-listen and must-share episode.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Andy Goldstrom, Parent's Journey Coaching

This podcast is part of a nonprofit called Hopestream Community
Learn about The Stream, our private online community for moms
Find us on Instagram here
Watch the podcast on YouTube here
Download a free e-book, Worried Sick: A Compassionate Guide For Parents When Your Teen or Young Adult Child Misuses Drugs and Alcohol

Hopestream Community is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and an Amazon Associate. We may make a small commission if you purchase from our links.

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It's a wrap! 2021 held so many amazing things, and frustrating things (aka COVID) so to send the year out with a bang, I gathered up some of the most downloaded episodes of Hopestream and have put together a compilation for you.

These 10 episode snippets will give you a good foundation for themes of 2021 and will probably pique your interest to learn more by listening to the whole episode. Here's the incredible line-up of folks you'll hear from:

Dr. Nzinga Harrison: Episode 46 on the realities of marijuana and how to have a real conversation with your kids about it
Dee Dee Stout: Episode 65 on harm reduction and CRAFT (plus a role-play!) (explicit)
Owen Fielding: Episode 86 the NET device that's getting people off substances without cravings or withdrawal
Wes Robbins, Eternal Strength Therapeutic Youth Center: Episode 69 on a parent's work (explicit)
Derek Bowles, Crossroads Academy: Episode 72 on what kids really want, and a perspective on fentanyl
Dr. Mark McConville: Episode 51 on parenting young adults and teens when they're stuck or refusing to grow up
Rebekah Tayebi: Episode 63 on resilience and the parent's role when your child goes to treatment
Brenda Zane: Episode 58 on two of the four counterintuitive things you can do when you're overwhelmed by your child's substance use and mental health issues
Denise Pope, Ph.D.: Episode 75 on the dangers of having a stressed-out teen or young adult child and things you can do to help
Dr. Nicole Kosanke & Krissy Pozatek: Episode 55 on how to help your other kids when one is misusing drugs or alcohol

This podcast is part of a nonprofit called Hopestream Community
Learn about The Stream, our private online community for moms
Find us on Instagram here
Watch the podcast on YouTube here
Download a free e-book, Worried Sick: A Compassionate Guide For Parents When Your Teen or Young Adult Child Misuses Drugs and Alcohol

Hopestream Community is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and an Amazon Associate. We may make a small commission if you purchase from our links.

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If you only listen to one podcast episode between now and 2022 make it this one. Parents are often in the dark about the very real, present, and lurking killer that's right in their kid's backpack or coat pocket. Pills labeled Oxy, Percocet, or Xanax, but which are illegal fentanyl, in doses high enough to kill several people.

In this extremely important episode I cover what's actually going on with fentanyl and the impact it's having on people under the age of 30. I talk about the four very common beliefs parents have about this substance and why that could be the very thing that ends their child's life.

I do not hold back, I can't - because we're losing too many precious lives every day - over 275 a day to be exact. Please listen and share as widely as possible, someone may act on the information and save someone they love from dying of unintended fentanyl poisoning. 

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Facts about fentanyl (DEA)
• Teens under-report their substance use (NIH report)
• Article: Shipping to the U.S. (how fentanyl gets moved around the world)
• DEA Seizes Enough Fentanyl in 2021 to Provide A Lethal Dose to Every American (press release from DEA)
• Myths about fentanyl
• Rapid onset opioid use disorder from fentanyl use (video, start at 31:53)
• Flow of fentanyl (DEA) - download here
• Youth Fentanyl Guide: how to have a conversation about fentanyl - download here 
• Intervention e-book: What to do if your child is drinking or using drugs - download here
• Understanding and Supporting Adolescents with an Opioid Use Disorder - download here
• Images of lethal dose and fake Percocet pills - download here

This podcast is part of a nonprofit called Hopestream Community
Learn about The Stream, our private online community for moms
Find us on Instagram here
Watch the podcast on YouTube here
Download a free e-book, Worried Sick: A Compassionate Guide For Parents When Your Teen or Young Adult Child Misuses Drugs and Alcohol

Hopestream Community is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and an Amazon Associate. We may make a small commission if you purchase from our links.

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In this episode, I have the honor of coaching Cheryl as she deals with manipulation from her son who is in a residential treatment program, and her struggles with guilt around holding boundaries in her family.  She also talks about "parenting paralysis" which happens when she's feeling overwhelmed, unsure and stuck.

Cheryl was brutally honest about her struggles with her son as he's transitioned from a wilderness therapy program to a residential treatment center, and how it's impacted her entire family. She discovers that sometimes, going back to things that have worked in the past can lead you to a new solution.

You'll hear Cheryl's lightbulb moment and how being part of a community has transformed her life, attitude, and ability to navigate this challenging season with confidence and hope.

This podcast is part of a nonprofit called Hopestream Community
Learn about The Stream, our private online community for moms
Find us on Instagram here
Watch the podcast on YouTube here
Download a free e-book, Worried Sick: A Compassionate Guide For Parents When Your Teen or Young Adult Child Misuses Drugs and Alcohol

Hopestream Community is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and an Amazon Associate. We may make a small commission if you purchase from our links.

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Ryan Hampton is one of those people who instantly exudes his passion and energy for helping people impacted by addiction. In this episode, I sat down with Ryan to talk about his newest book, Unsettled: How the Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Failed the Victims of the American Overdose Crisis and how it impacted him personally.

Ryan served as co-chair of the official unsecured creditor's committee (UCC) that acted as a watchdog during the Purdue bankruptcy process. He was one of only four victims appointed to the committee, among representatives of big insurance companies, hospitals, and pharmacies. 

He entered the case believing that exposing the Sacklers and mobilizing against Purdue would be enough to right the scales of justice. Unfortunately, he quickly learned that behind closed doors, justice had plenty of other competition - those he thought were "friends" turned out to in fact, be foes.

Unsettled is the inside story of Purdue's excruciating Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, the company's eventual restructuring, and the Sackler family's evasion of any true accountability. 

It's a do-not-miss episode that will give you insight to the Purdue bankruptcy trial not found anywhere else. 

This podcast is part of a nonprofit called Hopestream Community
Learn about The Stream, our private online community for moms
Find us on Instagram here
Watch the podcast on YouTube here
Download a free e-book, Worried Sick: A Compassionate Guide For Parents When Your Teen or Young Adult Child Misuses Drugs and Alcohol

Hopestream Community is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and an Amazon Associate. We may make a small commission if you purchase from our links.

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If you've ever wondered if recovery is a real thing, you absolutely must hear Jeremy Melloul's incredible story of recovery and giving back. You'll hear how a young man from an ambitious immigrant family found the relief of alcohol at age 11 before traveling a long and painful journey of addiction, eventually living off of Twizzlers, peanut butter cups, and heroin. But the story doesn’t even come close to ending there.

Today, he's a social entrepreneur who founded a clothing company, MOLT, and podcast, MOLT Afflictions, that gives back to those struggling with addiction. It's a story that will give you hope, insight, and encouragement that even when all looks lost, people do get well. They can also go on to heal damaged family relationships and live incredible, full lives.

Listen in as Jeremy shares:

• why it was important that he create more than a brand with MOLT Clothing
• the connection between vulnerability and Jeremy's long term recovery
• the importance of a morning routine that Jeremy follows to ground his day
• the moment at 11 years old when he felt the impact of alcohol and what it did for him
• how OD'ing in a car wasn't his rock bottom  and his 2 white light moments 
• the distinction between being sober/dry and being in recovery
• the lifesaving community he found after a mental breakdown
• the influence of his parent's culture on his journey through substance use
• what does Jeremy think his parents might have done differently to impact his drug use
• what Jeremy would tell his 13-yer old self
• why subscribing to the disease model of addiction keeps Jeremy sober

It's a real, raw, and enlightening conversation you do not want to miss.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• MOLT Clothing
• MOLT Afflictions podcast

This podcast is part of a nonprofit called Hopestream Community
Learn about The Stream, our private online community for moms
Find us on Instagram here
Watch the podcast on YouTube here
Download a free e-book, Worried Sick: A Compassionate Guide For Parents When Your Teen or Young Adult Child Misuses Drugs and Alcohol

Hopestream Community is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and an Amazon Associate. We may make a small commission if you purchase from our links.

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When a parent hears "co-occurring disorder" from a therapeutic professional it can be scary, daunting and extremely confusing. Mental health disorders commonly accompany substance use in teens and young adults, and vice versa, yet it's hard to know which is which, is one more "primary" and how in the world do you go about treating one or both? 

Because co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders are more common than not, I invited one of the field's leading professionals to join me for a conversation to demystify this diagnosis and help parents find their footing. 

Mary Ann Badenoch is a mental health professional who truly understands mental health and substance use because she's a person in long-term recovery herself. Mary Ann heads up a caring and compassionate team of specialists and volunteers at The Partnership to End Addiction, where I have the pleasure of volunteering as a parent coach and support group facilitator. 

You'll hear  Mary Ann clarify things like;

• how common is it that a young person has both a mental health and substance use disorder?
• why do they commonly go hand-in-hand?
• how can parents start to detect these issues and how do you go about finding the right mental health professional to help?
• what are the risk factors for people who have co-occurring disorders? 
• how do you differentiate normal teenage changes from more serious mental health issues?
• what are questions parents should ask a treatment program to make sure they'll be able to treat both SUD and mental health disorders? 
• can adolescents and young adults be on medications for SUD and mental health at the same time? 
• and her words of hope for parents

Do not miss this gold-mine of information from an industry expert - and one of the most compassionate people working to help teens and young adults heal from mental health and substance use disorders.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Mary Ann Badenoch, LPC, MAC, Clinical Director, Peer and Group Services at The Partnership To End Addiction
• The Partnership To End Addiction
• Co-Occurring Disorders Overview (PDF download here)
• Co-Occurring Disorders Workbook (PDF download here)
• Substance Use + Mental Health in Teens and Young Adults: Your guide to recognizing and addressing co-occurring disorders (PDF download here)

This podcast is part of a nonprofit called Hopestream Community
Learn about The Stream, our private online community for moms
Find us on Instagram here
Watch the podcast on YouTube here
Download a free e-book, Worried Sick: A Compassionate Guide For Parents When Your Teen or Young Adult Child Misuses Drugs and Alcohol

Hopestream Community is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and an Amazon Associate. We may make a small commission if you purchase from our links.

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Holidays and special occasions can go from being magical, fun times with family to days we approach with apprehension and even dread when complicated family dynamics are at play.

These feelings couldn't be more present than for parents who have kids struggling with substance use and addiction or who are currently away from home in a treatment program. And for moms and dads whose kids are newly sober - or trying to be - the strain and anticipation of all that might go wrong are next-level.

In this episode with therapeutic coach and consultant Lisa Pepper Satkin, we explore why holidays and special occasions can be so stressful and share ways to prepare better and approach them to keep our emotions and expectations in check.

It's one you'll want to listen to before Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Mother's Day, Father's Day, or any day that brings tension to your home and body.  You'll walk away with tools to help if you're trying to decide how to "do" holidays right now, learn ways to prepare instead of being blindsided, and hear how your mindset can make all the difference.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

• Lisa Pepper-Satkin, www.lisapeppersatkin.com
• Mark Pepper Hopestream episode, “Hope for Weary Parents; From Living In A Park To Helping Re-Build Lives” 

This podcast is part of a nonprofit called Hopestream Community
Learn about The Stream, our private online community for moms
Find us on Instagram here
Watch the podcast on YouTube here
Download a free e-book, Worried Sick: A Compassionate Guide For Parents When Your Teen or Young Adult Child Misuses Drugs and Alcohol

Hopestream Community is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and an Amazon Associate. We may make a small commission if you purchase from our links.