teens

Gone in a Snap: Inside Snapchat’s Teen Opioid Crisis, with Paul Solotaroff

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Gone in a Snap: Inside Snapchat’s Teen Opioid Crisis, with Paul Solotaroff
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When investigative journalist Paul Solotaroff began researching Snapchat’s role in the teen opioid crisis, he uncovered a devastating reality that every parent needs to understand. The very features that make Snapchat appealing to young people—disappearing messages, lack of permanent records—have created what he calls “a paradise for predators.” The Perfect Storm: How Snapchat Enabled a

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Happiness and Joy Are Not the Same (and Why It Matters For Parents), with Alex Stavros, CEO of Embark Behavioral Health

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Happiness and Joy Are Not the Same (and Why It Matters For Parents), with Alex Stavros, CEO of Embark Behavioral Health
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When you’re parenting a child struggling with substance use, it’s easy to believe that if you could just make them happy, everything would improve. But what if the real goal isn’t happiness at all? What if focusing on joy—something entirely different—could change everything? In this conversation, Alex Stavros shares insights from his decade leading Embark

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Answers To Common CRAFT Questions Parents Have When Their Child Is Struggling With Addiction or Experimenting With Drugs, With Erica Lubetkin, LMHC

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Answers To Common CRAFT Questions Parents Have When Their Child Is Struggling With Addiction or Experimenting With Drugs, With Erica Lubetkin, LMHC
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When your child is struggling with substance use, one of the most frustrating challenges parents face is figuring out how to help when communication breaks down. Whether your child refuses to talk, lives across the country, or insists they don’t have a problem, the CRAFT approach offers practical strategies that can work even in difficult

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What Parents Need to Know About Trauma Informed and Responsive Transport and Interventions, with Heather Hayes

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What Parents Need to Know About Trauma Informed and Responsive Transport and Interventions, with Heather Hayes
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When parents discover their teen or young adult is struggling with substance use, the path forward can feel overwhelming and confusing. Heather Hayes, a licensed counselor and board registered interventionist, brings a unique perspective to this challenge—she’s both a professional in the field and someone who got sober at age 21 after struggling with addiction

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Dr. Anna Lembke, Author Of Dopamine Nation On Addiction, The Pain/Pleasure Balance And A Counterintuitive, Drug-Free Way To Find Homeostasis

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Dr. Anna Lembke, Author Of Dopamine Nation On Addiction, The Pain/Pleasure Balance And A Counterintuitive, Drug-Free Way To Find Homeostasis
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In our dopamine-saturated world, understanding how substances hijack the brain’s reward system has never been more critical for parents. Dr. Anna Lembke, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic, brings 25 years of clinical experience to help us understand what’s happening in our

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Coaching Episode #1: Navigating The Transition To Home Life After Treatment

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Coaching Episode #1: Navigating The Transition To Home Life After Treatment
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When a child returns home after extended treatment, parents often expect relief. But as Casie discovered when her 19-year-old son came home after three years in wilderness therapy, therapeutic boarding school, transitional living, and sober living, the reality can be surprisingly complex. ‘I would say it’s having him fit back in the family. Because he

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Creating A Connected, Calm Life When The Chaos Is Real; Getting Out of Distraction and Into Alignment, with Lane Kennedy

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
Creating A Connected, Calm Life When The Chaos Is Real; Getting Out of Distraction and Into Alignment, with Lane Kennedy
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When your child is struggling with substance use, the chaos feels endless. Every day brings new worries, unexpected crises, and exhausting emotional labor. But what if creating calm wasn’t about controlling the chaos around you, but about finding alignment within yourself? Lane Kennedy knows both sides of this story intimately. After getting sober on December

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The Final Fix: An Unflinching Documentary Investigating a Radical, 49-Year Old Technology That Could Change Everything We Know About Addiction, Treatment and Recovery

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Hopestream for parenting kids through drug use and addiction
The Final Fix: An Unflinching Documentary Investigating a Radical, 49-Year Old Technology That Could Change Everything We Know About Addiction, Treatment and Recovery
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Parents searching for effective addiction treatment options face an overwhelming landscape of programs, methods, and promises. But what if a technology existed that could treat withdrawal in less than two weeks, without the torture of cold turkey symptoms, and has been around for nearly half a century? That’s exactly what filmmaker Norman Stone investigates in

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Things to Do While Your Child Is In Treatment, For The First or 20th Time, With Brenda Zane

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Things to Do While Your Child Is In Treatment, For The First or 20th Time, With Brenda Zane
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When your child enters treatment for substance misuse, whether it’s the first time or the twentieth, parents often find themselves in unfamiliar territory. After months or years of hypervigilance, crisis management, and sleepless nights, you suddenly have space to breathe. But what should you actually do with that space? Sleep and Rest: Your First Priority

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Human Flourishing & Unconventional Recovery; Finding Personal Fulfillment & Challenging the Status Quo in Addiction Treatment, with Tripp Johnson

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Human Flourishing & Unconventional Recovery; Finding Personal Fulfillment & Challenging the Status Quo in Addiction Treatment, with Tripp Johnson
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When we think about recovery from substance use, most of us imagine traditional treatment programs, 12-step meetings, and strict sobriety milestones. But what if there are other paths to wellness that focus less on abstinence dates and more on overall life satisfaction and purpose? Tripp Johnson’s story challenges many assumptions about recovery. As the CEO

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