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What parents can do when a young adult is stuck at home

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What parents can do when a young adult is stuck at home

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By the time parents reach Kim Muench, a lot of their confidence is gone. They are parenting from fear, and a young adult child is still at home. She coaches parents of emerging adults, usually about 18 to 30, through mental health challenges, substance use, and the blur between helping and enabling. She would rather

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4 Things You’re Probably Googling When Your Child Struggles With Substances

Cathy, Cathy Cioth, natural consequences, PAWS, self-care, treatment, young adults / Brenda Zane

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4 Things You're Probably Googling When Your Child Struggles With Substances

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There is a specific kind of searching that happens at 2am when you are a parent in the thick of it, typing half-formed fears into a search bar because you cannot say them out loud to anyone in your life. In this episode of Hopestream, co-founders Brenda Zane and Cathy Cioth sit down to answer

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How To Get Young People Ready for Real-World Sobriety, with Alex Zemeckis and Cannon Kristofferson

sober living, vocational programming, young adults / Brenda Zane

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How To Get Young People Ready for Real-World Sobriety, with Alex Zemeckis and Cannon Kristofferson

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Recovery programs for young adults have evolved dramatically in recent years. Alex Zemeckis and Cannon Kristofferson, founders of the Grounds Recovery and Mare’s House sober living programs, have witnessed this shift firsthand. Their programs focus on preparing young people not just for sobriety, but for the real-world challenges that come with independent living. The Evolution

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Adultolescence: Preparing Young Adults Who Struggle With Skills For Wellness and Independence, With Greg Ostler

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Adultolescence: Preparing Young Adults Who Struggle With Skills For Wellness and Independence, With Greg Ostler

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The transition from adolescence to adulthood has never been easy, but today’s young adults face unique pressures that can make this period particularly challenging. Greg Ostler, a licensed clinical social worker and licensed clinical addiction specialist, along with Karen Stewart, who has training in trauma work, discuss what they call ‘adultolescence’ and how parents can

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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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Her Lived Experience With Addiction Helped Create An Urban Model For Holistic, Community Based Young Adult Treatment, with The Dorm’s Amanda Fialk

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Her Lived Experience With Addiction Helped Create An Urban Model For Holistic, Community Based Young Adult Treatment, with The Dorm’s Amanda Fialk

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When Amanda Fialk entered treatment at age 22, she discovered something that would shape her entire career: the transformative power of connecting with peers in recovery. Her personal experience with substance use disorder led her away from law school and toward social work, eventually helping create The Dorm, an innovative urban treatment program for young

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Getting Kids Un-Stuck From Failure to Launch Mode with Mark McConville, Ph.D., author

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Getting Kids Un-Stuck From Failure to Launch Mode with Mark McConville, Ph.D., author

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Why Young Adults Get Stuck Many parents watch their teens and young adults reach a certain age and then simply stop progressing. They seem capable, yet they remain stuck in a limited world they can navigate rather than venturing into full adulthood. As Dr. McConville describes his own experience: ‘I got to the point where

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What parents can do when a young adult is stuck at home

4 Things You’re Probably Googling When Your Child Struggles With Substances

How To Get Young People Ready for Real-World Sobriety, with Alex Zemeckis and Cannon Kristofferson

Adultolescence: Preparing Young Adults Who Struggle With Skills For Wellness and Independence, With Greg Ostler

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

Her Lived Experience With Addiction Helped Create An Urban Model For Holistic, Community Based Young Adult Treatment, with The Dorm’s Amanda Fialk

Getting Kids Un-Stuck From Failure to Launch Mode with Mark McConville, Ph.D., author

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