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Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment

Beth Hillman | Parent Coach for Parents of Struggling Teens

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

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116. Understanding Trauma Responses in Parents &...

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2024/11/12

Ever found yourself reacting strongly to something, even when it seems like “no big deal”? Or maybe, in a tense moment, you freeze or shut down instead of reacting? If you’re a parent of a struggling teen, be it addiction, mental health struggles, suicidal ideation or a different struggle, you’ve probably felt your own heart skip a beat more times than you can count. Today, I talk with trauma therapist Sarah Allen about why we sometimes overreact (or shut down) in response to ...

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115. Understanding and Overcoming Fear in Family...

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2024/11/05

Fear has a sneaky way of impacting our brains, pushing us toward avoiding what feels uncomfortable instead of working through it. For many of us, fear makes us want to avoid the situation, but doing that keeps us from working through what needs to be done.It’s important to understand that fear is an emotion that comes and goes, just like other emotions. But what does fear bring up in us as parents, and in our struggling teens? Thinking back to the time before our son went to wilderness, I rem...

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114. Self-Care for Parents 101

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2024/10/29

It’s easy to forget to prioritize ourselves as parents, especially when our children are struggling. In this episode, Seth and I dive into the emotional balancing act of parenting a teen in treatment while still finding time for self-care. It’s common to feel guilty for taking care of yourself, especially when your child is away in treatment. Whether you feel guilty about telling your kid that you had a good day while they’re in treatment, or it feels exhausting to you to always be 'on' as a ...

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113. When Your Teen Says All the Right Things but...

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2024/10/22

Your teen appears calm and composed with their therapist but displays anger or aggression at home, how frustrating!? It feels like you're dealing with two completely different versions of the same person.In this episode, Seth and I explore the challenge of handling teens who have been through enough therapy to know exactly what to say to 'work the system.' While their providers see one side, you as a parent experience something entirely different. We’ll talk about how to navigate these mixed ...

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112. Rules vs. Boundaries vs. Expectations When...

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2024/10/15

Balancing the need for rules with the desire for connection can be incredibly challenging when parenting teens. In this episode, therapist Trevor Allen and I dive into the complex dynamics of rules versus boundaries versus expectations and how to navigate them in a way that promotes healthy relationships.We discuss the confusion that can arise when trying to balance control and support, particularly when parenting a struggling teen. It’s not just about setting strict rules but more about unde...

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111. The Emotional Stages Your Struggling Teen Goes...

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2024/10/08

What’s it actually like for your teen to be in wilderness or other treatment?As parents, we can never truly know. But today’s guest, Ciara Fanlo, has been through it herself. According to her, the emotional stages our teens go through in treatment are very similar to the seven stages of grief: shock, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance & hope, and processing grief. So what does that look like for your teen? In this episode, Ciara shares her thoughts and experiences goin...

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27:42

110. How Resentment Builds Between Parents and Teens...

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2024/10/01

We all know that feeling when something doesn’t sit right, but we shrug it off, telling ourselves, “It’s not a big deal.” Yet, over time, those little moments of unspoken frustration build up, slowly shrinking our emotional bandwidth until we snap over the tiniest thing. Whether it's a parent feeling taken for granted or a struggling teen wondering why they’re the only one doing all the hard work, resentment can do a lot of harm when left unchecked.In this episode, Seth and I tackle the trick...

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109. Sitting with Discomfort: Building Emotional...

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2024/09/24

We are all wired to avoid uncomfortable feelings. We instinctively shy away from discomfort, parents and teens alike. Whether it’s solving a problem for our kids, distracting ourselves from uncomfortable feelings, or we’re trying to save the day, we often act to avoid the tension. But here’s the hard truth: our teens need to experience that discomfort in order to grow. In this episode, Seth and I explore why learning to sit with emotional unease, both for ourselves and our teens or young adul...

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29:46

108. Co-parenting Challenges: For Divorced,...

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2024/09/17

Co-parenting is hard - there’s no sugarcoating it. In an ideal world, both parents would align perfectly on every decision, from phone use to curfews to navigating friendships. But, as Seth and I explore in this episode, that’s often not the case. One of the biggest challenges I often see as a parent coach is when one parent holds firm boundaries while the other is more loose. It can feel like a tug-of-war, and the fear of "losing" your child to the more relaxed parent is real. But here’...

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107. Understanding Teen Brain Development With Junior...

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2024/09/10

“An adolescent brain, it is what it is for a reason”- Brittney KingThe teenage years can feel like a rollercoaster. One moment your young teen is playing it cool, and the next, they’re literally rolling on the ground pretending to be a dog. Sound familiar? In this week’s episode, I sit down with Brittney King, a licensed counselor, mom of five, and creator of the Think Good Feel Good online courses, to dive into the world of teens, particularly those in Junior High, aged 11-15. “It’s suc...

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106. Be the Change You Wish to See in Your Teen:...

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2024/09/03

What if improving your relationship with your teen starts with changing yourself?Are you willing to look at your own behavior to improve your relationship with your teen? If you know me at all, you know I truly believe the change begins with us. In this episode, Seth and I dive deeper into what that actually means for you as a parent. Seth dropped quite the truth bomb in this episode: "None of us is perfect in how we relate to everybody." And isn't that the crux of it? We go into situati...

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24:52

105. Becoming Aware Of Your Limits as a Parent and...

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2024/08/27

🔆 Small GROUP COACHING program starting September 4th, 2024 🔆Sign up or learn more over at www.bethhillmancoaching.com/groupsI hope to see you there.Have you ever snapped at your partner or your teen over something small, not really sure why you overreacted? Or like no matter how much sleep you get or how many cups of coffee you drink, there’s still a part of you that feels completely drained? Oof, believe me, you’re not alone. In this episode, Seth and I dive deep into a topic that reso...

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104. Encouraging vs. Enabling: How to Help Your Teen...

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2024/08/20

🔆 Small GROUP COACHING program starting September 4th, 2024 🔆Sign up or learn more over at www.bethhillmancoaching.com/groupsI hope to see you there.As parents, it’s natural to want to do everything we can to support our struggling teens or young adults. But where do we draw the line between encouraging them to grow and enabling them to remain dependent? It’s a delicate balance and I’m joined again by therapist Trevor Allen to dive into one of the more challenging questions for any paren...

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103. Sobriety: What Does It Mean and Is It Really...

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2024/08/13

🔆 Small GROUP COACHING program starting September 4th, 2024 🔆Sign up or learn more over at www.bethhillmancoaching.com/groupsI hope to see you there.You want your teen to be sober, don’t you? But aren’t you focusing on the wrong goal by expecting your teen not to drink any alcohol or take any substances? And what does being sober actually mean? Does it mean the same thing to you as it does to your teen?“Progress, navigation, experimentation, these are normal parts of teenage and young-adult

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102. Why Your Teen Isn’t Acting Like an Adult

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2024/08/06

🔆 Small GROUP COACHING program starting September 4th, 2024 🔆Sign up or learn more over at www.bethhillmancoaching.com/groupsI hope to see you there.Why doesn’t your teen learn from their mistakes? Or admit when they’re wrong? Why can’t they just act like an adult? If you’ve ever wondered about any of these, you’re not alone. To answer these questions, we’re diving into the world of teenage brain development and what it means for us as parents. Spoiler alert: it’s not as straightforward as

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101. Believing in Your Teen’s Potential Is Everything...

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2024/07/30

🔆 Small GROUP COACHING program starting September 4th, 2024 🔆Sign up or learn more over at www.bethhillmancoaching.com/groupsI hope to see you there.“Parents have so much influence on their child’s concept of themselves.” - CiaraWhat if your struggling teen could look at themselves with hope and confidence, knowing they have the power to overcome their challenges?This second conversation with formerly struggling teen Ciara Fanlo is focussed around one main questions: What can parents do...

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100. Why Teens Turn to Destructive Behaviors: A...

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2024/07/23

🔆 Small GROUP COACHING program starting September 4th, 2024 🔆Sign up or learn more over at www.bethhillmancoaching.com/groupsI hope to see you there.From a very young age, Ciara felt like she didn’t belong. Cutting was just one of her destructive behaviors to cope with the pain she felt: not knowing how to be in the world with how sensitive her heart was.Ciara Fanlo is a previously struggling teen who spent the majority of her adolescence in treatment, including inpatient hospitalization,

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99. Why Your Teen Doesn’t Just Do What You Tell Them

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2024/07/16

🔆 Small GROUP COACHING program starting September 4th, 2024 🔆Sign up or learn more over at www.bethhillmancoaching.com/groupsI hope to see you there.WHY can’t my teen just do what I ask them to do?! I’m sure you’ve had this thought before, just like any other parent on this planet. Today, Seth shares a relatable story of a teen who’s not showing up and isn’t showing any motivation for behavioral change. Sounds familiar? Then this episode is for you.Why do our teens show up like this? Where

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98. What Does ‘Doing Your Work’ Mean? An Interview...

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2024/07/09

🔆 Small GROUP COACHING program starting September 4th, 2024 🔆Sign up or learn more over at www.bethhillmancoaching.com/groups I hope to see you there.“You think you’re doing okay and then you realize ‘How did I miss how much my child was struggling?’” - HopeMeet the parents from my latest parent coaching group. Eight months ago, these parents went on a 6-month journey with me to influence lasting change in themselves and their struggling teens. Now, they’re bravely sharing their stories,

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97. Parenting Tips from Former Troubled Teens Hayley...

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2024/07/02

🔆 Small GROUP COACHING program starting September 4th, 2024 🔆Sign up or learn more over at www.bethhillmancoaching.com/groups I hope to see you there.How can you best support your struggling teen according to former troubled teens? As teens, Hayley and Colin were both sent to wilderness, followed by other treatment (residential treatment center, and therapeutic boarding school). Now, approximately 12 years later, they use their experience as former troubled teens in treatment to pro...

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