In this week’s episode, Beth interviews her parent coach, Heather Ross, who recently lost her daughter to fentanyl poisoning. Clips of Heather’s previous podcast episodes with her daughter are heard throughout this episode.

RESOURCES:

How to find Heather:

• Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: https://heatherrosscoaching.com/
• Heather’s Living With Addiction podcast: https://anchor.fm/heather-ross9
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heatherrosscoaching
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heatherrosscoaching/

Other Resources:

• Other Parents Like Me -  https://www.facebook.com/other.parents.like.me
• Find a Tele-Therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/online-counseling

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Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao

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TIME STAMPS:

1:35 Clip #1 with Heather & Helanna from Sept. 2021 Living with Addiction podcast

2:49 Heather is driven to continue helping other families

4:40 Helanna’s childhood and background

7:35 Clip #2 with Heather & Helanna from Sept. 2021 Living with Addiction podcast

13:55 Similarities between Heather and Helanna wanting to numb out

14:30 Clip #3 with Heather & Helanna from Sept. 2021 Living with Addiction podcast

15:13 People pleasing and masking

32:09 Helanna’s rehabs and relapses

33:50 Clip #5 with Heather & Helanna from Oct. 2021 Living with Addiction podcast

35:40 Helanna’s last few days

37:41 Details about fentanyl

39:26 Getting “that phone call”

45:31 How Heather has stayed sane since her daughter’s death

50:40 Clip #6 with Heather & Helanna from Oct. 2021 Living with Addiction podcast

52:00 What Heather wishes she would’ve done differently

56:17 Destigmatizing addiction

 

 

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