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In this introduction episode I talk about my journey from feeling totally powerless and thinking nothing would ever help with my daughter's addiction, to being willing to try anything. When I decided to break the mold of doing things the way I always did, I became confident in my ability to support my daughter, created a better relationship with her, and learned a process that gives me clarity and discernment in every situation...
How often do you intend to have a positive interaction with your child, keep it light and polite, just give them a little love, but instead it turns into disconnect, arguments, and you end up bewildered about where it went wrong?
I used to find myself in that position constantly. I would plan something fun with my daughter to make memories and connect with her and we would end up fighting, I would feel uptight, rushed & bitchy...
How often do you send a text to your addicted child and breathe a sigh of relief because the text went through, or look on social media to see if they’ve been active, or do a drive by just so you can have a little peace of mind? That fear of all the things that can wrong can rule your life. You get stuck with horrible images and thoughts about them over dosing and no one being there to help them. You brain gets stuck looping through all the worst-case scenarios...
The good news is you already possesses this super power, you just don't know how to put it to work for you yet.
In this episode I explain how it works and how to make it work for you instead of against you.
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When you try to control your child, you’re doing it to create relief from your emotional discomfort. It's one of those "solutions" that often leads to more emotional pain and discomfort.
Today I give you some empowering alternatives to trying to control your child and their addiction...
The way you think and talk about your child's addiction is very powerful. It shapes your experience of their addiction and either raises or lowers your quality of life. Today I share 4 steps you can take to change how you talk and think about your child's addiction and therefore change your future instead of recreating your painful past...
Discomfort is necessary. Suffering is optional. In this episode, I tell you what turns discomfort into suffering so you can notice when you're doing it and shift back to discomfort. If you open up to what I'm saying and implement what you learn in this episode then you will be in charge of your peace of mind rather than depending in your child to change...
Most of us have this idea that we should feel positive emotion all the time, or that we shouldn’t feel negative emotion.
We aren't supposed to be happy 100% of the time.
The tools I share are meant to help you keep that 50/50 balance because when you're dealing with a child's addiction it's easy to get stuck in the negative 50.
Negative emotions have a purpose.
Each one is bringing you an important message...
First guest episode with Gill from The Sober Powered Podcast...
Every parent experiences anxiety worrying about their kids, but parents who are watching a child go through addiction experience even more intense levels of anxiety and more instances of it.
Taking the time to understand it, learn how to process it, and reframe your thoughts about it gives you authority over it...