Who Has Your Car Keys? 7 Tips For Stability When Life Feels Out Of Your Control, with Brenda Zane

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Who Has Your Car Keys? 7 Tips For Stability When Life Feels Out Of Your Control, with Brenda Zane

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Episode 21

ABOUT THE EPISODE:
We've all seen the Ven diagrams showing us to focus on what we can control. But how does that specifically apply if you've got a teen or young adult child who's misusing substances and your life is in chaos? In this episode, I share from the seat of wisdom – 7 very real and practical things you can do to regain some control and sense of agency over your life even if you have an at-risk child. 

These tips also apply to anyone who, during this time of great unrest with COVID-19 is feeling like life is too slippery and you're trying to balance on a teeter-totter in the sand. It's an unsettling and confusing place to be, but it's possible to change the power balance and gain some solid ground. 

I go into detail on 7 tips for things in your control which include:

1. How I react to people and situations
2. What I put in my body and how I treat my body
3. What’s on my phone (and what's not)
4. Who I spend time with (and who I don't)
5. What my physical space looks like
6. When I go to bed (extra bonus material on sleep in Episode 10)
7. What I think about

This is a must-listen-to 30 minutes if you're feeling un-tethered and spiraling because of your child's (or the world's) instability.

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