Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
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:
- Parenting a struggling teen or young-adult;
- Setting healthy boundaries with your teen;
- Treatment options for your struggling teen or young adult;
- Bringing your kid home from treatment;
- Parenting skills to support your struggling child;
- Teen substance abuse, drug addiction, gaming addiction, suicidal ideation, or other teen mental health concerns;
- How to end power struggles and instead foster healthy communication with your teen or young-adult;
- And much more.
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.
Parenting Post-Wilderness: Parenting a Struggling Teen Before, During and After Treatment
132. Why Isn’t Your Love Enough to Make Your Struggling Teen Choose Better?
It’s devastating to watch your teen struggle and feel like nothing you do is making a difference. You love them more than anything, yet your support, advice, and care don’t seem to make a difference. If you’ve ever thought, Why isn’t my love enough to help my struggling teen?, you’re not alone.
In this episode, Seth and I unpack why struggling teens may reject the love and support they need and what parents can do with this knowledge.
Many parents take their child’s maladaptive behaviors personally, wondering what they did wrong or why their love isn’t enough to bring their child back to stability.
“Until somebody feels that they are worthy of what you are trying to provide, they’re not going to accept it.” - Seth Gottlieb
Seth shares his own experience of feeling so unworthy of love that he couldn’t truly accept the support of those around him. Until a struggling teen believes they are worthy of love, it’s difficult for them to let it in, no matter how much they may need it.
If you feel helpless in your child’s struggle, join us for today’s episode.
In this episode on feeling like your love isn’t enough for your struggling teen to choose better, we explore:
- Why it can feel like your love isn’t enough to help your struggling teen;
- How a teen’s self-worth affects their ability to accept love and support;
- Why struggling teens often push away relationships, even when they need them;
- The power of witnessing and letting your child know you’re there for them;
- What to do when your teen isn’t ready for help;
- And more.
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