Parenting Your Child in Recovery
135 episodes - English - Latest episode: 27 days ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsParenting Your Child in Recovery: A guide to steering your child towards life-saving change and the Path to lasting Recovery.
This Podcast teaches parenting perspectives and action steps to prevent, manage, and eliminate the pain of addiction for your child and your family. Learn from me and other experts how to set your family up for a successful and life-saving journey. Please go to 2nStarts.com for program information.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
How to Create a New Life Map For Your Young Adult in Recovery
April 02, 2024 13:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBA life map is a set of beliefs that point to a destination. These beliefs can be true or false, but the map does not care. In this episode, we will tell you and your child how to see the map for what it is and eventually learn how to erase the old map and create a new one with your chosen destination.
No Room for Failure in Your Child's Recovery
March 20, 2024 21:00 - 11 minutes - 7.86 MBThere is no room for failure in your child's Recovery. Today, I want to talk about the elephant in the room. All statistics and horror stories point to failure having the upper hand in the recovery game. Like most things, it is a mindset, but whenever there is more than one party involved, the mindset is very complicated. It is like whack a mole. As soon as you get two, the third one rears up its ugly head. The importance of plan, direction, and momentum is so very important.
The Biggest Lie in Your Childs Recovery ( The Emperor's New Clothes )
March 17, 2024 14:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBWelcome back to "Parenting Your Child in Recovery". Today, we want to talk about what we think is the biggest lie told to you by the recovery community ( Treatment systems and treatment professionals). Yes, they know a lot of facts, but what they don't know is your child. So often, they will attempt to impress you with facts, figures, and statistics, and you are talked down to if you question them. It is time for you to understand you have the big megaphone in the room. Learn to use it. I ...
The Soap Box: Steve Knapp
November 26, 2023 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBSteve Knapp is an Addiction Recovery Coach and Co-host of the "Through the Glass Recovery Podcast." Steve's Soap Box issues are the Normalization of drinking in general, Addiction in the workplace, and how Addiction remains misunderstood in our society. Steve hails from Canada and loves spur of the moment travel. You can find Steve at Through the Glass Recovery: throughtheglassrecovery.com and on all social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok, LinkedIn) @throughtheglassrecovery F...
Parenting Your Child in Recovery
October 18, 2023 12:00 - 11 minutes - 7.71 MBThe podcast that speaks directly to the Parents and support network of Young Adults in Recovery and the helping professionals who work so hard to help them in their journey. Shout out to my friends at TherapyEverywhere Created and currently manage my website ( 2ndStarts.com ) Based in Isreal and ( at my last contact ) they are well I was privileged to be a guest on the " Through the Glass Recovery Podcast " podcast. Format: formerly addicted guest panel G...
The Soap Box: Shelia ( Lia ) Smith
September 06, 2023 19:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBLet's Welcome Sbelia ( Lia) Smith to the Soap Box. Shelia is the Author and owner of the Red Cup Diaries Coaching Recovery and Support. She is an addiction support advocate, a sales and marketing specialist, and an economic justice advocate. Her Soap Box issues are : *Everyone should have the chance to Recover, regardless of status *Recovery is ongoing *Behavioral Change as a Recovery Option *Accountability Her ( Shelia ) special projects are the Red Cup Diaries, the Building Mom projec...
The Soap Box: Martin Lockett
July 18, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes - 24.8 MBOn the first episode of " The Soap Box," I interview Martin Lockett, a substance use counselor, author, and speaker, about his journey from incarceration to a national speaking tour and his mission of hope and practical advice to families of young adults in recovery. @MartinLockett MartinLockett.com
Deception of Condition
June 20, 2023 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.82 MBRegardless of how many people place any stigma upon you, the real problem is that you are one of them. To be deceived by your perception of your condition must be addressed immediately for what it is—a Deception of Condition.
Is It a Matter of Choice?
May 31, 2023 20:00 - 11 minutes - 7.93 MBIs moving past an addiction a matter of choice? Finding myself on the less confident end of a debate with an experienced practitioner, I contemplated the ramifications of giving ground to the notion of choice versus compulsion and just what is the fundamental role of a professional helper.
Need, Vulnerability, and Opportunity
May 16, 2023 15:00 - 11 minutes - 7.81 MBIn this episode, I wanted to expand on a great podcast I had the privilege of listening to. It is called Collateral Damage by Brandi Mac. She has an associated site called The Apathetic Journey. She has some interesting comments about the addiction industry and first-hand experiences caring for a loved one, and I couldn't help tossing in a few remarks of my own.
The Simple Science of Recovery
April 23, 2023 13:00 - 10 minutes - 7.49 MBContinuing to add straws will eventually break the camel's back. That's simple science. Persistent habits will help you reach the goal if you understand the 3 phases of mastering any task: the awkward, mechanical, and natural.
Become Your Attitude
April 19, 2023 11:00 - 6 minutes - 4.8 MBYou are what you think and feel. Your attitude is who and what you bring to each obstacle. Once you determine the task, Assume the attitude and step into that alter ego. Insecurity and doubt fade away when you become the superhero of your story.
Invest, Invest, Invest
April 11, 2023 22:00 - 7 minutes - 5.28 MBTime is money, time is peace of mind, and time is misery. Whatever you invest your time in, you will return more of what you invest. You invest all the time, and we need to be sure we are directing that effort in ways that enrich and empower us because you will get a return regardless of your intent, so choose wisely.
Accept Yourself, Respect Yourself
April 05, 2023 15:00 - 7 minutes - 5.16 MBTake the first step in a long, lasting Recovery by learning to accept who you are. Without learning to accept who you are, you leave yourself open to the prison of trying to gain acceptance from others, which is often a trap and a prison.
Make Your Change Stick
March 29, 2023 15:00 - 9 minutes - 6.45 MBCreating change is easier than maintaining change. Working from purpose and a daily connection to your long-term Recovery is critical. Today we will discuss some straightforward but necessary steps to making your Recovery stick for the long haul.
Practice until you can't get it wrong
March 28, 2023 17:00 - 8 minutes - 5.82 MBDedication to the repetition of new habits leads to mastery. Mastering those new habits gives you flexibility and confidence in facing challenges. This strength is necessary to live by our goals and not our situation.
Do you have a message?
March 25, 2023 15:00 - 6 minutes - 4.51 MBMost people finding themselves in a Recovery situation or needing a Major change in life are searching for a message. Are you sending the message you want to represent yourself or a default message that illustrates your pain instead of who you want to become and be? The truth is you are sending a message through your appearance, your actions, and your attitude.
"Insight and Perspective" or "Why can't you see it my way?"
March 24, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 5.87 MBInsight is the awareness and understanding of one's condition or situation. In a Recovery situation, there are conflicting views regarding ability and potential. How do we develop the trust to see it differently?
Small Hinges Open Big Doors
March 22, 2023 13:00 - 6 minutes - 4.41 MBA Long term Recovery process can look like a huge closed door, but like all doors, they open with small hinges that make movement easier. The hinges needed to open big doors are a clear direction, specific and consistent habits, and grounded faith and persistence.
Organic Recovery
March 21, 2023 13:00 - 8 minutes - 6.09 MBAn Organic Recovery system is an approach to Recovery that allows the body and mind's natural ability to heal and operate at full strength. Using these natural assets, we take all the other treatments and therapies to the highest level possible.
Where Do You Fit In?
March 20, 2023 13:00 - 7 minutes - 5.38 MBThe odds are, if you find yourself in a recovery situation, you are still determining where you fit in. Like fitting a square peg into a round hole, Discomfort, the comparison game, and expectations cloud your ability to know and show how you fit in this world. Get a vision, break down limiting beliefs, and engage. Make your place.
Believe in your Product ( your Recovery)
March 17, 2023 13:00 - 8 minutes - 5.69 MBYou must sell your Recovery to yourself. Until you believe it, it won't sell. Your offer is your service to others and your gratitude to those here to help you on your journey. Be a solution for others and then a solution for yourself.
Give Your Recovery Permission
March 16, 2023 13:00 - 7 minutes - 5.36 MBPermit yourself to evaluate your successes and failures. To feel comfortable with your Recovery, you must feel authorized to speak about it, to be about it. This permission must come from you to make it authentic, and it must be original and effective.
Making a recovery Easy
March 15, 2023 16:00 - 8 minutes - 6.02 MBRecovery is hard; make no mistake if you have not had to experience it! The key is using the tools and advice as efficiently as possible. Evaluating and questioning your progress, strengths, and weaknesses will provide the map to getting the most out of your efforts and making the long hard road easier.
Making a Recovery Easy
March 15, 2023 16:00 - 8 minutes - 5.84 MBRecovery is hard; make no mistake if you have not had to experience it! The key is using the tools and advice as efficiently as possible. Evaluating and questioning your progress, strengths, and weaknesses will provide the map to getting the most out of your efforts and making the long hard road easier.
If you do not have a thought Process ( For Your Recovery ), get one!
February 28, 2023 02:00 - 9 minutes - 6.89 MBIf you do not have a thought Process ( For Your Recovery ), get one! A Thought process in recovery is the only real plan for success. Like a good map, it will tell you how to get where you want.
Recovery and Relationships
February 23, 2023 12:00 - 8 minutes - 5.7 MBRelationships are the direct ties to being human, and being human is the essence of Recovery. Methods and strategy will only do good if you can manage the vibrations between you and the people you love and live with.
Who is Supporting You?
January 18, 2023 18:00 - 14 minutes - 9.7 MBThis episode asked you to consider building your Support Network with an end goal. Who is in Your Support Network? Are they there by default? Do they understand what kind of support you need or want? Do they possess information or materials that can help you?
If you knew you would live to be 100 years old
January 15, 2023 18:00 - 9 minutes - 6.52 MBWhat would you change if you knew you would live to be 100 years old? How would you treat your body? How would you treat your mind? Are you choosing Death as an Option? These could be the best questions to start a recovery. Living to be 100 years old is unexpected but very possible, and for some, it happens without a plan; for some, recovery is that plan.
When, Where, and How to Find Your Truth
December 30, 2022 13:00 - 12 minutes - 8.75 MBThere is a place and time when even the most troubled can feel and tell their truth. Help them find that place and be there to hear it. For some, it is a place of safety; for others, it is rock bottom. Regardless, keep your eyes open and help whenever and wherever you can.
Knowing What You Know Now about Recovery
December 27, 2022 22:00 - 9 minutes - 6.77 MBWhat is your experience worth to you or anyone else, and if it does provide value, do you know how to communicate that experience? Put some time and effort into letting your knowledge help someone today.
A Marvel Movies Recovery
December 09, 2022 23:00 - 9 minutes - 6.64 MBWhat do a Super Hero Movie and a Recovery have in common? Like many of those movies, statistics will tell you it was a success, but there are sure a lot of wrecked buildings and is the bad guy beaten for good?
Recovery and the Bumper Cars
December 04, 2022 18:00 - 7 minutes - 5.4 MBRecovery is serious business, but everything serious needs some levity and association with fun now and then. The Bumper Cars were one of my childhood favorites. For me, parallels to the Recovery Process are evident and relevant. It is about expecting the bumps and attacks and getting back into the fight.
Stealing the Misery from Recovery
November 28, 2022 14:00 - 8 minutes - 5.89 MBResentment towards an Essential Change is common due to the story you tell yourself about yourself and the feelings you mirror onto those who are honestly trying to help you. There is also an associated fear of losing painfully comfortable feelings of guilt, low expectations, and punishment.
Weak Words equal a Weak Recovery
November 26, 2022 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.86 MBAffirmations and journaling are classics for a reason. You ultimately tell yourself how to feel and what to do. Words that leave doubt about the ending, evade ownership, that do not represent how you think are weak.
Selling Recovery
November 23, 2022 13:00 - 8 minutes - 6.11 MBWhen we try to get young people to buy into our version of Recovery, We can't assume they are buying what we are selling. We need to be clear about What we have for sale, what they want, and whether they have the necessary currency to make a lasting, sustainable, Transformation.
Attention is the New Gold
November 21, 2022 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.5 MBSo many times, we, as Healthcare professionals and volunteers, believe that we are automatically being paid attention to because we are trying to help. No one owes us their attention; it is given or solicited. The message only hits home when both are present.
Intention versus Luck
November 18, 2022 05:00 - 7 minutes - 5.53 MBWhen you think of someone working with complete attention, you think of someone who will eventually succeed. Real Intention is selfish, reserved for what you need or want. Luck is the opposite. Luck leaves room for the intentions of anyone else or anything.
Actions create Slavery or Freedom
November 16, 2022 20:00 - 9 minutes - 6.65 MBOutside of slavery or Coercion, we choose each of our actions. Both poor decisions and good decisions create momentum. Momentum fuels direction and direction determines destination.
Fear of getting Better?
November 06, 2022 18:00 - 9 minutes - 6.28 MBThe fear of getting better is real. Releasing excuses for one's perceived failures or shortcomings must be abandoned for a real transformation. Letting go of the need for pity versus the admiration of others can stand in the way of Essential Change.
The Yellow Brick Road to Recovery
November 02, 2022 21:00 - 9 minutes - 6.81 MBUsing the Wizard of Oz as an analogy, there is no place like home. Yes, there was a yellow brick road, helpful friends, and a wizard that knows all, but the truth is, we are always home.
Get Excited with the Opportunity in Recovery
November 01, 2022 18:00 - 7 minutes - 5.19 MBRecovery is an opportunity, plain and simple. When "You," as a person or a family, are in this position, you understand your clearly defined starting point. Even in this scenario, your choice of actions and direction are virtually unlimited. It is all of our jobs to adopt this attitude.
Keeping Your Eye on the ball
October 01, 2022 19:00 - 7 minutes - 5.26 MBKeeping your eye on the ball is not just fitting advice for football season but an excellent analogy for the Recovery process. The direction for recovery must be seen, caught, secured, and taken to the goal.
Goals are for Winners and Losers
September 13, 2022 14:00 - 8 minutes - 5.75 MBEverybody with similar problems should have similar goals to free them from painful circumstances. While necessary, Goals do not have power without their component parts. Daily tasks, activities, and attitudes give Goals meaning.
The Actual Definition of Recovery
September 02, 2022 15:00 - 10 minutes - 7.28 MBIn some instances, it may be a mistake to assume we understand what normal conditions are. Recovery has two definitions that I am particularly interested in. first is a " return to a normal or healthy condition." The second is " the act of obtaining usable substances from unusable sources.
The Good, Better, and Best of Recovery
August 30, 2022 14:00 - 10 minutes - 7.28 MBThe Good, Better, and Best of Recovery. Management, Elimination, and Prevention represent the three primary goals of a recovery outcome. While considering each a victory of sorts, elevating Prevention in our collective mindset would be the most significant victory in the Recovery community.
The Mission of Recovery: Part 7 Surprise
August 27, 2022 14:00 - 10 minutes - 7.18 MBIn a military sense, the element of surprise leverages power against an enemy's strength. The entity that controls the attack's rhythm, pace, and substance has a clear advantage—keeping the forces that fuel addiction off balance and under siege is the perfect strategy for a healthy recovery.
The Mission of Recovery: Part 6 Security
August 23, 2022 20:00 - 7 minutes - 5.36 MBSecurity provides the basis to obtain a clearly planned objective in a military operation. In the Recovery process, security begins as an act of faith that develops into a life-saving skill. The helping professionals and the support network must understand that the flow of information and healing is directly proportional to how the client and/or loved one reveals their pain and moves toward Recovery.
The Mission of Recovery: Part 5 Unity of Command
August 19, 2022 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.71 MBIn a military objective, the unity and cohesion of command are crucial. In Recovery, we need multiple commanders with a faithful and united effort to achieve a necessary goal. The current structure of treatment fixes the fundamental issue. The recovery chain consists of the client, the support group, and the helping professionals. The end goal should be to reduce the helping professional's ego, increase the client's esteem, and reduce the support group's confusion.
The Mission of Recovery: Part 4 Maneuvering
August 16, 2022 14:00 - 9 minutes - 6.38 MBIn the Art of War, Maneuvering is the deliberate movement of forces against the enemy to gain an advantage. In the Art of Recovery, maneuvering your attributes is to preserve freedom of action and demonstrate your initiative.