Would you like the peace that comes from understanding and acceptance about your child’s substance use?
The number one thing parents tell me they want for themselves is peace.
Even though my interviews revolve around my story each one brings out different parts of my experience.
When I was interviewed by Cathy Taughinbaugh for her YouTube channel the theme of peace and acceptance emerged.
Enabling, stigma, boundaries, self-care, and the importance of the words we use when talking about substance use are a few of the topics we covered in the Sun & Moon Sober Living Podcast episode. Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/45-how-to-support-a-loved-one-struggling-with/id1603805157?i=1000598465286 Listen on Spotify:
We discuss how CRAFT (community reinforcement and family training) and Invitation to Change models support your loved one (and yourself) struggling with substance use disorder. The CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training) program is a non-confrontational, evidence-based intervention for helping families affected by addiction. It helps individuals develop effective strategies for helping a loved one struggling with substance use disorder seek treatment and cope.
One of the reasons anxiety is so debilitating is that it’s too vague to be solved so we feel powerless over it.
Understanding the difference between worry, stress, and anxiety, where they happen in your body, and what functions they serve will help you work through them as they come up.
Worry, stress, and anxiety are trying to signal to you that you have an unmet need so you can meet the needs that they’re signaling.
In this episode of the Brain BS podcast I talked about grief around the holidays. The holidays are hard for many people. When you add grief on top of that it makes the holidays even more challenging. No matter what you’re going through this holiday season the most important things you can do are be gentle with yourself and resist judging how you feel. It’s ok not to be ok.
We discuss the importance of self-care in the grieving process. We focus on my grief from the loss of my daughter Helanna, but grieving is important for all losses. Grief is how you move through the painful gap between expectations and reality. Life is filled with all kinds of painful gaps. We need to acknowledge and grieve them in order to release resistance and move toward acceptance.
Are you dreading Thanksgiving & Christmas? When you’re already struggling because of your child’s substance use, the holidays can be overwhelming and painful. You can’t control what your child does, but you can be intentional with how you respond to what happens, plan ahead to meet your emotional needs, and set the tone for your …
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Heather and Helanna’s story was featured in a Boston Globe Artice. https://sponsored.bostonglobe.com/point32health/loved-ones-addiction/
Heather was recently a guest on the My Soul Life Podcast. Susan Scollen hosts the My Soul Life podcast so she can share the stories of everyday people who have shifter their lives, often through their own health and wellness journey, and are living in their authentic space. Listen Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/removing-the-stigma-of-addiction-with-heather-ross/id1533419497?i=1000581274227
Heather was on the Brain BS podcast for International Overdose Awarness Day. The Brain BS podcast is hosed by Maureen Kafkis who is a Doctor of Occupational Therapy and a Certified Life Coach. She brings her brain BS expertise and knowledge of thought work, emotional intelligence, and Universal Law together in a “spiripractical” way that …
I was recently a guest on the Brave Together Podcast. We Are Brave Together is a non-profit organization that provides a supportive community for moms of children with special healthcare needs. The heart of We Are Brave Together is to strengthen, inspire, educate and validate all Special Needs Moms in their unique and difficult journeys. …
I contributed #5 to a Rent.com article. These are all great ideas about what to do with 15 minutes of free time. None of us knew what else was being contributed to the article so I love that the theme turned out to be slow down, meditate, and journal. 15 minutes doesn’t seem like a …
In this episode Beth Syverson from Safe Home Podcast and I talk about losing a child to overdose. Beth did a beautiful job taking clips of my previous podcast episodes with my daughter Helanna and weaving them in with our conversation in a very powerful way. It’s more like a work of art than a …
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When I got the toxicology results that confirmed Helanna’s death was from fentanyl poisoning I called the police officer that informed me of my daughter’s death. I wanted to know if there would be an investigation so this didn’t happen to anyone else. The conversation with the police officer and the confirmation that it was …
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If you’re struggling with anxiety, fear, and panic about your child’s addiction this playlist is for you. So many struggling parents have reached out to me about this lately so I am putting some of my favorite podcasts and videos in one place for you. Listen as many times as you need to and take …
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The Safe Home Podcast is for struggling teens and their families finding their healing path with addiction. 17yo Joey and his moms Beth and Jan share from the heart their experiences and struggles with addiction and mental health. I got the opportunity to coach Beth and Jan last year and watch them work hard on …
This week I got to interview my daughter. You’ve been hearing my experience of her addiction so I think that it’s important to hear what her experience was like as well. Some of the things we talked about: · What was it like when I looked to you to be ok to make me …
Welcome to this week’s episode of the StephUp Podcast! Thank you for your support and for coming back each week to listen. This episode features special guest Heather Ross of Heather Ross Coaching. Steph and Heather begin their conversation by talking about Heather’s background. She is a life coach who mainly works with parents who …
The struggle is Real podcast asked all of their season 1 guests to share what they learned in the last year. This episode is a complication of all the guests including me sharing what we learned in the last year. You can listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-one-wrapped-we-look-back-on-45-episodes-what/id1521443231?i=1000523487945 And on Spotify:
Do you ever feel like your mood changes like the weather? Last week I was full of gratitude and peace. This week I’ve been riding an emotional roller coaster. My daughter is safe in rehab and doing well, so these emotions are all about me and my personal battle. I’ve had to wean off my …