Hopestream for Parenting Kids through Drug Use and Addiction

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 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, The Stream for moms and The Woods for dads. Learn more at www.hopestreamcommunity.org.

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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The Kratom Episode: What Every Parent Needs to Know, with Dean Francis

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The Kratom Episode: What Every Parent Needs to Know, with Dean Francis
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Episode 346 ABOUT THE EPISODE: It’s the green powder in the shaker bottle, the little blue shot by the register, the “herbal supplement” your kid bought for focus. If you’ve been quietly wondering whether kratom is something to worry about, drop everything and tune in. Dean Francis’s son Cameron was an elite college runner, closing

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The Surprising Power of Non-Reactivity When Your Child Is Struggling, with Cathy Cioth

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The Surprising Power of Non-Reactivity When Your Child Is Struggling, with Cathy Cioth
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Why Non-Reactivity Is a Strategic Tool, Not a Soft Skill Brenda and Cathy opened this conversation by naming something that often gets overlooked: the acceptance and non-reactivity piece of the Invitation to Change approach — which combines CRAFT, motivational interviewing, and ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy) — tends to get ‘lobbed off and forgotten about.’

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What Parent Recovery Really Looks Like: One Mom’s Journey

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What Parent Recovery Really Looks Like: One Mom's Journey
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Where Janice’s story began Janice didn’t have the typical teenage warning signs many parents describe. Her son’s struggles with substance use emerged during and after COVID, and the moment of clarity came when she found something she Googled and confirmed was crystal meth. She describes having two choices in that moment: feel sorry for herself,

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From Self-Harm to Healing: A Highly Sensitive Girl’s Path to Recovery, with Ciara Fanlo

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From Self-Harm to Healing: A Highly Sensitive Girl’s Path to Recovery, with Ciara Fanlo
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Episode 343 ABOUT THE EPISODE: You’ve heard some version of it: Leave me alone! I know what I am doing! You don’t understand me!” Ciara Fanlo said all of that to her mother, but what her mom didn’t know was that those statements were hiding a plea…please help me. Ciara was a sensitive kid in

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Why Parents Must Change First When a Child Is Struggling With Addiction, with Brook McKenzie

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Why Parents Must Change First When a Child Is Struggling With Addiction, with Brook McKenzie
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Brook McKenzie’s personal story of addiction and recovery Brook McKenzie’s journey into addiction began around age 13 or 14. By 15 he needed treatment, and he went through three adolescent treatment programs between 15 and 17. His brother took a very different path — college, career, marriage — while Brook’s life looked nothing like that

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His Mom’s Hard Boundary Drove His Recovery, with Darren Hobbs

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His Mom’s Hard Boundary Drove His Recovery, with Darren Hobbs
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Episode 341 ABOUT THE EPISODE: You‘ve probably watched your child make a decision so obviously terrible you could not understand how it made sense to them. Darren Hobbs can tell you exactly how it looked, because he made that decision. He had done treatment. He had a sponsor, a home group, a year chip. Then

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What Are Boundaries and Why Parents of Struggling Teens Need Them

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What Are Boundaries and Why Parents of Struggling Teens Need Them
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Why parents struggle with boundaries Before she understood what boundaries were, Brenda described feeling invisible — like a doormat — with rules that nobody followed and no way to enforce anything. ‘I felt like I was invisible, like I was a doormat, like none of my rules were being followed,’ she shared. That frustration didn’t

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Sending Your Struggling Kid to College: Decisions, Alternatives, and Grief

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Sending Your Struggling Kid to College: Decisions, Alternatives, and Grief
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The pressure to get your kid across the finish line By the time a struggling teenager reaches senior year, most parents have already been through so much that graduation itself feels like a personal accomplishment. As Brenda put it, ‘I got my son graduated from high school. I should get the diploma because I’m actually

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Why Psychological Testing Is a Missing Step When Your Teen Has Substance Use Problems

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Why Psychological Testing Is a Missing Step When Your Teen Has Substance Use Problems
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What psychological testing actually is — and is not When Brenda first heard the term ‘psych eval’ during her son’s time in wilderness therapy, she had never encountered it before. That unfamiliarity is common, and it’s part of why Dr. Graham Husick wanted to start with a baseline. Testing, he explained, spans many areas —

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