how parents can create conditions for change using compassion and self-care when a child is misusing drugs or alcohol, with Dina Cannizzaro
In this episode, you’ll get to hear from Dina Cannizzaro. She’s a mom who has been through hell and back but has channeled all that fear and anxiety into taking actionable steps toward relearning how to connect with her son and how to harness the surprising power of self-care.
co-author of Beyond Addiction Carrie Wilkens, Ph.D., breaks down how parents can help their kids positively change their relationship with drugs and alcohol
In this episode, I’ve invited Carrie Wilkens, PhD, co-author of Beyond Addiction on the show again to unpack common stigmas around addiction, understand why using CRAFT and The Invitation To Change approach is not condoning substance use, and why staying curious and building connection is the key to motivating your child to make positive changes.
community required, treatment optional for lasting recovery; finding the freedom and joy of “normal” with Jo Colette
In this episode, I’ve invited Jo Colette, a mother, wife, and brilliant tattoo artist to share her journey from addiction to several drugs including IV heroin, to sobriety, and then to active recovery. These insights will help parents see why misusing drugs and alcohol is often a very practical solution for struggling teens without a lot of tools in their toolbelt.
what are CRAFT and harm reduction, and can they work with teens and young adults who are misusing drugs or alcohol, with Dee-Dee Stout
Dee-Dee Stout is a force to be reckoned with in the world of substance use treatment and specifically in the area of harm reduction. She’s in long-term recovery herself and is an author, coach, speaker and professor. In this episode, Dee-Dee shares much knowledge and wisdom from her work with families and organizations related to CRAFT, motivational interviewing and harm reduction. It’s a must-listen for parents who aren’t finding success with traditional treatment programs or who are just looking for ways to improve the communication between themselves and their child.
Beyond Addiction’s Carrie Wilkens: using science and kindness as motivation for change in your child's substance use
“If you expect your kid to come out of rehab and be sober for good, that's like asking your kid to play a Chopin etude and they've never played the piano. What's actually happening is your kid needs to take piano lessons with a beginning instructor. He's going to earn some learn some easy pieces and work really hard. He's probably going to learn some stuff wrong and he's kind of have to, like, relearn it. At some stage he might have to get a different teacher because that's, he outgrew that teacher. He's going to have to practice more things. He's going to have to find the music he likes to play, you know, where does he like to play it? Does he like to play by himself? Does it like to play? You know, like there's so much learning. We have so much compassion for the learning process in other areas, we don't have a ton of compassion for the learning process when it comes to behavior change around addiction and substance use problems.”