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Your guide to parenting a struggling teen or young-adult, whether they’re home, transitioning home, or presently in treatment.
Parents, say goodbye to exhausting confusion, overwhelm, panic and the unhelpful patterns that keep you and your family stuck. Learn how to develop healthy responses and set healthy boundaries with your teen 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.
Every week, you can expect conversations around:
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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172. Learning to Trust Yourself Again After Trauma and Conditioning, For Teens & Parents, with Jake Wood
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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171. Rethinking Labels, Teen Drug Addiction, Shame, and the Soul with Jake Wood
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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170. How to Stop Negotiating With Your Teen, Break the “Just This Once” Pattern & Hold Boundaries
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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169. How to Express Emotions to Your Child in a Healthy Way with Therapist Dana VanRenterghem
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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168. Your Teen Deserves a Fresh Start: How to Rebuild Trust After Treatment with Colin MacDonald
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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167. What Parents Need to Know About Teen Drug Addiction with Former Addicts Josh and Heidi Case
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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166. How to Pause Before Reacting to Your Teen or Young Adult Kid
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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165. Don’t Loosen Boundaries When Your Teen’s Doing Well — Here’s Why
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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164. Parenting Your Teen After Treatment: Rebuilding Trust and Letting Go of Fear With Colin MacDonald from Not Therapy Coaching
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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163. Teen Suicide and a Parent’s Journey Through Grief With Andy Campbell
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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162. The Truth About Wilderness Therapy With 'Forest for the Trees' Filmmakers Mark Strauss & Vince Dixon
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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161. Surviving Teen Addiction: One Family’s Path Through Wilderness and Recovery With Dawn McCord
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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160. Why Psychological Testing for Teens Matters: Getting the Right Diagnosis With Liz Griffith
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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159. Helping Your Teen Build Independence and Resilience With Virginia Townsand
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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158. Are You Helping or Enabling? How to Support Your Struggling Teen Or Young Adult Kid Without Rescuing
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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157. Is This Normal Teen Behavior? A Parent’s Guide to Knowing the Difference, With Therapist Jen Murphy
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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156. Understanding Why Teens Lie, With Therapist Dana VanRenterghem
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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155. The Pain of Watching Your Teen Resist Help: Understanding Resistance to Change
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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154. What Struggling Teens Wish Their Parents Knew: Advice From Former Troubled Teen Enzo
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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153. Inside the Mind of a Troubled Teen: Enzo's Journey Through Substance Abuse, Running From Treatment, and Two Overdoses
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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152. Self-Care for Parents: Knowing Your Worth and Setting Boundaries
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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151. Advocate for Your Child at School: 10 Tips for a Successful IEP Meeting With Andrea Svendsen
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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150. Helping Your Teen Find Community & Belonging After Treatment With Hayley From ‘Not Therapy’ Coaching
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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149. Setting Healthy Boundaries With Your Teen Through Complaints and Pushback
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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148. Setting Boundaries With Grandparents and Extended Family + Where to Seek Support Instead
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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147. Not Every Struggling Teen Needs Wilderness: Talking Family Intensives with Mom Kathy & Therapist Jen Murphy
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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146. When Your Teen Doesn’t Want Your Advice
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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145. How to Apologize to Your Teen or Young Adult Kid With Dana Vanrenterghem.
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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144. Parenting Without Enabling: How to Support Without Condoning Harmful Behavior
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May 27, 2025 |
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143. Motivating Behavior Change in Teens & Young Adults With Teen Mentor, Michael Corbett
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May 20, 2025 |
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142. Feeling Used by Your Teen? How to Move Away from Transactional Parenting With Trevor Allen
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May 13, 2025 |
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141. What Are Your Expecting? - Navigating Expectations Before, During, and After Treatment
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May 06, 2025 |
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140. Parenting a Teen vs a Young Adult: Nuanced Changes at Every Stage
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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139. How to Help Your Anxious Teen or Young Adult With Monica Crnogorac
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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138. Life After Treatment: How Your Kid Can Find the Peer Support They Need
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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137. How to Care Without Losing Yourself When Your Teen Is in Crisis
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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136. Finding Balance While Shifting Parenting Patterns
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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135. Challenging the Stories We Tell Ourselves About Our Struggling Teens & Young Adults
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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134. Helping Your (ADHD) Teen Manage Time & Build Executive Function Skills With Chrissy Nichols
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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133. When to Step Back: The Power of Disengaging for Healthy Communication with Your Teen or Young-Adult
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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132. Why Isn’t Your Love Enough to Make Your Struggling Teen Choose Better?
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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131. Navigating Home Visits: How to Approach Your Teen’s Visit Home from Treatment
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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130. From Sibling to Mentor: The Sibling’s Perspective & Building Community After Treatment With Ethan Gordon
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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129. Shifting to Healthy Communication with Your Teen and Family
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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128. Parenting an Overwhelmed Teen (And Dealing With Your Own Overwhelm as a Parent)
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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127. When Nothing Seems to Work for Your Struggling Teen
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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126. Will My Work as a Parent Ever Be Done?
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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125. Strengthening Relationships Through Conflict
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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124. How to influence better sleep and beat insomnia for yourself and your teen with Sleep Doctor Funke Brown
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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123. Recognizing Your Teen’s Progress With Ciara Fanlo
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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122. Your Kid Shouldn’t Take Your Advice: Here’s Why - With Ciara Fanlo
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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121. Unshaming My Anxiety: A Personal Story
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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120. Releasing Control and Desired Outcomes for Our Teens With Maggie, Mom of a Wilderness Kid
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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119. Why Messing Up After Treatment Can Be a Teen's Greatest Teacher with Former Struggling Teen Michael Wangsgard
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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118. What Success Looks Like for Young Adults With Joanna Lilley
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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117. Pointing Positive: Influencing Your Teen Toward Positive Change
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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116. Understanding Trauma Responses in Parents & Struggling Teens, With Trauma Therapist Sarah Allen
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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115. Understanding and Overcoming Fear in Family Dynamics
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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114. Self-Care for Parents 101
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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113. When Your Teen Says All the Right Things but Their Actions Say Otherwise
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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112. Rules vs. Boundaries vs. Expectations When Parenting A Struggling Teen With Trevor Allen
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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111. The Emotional Stages Your Struggling Teen Goes Through in Treatment
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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110. How Resentment Builds Between Parents and Teens & What to Do About It
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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109. Sitting with Discomfort: Building Emotional Resilience And Problem-Solving Skills in Teens and Parents
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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108. Co-parenting Challenges: For Divorced, Separated, or Disagreeing Parents
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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107. Understanding Teen Brain Development With Junior High Counselor, Brittney King
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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106. Be the Change You Wish to See in Your Teen: Improving Your Relationship With Your Struggling Teen Through Self-Awareness
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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105. Becoming Aware Of Your Limits as a Parent and Why It Matters
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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104. Encouraging vs. Enabling: How to Help Your Teen Without Holding Them Back With Therapist Trevor Allen
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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103. Sobriety: What Does It Mean and Is It Really That Important?
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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102. Why Your Teen Isn’t Acting Like an Adult
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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101. Believing in Your Teen’s Potential Is Everything - With Formerly Struggling Teen Ciara Fanlo
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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100. Why Teens Turn to Destructive Behaviors: A Conversation With Previously Struggling Teen Ciara Fanlo
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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99. Why Your Teen Doesn’t Just Do What You Tell Them
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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98. What Does ‘Doing Your Work’ Mean? An Interview With My Latest Parent Coaching Group
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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97. Parenting Tips from Former Troubled Teens Hayley and Colin from ‘Not Therapy’
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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96. Learning How to Trust Your Struggling Teen Again with Therapist Trevor Allen
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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95. For Those With Difficult Relationships With Their Father
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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94. The Drama Triangle Within Family Dynamics
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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93. My Story: From a Struggling Parent of a Struggling Teen to Parent Coach
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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92. The Process of Change: How Teens (And Parents) Actually Change
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May 28, 2024 |
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91. My Teen Is Refusing Therapy With Therapist Trevor Allen
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May 21, 2024 |
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90. The Way Out of an Impasse With Your Struggling Teen
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May 14, 2024 |
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89. Supporting a Struggling Teen in Healthy Endeavors While They Still Have Maladaptive Behaviors
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May 07, 2024 |
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88. How to Keep Going after a Setback: For Parents and Their Struggling Teens
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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87. Safety vs. Comfort: Allowing Your Child to Learn Through Failure
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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86. Getting Kids Ready for Independence: Is Your Help Hindering Your Child’s Growth?
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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85. The Fine Art of Listening for Parents of Struggling Teens
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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84. Support Independence in Your Teen - Boost Your Daily Teen Parenting Skills With This One Question
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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83. Choice, Consequence & Accountability: Helping Your Struggling Teen Understand
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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82. A Mom’s Lived Experience of Her Son’s Return Home After Treatment and Doing Her Own Work - Part 2 [Parent Interview]
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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81. A Mom’s Lived Experience With Her Son’s Suicidal Ideation and Program Journey [Parent Interview]
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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80. What to Do When Your Teen Is Stuck in Unhealthy Behavior?
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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79. Negative Thought Patterns: Dealing with the Uncertainty of Crisis
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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78. A Collaborative Approach to Teen Technology Habits With Emily Jones From Family Tech University
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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77. Navigating Screen Time Challenges: Insights from Emily Jones
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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76. Seeing Beyond Your Child’s Behavior: Shifting Focus in Parenting
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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75. Fear-Based Parenting
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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74. How to Support Your Graduating Senior With Their College Applications With Maggie Kang, MD
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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73. Will You Accept Pain or Choose Suffering? With Maggie Kang, MD
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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72. How to Feel and Let Your Kids Feel
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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71. How to Live With Your Teen Who’s Using
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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70. Giving the Gift of an Executive Function Coach to Your Teen and Yourself With Chrissy Nichols
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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69. Fire Yourself From Being the Academic Police With Executive Function Coach Chrissy Nichols
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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68. How Parents Can Support Their Child Transitioning to a Healthier Lifestyle: Ending 'Toxic' Friendships
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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67. How to Not Strangle Your Kids During the Holidays: Communicating Expectations
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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66. How to Bring Up Backburner Issues With Tanya Hale - Part 2
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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65. Are We Boxing or Raising a Child? - Parenting as a Team With Tanya Hale
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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64. How Much Support Is Too Much?
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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63. Wilderness Therapy: A Blessing or a Curse?
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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62. How to Unshame the Identified Patient in Your Home With David Bedrick - Part 2
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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61. How to Unshame Your Parent Regrets With David Bedrick - Part 1
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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60. How to De-escalate Your Teen When It’s “Your Fault”
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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59. How to De-Escalate Yourself - Part 2
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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58. How to De-Escalate Yourself - Part 1
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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57. The Fear of Independence
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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56. How to De-escalate Your Teen
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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55. Trusting Your Teen's Journey
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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54. Your Parent Home Plan Template
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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53. How to Create an Effective Home Plan: Prepare, Structure and Follow Through
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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52. Same-Page Parenting: Getting on the Same Page About Boundaries and More!
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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51. Setting the Stage to Create a Parent Home Plan That Works!
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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50. Intentionally Enjoying Life Even Though Things Are Hard
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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49. Common Pitfalls in Setting Boundaries & How to Do It Right
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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48. The Benefits of Setting Healthy Boundaries for Parents & Teens
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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47. The Power of Listening to Our Kids' Feedback With Les Harris
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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46. Regulating a Dysregulated Child With Wilderness Therapist Les Harris
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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45. From Overwhelm to Action: Empowering (ADHD) Teens, And Ourselves, With Bite-Size Steps - With Seth Gottlieb
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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44. Modeling Self-Regulation & More Advice From a Wilderness Guide With Mark Adamski
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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43. From ‘the Younger Sibling’ to Wilderness Guide With Mark Adamski
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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42. What if I Don’t Like My Teen Right Now? - Creating Healthy Thoughts About Your Teen
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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41. Wilderness and Sobriety Anniversaries - A Time to Contemplate or Celebrate?
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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40. Empowering Teens Through Online Education With Anjilee Ferguson & Sara Busalacchi, Co-founders of Mountain Point Academy
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May 30, 2023 |
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39. The Pause - A Space Created To Feel Instead of React
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May 23, 2023 |
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38. Therapeutic Burnout in Teens and Parents
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May 16, 2023 |
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37. Preventative Measures: How to Parent a Struggling Teen Before Things Get Out of Hand With Laura Goldstein, LMFT
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May 09, 2023 |
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36. Doing Your Own Work as a Parent While Your Kid Is in Treatment & Finding the Right Therapist With Laura Goldstein, LMFT
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May 02, 2023 |
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35. Transitioning Your Child Home After Wilderness or Treatment [Wilderness #9]
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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34. Options to Consider After Wilderness Therapy [Wilderness #8]
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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33. Parent Interview: Trish on The One Agreement That Changed Everything
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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32. Parent Interview: Trish on Influencing Her Young-Adult Son to Choose Wilderness for Himself
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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31. What You, as a Parent, Can Work on While Your Child Is in Therapy [Wilderness #7]
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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30. How to Find The Best Program For Your Family [Wilderness Series #6]
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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29. What to Expect (And Not Expect) From Wilderness [Wilderness Series #5]
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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28. More on Transport & Harmful Language Like "Gooning" With Gabriela Deambrosio
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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27. Transport Options and Other Education Consultant Advice From Gabriela Deambrosio
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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26. How to Actually Get Your Teen to Wilderness [Wilderness Series #4]
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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25. The Fears and Concerns Around Sending Your Teen to Wilderness [Wilderness Series #3]
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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24. A Teen's Perspective - Listen Up!
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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23. How to Know When It’s Time to Send Your Teen to Wilderness? [Wilderness Series #2]
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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22. What Is Wilderness Therapy? [Wilderness Series #1]
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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21. Mom Casie on Transitioning Her Child Home After Boarding School & Online Parent Support Group OPLM.com [Parent Interview]
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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20. Mom Casie on Her Son’s Substance Abuse and the Effects on His Siblings and Family Dynamics [Parent Interview]
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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19. Parents’ Agenda vs. Child’s Personal Journey With Seth Gottlieb
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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18. Mom Rebecca on Choosing Love and Boundaries Over Fear and Punishment [Parent Interview]
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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17. Mom Rebecca on Sending Her Young Daughter to Wilderness [Parent Interview]
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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16. Self-Betrayal: Ignoring Our Inner Knowing With Seth Gottlieb
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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15. STOP the ‘I Feel’ Statements With Seth Gottlieb
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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14. Mom Amy on Building Trust and Listening to Your Intuition as a Parent [Parent Interview]
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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13. Mom Amy on Discovering Her Own Enmeshment Patterns and Taking Accountabiliy for Her Part [Parent Interview]
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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12. Getting Out of Enmeshment & Power Struggles
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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11. Taking Accountability for Our Part With Seth Gottlieb
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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10. How to Feel Your Feelings to Increase Your Bandwidth With Seth Gottlieb
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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09. Parent Interview: Finding Mutually Beneficial Boundaries With Sandi and Don
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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08. Parent Interview: Bringing Your Kid Home Directly From Wilderness With Sandi and Don
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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07. Understanding School Refusal: Why Your Teen Doesn’t Want to Go to School
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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06. Separating Thoughts From Facts: The Stories Parents Tell Themselves
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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05. Mom Amy on a Parent’s Journey Through Wilderness [Parent Interview]
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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04. Mom Amy on the Ineffectiveness of Interviewing Our Teens for Pain [Parent Interview]
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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02. We Start With Us: The Role Parents Play in Their Teen’s Struggle
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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03. Stressful Situations: Driving in a Car With Your Struggling Teen
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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01. Parents, You Are Not Alone
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Trailer - Welcome to Parenting Post-wilderness
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Aug 24, 2022 |