tending to the Mothership: surviving COVID, kids, drugs, addiction and holidays with Brenda Zane
Uncertainty, unpredictability, fear, anxiety, fatigue, dread...life right now is likely a mixture of all these things and maybe more. As the parent of a child with substance use issues who's also navigating COVID and looking ahead to celebrating holidays, you may be wondering how you can keep it all together. The elements of life you know and love have changed, things you used to be able to count on aren't there anymore, and there's a feeling of underlying anxiety about the future.
overcoming addiction in young adults with humility, empathy and grace with Hazeldon's Dr. Joseph Lee
Dr. Joseph Lee is the Medical Director for Hazelden Betty Ford's Youth Continuum and, as I learned in this powerful, hopeful episode, one of the most genuine and caring people in the field of addiction recovery. Dr. Lee generously shared his thoughts and perspectives from his vast history and experience ranging from the streets of Baltimore to now working with one of the country's most iconic and well-respected treatment programs, Hazeldon Betty Ford.
finding the right addiction & mental health treatment options for teens and young adults with Jenney Wilder, All Kinds of Therapy
I always want to tell parents, like give yourself space to just ask the questions. And if you don't like the answers, that's okay, too. You're going to get more information from the treatment programs or the professionals you're dealing with or the local therapist at home. There is no stupid question when it comes to treatment for your child.
COVID-19: what to do with your addicted kid now with Brenda Zane
An important thing to be thinking about is to be ready. And what I mean by be ready is these are strange times and your child's patterns and their routine, as chaotic as it is, is disrupted. They're dealing with new and different things just like we are. And that can spark new thinking. So it's really wise to be ready for change, and change obviously could be worse, but change could also be better.