Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
Beth Hillman | Parent Coach for Parents of Struggling Teens
Your guide to parenting a struggling teen, whether they’re home, transitioning home, or presently in treatment.
Parents, say goodbye to exhausting confusion, overwhelm and panic and the unhelpful patterns that keep you stuck. Learn how to develop healthy responses and set healthy boundaries instead of acting out of fear and anxiety.
Experience the relationship-changing power of focusing on your own behavior instead of futile attempts to control your teen.
Your guides to Parenting Post-wilderness are Beth Hillman, a life coach for parents of struggling teens and mom to a post-wilderness teen, and part-time co-host Seth Gottlieb, a wilderness therapy guide turned teen and young adult recovery coach. Their unique combination of experience and training yields candid conversations chock full of practical, actionable tips and tools to smooth the challenges both parents and teens experience surrounding treatment.
Listen in to discover how parents like you have learned to influence equanimity in the home and rebuild connections with the teens they love.
Connect with Beth on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or find more information about working with Beth at www.bethhillmancoaching.com.
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14. Mom Amy on Building Trust and Listening to Your Intuition as a Parent [Parent Interview]
Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
11/29/22 • 35 min
The process and struggle doesn’t just stop after wilderness. In this second part of my interview with single parent Amy, we talk about the journey she and her daughter went through after wilderness. Their journey was full of ups and downs and looking back, Amy wishes she had made some different choices.
In this parent interview we discuss:
- How Amy coped with the ups and downs;
- The various treatment programs Amy’s daughter went through after wilderness;
- Dealing with the what-ifs;
- What Amy has learned through all of this;
- Being an emotionally consistent parent;
- Building trust;
- And much more!
If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.
And remember parents, the change begins with us.
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Ps. Are you getting great value out of this podcast? It would mean the world to me if you could leave a review on Apple Podcasts. This way, you will help me reach and help more parents of struggling teens develop healthy responses and boundaries instead of acting out of fear and anxiety. You can leave a review by clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, tapping to leave a star rating and then write your review. Thanks so much!
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10. How to Feel Your Feelings to Increase Your Bandwidth With Seth Gottlieb
Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
11/01/22 • 18 min
How do you take space for yourself to process everything life throws at you when you feel depleted and your bucket is empty? That’s what I’m talking about today with Seth Gottlieb.
Life happens. Varying from regular life stressors to having children or loved ones making really tough choices. It can leave us feeling thinned out and those tend to be the moments we act from a place of reaction instead of taking the time to process. Even though taking this time to feel our feelings is exactly what is most helpful.
In this episode on feeling your feelings to increase your bandwidth, we discuss:
- How to increase your bandwidth;
- What taking time can look like;
- What you need to become aware of to increase your bandwidth;
- Learning how to feel and allow your feelings;
- Finding out how YOU can replenish;
- Honoring feelings during busy times;
- And more!
If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.
And remember parents, the change begins with us.
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Ps. Are you getting great value out of this podcast? It would mean the world to me if you could leave a review on Apple Podcasts. This way, you will help me reach and help more parents of struggling teens develop healthy responses and boundaries instead of acting out of fear and anxiety. You can leave a review by clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, tapping to leave a star rating and then write your review. Thanks so much!
And if you haven’t already done so, make sure to subscribe to our show so you don’t miss any of my future episodes!
17. Mom Rebecca on Sending Her Young Daughter to Wilderness [Parent Interview]
Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
12/20/22 • 40 min
We’re back with another parent interview in which Rebecca shares her story of sending her young daughter to wilderness. Rebecca openheartedly shares how her daughter showed out-of-bound behavior throughout her entire life, even when she was a baby. Things eventually took a turn for the worse and Rebecca and her husband decided to send their daughter to wilderness.
In this episode parent interview, we discuss:
- Rebecca’s experiences in sending her young daughter to wilderness;
- Learning to unenmesh with your teen;
- Becoming your own person while still showing up in your parent role;
- How consistent boundaries help facilitate healthy relationships with our children;
- The effects on siblings;
- And more!
If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.
And remember parents, the change begins with us.
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Ps. Are you getting great value out of this podcast? It would mean the world to me if you could leave a review on Apple Podcasts. This way, you will help me reach and help more parents of struggling teens develop healthy responses and boundaries instead of acting out of fear and anxiety. You can leave a review by clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, tapping to leave a star rating and then write your review. Thanks so much!
And if you haven’t already done so, make sure to subscribe to our show so you don’t miss any of my future episodes!
18. Mom Rebecca on Choosing Love and Boundaries Over Fear and Punishment [Parent Interview]
Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
12/27/22 • 29 min
Parent Rebecca is back to talk about what it was like bringing her daughter home directly from wilderness. What did it feel like? What were some of the conflicts in the first few weeks of her being home? At this moment, her daughter has been home for 1.5 years. It’s safe to say it has been a bumpy road. But what is it like now?’
In this episode parent interview, we discuss:
- What the first couple of weeks after wilderness were like;
- Cellphone use after wilderness;
- The commitment of taking your kid home directly after wilderness;
- Holding boundaries;
- The ‘shoulds’ of parenting;
- Challenges within the system;
- And much more!
If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.
And remember parents, the change begins with us.
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Ps. Are you getting great value out of this podcast? It would mean the world to me if you could leave a review on Apple Podcasts. This way, you will help me reach and help more parents of struggling teens develop healthy responses and boundaries instead of acting out of fear and anxiety. You can leave a review by clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, tapping to leave a star rating and then write your review. Thanks so much!
And if you haven’t already done so, make sure to subscribe to our show so you don’t miss any of my future episodes!
20. Mom Casie on Her Son’s Substance Abuse and the Effects on His Siblings and Family Dynamics [Parent Interview]
Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
01/10/23 • 44 min
Going through life struggling with ADHD, Casie's son developed a core feeling of worthlessness. As a coping strategy, he turned to drugs, started running away from home, and even attempted suicide.
“It took wilderness to get him to the point where he cared that he lived” - Casie Fariello
We’re so grateful to have Casie Fariello, parent of three and owner and founder of Other Parents Like Me (OPLM.com), on the podcast today to share her story and experiences around her son’s addiction and his journey to wilderness. She also opens up about her lack of self-care, the effect her son’s behavior had on his siblings, and how she and her husband made sure they could get through this together, as a team.
In this parent interview, we discuss:
- Her son’s history of ADHD, leading up to his drug addiction;
- The difficulty of navigating the difference between her children;
- Family dynamics and the role the siblings played in this journey;
- What’s going on in the brain of an addict;
- How they got their son to wilderness;
- Creative ways they were able to pay for wilderness;
- Casie’s personal journey as a parent: what was she going through and what did she feel?;
- Taking care of her marriage during this difficult time;
- How her son now feels about wilderness;
- And more!
If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.
And remember parents, the change begins with us.
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And if you haven’t already done so, make sure to subscribe to our show so you don’t miss any of my future episodes!
21. Mom Casie on Transitioning Her Child Home After Boarding School & Online Parent Support Group OPLM.com [Parent Interview]
Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
01/17/23 • 36 min
Today, we’re continuing our conversation with Casie Fariello & we dive deeper into her son’s experience of going to wilderness and how he looks back at it now. Both Casie’s son and Seth agree that it’s not a black-and-white experience.
After going through the process of wilderness, boarding school and eventually transitioning her son home, Casie founded a peer-led, online support group for parents of children struggling with mental health and/or substances: OPLM.com.
In this parent interview, we discuss:
- Diving deeper into her son’s experience of going to wilderness;
- Seth’s experiences of how wilderness finally made him feel safe;
- Suicidal ideation;
- Self-worth;
- Working on yourself as a parent;
- Online parent support group OPLM.com;
- And more!
If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.
And remember parents, the change begins with us.
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Ps. Are you getting great value out of this podcast? It would mean the world to me if you could leave a review on Apple Podcasts. This way, you will help me reach and help more parents of struggling teens develop healthy responses and boundaries instead of acting out of fear and anxiety. You can leave a review by clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, tapping to leave a star rating and then write your review. Thanks so much!
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24. A Teen's Perspective - Listen Up!
Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
02/07/23 • 35 min
Listen up, parents! Today we’re hearing from a teen who’s been through it all and she’s sharing such amazing insights!
Evan shares her story leading up to wilderness and how wilderness helped her change her life and gain self-worth. We also discuss her relapse and how the support systems and everything she learned helped her out again. Curious to hear her advice to parents? Or how’s she’s doing now? Let’s jump into the episode!
In this teen interview, we discuss:
- Amazing pieces of advice given by her as a teen to parents;
- The life-changing things she’s learned in therapy that she would never have learned otherwise;
- When did the shift happen to wanting to change and wanting help?;
- How wilderness helped her work on her sense of self-worth;
- Her perspective on her parents’ growth;
- And so much more!
If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.
And remember parents, the change begins with us.
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Ps. Are you getting great value out of this podcast? It would mean the world to me if you could leave a review on Apple Podcasts. This way, you will help me reach and help more parents of struggling teens develop healthy responses and boundaries instead of acting out of fear and anxiety. You can leave a review by clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, tapping to leave a star rating and then write your review. Thanks so much!
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57. The Fear of Independence
Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
09/26/23 • 30 min
We’re not just responsible for our kids, we’re also responsible for teaching them how to be responsible for themselves. We want to teach our kids how to solve their own problems and be self-reliant and self-governing.
I get it. It’s SO hard not to intervene when you see your teen trying to figure something out by themselves, taking the long route, and making mistakes as they go. But if you’re constantly rescuing them to provide that comfort, you’re not teaching them how to problem solve and be resilient in life. In the end, we learn more from our mistakes than from things going right.
So let’s have a look at how we can help our kids navigate their own lives!
In this episode on letting our kids be independent, we discuss:
- Recognizing the mind frame you’re coming from when wanting to help your child;
- Becoming your child’s accountability partner;
- Helping your child make decisions and problem-solve themselves instead of doing it for them;
- Building resilience in our kids;
- And much more!
If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.
And remember parents, the change begins with us.
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Ps. Are you getting great value out of this podcast? It would mean the world to me if you could leave a review on Apple Podcasts. This way, you will help me reach and help more parents of struggling teens develop healthy responses and boundaries instead of acting out of fear and anxiety. You can leave a review by clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, tapping to leave a star rating and then write your review. Thanks so much!
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59. How to De-Escalate Yourself - Part 2
Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
10/10/23 • 27 min
Let’s continue our conversation on how to de-escalate ourselves and take the conversation a bit deeper. Inspired by a Brene Brown interview, Seth and I explore the importance of communicating our levels of regulation to our partners. What do each of us, at this exact moment, have the bandwidth for? We only have so much energy in the day, and knowing our own energy levels and communicating it with our partner, can help us acknowledge what we can and cannot deal with in the moment.
That is just step one. Tune in to today’s episode to learn more about recognizing the feeling of guilt in ourselves as a red flag for reacting from a place of emotion, and much more!
In this episode on how to de-escalate yourself, we discuss:
- Communicating energy levels with your partner;
- Recognizing guilt as a red flag;
- Moving past guilt and shame for effective communication;
- Processing dysregulated thoughts and emotions;
- Emotional communication within your family;
- The importance of processing emotions and taking time;
- And more!
If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.
And remember parents, the change begins with us.
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Ps. Are you getting great value out of this podcast? It would mean the world to me if you could leave a review on Apple Podcasts. This way, you will help me reach and help more parents of struggling teens develop healthy responses and boundaries instead of acting out of fear and anxiety. You can leave a review by clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, tapping to leave a star rating and then write your review. Thanks so much!
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16. Self-Betrayal: Ignoring Our Inner Knowing With Seth Gottlieb
Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
12/13/22 • 38 min
Do you ever feel in your gut that you should or shouldn’t do something, but you then take the opposite route? You ignore your inner knowing, overthink, look for justifications and betray yourself.
Even though we are instinctual beings, we live in a society that teaches us that we’re not. And it takes practice to start listening to our instincts again and to build the skill of listening to our own inner knowing.
In this episode on self-betrayal, we discuss:
- What does self-betrayal mean?;
- Ignoring our inner knowing;
- Examples out of our own lives;
- Coming up with justifications;
- Seeking external validation;
- Taking on the role of the victim;
- And more!
If you’d like to connect, you can find me on Instagram (@bethhillmancoaching) or go to my website www.bethhillmancoaching.com. And if you’re interested in working with me, you can learn more about my private coaching here or my group coaching here.
And remember parents, the change begins with us.
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Ps. Are you getting great value out of this podcast? It would mean the world to me if you could leave a review on Apple Podcasts. This way, you will help me reach and help more parents of struggling teens develop healthy responses and boundaries instead of acting out of fear and anxiety. You can leave a review by clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, tapping to leave a star rating and then write your review. Thanks so much!
And if you haven’t already done so, make sure to subscribe to our show so you don’t miss any of my future episodes!
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