Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction

Brenda Zane

Hopestream is the defacto resource for parents who have a teen or young adult child who's misusing drugs or alcohol, hosted by Brenda Zane. Brenda is a Mayo Clinic Certified health & wellness coach, CRAFT-trained Parent Coach, and mom of a son who nearly lost his life to addiction. Guests include addiction, prevention, and treatment experts, family members impacted by their loved one's substance use, and wellness and self-care specialists. You'll also hear heartfelt messages from me, your host. It's a safe, nurturing respite from the chaos and confusion you live with. We gather in our private communities between the episodes in The Stream community for moms. Learn more at www.hopestreamcommunity.org/the-stream/.

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Golden Nuggets of 2022

Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction

12/29/22 • 76 min

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
In this compilation of 12 impactful episodes, you'll hear from:
Dr. Anna Lembke, Carrie Wilkens, Ph.D., Dina Cannizzaro, Dr. Brad Reedy, Cathy Cioth, Steve Sawyer, Dr. Gabor Maté, Mark LaPalme, Rebekah Mutch, Andy Goldstrom, Bill Guy and Anne Moss Rogers.
It's that time of year! This episode has become an annual tradition here at Hopestream, where I open up the vault from 2022, reflect on the year, over 50 episodes, so many guests, and pluck out a few of the golden nuggets that were shared.

It’s ridiculously hard because it feels like I’m picking my favorite children, but it’s meaningful in that I see common threads and themes that emerge through the various conversations.
EPISODE RESOURCES:

This podcast is part of a nonprofit called Hopestream Community
Learn about The Stream, our private online community for moms
Find us on Instagram here
Find us on YouTube here
Download a free e-book, Worried Sick: A Compassionate Guide For Parents When Your Teen or Young Adult Child Misuses Drugs and Alcohol
Hopestream Community is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and an Amazon Associate. We may make a small commission if you purchase from our links.

Self-Compassion, Laziness, Or Self-Sabotage? Being The Right Kind of Good To Yourself When Your Child Struggles with Drugs or Alcohol, With Brenda Zane

Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction

09/02/21 • 24 min

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
If you're working on being a little more self-compassionate and practicing self-care, there may be times when you ask yourself, "am I just being lazy?" You might also find there are times when your so-called self-compassion might feel more like self-sabotage. SO confusing. You end up feeling guilty for not feeling guilty, or vice versa.

This episode will break down what self-compassion actually is, what it isn't, and importantly, how to tell the difference between healthy self-compassion and laziness or self-sabotage. There's even a simple litmus test I share that will let you look at your behavior and know right away what you're being to yourself.
It's a quick, snackable episode that's perfect for a quick dog walk or errand run so listen in and give yourself a break from feeling guilt - or not - when you're trying to take care of yourself.
EPISODE RESOURCES:

Unapologetic, Radical Self Care - Hopestream episode #71

The High Cost of High-Potency Marijuana For Adolescents, with Dr. Libby Stuyt

Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction

04/20/23 • 61 min

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
When voters in Colorado legalized marijuana in the year 2000, they did so with good intentions: as compassionate health care for people with serious conditions. After all, the FDA was approving THC-based medicines like marinol at doses of 20mg.

Then concentrates hit the market.
In Colorado today, an 18-year-old with a medical marijuana card can legally purchase more than 50 times the daily dose of THC originally prescribed as medicine. And my guest for this episode, Dr. Libby Stuyt, says she is seeing the consequences.

Dr. Stuyt is a board-certified addiction psychiatrist, and has worked in the addiction and behavioral health field for more than 30 years. Most of that time was spent as medical director at a Colorado inpatient program for people who had failed to progress through other treatments. She has seen it all.

In this episode Dr. Stuyt explains how we are gaining new understanding of the potential dangers of high-potency marijuana products, especially for adolescents. We discuss:

How the market transformed from well-intentioned medicine to a THC free-for-all
What parents need to understand before they ask, “Where would my kid even get marijuana?”
Why edibles can be more dangerous than smoking
What we’ve learned about the connection between adolescent marijuana use and opiates
Some of the most frightening problems associated with heavy users of concentrates, including rapid-onset addiction, IQ-loss, psychosis, and hyperemesis

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Coaching A Mom Pushed To Her Limits, with Olivia

Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction

11/23/23 • 46 min

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
Long before Olivia became a single parent, she was forced to face her own trauma. The heartbreaking challenges she's faced since then have piled an incredible amount of stress onto an already complex life.

The difficult journey for Olivia's son began with his father's brain injury and substance misuse, leading to a messy divorce that would have been difficult for any child. Working full-time as a single parent, Olivia has faced her son's depression, took the blame for the divorce, and dealt with her son’s refusal to attend therapy. Without family support, Olivia has done her best to navigate the situation independently and has bolstered her team with a coach to help her navigate the storm.
Olivia’s son began experimenting with marijuana at the age of 13 and soon moved on to high-potency THC concentrates. He became more aggressive, his anger more volatile, and by the age of 15 was experiencing THC-induced psychotic breaks. He’s since been diagnosed with OCD, PTSD, ODD, marijuana use disorder, anxiety, and depression.
Between the COVID school closures and his mental health issues, Olivia’s son hasn't been in a structured learning environment for years but says he wants to go back to school. Olivia isn't sure this is a good idea for her and her son. After nearly a decade of this struggle, she’s depleted, exhausted, and depressed.
Today, we'll talk about how these kinds of persistent and extreme issues affect parents going through the worst of it and what Olivia might do to survive as she prepares to make some big life decisions.
If you've been through the wringer with a challenging child and it feels like no one else could possibly understand your journey, Olivia's story is a reminder that the Hopestream Community is full of people who DO truly get it.

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We Have to Talk About It: Understanding the Link Between Mental Health, Substance Use and Suicide, with Anne Moss Rogers

Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction

11/24/22 • 59 min

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
With well over a hundred episodes on Hopestream, I couldn’t believe we haven’t talked about the very common link between substance use and suicide rates. Since it was time, I’m honored to introduce you to mother, author, and mental health advocate, Anne Moss Rogers. She courageously shares her story of the loss of her son to suicide in hopes of spurring more honest conversations before it’s too late for other families.

While this is another topic that’s messy and difficult to navigate, Anne Moss reminds us that patience and curiosity are the best tools we have for exposing the root of our kids’ pain. You’ll also hear practical ways to recognize signs that your child needs to talk about suicide and ways to work through what can be an overwhelming fear.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

Why Anne Moss left a corporate career she was highly passionate about to pursue advocacy for suicide prevention full time
Whether talking about suicide plants seeds in a person’s mind about killing themselves
How her son Charles' battle with mental health showed up in the beginning and how it progressed
The connection between self-harming behavior and suicide ideation
How Anne Moss had to navigate her son’s immediate relapse after going to treatment
The red flags to look for if someone you love is contemplating suicide
What you can do if your son or daughter avoids engaging this topic with you

EPISODE RESOURCES:

Anne Moss Rodgers:
- The Emotionally Naked Speaker
- NAMI Virginia Board Member
- Blog: EmotionallyNaked.com
- Speaker Site: AnneMossRogers.com, My 6-minute TEDx
- Diary of a Broken Mind: A Mother's Story, A Son's Suicide and the Haunting Lyrics He Left Behind (book)
- Emotionally Naked. A Teacher’s Guide to Preventing Suicide and Recognizing Students at Risk (book)
Free Tools: Free Self-Harm Safety Box
Crisis Text Line: 741-741
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: 988
Suicide Prevention: Website

Accepting the Invitation To Change: Two Parents Confront Fentanyl’s Hold On Their Daughter, with Eleanor & Dave

Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction

08/17/23 • 60 min

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
Every once in a while, I have the opportunity to speak with parents whose experiences are a perfect case study of why Hopestream Community exists. This episode with Eleanor and Dave is one of those conversations – especially for those of you with kids who are young adults living outside the home.

Eleanor and Dave raised their two children in Silicon Valley, where they had a nice house, a beautiful community, and access to California's best schools. But as many parents recognize, economic stability is not necessarily a shield against substance misuse.

In the span of one short year, Eleanor and Dave watched their daughter spiral from a university student to homeless, living in her car and using fentanyl regularly.

After a brief period of denial about the seriousness of her situation, the couple was forced to accept the reality in front of them. The hard work that followed should be held up as an example of what to do right, and that’s why I’m speaking with them today.

You'll hear how Eleanor and Dave implemented many of the tools and strategies we talk about frequently in Hopestream Community – creating supportive boundaries, rooting actions in love and empathy, implementing strategies from The Invitation to Change Approach, performing loving, family-based interventions, and so much more.
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Keep Coming Back: A Hollywood Director Finds Art, And Healing Through His Daughter’s Recovery, with Mark Rosman

Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction

08/15/24 • 47 min

ABOUT THE EPISODE:

After years of producing feature films and TV shows about family life like Cinderella Story, Perfect Man, Lizzy McGuire, and many others, Mark Rosman was forced to face the reality of problems in his own family.

Mark and his wife spent some time in denial about their daughter's substance use. Even after two trips to the emergency room, they decided against professional advice to get her into treatment immediately. They chalked everything up to ordinary teen rebellion and experimentation, sending her to a traditional boarding school instead. Less than one month later, she was in the emergency room again after downing a bottle of Listerine. Thus began the roller coaster we're all familiar with: periods of hope and sobriety, followed by lapses into chaos and returns to use.

Like many parents, Mark instinctively rejected the notion of "self care", or any form of detachment from his daughter's behavior and state of mind at any given time. Finally, in what seemed like his 100th parent group meeting, he admitted to himself (and everyone else there) the utter hopelessness he was feeling. This was the beginning of the entire family's recovery.

In this episode, Mark talks about how this realization helped him to learn to set boundaries and how – now five years into his daughter's recovery – he’s making his own story into a feature film which, for the first time, focuses on the experiences of parents.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

Keep Coming Back Film
Keep Coming Back Instagram account

A Way From Darkness: Yoga As a Key To Lasting Recovery, With Taylor Hunt

Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction

05/04/23 • 43 min

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
So many of us go through life feeling we’re missing something important – an idea or practice that will help mold us into our best selves. It’s possible to go our entire lives without even knowing what we’re looking for. But sometimes, the universe seems to put exactly what we need right before us.

My guest today, Taylor Hunt, was only months sober when he began praying about that missing piece. And when it was finally offered to him (in a most unusual way), he rejected it over and over again. On today’s episode, Taylor tells us the incredible story of how he finally came to accept the practice that would save his life and give purpose to hundreds of others in recovery: Ashtanga yoga.

Taylor has been in recovery for 17 years now, but when he first began yoga, he was only a few months sober, desperately trying to build a healthy life. Since then, he has become a lifelong advocate of the benefits of the practice, especially for those in recovery.

On this episode, we discuss:

The almost supernatural way yoga found its way into his life
The common problem yoga can relieve for young people struggling with anxiety and substance misuse
The positive domino effect of consistent yoga practice
Yoga’s role in the lives of parents with kids misusing substances

EPISODE RESOURCES:

The Partnership to End Addiction: www.drugfree.org/get-support
The Body Keeps the Score (Bessel van der Kolk)
www.taylorhuntyoga.com
A Way From Darkness - Taylor's book
Trini Foundation - Taylor's nonprofit organization
Apply for a scholarship

Mental Fitness: Athletic Success Beyond Substance Use, with Georgia Tech's Dr. Steedy Kontos

Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction

09/19/24 • 41 min

ABOUT THE EPISODE:

Even before he became a teenager, it seemed to Dr. Steedy Kontos that he was good at anything he tried to do - especially sports. He shined in football, baseball, basketball, wrestling and track, and recruiters were starting to take notice. It seemed he was well on his way to becoming a professional athlete.

But Steedy had also begun experimenting with marijuana and alcohol at the age of 12. When he was caught skipping class in high school, his coach informed him that he would be required to attend extra summer conditioning on top of the school's disciplinary program. He refused, giving up his promising career, and redirected his energies to drugs, alcohol and partying.

In the years since he began his own recovery, Steedy has obtained a doctorate in clinical psychology, served as a collegiate recovery program coordinator, and a staff therapist at Division 1 school Georgia Tech. For the first time on the Hopestream podcast, Steedy walks us through the specific challenges and needs of student athletes in recovery.

We'll discuss the role that parents sometimes play in the intense and unhealthy pressure on D1 athletes, imposter syndrome at elite schools, and the academic benefits of collegiate recovery programs.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

InTown Psychology, Atlanta, GA
Assoc. Of Recovery In Higher Education (Collegiate Recovery)
Georgia Tech Collegiate Recovery Program

The Influence Paradox: How Giving Up Control Can Give You Sway, with Dr. Emily Kline

Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction

04/06/23 • 43 min

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
You’ve probably heard me (and many of my guests) talk about letting go of the idea that you can control your teen or young adult child. This is so hard to do, for obvious reasons, and parents who struggle with this have some valid questions:

Isn’t it our job to protect our kids at all costs? If I stop confronting these problems, isn’t that just avoidance? How is this different from just giving up?

My guest today says that these questions miss an important paradox: The more we let go of controlling behavior (which often doesn’t work anyway), the more opportunity we have to gain real influence – especially with skills like Motivational Interviewing.

Dr. Emily Kline received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, following up with clinical and post-doc training at Harvard Medical School. She has presented to audiences all over the world on the topics of mental health and interpersonal communication. Her new book and (free!) E-course is titled The School of Hard Talks.

I’ve been seeing Emily’s name everywhere lately and I’m excited to finally bring you this conversation, in which we discuss:

How Motivational Interviewing can help us give up control in exchange for influence
One big reason adolescents and young adults can be self-destructive
Some go-to phrases to facilitate low-conflict discussion and relationship building

EPISODE RESOURCES:

School of Hard Talks online e-course

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction currently has 270 episodes available.

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The podcast is about Addiction, Health & Fitness, Parenting, Kids & Family, Marijuana, Mental Health, Podcasts, Support, Kids, Recovery and Drugs.

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The episode title 'FOO Fighter: Deprogramming Our “Family Of Origin” Triggers For More Effective Parenting, with Dr. Crystal Collier' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction is 47 minutes.

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